Flower Carpet In Brussels In 2018

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Flower carpet in brussels in 2018.

In 2018 it was twenty years exactly since the grand place in brussels was recognised as a unesco world heritage site. 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. 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. 1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark.

A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours. The carpet was approximate 100m and composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours. It is home to brussels city hall which has the best view of the flower carpet. He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet.

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. The cobblestones of the iconic grand place market square in brussels has been covered in a colourful flower carpet. 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.

The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day. The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. During the flower carpet dozens of carpet artists from all over the world gathered in the belgian capital for a floral unesco exhibition at brussels bourse square. What better way to celebrate this than.

The carpet of 77 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide.

The first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986. More than 500 000 flowers were used to create the art with the exhibit. Belgian flower growers bested the summer s blistering heat to lay out 500 000 blossoms on the central square of brussels on august 16 in this year s edition.