Very interesting. So everything in Flevoland was built since the 1960s, because Flevoland didn't exist before then? Wow. That's kind of a unique situation.
Sort of. Flevoland is a province that is reclaimed land. It took a few decades to create, and can technically still be expanded. It’s history starts around 1918 with a bold plan from an engineer and political Called Cornelis Lely. In 1932 the Afsluitdijk was completed and after world war 2 the poldering process started on the Noordoostpolder, which was the first part to be completed. There where plans to completely reclaim the land between Noord-Holland and Flevoland as it is now, but those where not completed for various reasons.
The openness was the architects / town designers original vision. I can see that it perhaps does not look very inviting to most people, the modern architecture is an aqquired taste but the residents seem happy and appreciative of it from what I have read about the town. The town is under heritage protection, new built homes have to fit in with the towns architecture and planning, they are built outside of the orginal town (with the same landscaping / urban planning applied to it). When I walked through the town it felt very calm and quite, unlike some places that are very dense and crowded. It's something you've got to experience yourself. I wouln't mind living there. I would however liked it if the surrounding forrest was bigger as it's kind of small and artifically planned.
Thanks for posting this very interesting footage. I hope to visit this unique place in the upcoming months :) Greetings, Marjet
Very interesting. So everything in Flevoland was built since the 1960s, because Flevoland didn't exist before then? Wow. That's kind of a unique situation.
Sort of. Flevoland is a province that is reclaimed land. It took a few decades to create, and can technically still be expanded. It’s history starts around 1918 with a bold plan from an engineer and political Called Cornelis Lely. In 1932 the Afsluitdijk was completed and after world war 2 the poldering process started on the Noordoostpolder, which was the first part to be completed. There where plans to completely reclaim the land between Noord-Holland and Flevoland as it is now, but those where not completed for various reasons.
This place looks empty, bare, unnatural. But, there is lots of open spaces to be filled in with more inviting dwellings.
The openness was the architects / town designers original vision. I can see that it perhaps does not look very inviting to most people, the modern architecture is an aqquired taste but the residents seem happy and appreciative of it from what I have read about the town. The town is under heritage protection, new built homes have to fit in with the towns architecture and planning, they are built outside of the orginal town (with the same landscaping / urban planning applied to it). When I walked through the town it felt very calm and quite, unlike some places that are very dense and crowded. It's something you've got to experience yourself. I wouln't mind living there. I would however liked it if the surrounding forrest was bigger as it's kind of small and artifically planned.