Part 10 (Flevoland)

With the finishing of the Afsluitdijk (big dike between Northsea and Zuidersee) in 1936 the creation of a new province started. Ringdikes were constructed and the water inside was pumped away. The North Eastern Polder was ready in 1942, Eastern Flevoland followed in 1957 and Southern Flevoland in 1968. The islands of Urk and Schokland disappeared and became part of the mainland.
The new province of Flevoland was established in 1986.

It is a strange idea that we are walking on the bottom of the sea when we make our trip through the province. Lets start at the official site of the province here.

Flevoland	The new province (D).
Tourism	Tourism in Flevoland.
Nature	Nature in the province (D).

First of all lets visit some cities. None of them is old and you understand now why.

Noordoostpolder	The municipality of Noordoostpolder.
Emmeloord	Pictures of the city of Emmeloord.
Almere	The city of Almere.
Promotion	Promotion of the city.
Dronten	Town of Dronten (D).
Zeewolde	Village of Zeewolde.
Lelystad	The city of Lelystad (D).
Pictures	Pictures of Lelystad.
Batavia	Batavia Ship Yard.
Pictures	Pictures of the yard.
Aviodome	Aviodome (open in july 2003).
Batavia stad	Outlet shopping.

Before we continue our tour, we visit the former islands of Urk and Schokland.

The former island of Urk.

Urk	The village of Urk.
Promotion	Urk promotion.
Museum	The museum of Urk (D).
Island	Urk as it was.
Monument	The Fishermen Monument (D).
Pictures	Pictures of Urk.

The former island of Schokland.

Schokland	All about Schokland.
More	More about the ex-island.