Lent: Nijmegen's Expansion Across the Waal
Until the early 2000s, Lent was a quiet village on the north bank of the Waal, looking across at Nijmegen. The Waalsprong development programme changed that: thousands of new homes were planned on the Lent side, effectively extending the city across the river. The Lentse Warande and Hof van Holland neighbourhoods now house young families in a district still under construction in parts. About 9,160 people live in Lent.
The Room for the River project added a secondary channel through the Lent floodplain, creating Veur-Lent island between the old and new Waal branches. A pedestrian bridge, the Lentloper, connects the island to the south bank. This intervention lowered flood risk while producing a new urban park. The older village core around the Dorpsplein and the Heilig Kruiskerk retains its pre-expansion character.
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Until the early 2000s, Lent was a quiet village on the north bank of the Waal, looking across at Nijmegen. The Waalsprong development programme changed that: thousands of new homes were planned on the Lent side, effectively extending the city across the river. The Lentse Warande and Hof van Holland neighbourhoods now house young families in a district still under construction in parts. About 9,160 people live in Lent.
The Room for the River project added a secondary channel through the Lent floodplain, creating Veur-Lent island between the old and new Waal branches. A pedestrian bridge, the Lentloper, connects the island to the south bank. This intervention lowered flood risk while producing a new urban park. The older village core around the Dorpsplein and the Heilig Kruiskerk retains its pre-expansion character.
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