The new town of Almere is still grow­ing up and faces spe­cif­ic chal­lenges in sus­tain­able urban devel­op­ment, cli­mate adap­ta­tion, place­mak­ing and the devel­op­ment of nature. Our tour starts in the city cen­tre of Almere and takes you through var­i­ous neigh­bour­hoods. In the Noorder­plassen area, self-build hous­es are tucked away in inti­mate for­est plots or exposed in the open wet­lands. Neigh­bour­hood Duin is a new-build area with arti­fi­cial dunes as char­ac­ter­iz­ing ele­ment. The hous­es are set in a sand land­scape with open gar­dens and col­lec­tive green area’s, result­ing in a hol­i­day atmos­phere, which is miles away from the bore­dom of ordi­nary row house settlements.