Flower Carpet In Brussels In 2018

Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres 19 000 square feet carpet.

Flower carpet in brussels in 2018.

The cobblestones of the iconic grand place market square in brussels has been covered in a colourful flower carpet. The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide. A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours. Opening hours and tickets more info on the opening hours and the tickets for the view.

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. We took the opportunity in year 2018 and visited from 16 to 18 august and witnessed the amazing flower carpet at the grand place in brussels belgium. Tapis de fleurs de bruxelles in 1971 the belgian landscape architect e. The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day.

More than 500 000 flowers were used to create the art with the exhibit. The carpet of 77 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours. The first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986. It is home to brussels city hall which has the best view of the flower carpet.

The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. The carpet was approximate 100m and composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours. The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. What better way to celebrate this than.

In 2018 it was twenty years exactly since the grand place in brussels was recognised as a unesco world heritage site. He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet. 1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark. Stautemans created the first unique flower carpet in belgium.

The grand place itself is a gorgeous square built in the 1400s and has been a unesco world heritage site since 1998. From 13 to 16 august 2020 at the grand place in brussels. This year the theme for the 21st edition of the flower carpet was guanajuato a state rich in culture that is located in central mexico.