Cities, SI-Urban, Tourism
Floriade cable car already built
Nine months before Floriade Expo 2022 opens its doors to the public, Floriade Preview offers a sneak preview. In 2022, the international horticultural exhibition will take place in Almere.
Starting tomorrow, everyone can take a look at the 60-hectare site where Floriade Expo 2022 will arise. Visitors float at a height of 35 meters above Floriade.
They get a unique bird’s-eye view of the site with the rectangular allotment structure and the arboretum. This is the first cable car in the Netherlands that runs partly above a highway.
Floriade Preview will showcase Floriade’s underlying concepts in the broadest sense of the word, will bring Floriade 2022’s themes to life and will connect with Almere and the Province of Flevoland. Among other things, the Preview Centre shows the ‘making of’ Floriade and the green urban district Hortus.
technical specifications
10-MGD Cable Car Floriade Almere
| Length | 850 m |
| Highest point | 35 m |
| Speed | 5 m/s |
| Round trip duration | 4,6 min. |
| Maximum capacity | 2.250 P/h |
| Maximum capacity per cabin | 10 P. |
| Number of cabins: | 34 |
Practical Floriade Preview information
Floriade Preview is open from Thursday – Sunday up to and including 26 September 2021. Visits include a trip across the Weerwater from Almere Stad to the Floriade site, a visit to the Preview Centre, a guided tour of Utopia island and a trip on the cable car.
About the cable car
Learn moreFloriade Expo 2022
Almere will be the stage for the international horticultural exhibition Floriade Expo 2022 from 14 April – 9 October 2022. Dutch horticulture alongside national and international partners will present innovations and solutions for sustainable, liveable cities. The 60 hectare site centres on the theme: ‘Growing Green Cities’. The exhibition site is a short trip from Amsterdam and situated immediately adjacent to the A6 [motorway] with a view of Almere’s skyline.
