Almere Stad
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Almere
Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the...
in the Dutch province Flevoland
Flevoland
Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands. Located in the centre of the country, at the location of the former Zuiderzee, the province was established on January 1, 1986; the twelfth province of the country, with Lelystad as its capital...
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The first houses in Almere Stad were finished in 1980. Nowadays there are several residential areas, offices, industrial areas, parks, and a lake. The city hall as well as a regional hospital are located in Almere Stad.
In March 2006, the first shops in the new city centre were opened. This new city centre has been designed by Rem Koolhaas
Rem Koolhaas
Remment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. Koolhaas studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam, at the Architectural...
http://www.oma.eu/index.php?option=com_projects&view=portal&id=131&Itemid=10 and hosts an attractive waterfront, a state of the art cinema, a theatre, several retail outlets, restaurants and apartments. Almere also has the best library of the country.
External links
[(Dutch) http://www.almerestadchatbox.nl/ (Chatbox and forum for people in Almere)]