Comments on: Washington, DC – The Netherlands Carillon

By: Arjan

Arjan — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:06:31 +0000

Stumbled upon your website following a your link in a comment on the site of Zenhabits.
I am from the Netherlands, now living in Italy for 9 years, and i never heard of this monument!
Thank you for sharing this and maybe oneday i will have the change to visit it.

Bye

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:26:12 +0000

I know what the circle is for! But someone else beat me to it. Yep, it’s for tulips in the springtime (also fittingly Dutch). we went last year, and they seriously have tulips of every size and color, it’s AMAZING and so beautiful. You have to make another trip there in the spring, about the same time as peak cherry blossom season, that’s when they’re in full bloom. We definitely plan on going again this year…thanks for the reminder!!

By: Jana

Jana — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:32:49 +0000

I am pretty sure tulips grow on those rectangles that make up the circle. Also, in the 90s they had a LDS Young Women celebration and played church songs on the carillon. It was very cool.

By: Alzo

Alzo — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:46:23 +0000

Another interesting find! There are dozens of these places that are fun if you know where to look. Great view. I will have to check it out next time I’m in DC. Thanks for the photos.

By: John von Cannon

John von Cannon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:16:02 +0000

Remind me as i would like to tour next time in DC!

By: Anneli

Anneli — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:24:37 +0000

Wow, that’s pretty neat, though the picture down the stairs freaks me out. o.o;; I’m afraid of heights, heh.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:25:47 +0000

That grass circle is a maze- a very stylized, cool, modern European maze. Supposedly, walking a maze is a calming, meditative experience. Very appropriate, I think.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:51:04 +0000

I wish I had gone to the top of the Carillon – great view! That weird circle is usually a very pretty flower garden. The Planet Arlington World Music Festival is held at the Iwo Jima/Netherlands Carillon every year in August. Great music and it’s free! Just bring a chair or blanket and have a picnic. They even pass out free water and bug spray.
http://www.arlingtonarts.org/planetarlington/index.php?id=16

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:43:23 +0000

I love the letters on that first sign photo. It’s slightly storybook-ish. If you’ve ever crossed the Utah-Idaho border the letters on the “Welcome to Idaho” sign look very much like the letters on The Netherlands Carillon sign.

And yes, Courtney. Those are some serious crop squares–err- circles.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:09:03 +0000

Crop circles. That’s what those circle things in the grass are.

Just kidding

I really don’t believe in crop circles.