Almere, Province of Flevoland, Netherlan 作者： 来源： 发布时间：2021-02-21
一、人口，面积，所属地区
Location in Province Flevoland
Government
Body Municipal council
Mayor Franc Weerwind (D66)
Area
Total 248.77 km2 (96.05 sq mi)
Land 129.60 km2 (50.04 sq mi)
Water 119.17 km2 (46.01 sq mi)
Population (January 2019)
Total 207,904
Density 1,604/km2 (4,150/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Almeerder
Area code 036
Website www.almere.nl
Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises six official areas that are 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, which has an active semi-self-governing community, and the planned district of Almere Oosterwold. Almere 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 207,904 citizens in 2019 and the 7th 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.
二、自然地理
Geography
Almere is located in the polder of Southern Flevoland (Dutch: Zuidelijk Flevoland). It is the most western municipality of the province Flevoland. It borders with Lake Marken in the west and north, Lelystad in the northeast, Zeewolde in the east, and Lake Gooi in the south.
Almere consists of three boroughs and three districts (Dutch: stadsdelen), three of which are under construction.
Topographic map of Almere, September 2014
Climate
Almere has an oceanic climate characterized by mild to cool winters, and warm summers with fair precipitation year-round.
Transport
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.
Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland (formerly known as "Schouwburg Almere")
Railway
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:
Almere Poort (opened December 9, 2012)
Almere Muziekwijk (opened May 30, 1987)
Almere Centrum (opened May 30, 1987)
Almere Parkwijk (opened on February 1, 1996)
Almere Buiten (opened May 30, 1987)
Almere Oostvaarders (opened December 12, 2004)
A seasonal-use station, Almere Strand, 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 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.[21] There are no remains of the station, although passengers can still see where the platforms once stood from the windows of Flevolijn trains.[clarification needed]
Public buses
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 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).
Regional bus lines
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 the University Area of Utrecht called De Uithof. (This was previously done by former bus line 295). Due to budget cuts, line 150 was scrapped on July 9, 2016.
三、经济发展和规模
Established in 1976, Almere has been one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. Since its initial development as a suburban area to the east of Amsterdam, it has grown into its current status of the Netherlands’ most exemplary new town: in just 36 years, it has attracted over 195,000 residents and 14,500 businesses.
Large internationals can be found in Almere. They include the production facility and the headquarters of the Yakult Group in Europe, the European headquarters of engine manufacturer Yanmar, and Mitsubishi Turbo Engines. These big names from Japan are accompanied by Dutch businesses such as Voiceworks and Elements Interactive. The region is also home to Csmart, the global training centre of Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest leisure travel company. In total, more than 18,000 businesses, of which 150 are international companies, have set up shop in Almere, employing more than 80,000 people. And Almere still has plenty of space to grow, providing numerous possibilities for companies that want to open offices or buy land to build warehouses and distribution centres.
The region’s abundance of space means it’s an ideal location for business parks and logistics centres. For example, Business park Stichtsekant hosts modern distribution centres for regional and national markets and is just a half-an-hour drive from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Port of Amsterdam and the Utrecht region.
Small- and medium-sized companies are also busy in Almere and Lelystad. As a breeding ground for business growth, the region is increasingly popular with international app builders and digital startups looking to make the most of the Amsterdam Area’s startup and scale-up ecosystem.
四、产业特点/重点项目
Yakult Europe
Yakult is one of the world's biggest health product companies, and around 40 million Yakult products are consumed around the world each day. In the Amsterdam Area, the Japanese firm's European success began 25 years ago in the city of Almere. We interviewed Hiroyasu Matsubara, Yakult's managing director in Europe, to find out more.
Yakult's European success began 25 years ago in Almere.
Yakult’s European Headquarters in Almere
Photo: Yakult's Hiroyasu Matsubara in the firm's Almere headquarters
Carnival Corporation's CSMART Academy
In the fast-growing Dutch city of Almere, just a brief train ride from Amsterdam’s city centre, the global cruise company Carnival Corporation has established its gleaming CSMART Academy.
Internationally renowned training centre
Representing a €75 million investment in Almere, Carnival Corporation’s Arison Maritime Center is home to the CSMART Academy, which features the industry’s most advanced simulators and provides training to up to 6,500 of Carnival’s bridge and engineering officers every year. At 10,750 m2, the environmentally friendly CSMART – which stands for ‘Center for Simulator Maritime Training’ – is more than double the size of Carnival Corporation’s previous training site in Almere, which opened in 2009. What’s more, the Arison Maritime Center also has an onsite hotel exclusively for all its trainees.
The campus’s buildings were designed by Dutch architect Paul de Ruiter, with construction carried out by Dutch firm Dura Vermeer. Sustainability was a key consideration at every stage: the buildings were constructed to LEED Gold environmental standards, and the simulator team even managed to reduce the power consumption and heat emission by 70% due to virtualisation.
Realism is the ethos of CSMART Academy
TYC
TYC Europe currently provides 5% of all lamps, radiators, mirrors and components for cooling systems used as replacements in common car marques. Company analysts believe that capturing 8% of the market (worth €640 million), within three years is a feasible goal. “As a group, we have chosen to reduce our comparatively large dependence on the US market, and at the same time to focus on Europe,” explains Angie Wu.
Serving growing international markets in Almere
A good distribution system is vital, she adds: “With the aftermarket for damage and collisions, the speed and reliability of supply is essential. This factor was significant in the choice of our parent company for this location. From here, we can actually guarantee sending our customers the requested products within one day of receiving their order. That goes for all the 30 countries that we serve from here.”
五、风景名胜，景点
Almere Jungle
Animal park in Almere, Netherlands
Address: Kemphaanpad 2, 1358 AC Almere, Netherlands
Phone: +31 36 530 9930
Province: Flevoland
Stadslandgoed de Kemphaan
Park
Address: Kemphaanpad 4, 1358 AC Almere, Netherlands
Phone: +31 36 538 4416
Kemphaanpad 4, 1358 AC Almere
Twitter: De Kemphaan
@DeKemphaan
https://www.kemphaan.nl/en/
Gooimeer
The bordering lakes of the province of Flevoland
Type bordering lake, eutrophic
Basin countries Netherlands
Surface area 26.70 km2 (10.31 sq mi)
Settlements Huizen
The Gooimeer (Gooi Lake) is a bordering lake in the Netherlands between the southeastern part of North Holland ('t Gooi, het Gooi) and Flevoland.
There is a railroad bridge over the narrow west side, between Weesp and Almere Muziekwijk, with a parallel highway bridge, the Hollandse Brug. The narrow eastern border of the lake is crossed by two parallel highway bridges.
On the south bank of Gooimeer, which used to be the IJsselmeer, before the creation of the new polder Flevoland, the old cities of Naarden and Huizen can be found. The Naarderwoonbos, part of the Naarderbos, was built in the eighties. It is situated directly adjacent to the southern shore of the Gooimeer.
The Gooimeer is related to the crash of El Al Flight 1862 in 1992, as the two right-hand side jet engines separated from the plane and fell into the lake, witnessed by a fishing police officer. The plane later continued on for eight minutes until it crashed into the Bijlmermeer apartment complex.
六、历史文化
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 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 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 the Regenboogbuurt).
七、其他信息
Culture
On 19 May 2004, at 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.
Sport
Almere is the home of football team Almere City FC, American football team FlevoPhantoms and the home of basketball team the Almere Pioneers.
八、联系方式
Franc Weerwind (D66) serves as Mayor of Almere since 9 September 2015.
Call 14 036
Telephone +31 36 539 9911.
Address
Visiting address: Stadhuisplein 1, 1315 HR Almere
Postal address: Postbus 200, 1300 AE Almere
https://english.almere.nl/contact/