Editing Zoetermeer (section)

===Parks===
Zoetermeer has many parks, the biggest being the "Westerpark" on the west side of town. It is almost as large as Central Park in New York. Other notable parks are the "Buytenpark", the "Aldo van Eyckpark", the "Binnenpark", the "Van Tuyllpark (with Dutch Water Dreams and Aquapark Keerpunt), the "Hoekstrapark", the "Wilhelminapark", the "[[Floriade (Netherlands)|floriade park]]", the "Seghwaertse Hout" and the "Seghwaertpark".

At the north side there is a lake, the "Zoetermeerse Plas", often called "Noord Aa" because it is in the Noord Aa Recreational Area. There is a beach along one side of the lake and a marina on the other. Wind- and [[kite surfing]], sailing and fishing are the most popular activities on the lake.

On both the west and east side of the city forests are being planted, called "[[Balijbos]]" (west side) and [[Bentwoud]] (east side). These forests are intended to form a "natural" barrier between The Hague and Zoetermeer.

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===Virtual Zoetermeer===
Virtual Zoetermeer is a game made by the municipality of Zoetermeer. It lets you rebuild the city of Zoetermeer. It kind of looks like SimCity and is in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]. The game can be downloaded [http://www.zoetermeer.nl/index.php?simaction=content&mediumid=18&pagid=3093&stukid=17479#titel17479 here].

There used to be a castle in Zoetermeer, called [[Palenstein]]. You can experience the life in the castle in [http://www.zoetermeer.nl/index.php?simaction=content&mediumid=18&pagid=3093&stukid=17480#titel17480 this] game.
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