Mike Corder
Far fewer visitors than normal are seen at the world-famous Keukenhof garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Friday, April 9, 2021. Finally, after month after bleak month of lockdown, there are springtime shoots of hope emerging for a relaxation of coronavirus restrictions at a Dutch flower garden and other public venues. Keukenhof nestled in the pancake flat bulb fields between Amsterdam and The Hague opened its gates Friday to a lucky 5,000 people who were allowed in only if they could show proof on a smartphone app that they had just tested negative for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) April 09, 2021 - 7:51 AM
LISSE, Netherlands - Finally, after bleak winter months of a coronavirus lockdown, springtime shoots of hope emerged Friday as restrictions were relaxed at a Dutch flower garden and other public venues.
Thousands of visitors have tiptoed through millions of tulips and other flowers in a famous Dutch spring garden as part of a government pilot scheme to evaluate how to reopen public venues.
The Keukenhof garden opened its gates to let a few thousand people tiptoe through the seven million tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and myriad other flowers meticulously hand-planted throughout its manicured lawns by a small army of gardeners.
A maximum of 5,000 visitors were allowed into the garden, nestled amid the pancake-flat bulb fields between Amsterdam and The Hague, if they could show proof that they had just tested negative for Covid-19.
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MIKE CORDER, Associated Press
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1of12Far fewer visitors than normal are seen at the world-famous Keukenhof garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Friday, April 9, 2021. Finally, after month after bleak month of lockdown, there are springtime shoots of hope emerging for a relaxation of coronavirus restrictions at a Dutch flower garden and other public venues. Keukenhof nestled in the pancake flat bulb fields between Amsterdam and The Hague opened its gates Friday to a lucky 5,000 people who were allowed in only if they could show proof on a smartphone app that they had just tested negative for COVID-19.Peter Dejong/APShow MoreShow Less
After bleak winter months of a coronavirus lockdown, springtime shoots of hope emerged as restrictions were relaxed at a Dutch flower garden and other public venues.
Under a government-approved pilot scheme, the world-famous Keukenhof garden opened its gates to let a few thousand people tiptoe through the 7 million tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and myriad other flowers meticulously hand-planted throughout its manicured lawns by a small army of gardeners.
A maximum of 5,000 visitors were allowed into the garden, nestled amid the pancake-flat bulb fields between Amsterdam and The Hague, if they could show proof that they had just tested negative for COVID-19.
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