HoodEx scores areas of Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands from 0 to 10 on green space and air, comfort and safety, homes and buildings, shops and services, and getting around. Of the areas reported on in depth so far, Almere Stad scores highest at 7.9/10, against an average of 7/10. Open any report below, or find which part of Almere fits you.
Almere sits on reclaimed land in Flevoland, facing the Markermeer. It is a planned city laid out as a series of distinct residential districts separated by green wedges and waterways. Almere Stad functions as the urban core with taller buildings and denser streets, while Almere Buiten and Almere Poort are more spread out. Housing is almost entirely modern, ranging from apartment blocks to single-family homes. The road network is wide and cars play a major role in daily travel, though cycling paths follow the Dutch standard. Buses and trains link the districts. The climate is typical of the northern Netherlands, with mild summers and damp, windy winters. The measurements are strongest for the buildings and housing stock, and weakest for community life and local services. Access to daily amenities and transport links varies notably between Almere Stad and Almere Poort.
Across the 3 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Almere, the average score is 7.0 out of 10 — strong. That places Almere 16th of the 33 cities measured so far, 0.4 above the 6.6 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is Almere Stad at 7.9/10; the lowest is Almere Poort at 6.3/10. A gap of only 1.6 points means Almere is fairly even: most areas offer a similar standard, and the choice comes down to what kind of place you want rather than how good it is. 1 of the 3 areas score 7 or better.
Averaged across Almere: green & air 6.9, comfort & safety 7.2, homes & buildings 7.6, shops & services 6.6 and getting around 7.0, each out of 10.
Almere's strongest category is homes & buildings — the buildings and housing stock — at 7.6/10, 1.0 above the 6.6 average for that category. The weakest is shops & services — community life and local services — at 6.6/10, in line with the 6.7 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
The score that swings most from one Almere area to the next is getting around: 5.6/10 in Almere Poort, 8.4/10 in Almere Stad — a spread of 2.8 points. In practice that means how long it takes you to get anywhere is the thing your choice of address actually decides here.
By contrast comfort & safety moves by only 0.9 points across the whole city, so it is close to a constant: worth knowing about Almere, but not worth paying extra for one street over another.
Within Netherlands, HoodEx has measured 4 cities, averaging 7.3/10. Almere is 0.3 below the 7.3 average for the country, 4th of the 4.
No single area wins on everything, so it is worth knowing which one leads on the thing you care about. In Almere that is most green space: Almere Stad (7.6/10 green & air), best connected: Almere Stad (8.4/10 getting around), strongest community life: Almere Stad (7.7/10 shops & services) and best housing stock: Almere Stad (8.3/10 homes & buildings).
Open any of them below for the full breakdown — the five category scores, the components underneath them, and what residents have reported.
Describe the life you want — budget, commute, how much green you need, how lively the street should be — and HoodEx ranks Almere's neighbourhoods against your answers instead of you looking up one address at a time.
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These parts of Almere have been measured in full — each has its own page with the five scores, the readings underneath them and photos of the streets.
Every HoodEx neighbourhood is scored from 0 to 10 in five categories. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall score.
HoodEx has scored 3 neighbourhoods in Almere. New areas are added when someone checks a local address.
The average overall score across scored Almere neighbourhoods is 7/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 0.4 above the 6.6 average across the 33 cities HoodEx has measured.
Almere Stad currently has the highest overall score in Almere at 7.9/10, 1.6 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, Almere Poort (6.3/10).
Almere Stad scores highest on green & air in Almere at 7.6/10, covering green space, air and water quality and natural features. The city average for green & air is 6.9/10.
Almere Stad leads on getting around — transit access, road connectivity, walkability and reaching everyday destinations — at 8.4/10, against a Almere average of 7.0/10.
Getting around varies most across Almere — a spread of 2.8 points between Almere Poort (5.6/10) and Almere Stad (8.4/10). That makes how long it takes you to get anywhere the thing your address decides here, while comfort & safety is close to constant citywide (0.9 points).
HoodEx has measured 4 cities in Netherlands, averaging 7.3/10. Almere is 0.3 below the 7.3 average, ranking 4th of the 4.
Every neighbourhood is scored 0–10 in five categories — Green & air, Comfort & safety, Homes & buildings, Shops & services, and Getting around — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall score.
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