Visit the Aalsmeer Flower Auction in the Netherlands

By David Ellis
February 5 2019 - 8:00am
Battery-powered trolleys and a miniature-railway-like system shuttle 20-million flowers and decorative plants around.
Battery-powered trolleys and a miniature-railway-like system shuttle 20-million flowers and decorative plants around.

THE next time you’re worrying about what flower, rose or maybe potted plant to buy for that special someone, give a thought to those in the floral industry charged with going along and buying at the daily Aalsmeer Flower Auction in the Netherlands.

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