Driving in the Netherlands: A4, A10, A1 & A6 - E19, E35 & E231 from Amsterdam Schiphol to Lelystad

#Amsterdam #Lelystad #VRTLtravel In this video you can drive along on the motorways A4, A10, A1 and A6 from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Lelystad via the southern Amsterdam beltway (A10). The footage is from the morning of the 1st of January 2022, explaining why there is so little traffic. Recently there has been a significant overhaul (redesign, refurbishment and expansion works) of the Lelystad - Almere - Amsterdam corridor. Ever increasing population and traffic numbers in the Amsterdam metropolitan area saw a new motorway being added in recent years (A5) and expansion of both the A9 and A1. The A6 connecting Lelystad and Almere has also been expanded in recent years. [A4]: The A4 motorway connects the Netherlands' 3 largest cities: Rotterdam, the Hague and Amsterdam. It flows into the A10 Amsterdam ring road (beltway) in the beginning of this video, right after passing Schiphol Airport and the Hoevelaken interchange (A9). The A4 from the Hague to Amsterdam is one of the busiest motorways in the country. [A10]: The A10 beltway around Amsterdam also handles significant traffic numbers. Depending on the traffic, it's actually faster to drive via the A10 South to the Airport from direction Almere / A1. However, signs direct drivers via the A9. There are big plans to overhaul the A10 South (2nd segment of this video) and put it all into a tunnel, creating space for more urban development and the expansion of the Amsterdam South train station, which is currently wedged between both directions of the A10. [A1]: The A1 running from Amsterdam to the German border near Hengelo / Enschede is also a very busy motorway. In recent expansion schemes it was widened to 2 x 5 lanes and even 2 x 6 lanes in some parts, making it one of the widest single motorways in Europe. [A6]: Just East of Amsterdam the A6 starts from the A1 interchange at Muiderberg. It runs until the interchange with the A7 at Joure in Friesland. In recent years the A6 beltway of Almere (RING) was constructed, splitting up through- and local traffic on the A6. New Almere exits were added served by the A6 Ring. Almere continues to grow at a rapid pace as many working class families move to this area because Amsterdam has become increasingly unaffordable over the past decades. Both Almere and Lelystad are cities that originate from the 1970's, being built on reclaimed land. Meanwhile Almere has well over 200.000 inhabitants. Further motivation for the recent expansions was the expansion of Lelystad airport, which recently got its own motorway exit (2020, A6). As Amsterdam Schiphol has been over-capacity for many years and has no space to grow, the plans for a second airport began to take shape. Lelystad Airport is designated to handle most European and discounter holiday flights in the future, although its expansion developments have been met with some heavy resistance from residents in the area. Until now the local airport has mainly served sports planes, freight and charter flights. ____________________ Video Segments: 0:00 - Intro & Route 0:20 - A4 E19 Knooppunt Hoevelaken - Knp. de Nieuwe Meer (A10) 1:30 - A10 Ring Amsterdam - Knooppunt Diemen (A1) 4:10 - A1 E231 Amsterdam - Knooppunt Muiderberg (A6) 7:05 - A6 Knooppunt Muiderberg - Knooppunt Almere (A27) 10:45 - A6 Knooppunt Almere - Lelystad 15:33 - A6 Lelystad - Lelystad Noord If you enjoy my videos, please consider subscribing and checking out my custom travel map with all my travel videos here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi... ____________________ Music in this video: Motivational Slap House | PHOENIX by Alex-Productions & Franz |    / @alexproductionsnocopyright     / francesco-rigolon   Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Motivational Dance Music For Travel by Alex-Productions | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Voices by LiQWYD | https://www.liqwydmusic.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Wasting Time by Sapajou & Yorgo H |   / sapajoubeats   Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Sunrise by MusicbyAden & Atch |   / musicbyaden     / atch-music   Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Feel Good by MBB |   / mbbofficial   Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Focus by Allerlei von Nicolai |    / @allerleivonnicolai-nocopyr453   Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...