Burgerwaard City

[GizmoCity 17]

Dear SimCity friends

2010

Because of a computer crash, birth of 2 young daughters and a moving out from house Burgerwaard ends here..

I have reinstalled SC4 on my new computer and I am very busy with my new city

Burgerdam

I hope to get some preview pictures soon on a Simptropolis City Journal

and here is one sneak preview of the Airport of Burgerdam.

Sneak preview Burgerdam Airport

There is more to come..........

Here are the old pictures of Burgerwaard

         Welcome to

  The Region Burgerwaard

Because i am making this region from zero.. and my spare free time because of my busy work, this is a sneak preview of the projects that are (almost) finished. So visit more times to find out the progress if you like. Burgerwaard will be an large seaport city as you can see in the City Shield.

In the region you will find

The big city of  with 4 main area's

Burgerwaard. This is the city area of Burgerwaard you will see a sneak preview in this CJ

Port (Zeehaven) is the Dutch word for seaport (harbor), this is going to be the large seaport of Burgerwaard

This is going to be the beach tourist area of Burgerwaard, of cours with long beaches, hotels etc etc...

Burgerwaard International Airport.

Also the city would build an large zoo and big theme park.

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Other places in the region Burgerwaard

This is a little neighbour Dutch city. 

A seperate city journal of this city you can find

here

Very little neighbour village (seperate cj is coming)

Een large area that is industrial only (seperate cj is coming)

A farmers village (seperate cj is coming)

South Island A big farmers island with little village's concert ground, and large forest area's (seperate cj is coming)

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Welcome to Burgerwaard City

Facts so far:

Population:

130.000

Location:

In the region Burgerwaard

City highways connects to:

Berchsenhoek, Standaardbuiten, Boerendrecht, Burgerwaard Int. Airport, Port of Burgerwaard

Railway connects to: 

Berchsenhoek, Standaardbuiten, boerendrecht, Burgerwaard Int. Airport. Port of Burgerwaard

Public transportation: Train, subway as well el rail and lightrail, bus.

Infrastructure Maps

Highway

Public Transport

Downtown

Welcome to the downtown square, this is the heart of the city. This square is located in the middle of the downtown shopping area. This is an momumental square with fountain. Every year the king comes to this square and honour those that fight and die in the national wars. The big cathedral has been the quest of many important marriages of kings, queens, prime ministers and celebrities. Also the people come here every day for the big daily market. As you can see there are also nice terraces to get and get a nice cool drink and relax from a busy day shopping in all the many shops in Burgerwaard downtown. Also the City Hall is located here as you can see opposite from the terraces. From this square it is just a 5 min walk to Burgerwaard Central Station.

Like many other city's Burgerwaard have its own office tower district. In the west of downtown you will find many large an impressive office buildings. It is far from finished yet but you allready can see many big companies have build there hq and offices here.

Take a look at this impressive neighbourhood. Delfshaven. It is the old downtown houses south of the downtown square. Here you will find old style Dutch houses. This district is especially pleased by its old style houses and the canals that run between. All the wealthy, rich and famous people have an house here but also many lawyers offices are located here. Please be sure to buy a map ore use you're navigation system when you go here, because all the streets looks te same is very easy to get lost!

FC Burgerwaard Football Club

Welcome to the stadium and complex of FC Burgerwaard. The city has 3 football (soccer) clubs. The biggest one is FC Burgerwaard. They have been champions many times and winners of many European and world cups. On this sports complex you will find the big stadium for 52.000 seats. Training field and on the west side large youth and amateur facilities. 

The stadium of FC Burgerwaard

The Large youth and amateur facilities of FC Burgerwaard

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The stadium is an Dutch landmark. In real life it is the home stadium of Hollands biggest football club Feyenoord in my hometown Rotterdam. If you want the stadium that is made by me and Kazu in your own city? 

it is on the STEX  Click here for the stex item

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The Pearls of the South

The pearls of the south. On the South side of the city these 5 beautifull expensive residential towers are located next to the waterside. If you want, take a look for yourself at one of the many beautifull apartments. You gonna love them!

There isnt all rich and wealthy people in Burgerwaard. Also medium and low wealthy people are living in the city. On this picture you see low wealth appartments located east of the city in Oostwijk.

 

Update 1

Here you see Bloemenbuurt (flower neighbourhood) all the streets are named to a flower. Its a medium and low wealth area with medium and big Dutch flat buildings. Placed in Dutch style (row's). Also the el rail station Tulpenlaan (Tulip lane) is located here. The city has decided to build a large hospital to the other side of the el rail station, when the construction is completed you will see it on the following update's.

Here you see the border from Oranjebuurt (orange neighbourhood) and Zuidwijk (south neighbourhood) Oranjebuurt is used in oure country for neighbourhoods with streets named to the royal family of The Netherlands like Prinses Irene Straat (Princes Irene Street) On the picture you see the light rail station Ireneplaats (Irene place). Also a local police and fire station are located here as well one of the many elementary schools of Burgerwaard. Also you will find here the well known Dutch grocery store Albert Heijn.

Update 2

Here you see Tuindorp Eiland (Garden village island) Before Burgerwaard was a big city this was a little village in the woods.

As you can see on the 2 upper pictures the big residential buildings of Burgerwaard comes closer and closer. So after big protests from the inhabitants of Tuindorp the city authority decided to make from the village and island so it can holds its own identity. The school and small vegetable gardens are demolished and replaced for playgrounds. In the upper neighbourhood Bloemenbuurt is a big elementary school as you can see next to the skate track.

Update 3

+  BMCZ  Burgerwaard Medisch Centrum Zuid  + 

Burgerwaard Medical Centre South. What you can read in the earlier update, the city authority has given its permission to build an hospital in Bloemenbuurt (flower neighbourhood)  next to el-rail station Tulpenlaan (Tulip lane) After a long construction time the hospital is operating 6 months now. It covers the entire south side of the city and also the nearby village Standaardbuiten. This large modern hospital can take care of 8000 patients. The other buildings on the picture are part of an medium office park, the large building with the tower is the city tax office. The land East of the hospital is reserved for building apartments and houses and a Lidl supermarket, and when that is finished there is going to build an main avenue road to the nearby highway.

Update 4  - Can be found on page 2

Click here

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Thanks for youre visit to Burgerwaard! I Hope you like the city so far. Come back some time to see the progress of the region and his city's. Greetings from Holland from GizmoCity

[simcity4nj 1]

Those closeup shots look great!

[WC_EEND 9]

looks nice, where dis you get the undergrond parking lot looking thing in the second picture?

Just a small hint: Seaport is '(zee)haven' in dutch and not 'havenpoort'

[pcgirl24 3]

Wow, great start! Very good detail and quality. Keep up the great work.

[feliwi 4]

wow, this comes along very nicely! Can't wait for more!

[TylerD 16]

Looks real nice. Especially the stadium picture. Very well designed, and really dutch (with a nearby trainstation and surrounding practice grounds). Makes me think of the Amsterdam Arena, except this is "De Kuip" of course.

Goed gedaan!

[fabsies55 5]

its not exactly great terraforming but your city looks great, well done. for now.

[roboo1 1]

As I have looked at the city region view I have thought that it will be another boring full of standart Maxis buildings CJ, but then I saw your pictures and... I can only say wow! Great looking city so far and the banner is really well done. This was a very BIG update but I am waiting for more great stuff from you!

[GizmoCity 17]

Replies october 22, 2008

Thanks for the positive reactions everyone!

fabsies55: im not perfect but i try to do my best.

WC_EEND: I know Seaport means Zeehaven in Dutch.. im also a Dutchmen. But thanks for your nice reaction.

TylerD: If you ever been to my hometown Rotterdam you will notice I made an copy of the area and you see that i put the railway station and surrouding fields on the same location that there is in real life lol.

Greetings GizmoCity

[jacqulina 162]

great start and intro my friend looking very nice so far

[Korot 6]

@Tyler D: Will you never ever again compare De Kuip and the arena again?!

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

good job so far.....

[TylerD 16]

I've been to De Kuip a few times, but did not notice that it was an exact copy of the place. Well done!

@Korot haha, i know De Kuip has a better ambience than the Arena. Great stadium.

Gizmocity, keep up the good work!

[C.Ronaldo69 0]

very great city here ! I like the stadium , keep it up !

[fabsies55 5]

last time i looked it didnt load properly and all of the pics but i still keep the same thing but,

i seen some extra pictures and they look great,

really really excellent city, just work on the terraforming and you might wanna change the region shot cause it doenst look like much too.

[GizmoCity 17]

Update 1 October 26 2008

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Hi there, this is update 1.

In this update you will find 

* Improved region screen 

* 2 New city screenshots from 2 new neighbourhoods. 

Update can be found on the first message screen!

Greetings Gizmocity

[TheChamp 0]

Nice work Gizmo! Definitely catches the essence of the Dutch urban building style.

'Boerendrecht' sounds oddly familiar though;-) I wonder whether IKEA is going to take up some space along the motorway there.

[Schulmanator 5,815]

Very nice! You have a great CJ going on here.

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Hey Gizmo! I really love your cities, they are gorgeous.  The old style Dutch houses look great near the fountain in the roundabout!  I also like those interesting residential towers.  Great work

[PhilsCafe 8]

"with a little Dutch flavour"... that's an understatement . Great CJ though, I especially like all the little details you've put in there. And I love your logos and signs, especially the FC Burgerwaard one. I can see the Feyenoord influences.

[petriknl 15]

Yeah great Dutch influence.. Also the layout and the hospital near the station (Lombardijen right? )

[GizmoCity 17]

Replies october 30, 2008

TheChamp:  Boerendrecht is based on what you already know, Barendrecht. And of course in real life there is a big Ikea store there lol. But Ikea has decided to build there warehouse in Burgerwaard City. 

Schulmanator and BlondeTwiggy: Thanks

PhilsCafe: Youre are right, the FC Burgerwaard logo has the same colours and lay out of the Feyenoord logo. But as you know? ore read in the text. The whole stadium is an landmark and home stadium of Feyenoord.

petriknl: Lol that's true only in Lombardijen there is an railway station. this is an el rail station. What you don't see on the picture but you will see in the following update. The hospital is going to be between the el rail station Tulpenlaan and the water.

Friendly greetings from GizmoCity

[PhilsCafe 8]

I actually didn't know it was the Stadium of Feyenoord before I read it in the text... but it makes sense now. It's a very nice stadium. I'm looking forward to your next update, Gizmo.

[U.F.F.E 1]

just lovely, i just love this city, simpel but so nice building style.

big open squares, and that canals thing really impress me, and it inspire me a lot, i wanna build such stuff too, but may i ask if your houses are plopped or they grow by them self?

[Artur_001 4]

Great city. I'm looking forward to more.

Check out my CJ if you want.

[Fresh Prince of Wmbg 44]

Nice cj , I really like the part with the sport complex and the station.

Also, in  your last there a street crossing with a 2 traffic lights, right by the Light rail station.

Where did you get those lights from? Did you make them?

 If so you have to release them!

[jacqulina 162]

great looking city my friend,fantastic walls

[GizmoCity 17]

Replies  november 3, 2008

                                  Thanks for the replies everyone

U.F.F.E: All the buildings, items you see are custum plopped, I use the all buildings ploppable mod on the STEX https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=18212. Its the ideal tool to really desing the city you want! and place the buildings where you want. if you want to use it make sure you read all the instructions.. how to build residential buildings. 

Fresh Prince of Wmbg: Send you a PM, hope it helps my friend.. again youre welcome!

Artur_001: Thanks for the friendly reply, Youre city looks real nice there!

jacqulina: Thank you! what walls do you mean?

PhilsCafe: This one is for you! http://www.feyenoordleven.nl/dekuipfotos.html. 
Stadion Feyenoord (stadium Feyenoord) as it called is build in 1936, survived Rotterdam bombings in world warr 2.. It is renovated to the stadium as it looks in the city in 1996. The city of Rotterdam has decided to build an new stadium that will opens in 2016 and gives place to 80.000 seats upgradable to 100.000 seats.  

Friendly greetings GizmoCity

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[GizmoCity 17]

Update 2, November 9 2008

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Hi there, this is update 2.

In this update you will find 

* New screens of changed neighbourhoods

* 2 New city screenshots from 1 new neighbourhood. Tuindrorp Eiland. (garden village island) 

Update can be found on the first message screen!

Greetings Gizmocity

[Fresh Prince of Wmbg 44]

The update seems fair seeing that is just an addition to the 1st. I really like the new neighborhood thought. 

BTW- I download the crosswalk and euro that goes with them but I still don't get same traffic light that you have. How come?