Keukenhof is a spring garden located in the flower bulb region (Bollenstreek) of South Holland. The Keukenhof Gardens are established as one of the premier attractions in the Netherlands.
Let’s look at some historic statistics, numbers and fun facts about Keukenhof.
Keukenhof by Numbers
The 76th edition of Keukenhof runs 20 March to 11 May 2025 – open just 53 days in 2025.
In 2024, Keukenhof attracted 1.4 million visitors, an average of 26,400 per day. This is the highest average per-day attendance of any attraction in the Netherlands.
20% of visitors were Netherlands residents. Thus 80% were international visitors with the most popular visitor counties being Germany, US, the UK and France.
Keukenhof contains around 7 million flowers – that would be the equivalent of 1 flower for every woman aged over 20 living in the Netherlands.
It’s not only tulips – in fact there are approximately 1,600 varieties of flowers which includes 800 varieties of tulips.
The bulbs are hand-planted strategically by a team of 40 gardeners during the autumn – to produce waves of blooming flowers throughout the spring season.
The park also has 2,500 trees with 100 tree species.
Keukenhof park is 32 hectares (320,000m² or 79 acres) in size.
In comparison, this is about half the size of Amsterdam’s Vondelpark, a quarter of the size of London’s Kew Gardens and about one tenth the size of New York’s Central Park.
There are 15km of walking paths around the park at Keukenhof.
Keukenhof Visitor Numbers – Timeline
At AmsterdamTips.com, we have made a deep dive into various archives to uncover stats on Keukenhof’s historic visitor numbers. This timeline of collated data has never before been published elsewhere.
- Keukenhof was opened on Thursday 23 March 1950.
- On its very first Sunday – 26 March 1950 – it received 10,000 visitors.
- Dutch Queen Juliana visited Keukenhof on Tuesday 2 May 1950 with Princesses Beatrix, Irene and Margriet.
- In the first 1950 season Keukenhof had a total of 325,000 visitors. This is widely inaccurately reported as 235,000 or 236,000 visitors – probably someone mixed the figures up at some point. Here is a local newspaper report from 6 May 1950 announcing Keukenhof passing its 300,000th visitor.
- Keukenhof had its 1 millionth visitor in around May 1952.
- In 1954 it surpassed 500,000 visitors in a single season.
- In 1959 it set a record of 640,000 seasonal visitors.
- On 2 May 1962 Keukenhof was visited by a large royal party including Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
- In 1965 a record 742,000 visitors came to the park and by 1967 it reached 800,000 visitors in a season.
- Keukenhof received its 7 millionth visitor in May 1964 – a Mrs J. Houter from Bergen (Netherlands).
- Keukenhof had its 10 millionth visitor in May 1968 – a Mrs E. Roos-van den Brandt from Amsterdam.
- In its 25th anniversary year in 1974 Keukenhof set a new season record of 907,000 visitors.
- In 1978 the record was again broken with 940,000 visitors.
- Keukenhof received its 20 millionth visitor in May 1980 – a Miss Janice Warren from England.
- Keukenhof received its 25 millionth visitor in April 1986 – a Mrs F. Maubach from Cologne, Germany.
- Keukenhof received its 35 millionth visitor in April 1998 – a Mrs Pauline Emslie from Newcastle, England.
- In 1999, to mark its 50th anniversary Keukenhof also held a 7 hectare summer flower festival called Zomerhof which ran 19 August to 19 September. It was only held 2 more times.
- In 2014 Keukenhof reached the 1,000,000 visitors mark for the first time.
- Keukenhof received its 50 millionth visitor in 2015.
- 2019 was the all-time record year with 1,540,000 visitors to Keukenhof.
- Since 2000 Keukenhof has had 22.6 million visitors and counting.
- Total all-time visitor numbers to Keukenhof are nearly 60 million.
Visitor numbers to Keukenhof (2000-2024)
| Year | Visitors | Year | Visitors |
| 2000 | 798,000 | 2014 | 1,000,000 |
| 2001 | 755,000 | 2015 | 1,175,000 |
| 2002 | 700,000 | 2016 | 1,100,000 |
| 2003 | 670,000 | 2017 | 1,400,000 |
| 2004 | 770,000 | 2018 | 1,400,000 |
| 2005 | 700,000 | 2019 | 1,540,000 |
| 2006 | 760,000 | 2020* | 0 |
| 2007 | 825,000 | 2021* | 27,000 |
| 2008 | 835,000 | 2022 | 1,100,000 |
| 2009 | 850,000 | 2023 | 1,400,000 |
| 2010 | 800,000 | 2024 | 1,400,000 |
| 2011 | 900,000 | 2025 | – |
| 2012 | 875,000 | ||
| 2013 | 849,000 |
* In 2020-21 the park did not open as normal – due to the imposed lockdowns.
Keukenhof Historic Entrance Prices
In 2025, an entrance ticket to Keukenhof costs €20.00 for adults, €9.00 for children 4-17. Free entry for children 0-3.
Let’s look back at some historic entry prices for Keukenhof. Bear in mind that prior to 2002 the Dutch Guilder (f,-) was used. We will give the equivalent price in euros but we won’t account for inflation – which is the main reason for the price increases.
- In 1953 Keukenhof entrance was 1 guilder – roughly equivalent to €0.45.
- In 1957 Keukenhof entrance was 1.50 guilders (€0.68).
- In 1960 Keukenhof entrance was 2 guilders (€0.90).
- In 1973 Keukenhof entrance was 4 guilders (€1.80).
- In 1984 Keukenhof entrance was 8 guilders (€3.60).
- In 2001 (last year of the guilder), Keukenhof entrance was 20 guilders (€9.10).
- In 2002 (first year of the euro), a Keukenhof entrance ticket cost €11.
- In 2010 Keukenhof entrance was €14.
- In 2015 Keukenhof entrance was €16.
- In 2020 Keukenhof entrance was set at €17 – but the park remained closed that year.
Keukenhof theme by year
Keukenhof traditionally ran a special theme for the park each year – however this has been discontinued since 2023.
These are the themes at Keukenhof for the seasons 2006 to 2022:
2006 400 Years of Rembrandt
2007 Linnaeus: King of Flowers Turns 300
2008 Beijing Olympic Games
2009 USA, 400 years New Amsterdam – New York
2010 From Russia with Love
2011 Germany – Land of Poets and Philosophers
2012 Poland – Heart of Europe
2013 United Kingdom – Land of Great Gardens
2014 Holland
2015 Van Gogh
2016 Golden Age
2017 Dutch Design
2018 Romance in Flowers
2019 Flower Power
2020/2021 A World of Colours
2022 Flower Classics
Keukenhof Weather
During springtime in the Netherlands, the weather can be a little unpredictable. You may at times need to pack your raincoat or umbrella.
As a guide, here is a summary of weather conditions at Keukenhof during the 2024 season:
| Period | Max Temp Range | Min Temp Range | Rainy Days |
| 21-30 March 2024 | 8-16°C (46-61°F) | 2-9°C (36-48°F) | 6 |
| 1-30 April 2024 | 9-23°C (48-73°F) | 0-14°C (32-57°F) | 14 |
| 1-12 May 2024 | 14-26°C (57-79°F) | 7-15°C (45-59°F) | 3 |
Keukenhof Stats – Summing Up
For over 75 years Keukenhof has truly been a Dutch icon. This has been reflected by its significant interest from both domestic and international visitors. It’s certainly a place everyone should visit at least once in their lives.
In 2025 Keukenhof is running an exhibition Keukenhof: 75 years in the Juliana pavilion which offers a visual presentation of the park’s history.
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Sources: Keukenhof Archive.org Dutch Central Bureau Statistics (CBS) Dutch National Archive (Nationaal Archief) Timeanddate.com Leidsch Dagblad (archives) Leidse Courant (archives) Nieuwe Leidsche Courant (archives) De Voorhouter (archives)
