Schoolwerf — The First Address in Almere

Date the first key was handed over: 30 November 1976 — to Henk and Lia de Clerk, by Minister Tjerk Westerterp. Designed by Architectenbureau J. van Stigt in a…

Stadswerfpark — Where the Cloverleaf Meets the Polder

Public park with supervised playgrounds, sports court and a connecting walking-path network — open 24/7, free. Layout follows the same cloverleaf principle as…

Het Bivak — Eight Wooden Barracks for the First Keys

Eight temporary wooden bivak barracks served the first services and residents from December 1975 while permanent housing was under construction. The surviving…

De Roef — The First Building, the First Bar, the First Church

Built 1974–1976, designed by architect Bram de Wild in concrete, wood and Cortenstaal. Originally a multifunctional centre run by the Dudok-Smit family — resta…

Goede Rede — A Church Shaped Like a Ship's Hull

Built 1977–1979, opened 9 September 1979, by architect Gerrit Steen (Steen en Tuinhof, Leeuwarden). The two pointed halls are intended to recall the hull of a…

Kerkgracht — Why a 50-Year-Old Town Has 17th-Century Canals

The masterplan was made by Projektburo Almere, a team assembled in 1971 by the Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders (RIJP). Construction in Haven started in 1…