Bluebell flowers carpet the Hallerbos forest floor, Flanders, Belgium
Bluebell flowers carpet the Hallerbos forest floor, Flanders, Belgium (© Jason Langley/plainpicture)
A glimpse of the Blue Forest
What colour do you normally associate with a forest? You might say green, but Belgium's Hallerbos forest is sometimes called the Blue Forest, for obvious reasons. For about 10 days every year, usually in late April or early May, this very old forest floor is transformed as bluebell hyacinths wake up from their winter slumber and carpet it in blue.
© Jason Langley/plainpicture