Free flowers on National Tulip Day lift spirits as Amsterdam exits lockdown
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On the day stores in Amsterdam and across the Netherlands cautiously re-opened after weeks of coronavirus lockdown, the Dutch capital's mood was further lightened by dashes of color in the form of thousands of free bunches of tulips handed out by growers from a boat in the canals of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dutch comedian and actor Andre van Duin poses for photographers on a boat full of free bouquets of tulips in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thousands of free bunches of tulips handed out by growers in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man with an Amsterdam face mask holds a free bouquet of tulips in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman catches a free bouquet of tulips in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People wait on bridges for a free bouquet of tulips in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thousands of free bunches of tulips handed out by growers in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thousands of free bunches of tulips handed out by growers in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman with a face mask catches a free bouquet of tulips in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Free bouquet of tulips were thrown to people on bridges in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People wait on bridges for a free bouquet of tulips in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People catch free bouquets of tulips in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People wait on bridges for a free bouquet of tulips in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 15.