Flowers Delivery to Holland: How to Send a Bouquet to the Netherlands

Yes, you can order flowers delivery to Holland with us. In the Netherlands we deliver to six cities - Alphen aan den Rijn, Bergen op Zoom, Hoofddorp, Leiden, Roosendaal and Zoetermeer - and if you mean the small town of Holland in Texas, that is on our list too. You choose a bouquet on the country or city page, add the address and card text, and pay online in rubles with delivery already included in the price.

Below I explain how to check that your recipient's town is covered, what to write on the address form so the courier finds the door first time, which flowers suit Dutch occasions, and how the person on the other end can keep the bouquet fresh for as long as possible. If your family is spread between Russia and Europe, there is also a short note on ordering inside Russia.

Holland or the Netherlands: which page you need

Most people who type "Holland" mean the whole country, the Netherlands. Strictly speaking, North and South Holland are only two of its twelve provinces, but the Dutch themselves are used to the nickname and nobody will mind it on a greeting card. For ordering, the important thing is the city, not the province. Open the page Flower delivery to Netherlands and you will see the towns we currently serve: Alphen aan den Rijn, Bergen op Zoom, Hoofddorp, Leiden, Roosendaal and Zoetermeer.

Leiden, Alphen aan den Rijn and Zoetermeer sit in South Holland, Hoofddorp is in North Holland close to Schiphol, and Bergen op Zoom and Roosendaal are in North Brabant, near the Belgian border. If your recipient lives in one of these places, pick the city and continue as described below. If the town is not on the page, it is better to know that before you plan a surprise rather than on the day itself.

There is a second Holland that catches people out: Holland, Texas, a small town in Bell County. If that is where your friend lives, use the separate page Flower delivery to Holland - it sits inside our USA section, where we cover 801 cities. Double-check the country in the address before paying; a bouquet meant for Texas should never be ordered through the Dutch page, and vice versa.

How an order to the Netherlands works step by step

An order abroad is placed exactly the same way as one in Russia. Go to the city page, choose a bouquet, enter the recipient's address and the text for the card, then pay online. The price you see is already converted to rubles and already includes delivery, so there is no separate courier fee to work out. You can pay by bank card, through SBP or with Yandex Pay.

Fill in the address the way a Dutch letter carrier would read it: street name, then house number with any addition (for example 12A or 12-bis), then the postcode in the format of four digits and two letters, then the town. The postcode matters more than you would expect, because Dutch streets with the same name often exist in neighbouring districts. Add the recipient's phone number with the +31 country code and a note if the entrance is round the back or the flat is above a shop.

Card text is the part people rush, and it is the part the recipient keeps. Write it in the language your recipient reads most comfortably. If you write in Dutch, keep it short and check the spelling of names. If you prefer English or Russian, that is fine too; many Dutch people read English easily, and a Russian-speaking relative will be glad to see a message in their own language.

If you are unsure about a detail - whether a town is covered, how to phrase the card or which bouquet fits the occasion - write to our manager on WhatsApp before paying. It is much easier to fix a doubt at that stage than after the order is confirmed.

Bouquets we can deliver

Bouquet of 1 yellow sunflowers

$13

Bouquet of 3 white French roses with eucalyptus, 50 cm

$18

Bouquet of 3 red French roses with eucalyptus, 50 cm

$18

Bouquet of 3 pink roses with eucalyptus, 50 cm

$18

Timing: time zones, seasons and Dutch occasions

The Netherlands runs on Central European Time. In winter that is two hours behind Moscow, and in summer, when the clocks go forward, the gap shrinks to one hour. Keep this in mind when you are counting days to a birthday that falls on a Monday morning: the recipient's day starts later than yours if you are in Russia, and earlier if you are in North America.

The Dutch love flowers and buy them for ordinary weeks, not only for big dates. That means a bouquet arriving on a random Thursday will not look strange; it will look generous. Still, there are moments when flowers are almost expected: birthdays, a new baby (people visit for kraamvisite, the first visit to the family), moving into a new home, recovering after hospital, and Mother's Day, which in the Netherlands falls on the second Sunday of May. King's Day on 27 April is about orange and street markets rather than bouquets, so it is not a typical gifting date.

One custom worth knowing: at a Dutch birthday guests congratulate not only the person whose birthday it is but also their relatives in the room. If you send flowers to a family home for a parent's or grandparent's birthday, a line in the card that mentions the whole household fits Dutch manners nicely.

Which flowers to choose for Dutch recipients

Sending tulips to the Netherlands can feel like bringing sand to the beach, and yet they remain the flower the Dutch buy most happily from January to late April. If you choose tulips, pick a bouquet with a clear colour idea - all white, soft pink, or a bold mix of red and orange - rather than a random assortment. Tulips continue to grow in the vase and lean towards the light, which many people find charming.

Outside tulip season, roses, chrysanthemums, gerberas and mixed seasonal bouquets all work well. Dutch taste tends to be natural and relaxed: loose, garden-style arrangements with greenery usually go down better than tightly packed formal domes. Browse the Bouquets catalogue for ideas on style and colour before you open the city page.

On etiquette, the Netherlands is relaxed. The Russian rule of odd numbers for celebrations and even numbers for mourning is not widely known there, so a Dutch recipient will not count stems. If your recipient is a Russian speaker living in Leiden or Zoetermeer, though, they may well notice, so an odd number is the safer choice for a happy occasion. White lilies and white chrysanthemums are often associated with funerals in parts of Europe, so for a birthday it is kinder to choose warmer colours.

Helping your recipient keep the bouquet fresh

Most Dutch homes are warm and bright, which is pleasant for people and hard on cut flowers. The best thing your recipient can do is trim each stem by one or two centimetres at an angle with a sharp knife, put the bouquet into a clean vase with cool water, and keep it away from radiators, sunny windowsills and the fruit bowl - ripening fruit releases ethylene, which speeds up wilting.

Change the water every two days and trim the stems again each time. Remove any leaves that sit below the water line; they rot quickly and cloud the water. Tulips drink a lot, so with them it is worth checking the level daily.

If the bouquet contains fresh daffodils, they should stand in a separate jug for several hours before joining other flowers, because the sap they release can shorten the life of tulips and roses. With this basic care a good bouquet usually lasts about a week, and roses and chrysanthemums often longer. You might add a short care tip in your card if the recipient is not a keen flower person.

If you also send flowers to Russia

Many of our customers have relatives in both directions: a daughter in Hoofddorp, parents in Russia. Inside Russia we deliver across the country. City delivery costs 500 RUB; for remote districts and suburbs the operator confirms the price when confirming the order. In large cities express delivery takes 1-2 hours after the order is confirmed, or you can choose an exact time (plus or minus 30 minutes), a window of 09-12, 12-15, 15-18 or 18-21, or pre-order 1-30 days ahead.

Delivery in Russia is anonymous by default - the courier does not name the sender - and a card with your text is free. The courier calls the recipient about 15 minutes before arrival. If nobody is home, we agree a second delivery the same day or leave the flowers with a neighbour or concierge, but only with your consent.

For both kinds of orders the manager on WhatsApp can help you choose a bouquet, agree the time, address and card text, and send you a photo of the bouquet before delivery. The full list of countries we serve - 53 of them, more than 1640 cities - is on the page Flower delivery abroad, which is in Russian. We deliver bouquets across Russia in 1–2 hours.