Limmen: Bulb Village Between Alkmaar and the Coast
Flower bulb fields colour the landscape around Limmen each spring. Tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils grow in the sandy coastal soil that runs parallel to the North Sea dunes. About 7,300 residents live in this North Holland village, part of the gemeente Castricum, roughly midway between Alkmaar and Beverwijk.
The Hortus Bulborum in Limmen preserves over 4,000 historical tulip and bulb varieties, some dating back centuries. It is a living gene bank for cultivars that commercial growers no longer produce. The collection is open to visitors during flowering season, typically April.
Limmen has a compact village centre with a church, a primary school, and a small shopping strip. The North Sea beach at Castricum is about 5 kilometres west. The rail line from Alkmaar to Haarlem passes through, though Limmen's own station closed decades ago.
Commuters travel to Alkmaar (8 km north) or the IJmond industrial area near Beverwijk and Velsen.
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Flower bulb fields colour the landscape around Limmen each spring. Tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils grow in the sandy coastal soil that runs parallel to the North Sea dunes. About 7,300 residents live in this North Holland village, part of the gemeente Castricum, roughly midway between Alkmaar and Beverwijk.
The Hortus Bulborum in Limmen preserves over 4,000 historical tulip and bulb varieties, some dating back centuries. It is a living gene bank for cultivars that commercial growers no longer produce. The collection is open to visitors during flowering season, typically April.
Limmen has a compact village centre with a church, a primary school, and a small shopping strip. The North Sea beach at Castricum is about 5 kilometres west. The rail line from Alkmaar to Haarlem passes through, though Limmen's own station closed decades ago.
Commuters travel to Alkmaar (8 km north) or the IJmond industrial area near Beverwijk and Velsen.
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