From green dreams to green action
Ambitions
Lelystad is a green municipality with lots of nature. We want to make good use of it and improve it. Therefore, together with residents, nature organisations and other partners, we have developed the Agenda Nature. This is a plan to strengthen and improve nature in and around the city in the coming years. You too can participate. Because together we are 1 for nature!
What we did in 2025
Lelystad is a city full of nature: a green spot is never far away here. And by 2025, we will have made the city even greener. An even greener and nature-rich Lelystad is good for our health and also nicer to live in for people and animals. Take a look at some of our 2025 projects?
See the 2025 projects here
New nature in Lelystad
We have a lot of nature in Lelystad. By this we do not only mean nature in the woods and nature reserves. It also includes nature in your backyard and on the roadsides. Together, all this nature ensures a pleasant life in the city for people and animals. New nature is unique in Lelystad. These are nature areas created by man, such as: Nationaal Park Nieuw Land (with the Oostvaardersplassen and Marker Wadden), Natuurpark Lelystad, the Bultpark and the Zuigerplasbos. To ensure this, we want to protect, strengthen or expand nature. Together, we are committed to nature and to the future. Because a healthy nature is good for all of us.
This is already happening
The Nature Agenda
Since the end of 2022, we have been working together with residents and partners on a plan for nature in Lelystad: the Nature Agenda. This plan consists of two parts: a strategy (Strategy Agenda Nature 2030) and programme (Programme Van Groen Dromen naar Groen Doen 2024-2027). The Strategy contains the vision and starting points for nature until 2030. We want nature to be and remain important in Lelystad. And that nature in the city and the surrounding area are connected. This makes it a nice place to live and work in Lelystad. This strategy was adopted in May 2023.
The programme Van Groen Dromen naar Groen Doen (From Green Dreams to Green Action) describes how we will develop our strategy into projects for the period 2024-2027. During this period, we will focus on building a strong foundation for a city that takes good care of nature (nature-inclusive) and adapts to the climate (climate-adaptive). We will do this, for example, by creating new manuals and rules. And improving areas in and around the city by greening or adapting them.
View the programme
The 5 programme lines of the Nature Agenda
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Nature-inclusive society
We will involve nature more in everything we do. This means, for instance, that we will design and adapt new buildings and existing houses in a nature-friendly and climate-proof way. Or construct nature-friendly car parks.
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Urban nature
We want to make Lelystad one of the five greenest cities in the Netherlands by adding beautiful new green spaces in the city and improving the quality of existing green spaces. We are working on a robust urban ecosystem. This is a kind of big puzzle, in which all the pieces of the puzzle (plants, animals and other living things) live together and are in balance.
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Urban nature development
We also want to create more nature, transitional areas and connections between green spaces outside the city. This way, animals can easily move from the city to the surrounding landscape. Agriculture around the city is diverse, and good for the soil. This helps to keep nature healthy.
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Experiencing nature and education
We want people to better experience nature in Lelystad. Nature is not something you can just look at, but also enjoy and learn about. For example, during lessons at school. We activate everyone to contribute to the green and healthy city.
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New Nature National Park
We want to enhance the experience and awareness of the Nieuw Land National Park. Together with Oostvaardersplassen, Lepelaarsplassen, Markermeer and Marker Wadden, Nationaal Park Nieuw Land forms the largest Man Made national park in the world. Making nature experienceable in NPNL also ensures that the area becomes a fixture in society. In new projects, jet preserving, strengthening, connecting and increasing the nature present is paramount.