The Klompen Dancers invade Holland.
Holland - Dutch-themed Town
Holland, Michigan
"Welkom" from the Dutch-American epicenter at Holland, Michigan!
Area attractions include the Dutch Village, the Veldheer Tulip Gardens, the Netherland Museum, Windmill Island (complete with "DeZwaan," a grain-grinding, 200-year-old, ten-story-tall Dutch windmill), and two wooden shoe factory tours. Everyone who visits can try on a pair!
The best time to be in Holland, Michigan is in mid-May, during the Tulip Time Festival. The festival lasts more than a week, but the highlight is the parade. The marshal staccato of wooden jackboots fills the air as several hundred "Klompen Dancers" from the local high school march on Main Street. It's a kinder, gentler goose-stepping, though.
Holland - Dutch-themed Town
- Address:
- 1 Lincoln Ave, Holland, MI [Show Map]
- Directions:
- 35 miles southwest of Grand Rapids, off of I-196. Windmill Island is on Lincoln Ave.
- Phone:
- 616-394-0000
Nearby Offbeat Places
- Michigan's Largest Picnic Table, Holland, MI - 10 mi.
- "Betty" the Stuffed Sleigh Dog, Fennville, MI - 13 mi.
- Front Lawn Stonehenge, Nunica, MI - 19 mi.
- Smiley Face Water Tower, Fruitport, MI - 24 mi.
