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(SC4) Follow Nieuwezee in its transformation from a sleepy provincial town, to a thriving 21st-Century tech city.

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dazflint
As promised, Westerhuizen has received a whole host of improvements under the terms of the Strategic Development Funds. Historically, Westerhuizen was a small suburb on the 'wrong' side of the river from the historic town centre. There were (and still are) a handful of traditional Dutch cottages along the river banks, but most of the housing stock is late Nineteenth Century, dark brick terrace housing. These small, ugly homes have mostly fallen into a state of disrepair, and Westerhuizen is easily...
dazflint
(Nieuwezee, town centre) Nieuwezee is a small provincial town in Noord-Holland, located on the shores of the IJsselmeer (the huge man-made lake at the heart of the Netherlands): (a view across the IJsselmeer) It's a sleepy place, nestled in the midst of the 'Green Heart' of the Dutch Randstad. (Nieuwezee, as seen from the surrounding countryside) The town is centred along a peninsula, where the mouth of the river Vos enters the IJsselmeer. To the East and West the town gives way to fertile farmland along...
dazflint
So, I saw this picture (below) in der Nieuwezee Nieuws, and it inspired me to write about public transport in our town. Don't worry, nobody was badly hurt - and the buses here usually run without crashing into bus-shelters! So, you know that Nieuwezee always had the one old tram-line, running from the Old Town to the Peninsula... then extended to the Harbour in the 60's/70's. And when they built the Oosterpolder, a second tram-line was extended to cover that district. The second line saw brand-new trams...
dazflint
Here's the newly-completed Poldermeer lake and country park: This gives a sense of how the Poldermeer really marks the edge of Oosterpolder - the main East-West boulevard the Havenbrugweg runs barley 150m from the lake edge! The concept for Poldermeer was to create a 'linear' country park which as well as being a recreational space, would create a 'green wall' between the densely-developed Oosterpolder, and open farmland immediately to the North. There will be no 'urban sprawl', with the country park...
dazflint
Things have really taken off in Oosterpolder since last time we visited! Two years have passed, and the main avenues are lined with shops, offices and apartment buildings. Here's a couple of aerial shots, to give a sense of how much has changed: BEFORE AFTER Now there's much more to the Central Business District, which you can see to the top of the second image; that's the area around the Oosterpolderplein (where the tram 2 terminates). You can also see that the central portion of the Oosterpolder has been...
dazflint
If you've read my earlier posts, you'll know that the Oosterpolder is a patch of land that's been reclaimed from the inland sea which sits in the heart of the Netherlands. Work to reclaim the land began in the 1990's, but it's only just reached the stage where heavy infrastructure can be placed. Oosterpolder sits just to the East of the old town of Nieuwezee, which has been awarded special funds to develop itself into 'a city for the 21st century...' Since the announcement of these funds in the New Year,...
dazflint
Let's start our tour close to the historic centre of town, where the impressive Town Hall sits across from the rather less impressive railway station, on either side of the Constantijn Huygensstraat. Nieuwezee's one and only tram line starts here, in a leafy square next to the Sint-Niklaaskerk (St. Nicholas' Church). The route is only 3km long, but it takes in most suburbs of the town so it's an excellent way to get acquainted with the place. Before we leave, let's take a closer view at the area around the...
dazflint
Happy New Year! The local journal De Nieuwezee Nieuws has opened the year with an exclusive scoop! Their sources in the Town Hall have confirmed that Nieuwezee has been successful in its bid to win Infrastructure Development Funds from central government; the town is to receive a total of almost €90,000,000 spread over the next 5 years. The award is to be confirmed at a press conference later this month, but thanks to 'Het Nieuws' we can already reveal a lot... The funding will be used to meet projects 1-4...
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