Grand Place Flower Carpet

In 1971 the belgian landscape architect e.

Grand place flower carpet.

The flower carpet takes place in the center of brussels at the grand place. The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day. The enchanting building is transformed into an idyllic place for a stroll. Opening hours and tickets.

Bringing the beauty of nature to brussels the belgian capital will be captivating everyone s attention with its spectacular flower carpet made of thousands of begonias covering the famous grand place. The entry hall the corridors the offices meeting and reception rooms are adorned with dozens of floral arrangements. The flower carpet is a biennial event in brussels in which volunteers from around belgium convene at the grand place the historic centre of the city to weave a carpet like tapestry out of colorful begonias. Every second summer the stunning square a must for architecture fans turns into a unique artistic and colorful tapestry.

Brussels flower carpet brings mexican cultural jewel guanajuato to the centre of europe 20th anniversary of the grand place as a unesco world heritage site celebrated with an extraordinary floral exhibition at brussels bourse square for the first time in its history the flower carpet on the brussels grand place adopts a latin american theme. The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet. This place is very easy to access by public transportation by bike or by car.

Since then biennially in middle august the square which is surrounded by ancient buildings is covered with a giant flowers carpet. In just one morning belgian begonia cultivators decorate 1 800 m 2 of brussels grand place with a beautiful floral carpet using over 600 000 begonias depicting a theme in 2018 the theme was be guanajuato cultural pride of mexico. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. Stautemans created the first unique flower carpet in belgium.

Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime.