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Flevoland
/ ˈfleːvolant /
noun
- a province of the central Netherlands, created in 1986 on land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer (formerly the Zuiderzee); entirely below sea level. Capital: Lelystad. Pop: 352 000 (2003 est). Area: 1420 sq km (548 sq miles)
Example Sentences
Another 13 arrests were reported by police in two towns in the southern province of Limburg, while disturbances were also reported in the northern province of Flevoland.
Today the former Holland and Arsenal legend is coaching the youth team his son Mitchel plays for at Almere City, a first division side located in Flevoland.
The country’s 12th and youngest province, Flevoland was added in 1986 and created from one of the world’s largest land reclamation projects.
For an experience more reminiscent of those iconic photographs of long, blooming fields, and one that will allow you to actually tiptoe through some tulips, head about an hour northeast of Amsterdam to the area of Noordoostpolder, in the province of Flevoland.
If you want to see tulip fields by air, helicopter and hot air balloon rides and paragliding are available in Flevoland.
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