Eastern Flevoland is a young polder, designed in the mid-twentieth century and developed step by step. The orderly field patterns and straight roads around Dronten define its clear structure, while the openness brings space, light, and expansive skies. Along canals, ditches, and lakes, colorful fields and orchards alternate with green polder forests and wilder nature zones that attract abundant birdlife.

At the edge of the polder, the IJsseldelta begins, where the IJssel and the Zwarte Water set the rhythm of the landscape. Around Zwolle, Kampen, and Hasselt, rivers, floodplains, and polders come together in an area of long dikes, reed beds, and historic creek ridges. Here, you can see how water and people have shaped each other for centuries, with dikes and embankments protecting the land while providing access to historic waterside locations.