With the nice sunny days we are having the weekend will probably the best time of the season to see them. And the busiest.

I do the same and they do well unless you buy the forced ones out of season.
Bought 30 tulips there for €5, about $5.50; told my daughter in Norway, who was quite jealous as she bought 10 for a friend for NOK145, which is $18.20

So do I!

As a child I lived in the Hague and we always cycled to see the bulb fields in spring. But it has been years since I'd been there and it was as impressive as ever.

On my knees and an 18mm lens gave the long view.

Years ago I made some from a windmill, which gave a nice view as well. And coming in by plane at Schiphol Airport is a joy this time of year.
For nice pictures of the Keukenhof see http://www.tripadvisor.nl/Attraction_Review-g188597-d195228-Reviews-Keukenhof-Lisse_South_Holland_Province.html#photos
It is an advertising and booking site, but the pictures are beautiful.

Hi Lilian, they are a beautiful sight, and I loved seeing them again.
Although I've never seen one performance, there seem to be a few groups that dance in wooden shoes. Usually clogs were worn for work, but on Sundays or other occasion you would wear black leather shoes, with silver buckles if you could afford those. The shape would slightly differ depending on the town you came from - as would the dresses that are/were strictly regional. In Zeeland you could even see if the wearer was a Protestant or a Roman Catholic by the shape of the cap.
To complicate matters some regions (like Marken) had special bride's clogs, intricately carved.

As both my grandmothers wore the Scheveningen costume (I own them now) I've always been intrigued by and interested in all regional ones, the differences between them, the jewellery that was worn and the customs regarding the wear of it. .
What I have seen from Dutch costumes used abroad seems to be a fantasy mix of several regional ones - mostly Volendam (especially the cap with the turned up flaps) and Marken.

You could try a one-day visit if you live not too far from an airport - SAS and KLM often have cheap offers to and from Amsterdam. Schiphol Airport is some 20 minutes drive to the center of the bulbfields - by bus or by (a rental) car.

I am glad it brought back lovely memories.

Yes, and years of trying to get the perfect shape and colour, resistance to viruses, lengthened period of flowering, etc. There's quite a lot of science and testing gone into growing new varieties.
There's a Dutch saying that translates (awkwardly) into:
The wind blows,
the windmill turns
it all depends
on the Lord's blessing.

Vrienden wonen in Voorhout, rondritje gemaakt tussen hun huis en Lisse. Het hele gebied Hillegom, Sassenheim, Lisse, Noordwijkerhout, Voorhout is een bloemenzee op dit moment.

Good question, I don't know. They don't want their customers getting a blue hyacinth in their order of pink ones; so I expect them to be ruthless and destroy them with the unhealthy ones but I don't know.

I have read (albeit a bit late) that this has already been asked. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful site!