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37-469: The neighborhood consists of the districts: KNSM Island , Java-eiland , Oostelijke Handelskade, Cruquiuseiland , Borneo-eiland and Sporenburg. The area, about 2/3 water and 1/3 land, consists of an extension of the Oostelijke Handelskade, east of the center of town, and four artificial "islands" (peninsulas), all of which were former industrial and harbor locations of the port of Amsterdam . In

74-613: A masterplan for turning the entire Eastern Docklands into modern residential areas to allow for the expansion of the city. Many of the old buildings on the KNSM Island have been preserved by order of the city. The structures of the old cafeteria , the houses of the medical doctors, a storage building (" Loods 6 "), a customs building, and the office of the Rijn Scheepvaart Maatschappij still remain. Original plans initially called for an exclusive neighborhood of home owners, but

111-534: Is also attractive to "trendy" and well-to-do urbanites; the notably modern features of the new buildings in the "architecturally spectacular" area draw in "trendy young media and IT professionals" and are a boon for tourism to the area. Since 2005, the fast IJtram has connected the area to the Central Station where one can transfer to other tram lines . The Piet Hein Tunnel offers a fast route for motor vehicles to

148-547: Is located in the polder of Southern Flevoland (Dutch: Zuidelijk Flevoland ). It is the most western municipality of the province Flevoland . It borders with Markermeer in the west and north, Lelystad in the northeast, Zeewolde in the east, and Gooimeer in the south. Almere consists of three boroughs and three districts (Dutch: stadsdelen ), three of which are under construction. Almere has an oceanic climate characterized by mild to cool winters, and warm summers with fair precipitation year-round. On 19 May 2004, at

185-689: Is part of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (MRA). Almere is the newest city in the Netherlands: the land on which the city sits, the Southern Flevoland polder , was reclaimed from the IJsselmeer from 1959 to 1968. The first house was finished in 1976, and Almere became a municipality in 1984. It has the largest population of the municipalities in Flevoland with 214,715 citizens in 2021 and

222-787: The A10 ringroad. The Borneo Sporenburg Residential Waterfront development, by architects Adriaan Geuze/West 8 , has received the Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design from Harvard University 's Graduate School of Design in 2002. A central element in the development of the Docklands is the Oostelijke Handelskade , the Eastern Quay. Located on the IJ harbor, it ran along the docks to

259-663: The Almere Sailors . The traffic infrastructure in Almere is recognisable because of its separate infrastructure for cycles (which, in most cases, have separate cycle paths), cars and buses (the buses drive on a separate bus lane in most parts of the city). Almere is connected to the motorways A6 and A27 . In 1987 Almere was connected to the national railway system (see NS ) with the fully completed Flevolijn which connected Weesp to Lelystad Centrum . Almere currently has six railway stations: A seasonal-use station, Almere Strand ,

296-559: The Amsterdam Centraal railway station (the city decided on its location in 1869, and it was built 1882-1889), despite objections by the city; the building of the railway station followed necessarily on the Dutch government's decision in 1860 to build a national railroad system. Also, because ship sizes had increased but the Amsterdam's docks had not, competition from other cities began to hurt

333-631: The Eastern Docklands of Amsterdam . KNSM stands for the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij , the Royal Dutch Steamboat Shipping company which used to have its headquarters and its docks on the island. It is now a large residential area containing modern architecture with a mostly well-off population. Originally the island was a breakwater for the Oostelijke Handelskade , just like

370-564: The Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (KNSM) settled on the eastern part of the island and experienced rapid growth. On the western part, one of the occupants was the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN), which had reached the limit of its possible expansion on the Oostelijke Handelskade. In the first half of the 20th century there was ongoing development, including for instance

407-655: The Oosterdok , near the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum . In 2009 they returned to the island in the Azartplein. Almere Almere ( Dutch pronunciation: [ɑlˈmeːrə] ) is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland , Netherlands across the IJmeer from Amsterdam . Bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde , the municipality of Almere comprises six official areas that are

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444-558: The 1980s, The city decided to change the by now derelict area into space for residences, and even proposed to fill in the harbors. In the end, the harbors and islands remained intact, to create relatively quiet enclaves of residential neighborhoods. Many of the homes in the Eastern Docklands attract young families, which has led to more families with young children staying in the city (rather than move to places like Almere , which offer more affordable family homes with gardens). The area

481-404: The 1990s the entire area was reshaped into a housing area, based on a 1988 blueprint by Jo Coenen , his first big project. He envisioned a mixed use of the space, and planned "super blocks," big buildings containing individual homes and apartments along a central avenue, mimicking the organization of the island's former warehouses and storage buildings. The redevelopment of the island was part of

518-764: The 8th largest in the Netherlands. In October 2007, the city council of Almere made agreements with the government to expand the city to 350,000 inhabitants by 2030. The original plans for the IJsselmeerpolders saw the land being used for agriculture. However, after World War II housing was needed for the rapidly growing population of Amsterdam and two towns were planned in the polders Oostelijk Flevoland and Zuidelijk Flevoland. The town in Oostelijk Flevoland became Lelystad . The town in Zuidelijk Flevoland

555-533: The Regenboogbuurt). Hein van der Loo (independent) has been mayor of Almere since March 2023, with the municipal council consisting of a coalition of several parties. The first municipal council was installed on 2 January 1984 in the presence of the then-Minister of the Interior Koos Rietkerk . The council elections took place on 21 September 1983. Prior to 1984 Almere had an Adviesraad , which

592-506: The Western Docklands of Amsterdam and ceased others, finally leaving the island in 1977. In 1981 it merged with other major shipping companies to become Nedlloyd . During the 1980s, squatters , artists, and urban nomads occupied the area. In the 1990s, groups occupying what had come to be known as "sloaps" ("sites left over after [or before] planning") who were originally tolerated by the municipality were slowly ordered to leave. In

629-571: The adjacent Java Island . The islands level was later raised with soil dredged from the North Sea Canal , creating a harbor. In 1903, the KNSM occupied this harbor terrain that covered most of the island. In 1956 the KNSM celebrated its centennial, but the decolonization of the Dutch East Indies and the growth of cargo transport marked the end of the company. KNSM moved parts of its operations to

666-584: The already existing port area, the Spoorwegbassin , which would be used for the transloading of coal and iron ore ; railroad tracks already crisscrossed the area. Other decisions played a part in the construction of the area, such as the digging of the North Sea Canal , decided on in 1862. The development of the Oostelijke Handelskade (1876) gave Amsterdam a deep-water harbor for the first time in its history, and warehouses such as Europa , Azië , and Africa jumpstarted economic activity in 1883. The quay

703-465: The city buses run every 15 minutes (with some buses running extra runs during certain hours) and M6 which only runs every 30 minutes. There are a few overnight bus lines (Mon-Sat nights only): N21, N22 and N23. They run under the Keolis internal name nightGo (but are operated by R-net branded regional buses). The bus company running almost all buses is Keolis Netherlands. Local buses (city buses) run under

740-402: The city economically; in 1860 Den Helder had overtaken Amsterdam in port activity. To compensate for the loss of that harbor area and to create quays that would allow bigger ships to dock, Amsterdam's city engineer, Jacobus van Niftrik , planned a new quay to the east of the station, the Oostelijke Handelskade. This quay was the start of the Eastern Docklands, which was developed contiguous to

777-468: The city mandated a significant portion of the homes to be built as rentals in order to attract a more diverse population. Still, the island is known as a place for yuppies ; the English paper The Telegraph called it "Dockland chic." Loods 6 , a building typifying 1950s design and architecture currently contains artists' work spaces, a gallery, and an art exchange also houses an exposition dedicated to

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814-711: The dam, and the closed-in area raised with earth won from dredging the North Sea Canal , the digging of which had started in 1876. When the western part of the IJkade was lengthened in 1904, a new peninsula was created, as well as two harbors: the water between the Java Island and the Oostelijke Handelskade is called the IJhaven , the water south of the KNSM Island is called the Ertshaven , both also being connected by rail. The deep-water harbors allowed for much economic development. In 1903,

851-426: The districts of Almere Stad (which is further split up into Almere Stad Oost, Almere Stad West and Almere Centrum), Almere Buiten and Almere Pampus (which is currently being designed), and the boroughs of Almere Haven , Almere Hout and Almere Poort . Four of them feature official district or borough offices. Furthermore, it also comprises the unofficial historic district and neighborhood Oostvaardersdiep. Almere

888-410: The early 2000s, after a large-scale reorganization, the city's biggest post- World War II building project, the Eastern Docklands was de-industrialized and became home to some 17,000 people living in some the highest population densities in the Netherlands. In the mid-nineteenth century the Dutch government determined that the city's open harbor front was to be filled in to allow for the construction of

925-631: The east of the center of Amsterdam and got its name in 1883. Previously known as Handelskade , it was built between 1875 and 1883. In 1919 part of the quay was renamed Piet Hein Kade. In 2001, it became connected to Java Island by Jan Schaefer Bridge . One of its characteristic buildings is the Lloyd Hotel , which was constructed in 1921 by Evert Breman as temporary housing for emigrants to Latin America , many of whom from Eastern Europe . During World War II it

962-399: The increasing transport of passengers by ship to the Dutch East Indies , but after World War II harbor activity moved more to the city's Western Docklands and in the 1960s, despite the coming of some new industries such as Mobil , the area became less busy, due to the increase in containerisation and the ever-growing size of cargo ships. In the 1970s, the area fell into complete disuse. In

999-457: The instigation of Kees Kousemaker , owner of the Amsterdam comics store Lambiek , the first buildings of the Stripheldenbuurt were inaugurated in Almere. This is a district where all street names are named after famous comics characters and cartoonists. Almere is the home of football team Almere City FC , American football team FlevoPhantoms and the home of professional basketball team

1036-593: The island's history. The former company park, built in 1956, was preserved and restored in 1994 with the help of original designer Mien Ruys ; and was renamed in her honor to Mien Ruysplantsoen . The Azartplein links the KNSM Island to the Java Island, and is the final stop of tram line 7. When the KNSM celebrated its centennial, in 1959, the employees donated a group of sculptures and a fountain, dedicated to Amphitrite and made by Dutch/Flemish sculptor Albert Termote  [ nl ] . The sculptures had to be moved to make way for housing in 1981 and were removed to

1073-463: The name allGo. In the buses one can use the national transportation chipcard (smart card) , subscriptions or one can buy bus tickets of allGo in the bus or at TVM's (the latter only Downtown). Besides the local bus lines, there are regional and rush hour bus lines to towns and cities in the area. Line 159 is operated by the bus company Connexxion . Since April 2012, there was a rush hour route, 150, to Utrecht which connected Almere directly with

1110-415: The rapid development of the adjacent borough Almere Poort, it was decided to open an official station there (see Almere Poort ), thus making the station of Almere Strand obsolete. Almere Poort station opened on December 9, 2012. Therefore, Almere Strand station was officially closed just after the summer of 2012 and its iron platforms were torn down in the weekend of October 6–7, 2012. There are no remains of

1147-422: The station, although passengers can still see where the platforms once stood from the windows of Flevolijn trains. In Almere there are 11 bus lines which service the urban area. Monday to Friday, most city buses run about every 5 minutes (10 times every hour) during daytime hours. Saturdays, only a few city bus lines run every 7.5 minutes during daytime hours; most of them run every 12–15 minutes. Sunday, most of

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1184-428: Was chosen every 2 years (1978–1980, 1980–1982, 1982–1984). This Adviesraad was made up of different political parties similar to a local council. On 11 March 1977 the first adviescommissie was elected. It consisted of 5 people that were chosen on personal title. Since 2018, the council of Almere has comprised a total of 45 members. Almere maintains international relations with the following twin cities : Almere

1221-470: Was designed according to modern requirements, with a railroad track and steam-powered cranes for loading and unloading. One problem was the Zuiderzee, which caused high waves and disturbed harbor activity. The city decided to build a breakwater , but this was unsuccessful, and in 1890 a dam was planned, the start of the future Java Island and KNSM Island . In 1896 the IJkade was constructed contiguous to

1258-452: Was envisioned as a town with multiple centres. This idea was later abandoned in favor of allowing neighbourhoods like Tussen de Vaarten to be built. There is also a difference between the way houses are built in the oldest and the newest parts of the city. The housing plan in Almere in the 1970s was basic functionality and a levelling of social status. However, starting in the 1990s more exclusive homes with striking designs were built (notably in

1295-580: Was set up for certain events, such as Libelle Zomerweek. The station was made up of iron platforms. It was opened in May 1996 under the name Muiderzand . The station was closed after June 1996 but re-opened in June 1999 under the name Muiderstrand and closed again in July 1999. It re-opened again in 2001 under the name Almere Strand as an official seasonal-use station, meaning it was now open certain seasons every year. Because of

1332-580: Was still called Zuidweststad (English: South West City) on the first sketches, but in the 1970s it became called Almere , named after the lake Almere , the early medieval name of the Zuiderzee . The first house in Almere was finished in 1976. At that time the town was still controlled by the Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (Z.IJ.P.), with a Landdrost . In 1984 Almere became an official municipality. Originally, Almere

1369-464: Was used as a prison by the German occupiers, and after the war it retained that function. It became a prison for underage convicts in 1964. After 1989 it stood empty for a time, and in 1996 the city of Amsterdam opened a competition to turn the building into a hotel. That conversion, designed by Otto Nan , was finished in 2004 (with 120 rooms). KNSM Island The KNSM Island is a man-made island in

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