2005 - Food Counter Almere

The Voedsel Loket Almere (VLA) is officially a foundation on 1 November 2005. VLA offers food parcels to single people and families who are tight on money.

Almere's 175,000th resident comes into the world on 1 January 2005; her name is Jaydae Rahma Laghbili. Mayor Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink personally congratulates the family with a festive cake on behalf of the municipality.

In the same year, rapper Ali B. gets a wax figure at Madame Tussaud in Amsterdam.