Sightseeing near Lelystad

The reclamation of Flevoland not only created new agricultural land and nature: new residential areas were also created, such as Lelystad. This route takes you through this young city and its natural surroundings.

Lelystad Nature Park
The route starts with Lelystad Nature Park, built in the 1970s as a recreational area for the residents of Lelystad. You can admire a reconstructed prehistoric settlement and a shipwreck from the nineteenth century. Spread across Flevoland, hundreds of these types of wrecks are hidden underground: ships that once sailed proudly across the Zuiderzee.

Dutch Wood
You drive along the edge of the Hollandse Hout, a relatively young and varied forest west of Lelystad. Further on, get off at Nieuw Land, where you will learn everything about this largest polder in the world. The Bataviawerf is also definitely worth a visit, where the historic wooden shipbuilding is central. Here you can admire a replica of the Batavia, the famous seventeenth-century trading ship. The warship the Zeven Provinciën is also being recreated here.