Amsterdam`s last floating florist closes, blaming tourists
(The Guardian Netherlands)

Stallholder at Bloemenmarkt for 45 years says people taking pictures crowd out his regularsThe last florist at Amsterdam´s floating flower market, the Bloemenmarkt, is shutting shop, blaming large groups of tourists for crowding out his customers and the changing nature of the historical city centre.Michael Saarloos, whose family began selling flowers at the market on the Singel canal in 1943, said he was being drowned out by cheap stalls and tourism. Related: My Amsterdam is being un-created by mass tourism | Joost de Vries Continue reading...