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[[File:N220.PNG|200px|right|thumb|Map of Westland]]
[[File:Maasdijk, kassen foto1 2014-03-09 11.07.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of greenhouses in the Westland]] 
'''Westland''' is a region of the [[Netherlands]] and lies in the western part of the Province of [[South Holland]]. It consists of the municipalities of [[Westland, municipality of the Netherlands|Westland]] and [[Midden-Delfland]], and also of the town of [[Hook of Holland]] (which is a part of the municipality of [[Rotterdam]]).

Westland is well known for its [[horticulture]] in [[greenhouse|glasshouses]], hence its nickname '''the glass city'''.

== Greenhouse Horticulture ==

Greenhouses were already in use in some country estates from the 18th century, but in the 19th century it was decided to place glass windows against the [[grape wall]]s to protect the grapes from bad [[indian summer]]s, which disrupted ripening. Moreover, this also allowed the ripening time to be shortened. This introduced the modern [[greenhouse horticulture]]. New inventions such as the  lessenaarskas, the kopkas, the druivenserre, the broeibak and the agricultural warenhuis  eventually led to the modern [[greenhouse]]. From the end of the 19th century, but especially in the period just after 1900, the greenhouse was introduced on a large scale in the Westland, which again completely changed its appearance: over time, about three-quarters of the horticultural area was covered with greenhouses.<ref name = ":0">((Cite news|last=Heslinga, M.W. ea.|first=|work=Nederland in kaarten. Verandering van stad en land in vier eeuwen cartografie|date=1985|title=Tuinbouw in het Westland: Van groene tuin tot glazen stad|access-date=|pages=56–57|language=|url=))</ref>

Grape cultivation increased enormously before the outbreak of the [[World War II]], but collapsed after the war because the southern European countries were able to supply grapes much more cheaply. As a replacement for grapes, the cultivation of [[tomato]]es, [[lettuce]] and [[cucumber]]s emerged and few grapes are grown in the Westland. From the 1960s onwards, the cultivation of [[cut flower]]s also became increasingly important. These products are all mainly intended for export. After the First World War, rail transport was supplanted by road transport, for which a large number of new roads were built to bring the products quickly to the sales markets.

The Westland is a prosperous and innovative region, due to the fast-growing development in the field of [[agribusiness]]. Many new techniques are emerging to enable us to function better as a horticultural company, from the closed greenhouse to the [[convertible greenhouse]]. The greenhouse horticulture area, the '' Glass City '', is largely limited to the municipality of Westland. The street name '' Laan van de Glazen Stad '' in Naaldwijk also refers to this. In Midden-Delfland (as argued above also part of the Westland region) livestock farming predominates.

<gallery heights="200" widths="250">
File:Druivenland Weeknummer 36-39 - Open Beelden - 29853.ogv|Grapes being picked in a greenhouse in Westland in 1936
File:De eerste verse groente Weeknummer 43-12 - Open Beelden - 14177.ogv|Harvest in 1943
File:Druivenfeest in het Westland-508328.ogv|Grape festival in westland in  1951
File:Tomato P5260299b.jpg|tomato growing
</gallery>

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[[Category:Regions of the Netherlands]]
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