AMSTERDAM, March 22 -- Several thousand visitors from around the globe basked in the unseasonably radiant Dutch sunshine as they flocked to the Thursday opening of Keukenhof, the world's largest flower park.

Each spring, droves of visitors come to gawk at the millions of tulips of every shade and hue blossoming across the park's 32-hectare expanse, southwest of Amsterdam.

"We couldn't wait to come here and visit Keukenhof, which we saw on TikTok and Instagram," Mikhaela, 19, who came with her boyfriend from Greece, told AFP.

"We wanted to see what it looked like in real life," she added.

After welcoming more than 1.4 million people to the park in 2024, Keukenhof was expecting nearly 20,000 visitors for the opening day of its 76th year...