Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Economy | River Waal | Transport

🇳🇱 Nijmegen is a city in the Netherlands' province of Gelderland, on the Waal river close to the German border. Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands, the second to be recognised as such in Roman times, and in 2005 celebrated 2,000 years of history. The municipality is part of the Arnhem–Nijmegen metropolitan area.

Economy The three main employers in Nijmegen are: 1. Radboud University; 2. The three hospitals in the city: Radboud University Medical Center, Sint Maartenskliniek, and Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis (CWZ); 3. The semiconductor industry. Nexperia and Ampleon (both spun off from NXP Semiconductors) are headquartered in the city. Multinational companies such as Qualcomm, Photronics Inc, and Applied Materials also have facilities in Nijmegen.

Other notable companies headquartered in Nijmegen include Synthon, a Dutch multinational pharmaceutical company and Vaxxinova, an EW group subsidiary which produces animal vaccines.

River Waal To prevent flooding in the near future, the Dutch government is changing the course of more than 30 rivers throughout the country. These measures, taken along the rivers IJssel, Lek, Maas and Waal, are known as ‘Room for the River’. Room for the river Waal as it passes Nijmegen is one of these measures. As part of this, the artificial island Veur-Lent was created in 2015.

The river Waal not only has a sharp bend near Nijmegen, it also forms a bottleneck. In 1993 and 1995 this led to high water and floods. To prevent this from happening again and to protect inhabitants of the city and its surroundings against the water, work has been done to relocate the Waal dike in Lent and to excavate a large ancillary channel in the flood plains, creating an island in the Waal. The large-scale project involves the construction of three bridges, new dikes and concrete water barriers. On the island, a project of alleged sustainable urbanism is giving birth to an urban river park with possibilities for recreation, culture, water and nature.

Transport Nijmegen has five train stations: Nijmegen, Nijmegen Dukenburg, Nijmegen Heyendaal, Nijmegen Lent and Nijmegen Goffert. The central station is connected to the national Intercity network. The bus company Breng (a subsidiary of Hermes) operates the city buses in the Arnhem-Nijmegen metropolitan area.

Like most Dutch cities, bicycles are an important mode of transport. The city is connected to Arnhem, 18 km (11 mi) to the north, by a "fietssnelweg" (fast cycle highway) which crosses the Snelbinder bridge in the city. During 2010–2012 the cycle highway received upgrades to further encourage the use of bicycles for transport between Nijmegen and Arnhem. In May 2016, the Dutch Fietsersbond (Cyclists' Union) awarded the 2016 Fietsstad (Cycling City) award to the city of Nijmegen.

The river is a busy freight transport route, with barges to the city as well as passing through on the way between the industrial regions of Germany and the docks at Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Hook of Holland. The Maas–Waal Canal also carries freight through the city.

Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands 
Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Image: Photo by Joran Quinten on Unsplash

Nijmegen was ranked #1033 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Nijmegen has a population of over 177,698 people. Nijmegen also forms part of the wider Arnhem-Nijmegen metropolitan area which has a population of over 736,500 people. Nijmegen is the #183 hipster city in the world, with a hipster score of 3.5753 according to the Hipster Index which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques, and record stores. Nijmegen is ranked #433 for startups with a score of 0.471.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Nijmegen has links with:

🇺🇸 Albany, USA 🇹🇷 Gaziantep, Turkey 🇯🇵 Higashimatsuyama, Japan 🇳🇮 Masaya, Nicaragua 🇫🇮 Oulu, Finland 🇷🇺 Pskov, Russia 🇨🇳 Suzhou, China
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