13 Facts About Lelystad

Lelystad is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland.

Lelystad-Haven was the largest island, and its wooden barracks housed a community of dyke-builders.

Until 1967 the only inhabitants of Lelystad were technical engineers and laborers and superintendents, living on the former construction island.

Lelystad is the largest municipality in the Netherlands in area, but a large part of that area is water: Markermeer and IJsselmeer.

Lelystad is surrounded by a square of woodlands and parks and flat farmland.

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Lelystad Airport is the biggest general aviation airport in the Netherlands.

Lelystad Airport has undergone major expansion, including the construction of a passenger terminal for commercial flights, as well as an extension of the runway.

Lelystad has a small inland port, several marinas, and a canal system which functions to aid in managing the water levels in the rest of the polder.

The canal system connects to the Markermeer with a lock to the southwest of Lelystad, and connects the city and its industrial areas to all other towns and their respective industrial areas in the polder.

Weesp–Lelystad railway extends south from Lelystad Centrum railway station and connects the city with Almere, and to the Randstad region beyond.

The N307 and N309 extend to the east from Lelystad, both connecting to Dronten and beyond that to Kampen in the province of Overijssel and Elburg in the province of Gelderland respectively.

Honeycomb grid in the arms of Lelystad represents the dykes, built with six-edged concrete or basalt blocks.

Lelystad maintains international relations with the Suriname twin city of Lelydorp.