The freight tracks on the railway station were used to transport flowers from the nearby fields to i.a. the flower auction in Aalsmeer.
Generalleutnant Kurt Schmidt died on March 3, 1945 in Aalsmeer whilst commander of the 526th Reserve Division.
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The auction building of the flower auction in Aalsmeer is the largest building by footprint in the world, covering 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft; 243 acres).