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The Queen's Birthday in Zeewolde and Almere on 29 April 2006
Her Majesty the Queen and members of the Royal Family celebrate Saturday 29 April 2006 the Queen's Birthday with in the province Flevoland and well in Zeewolde and Almere.
The municipality Zeewolde is one of the youngest municipalities of the Netherlands. The history of the municipality Zeewolde begins became in 1968 then southern Flevoland drooggelegd. Land by the design of the reclaimed, got assigned the territory next to an agricultural position, also a woon-, recreation and nature position. In 1979 self here the first inhabitants established. Today the day Zeewolde counts 19,000 inhabitants.
Zeewolde lies at the edge lake Wolderwijd and becomes surround through fields and extensive foliage woods. As is the Horsterwold one of the largest foliage woods of the Netherlands. In this want to be the remainders to find of an oerbos that there for the era grew and later on through sea were flooded., .
The municipality Zeewolde sees to over large-scale projects of (international) landscapes artists as Sea Level of Richard Serra and De Aardzee of Chap Slegers. Their works of art refer to the landscapes elements that Zeewolde formed as robust straight lines and grootschaligheid.
The municipality Almere is an of the fastest growing new cities of Europe. In thirty year is Almere of one large sand plain uitgegroeid till a full city with almost 180,000 inhabitants. The first inhabitants established Batter self in 1976 in the first cities part, lain at the Gooimeer.
Almere consists of cities part that self distinguish through an own atmosphere and identity. The cities parts become connected with each other through vast woods and other green area. As is Almere City the largest cities part where also the cities heart lain is and borders Almere Outside on the known nature reserve the Oostvaardersplassen.
The city is characterized by modern architecture and stedenbouwkundige experiments, but is also known as events city. Annually finds a various scale at events place as the Holland Triathlon and the Libelle summer week.
It is the second time attend that the Queen and her family members the the Queen's Birthday celebration in Flevoland. In 1994 visits they the celebrations in Emmeloord and Urk.
2 January 2006