Monument for Great People

It is wonderful sailing and sailing on the Randmeren near Harderwijk. The Veluwerandmeren consists of the lakes: the Nuldernauw near Nijkerk, the Wolderwijd, the Veluwemeer and the Drontermeer. The Randmeren arose in the fifties after the construction of the polders of the province of Flevoland.

Beautiful cycle path along the banks of the Veluwemeer. Halfway through, you'll pass the Monument to Prima People, a five-meter high concrete star that sticks out two thumbs up.

The monument 'Prima Mensen' is a 2m high concrete pentagram; a star with a hand with a raised thumb on two of the five points. The thumb is a reference to 'like' on Facebook. According to artist Domenique Himmelsbach de Vries (1983), people increasingly meet each other via social media. With the artwork he wants to get that meeting out. "Interaction always plays a major role in my work. I make a magnet with which I attract new situations, with which I or others are encouraged to make new contacts and experiences. The monument for prima mensen is a connection between people. A psychological connection. The monument can be used as a tool to promote social cohesion because the loitering youth and the elderly from the same street are standing on the same stone. A concrete connection, a concrete connection between those who are prima". visitflevoland.nl/nl/locaties/1898367633/prima-mensen