Top nature shot : the pure beauty of Kemmel Hill bluebells blossom

Magic moment of springtime in Flanders oak woods, bluebell flowers symbols of rebirth, love and peace

(Browse the collection : West Flanders Province time lapse and video stock footage)

Because they form large purple-blue carpets on the forest floor – and because they make for amazing Instagram pictures – bluebells have become a proper hype in recent years.

(This must be Belgium)

The Kemmelberg (Heuvelland near Ypres) is known for its wild hyacinths (forest hyacinths) that bloom in all their splendour every spring. So it is not at all true that they are only to be seen in the “Hallerbos”. There are so many of them in the spring that, by analogy with the “Zwarteberg” and “Rodeberg”, in that period of the year you could even speak of the “Paarseberg”.

(Top Vlaanderen)

Every year, from mid-April until mid-May, the wild hyacinths bloom massively on the Kemmelberg. No, you don’t have to go to the Hallerbos to see them: they grow right here in the woodland garden of our Hostellerie Mont Kemmel ! We have put together a special package for you around this theme: by analogy with the Rodeberg, the Zwarteberg and so on, we call it the “Mont Purple”.

(Mont Kemmel)