The highlight of the Holland community's cultural calendar is the annual Tulip Time festival held in early May. Tracing its roots to 1927, the event has grown to include wooden-shoe clad "klompen" dancers, an authentic Dutch street scrubbing parade, parade of bands, children's costume parade and a variety of other entertainment. Today, Tulip Time spans seven days, attracting almost a million visitors.

Holland's Dutch heritage is also kept alive at several area attractions. An educational family-oriented place to visit is Dutch Village, a re-creation of a small, 100-year-old Dutch town. Exhibits include a farmhouse and barn, museum, weigh house and wooden shoe factory.

Located a short drive north of Holland is Veldheer's Tulip Garden and DeKlomp Wooden Shoe & Delft Factory. Founded in 1955 by Vernin Veldheer as a hobby, the gardens comprise millions of tulips, as well as lilies, peonies and a rainbow of other flowers. The gift shop has one of the largest selections of bulbs in the country. Veldheer's DeKlomp Wooden Shoe & Delft Factory makes traditional wooden shoes, and is the only factory in the United States crafting authentic Delft pottery.

"De Zwaan," an 18th Century Dutch windmill, is one of the highlights of Windmill Island, a 36-acre area of manicured tulip gardens, dikes, canals and the Posthouse, a re-creation of a 14th Century Dutch wayside inn housing a collection of Dutch furnishings and historic documents. Every year more than 100,000 people visit the park, located in the Macatawa Marsh on the edge of downtown Holland.