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Province of Flevoland

Lelystad: the city was founded in 1967 and is built on reclaimed land (approximately 5 meters below sea level). So, how should ‘ideal’ Dutch city look like?

Inside town hall

Cornelis Lely. He engineered the draining of land, making foundation of Lelystad possible.

What’s the orange..?

Theatre. Agora Theatre.

Only one park in the city centre.

A dyke (Houtribdijk). 30 km long.

Driving over the dyke (see also video bellow).

Water on one side, water on the other .. water everywhere..

Urk. Fishing village. Used to be an island.

nice..

A ship in a garden.

Video 1 (9.71 MB) - Driving over the dyke.

 

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