Holland by the numbers

• Nearly 43,000 people call Holland home.

• The Holland Snowmelt System includes more than 120 miles of plastic tubing that carries warm water under downtown sidewalks and streets.

• 6 million tulips bloom throughout Holland each spring.  The average life of a tulip is 2.5 years.  If tulips are planted from seed, they take 21 years to bloom.

• Tulip Time Festival is celebrating its 89th anniversary this year.

• Approximately 1,300 Klompen Dancers perform during Tulip Time.

• The city has more than 1,800 acres of parkland.

• Climbing the 230 steps of Mt. Pisgah sand dune provides stunning views of Lake Michigan, Lake Macatawa and Big Red Lighthouse.

• The greater Holland area includes 176 churches, representing 49 denominations.

• In 2013, Holland was named one of “America’s Prettiest Towns” by Forbes magazine.

• Holland was ranked No. 3 on Livability’s “Top 10 Best Places for Families.”

• Tulip Time was named USA Today’s “Best Flower Festival” in 2016 and one of the “Top 100 events in North America” by the American Bus Association.

• New Holland Brewing Company opened in 1997 — 4 years before its infamous Dragon’s Milk Bourbon Barrel Stout was introduced.

• Hope College enrolls over 3,300 students from 45 states and territories and 34 foreign countries.

• 120 musicians comprise the Holland Symphony Orchestra.

• DeZwaan Windmill stands 12 stories tall and is only authentic working Dutch windmill in the United States.