Grand Place Flower Carpet

Around 300 begonias per square meter are assembled flower by flower by over 100 volunteers.

Grand place flower carpet.

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. Stautemans created the first unique flower carpet in belgium. He paved the grand place square in brussels with thousands flowers that created a splendid carpet. Every other summer in alternation with the flower carpet of the grand place the city hall of brussels receives flowertime.

Opening hours and tickets. 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 flower carpet takes place in the center of brussels at the grand place. 600 000 flowers used to create colorful carpet stretching across 1 800 square meters by leah pellegrini on august 26 2016 for a few fleeting days earlier this august an exquisite ephemeral carpet of fresh flowers graced the cobblestone at grand place the central square in brussels belgium.

The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. 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. This place is very easy to access by public transportation by bike or by car. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias.

Since then biennially in middle august the square which is surrounded by ancient buildings is covered with a giant flowers carpet. 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. Every second summer the stunning square a must for architecture fans turns into a unique artistic and colorful tapestry. 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 enchanting building is transformed into an idyllic place for a stroll.