1. Pick a flower on National Tulip Day. Each year on the third Saturday of January, Amsterdam’s central Dam Square comes alive with around 200,000 tulips that make up a temporary garden.

Selfie spots include flower archways, pink velvet couches and another Dutch classic - oversized wooden clogs. An employee plants tulips at the Keukenhof flower garden in Lisse, Netherlands ...

People visit flower fields in bloom near Lisse, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Farmers use acrylic cloth for insulation to grow tulips earlier in the season, near ...

Tourists visit the Keukenhof flower garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Molly Quell) People visit flower fields in bloom near Lisse, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 2, 2025.