Relaxed living in green surroundings, close to amenities. These were the starting points for the new cities built from 1970 onwards, around old village centers or from scratch. The most characteristic new towns are Almere, Capelle aan den IJssel, Haarlemmermeer, Houten, Lelystad, Nieuwegein, Purmerend, Spijkenisse and Zoetermeer. The history, current situation and future of these planned cities are brought together in this book. Outsiders often have little appreciation for these cities. They lack urbanity, are uniform and by now outdated. They are sometimes larger than the older medium-sized cities in the vicinity, but pale in comparison. The Atlas nuances this image and does not assume what these cities are not and will not become, but shows the qualities that contribute to a new, attractive suburban urbanity. The new cities are only forty to fifty years old. That short history has shaped them and helps determine their future. They are unfinished, but no city is ever finished. Only a positive handling of one's own past provides a perspective to continue the project of the new city. Lessons can be drawn from the development of the new cities for current urban planning tasks in the Netherlands.