Editing Nijmegen (section)

== Economy and infrastructure ==

=== Economy ===
The three main employers<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nijmegen|url=https://urbact.eu/nijmegen|website=Urbact|date=3 December 2014}}</ref> in Nijmegen are:

1. [[Radboud University]];

2. The three hospitals in the city: [[Radboud University Medical Center]], [[:nl:Sint Maartenskliniek|Sint Maartenskliniek]], and [[:nl:Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis|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 (company)|Synthon]], a Dutch multinational pharmaceutical company and [[Vaxxinova]], an [[:de:EW Group|EW group]] subsidiary which produces animal vaccines.

=== More room for the 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 opposite Nijmegen. The large-scale project involved the construction of three bridges, new dikes and concrete water barriers. The island contains an urban river park with possibilities for recreation, culture, water and nature.
[[File:Nijmegen Centraal Station.jpg|thumb|Nijmegen Central Station]]

=== Transport ===
Nijmegen has five railway stations: [[Nijmegen railway station|Nijmegen]], [[Nijmegen Dukenburg railway station|Nijmegen Dukenburg]], [[Nijmegen Heyendaal railway station|Nijmegen Heyendaal]], [[Nijmegen Lent railway station|Nijmegen Lent]] and [[Nijmegen Goffert railway station|Nijmegen Goffert]]. The central station is connected to the national Intercity network. The bus company [[Breng]] operates the city buses in the Arnhem-Nijmegen metropolitan area.
[[File:Het Keizer Karelplein, met op de achtergrond de Stadsschouwburg Nijmegen.jpg|thumb|Keizer Karelplein]]
Like most Dutch cities, bicycles are an important mode of transport. The city is connected to Arnhem, {{convert|18|km|0|abbr=on}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hembrow |first=David |url=http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2010/10/mobility-man-cycle-superhighway.html |title=A view from the cycle path: Mobility man – cycle superhighway |publisher=Hembrow.blogspot.com |date=2010-10-04 |access-date=2013-03-26}}</ref> In May 2016, the Dutch [[Fietsersbond]] (Cyclists' Union) awarded the 2016 [[Cycling in the Netherlands#The Fietsstad (Bicycle city) awards|Fietsstad]] (Cycling City) award to the city of Nijmegen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gemeente Nijmegen uitgeroepen tot Fietsstad 2016|url=http://www.fietsersbond.nl/nieuws/gemeente-nijmegen-uitgeroepen-tot-fietsstad-2016|publisher=[[Fietsersbond]]|access-date=19 May 2016|language=NL|date=19 May 2016}}</ref>

[[Kaizer Karelplein (Nijmegen)|Kaizer Karelplein]] ([[English (language)|English]] ''The Plaza of Emperor [[Charlemagne]]''), a roundabout in the center of the city with seven busy connecting or almost connecting roads, is one of the most accident-prone roads in the Netherlands, and Nijmegen has an extensive, overcrowded road network that splits up the city in separate parts instead of having the busy roads out-of-center away from densely populated areas as is the norm in the rest of the country. The roundabout surrounds a park which is not used because it would be life-threatening to attempt to cross the road of the roundabout to get to and from the park. There is also a [[Kaizer Karelplein (Maastricht)|Kaizer Karelplein]] in Maastricht.

The river is a busy freight transport route, with barges 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.