Aeres University of Applied Science: Arboretum West 98,1325 WB Almere, Netherland
Route
From Almere Centrum, you can reach Aeres University of Applied Science in different ways.
By bus
From Almere Centrum walk to the Bus Stop: Almere, Stad, Stadhuiisplein and take the bus line M1 to the Bus station ‘t Oor. Get off at the bus stop and walk to our location (8 minutes walking).
By bike
You can choose a rental bicycle, the OV-Fiets. Almere Central station has these bikes available; cycling to Aeres will take you approximately 10 minutes.
By car
Drive towards Almere and take A6.From A6 take exit 4, Almere Haven. Drive to the car park at Bergsmapad 1, 1324 ZK Almere
Accomodation
The accomodation that we recommend is the Leonardo hotel in Almere city center.
More info can be found here.
Location
The city of Almere is the perfect location to host the 10th edition of AESOP-SFP in 2022. The city was created only 40 years ago in the new province of Flevoland. Almere is the largest municipality in Flevoland and – despite its young age – already the seventh-largest municipality in the Netherlands. The population of Almere is highly diverse, with inhabitants of 181 ethnicities and 153 nationalities and a high proportion of people with an immigration background.
Since its early development, the city’s planners have had a clear vision: promoting a healthy and sustainable environment for its citizens. To support this vision, Almere embraced the garden city perspective, connecting agriculture and urban developments on a regional scale within the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam and with the productive agricultural hinterland of the province of Flevoland. The municipality has recently presented a Food Strategy and supports various local food initiatives. Additionally, to show how food production can be a local/regional prerogative, Almere established Flevo Campus, which aims to explore and promote innovations in the inclusive urban food supply, and organizes Floriade Expo, an International Horticultural Exhibition taking place in 2022. Under the theme ‘Growing green cities’, Floriade will present solutions, among others, in the field of (urban) agriculture, urban food strategies, planning healthy and sustainable food environments and rewilding cities.
