Lelystad Discovery Tour: Planned Capital, Glass Agora
120 min
1.6 km
10 stops
About this tour
Lelystad was drawn on paper before it was a city. The glass Agora and the 1970s town hall of a capital still filling in. A self-guided civic walk with quizzes in the StepQuests app.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Agora
The Agora theatre opened in 2007. It replaced an older hall from 1977, demolished in 2004. It has two auditoriums. Lelystad is a planned city, and this walk sh…
De Waag
De Waag is a street in the theatre quarter with a cinema and an attraction. No historic weigh house ever stood here; Lelystad is too young for that.
De Kubus
De Kubus next to the Agora is Lelystad's arts centre, with classes in music, dance and visual arts.
Stadhuis
The town hall on the Stadhuisplein was opened in 1984 by Prime Minister Lubbers. The design came from a competition. The building is a municipal monument. Lely…
Zuil van Lely
A tall column by artist Hans van Houwelingen stands on the square. On top is the statue of engineer Lely, after whom the town is named. Another Lely statue sta…
Stadhuisplein
The Stadhuisplein is the town's central square. The first residents arrived in 1967, Lelystad became a municipality in 1980, and since the 1980s it has been th…
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GPS-guided walking route
Interactive quizzes at each stop
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