Tulip Fever

Tulip fever or Tulip mania (Dutch: ‘tulpenkoorts’ or ‘tulpenmanie’) refers to a period during the Dutch Golden Age when prices for fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels. It resulted in a dramatic economic collapse in the 17th century and the term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble. Tulips are still an important part of Dutch culture and economy and maybe have an even stronger symbolic value for the country in general. When the tulip season kicks off in January every year, in the heart of Amsterdam, for a brief moment the notorious Tulip fever from the 17th century is among us again...