Editing Zoetermeer (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Windmolen Siemens Zoetermeer.JPG|thumb|right|150px|[[Unconventional wind turbines#Observation deck|Wind turbine with observation deck]] at Siemens factory in Zoetermeer]]
Zoetermeer's economy is primarily dependent and revolving around [[Information technology]]. With modern infrastructure, a highly digitised centre called 'het Forum' that houses city hall, the central library and numerous other organisations, and many schools that offer IT-related education, it also is a major software development centre, with many software developers based here. There are a large number of IT companies with branches in Zoetermeer, like [[Siemens]], which has its Dutch Tech Campus in Zoetermeer, and [[Toshiba]] Medical Systems Europe BV. 20% of the population of Zoetermeer has an IT-related job. The local government designates a comparatively large part of the budget to computers for schools.

To stress the IT tradition of Zoetermeer, the city is the first in the world to have a city hall in [[Second Life]].