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Lelystad (population 65,000) is the capital of the province of Flevoland. This brand new city was built on reclaimed land in the former Zuiderzee (Sea of the south). Lelystad was founded in 195. The city was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk (which turned the Zuiderzee in a lake), making the reclaiming possible. Lelystad is the main town of the region, built to a controversial design in the 1960s. Part of the province has also been designated as an overspill area for Randstad Holland.

The first inhabitants of Lelystad arrived, mainly from Amsterdam,  in 1967, and since then the town has grown into an attractive place with many parks and nearby nature areas. Apart from some interesting housing developments, the main point of interest is the Informatie Centrum Nieuw Land, located in the west of the city, which explains the polder reclamation process using audio-visual presentations.
 

 

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