Lelystad, Holland

We are looking for an exchange in a warm sunny country nearby the sea or in the mountains. For summer 2026 we would like to exchange for about 2-3 weeks somewhere in, Spain,Poland ,France or Caribbean. We are 2 adults, our kids are grown up and live at their own houses.

We are 2 adults,two parents .We ask you to take care of our two cats, and four chicken (which give you fresh eggs!) in the garden. i must tell you that one of the cats is very old, she loses some hair. I guess she won't die, but she is old and a bit 'dirty' in her coat. Taking care of the cats and chickens is really easy, just give them food in the morning and evening for the cats, that's all you have to do, very simple. The chicken live outside in the garden in a big cage, they can go inside and outside (own cage) when they want, you really don't have to do much, they love walking around in the garden.

Some information about Lelystad and the environment.
Lelystad has many many interesting and beautiful things for tourists to visit .Its in the centre of the Netherlands and a paradise for those who likes the sea, lakes, water-sports ( sailing, surfing, boating,diving,beach, swimming,yachts,harbours) and woods/forests. Of course many eating-possibilities from here but also from foreign countries.The capital of Amsterdam is only about 45 km from here, you reach it between 30-45 min.
The train-station is only a few hundred meters away so you can always go by train. You seldom hear them. When you will visit Amsterdam I can advise you to take the train (only 40 minutes). We have a cinema/theatre called 'Agora', three kind of beaches/lakes 'het Oppertje " and " Houtribstrand,", " Bataviabeach", swimming-pool called de 'Koploper'. For the children from 0 to 10 years we have a play-paradise called 'Ballorig', which is in a hall so when the weather isn't nice you can always play there in the ball-boxes, slides, jumping-trampolines, car-toys and so on. It also have the possibility of playing paint-ball and eating in the restaurant with bowling. Our kids really loved it and its situated next to the swimming-pool and bowling and laser-game. At the bowling you can also eat pancakes and more and play billiards in the restaurant.
At Saturdays we have from 9-16 hours a market at the 'Agorahof', and at Tuesdays from 09-13 hrs we have markets at the ' Lelycentre'. At 'Bataviastad' there is a shopping outlet for expensive clothesbrands. There also is the 'Newland erfgoedmuseum', to see the history of this part of the Netherlands and kids can play with sand and water and you can visit a boat from hundred years old. Children can enjoy a playground called ' Schateiland' or be in the woods like' Belevenissenbos'.
I will mention some  things which can be visited in Lelystad and the surroundings:
We have many woods and parcs like the 'Larserbos', 'Zuigerplasbos', 'Hollandsehoutbos', " Geldershout"
We have many lakes like the 'Veluwemeer', 'Oostvaardersplassen' (famous of the 2013 film 'The New Wilderness', 'IJsselmeer'.
We have many places where you can visit all kinds of arts, like the Observatory, Wind in de wilgen teahouse.
We have many beautiful gardens like Wind in de wilgen (also a terrific teahouse where you can order a hightea, vistit african art, walk through the special garden),  the Sophoragarden,the orchideengarden in Luttelgeest.
We have in the harbour the famous ship called the Batavia, which was built in 1628.You can visit the enormous ship and for a few years  a big shoppingmall called Batavia Stad(city)has been opened, where are much clothes shops really cheap because its comes directly from the factories, they mostly offer a price below 30%.
In Harderwijk (30km) is the famous dolfinarium with many dolphins.Lelystad has an airport which is nice for spotting little planes,  sitting on a terras.And its also possible to get your own flyinglessons or jumping with a parachute out of the plane, with or without an instructor.
iIs also possible at the ANWB terrain to learn lessons in one day to control your car when its slippering at the road. In Almere you can also have an adventure car place and a funhall to play times laserquest lasergames, gladiatorsports and paintball.Also a Ballorigplayparadise for children is there.
Saunas can be find in Lelystad,Dronten,Zeewolde, Almere and the famous one the Zwaluwhoeve in Hierden nearby Harderwijk.  (a very nice shoppingtown) etc.Lelystad also have a small beach, specially for small children,only about 3 km away.It's small but lovely and it has a snackpoint nearby.
In Zeewolde(30km) there is a big golfterrain where you can play golf,but also in Lelystad you can play golf, its called ´Golfpark´.
For kids(but also adults) we have in Biddinghuizen(28km) the famous carnivalpark  Walibi World, the park with the best and most rollercoasters of Europe! You really should vistit this park! Another carnivalpark is called Hellendoorn, in the city Hellendoorn.The most famous amusementparc in hte Netherlands is De Efteling, about 75 min drive.In Biddinghuizen also is the park riviera beach(tropical swimmingpoolparadise,snowhallvillage skiing in summertime,tennis, cycling,skelter,animalfarm for kids,horseriding,playgarden) for the small children you can visit a sweet parc in enkhuizen, with fairytales, dwarfs, small animals, playyard.it´s called sprookjewonderland Enkhuizen.
In Lelystad are also some museums, like the sportmuseum, Aviodomemuseum(planes), the capital airport schiphol, spacecenter, nieuwland erfgoed poldermuseum where lands meet water
We have a skateschool where you can learn to skate and skeeler, some amusement halls, an educational farm, a kart speedway circuits.The danceschool have special summerworkouts.
And then i even havent mentioned the capital of Amsterdam !! About 40 minutes drive from here where you can find even more touristic things of all flavour.To mention some, the Anne Frank house, Madame Tussaud, van Goghmuseum, Rijksmuseum,many many museums, canalbiking, canalboattours, redlightdistrict,famous markets, beautiful parks,casino too much to mention all. SO we hope you will join and have a house exchange with us
Restaurants we like here for dinner is a all you can eat' Tasty Wok' , and for lunch for example ' Le Passage' , de ' Versnapering' , " At the beach", ' de Rede", " aan ut water", .