Is Holland boring? Is it fun? How do people relax in their free time? From playing and watching live sports to listening to live music to volunteering, here's what four local experts had to say about things to do in Holland, Michigan.
Things To Do in Holland, Michigan
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Holland is the home of one of America’s largest annual flower festivals! The city plants millions of tulip bulbs in fall, and visitors enjoy the colorful flowers in May each year.
The white sand beaches of Holland stand in front of the lake. Sailboats easing into the channel have their white sails appear pink and red with the sunset in the background. Locals stand around the boardwalk and eventually make their way back to one of the many campgrounds or homes surrounding Lake Macatawa.
The Dutch culture can be seen best in early May during the “Tulip Time” festival. The reds, yellows, pinks, and whites of the tulips dot the green landscape of the parks and towns for miles and highlight the borders of the rustic, brown Dutch windmills. Many of these windmills stand on little mounds of dirt, similar to the dikes used by the Dutch to reclaim their farmland from the sea in the Netherlands. With these sights as a backdrop, the atmosphere is carnivalesque.
Downtown Holland is filled with small shops and stores that line the roads and eventually make their way to the little lake Macatawa that filters its way into Lake Michigan by passing through the channel lined by bystanders swimming, boating, and talking. Alongside this channel are the sand dunes that stretch north all the way to Mackinac City, traversing the Sleepy Bear Dunes and small lakes of Ludington and Petoskey along its way.
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