A displacement device comprising a stage and a stator, wherein the stator is arranged to provide a working region and the stator comprises a system of magnet blocks, the system of magnet blocks comprising: - a plurality of magnet blocks of a first kind, each magnet block of the first kind comprising a plurality of first magnets generally linearly elongated in a first direction, each of the first magnets having a magnetization direction generally orthogonal to the first direction and at least two of the first magnets having magnetization directions that are different from one another; and - a plurality of magnet blocks of a second kind, each magnet block of the second kind comprising a plurality of second magnets generally linearly elongated in a second direction generally orthogonal to the first direction, each of the second magnets having a magnetization direction generally orthogonal to the second direction and at least two of the second magnets having magnetization directions that are different from one another; wherein the stage is movably arranged next to the stator in a third direction generally orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction and the stage comprises a system of electric coils, the system of electric coils comprising: - a coil block of a first kind, each coil block of the first kind comprising a plurality of electric conductors generally linearly elongated in the first direction; and - a coil block of a second kind, each coil block of the second kind comprising a plurality of electric conductors generally linearly elongated in the second direction; - a dimension in the first direction of a coil block of the first kind is substantially equal to n(m 1 + m 2), where n = 1,2,3,... and m 1 is a dimension in the first direction of a certain magnet block of the first kind and m 2 is a dimension in the first direction of a magnet block of the second kind next to the certain magnet block of the first kind, and a dimension in the first direction of a coil block of the second kind is substantially equal to n(m 1 + m 2), where n = 1,2,3,... and m 1 is a dimension in the first direction of a certain magnet block of the first kind and m 2 is a dimension in the first direction of a magnet block of the second kind next to the certain magnet block of the first kind, the displacement device further comprising one or more power amplifiers arranged to supply current in the coil block of the first and second kind and to thereby effect relative movement between the stator and the stage in at least two directions. - a plurality of magnet blocks of a first kind, each magnet block of the first kind comprising a plurality of first magnets generally linearly elongated in a first direction, each of the first magnets having a magnetization direction generally orthogonal to the first direction and at least two of the first magnets having magnetization directions that are different from one another; and - a plurality of magnet blocks of a second kind, each magnet block of the second kind comprising a plurality of second magnets generally linearly elongated in a second direction generally orthogonal to the first direction, each of the second magnets having a magnetization direction generally orthogonal to the second direction and at least two of the second magnets having magnetization directions that are different from one another; - a coil block of a first kind, each coil block of the first kind comprising a plurality of electric conductors generally linearly elongated in the first direction; and - a coil block of a second kind, each coil block of the second kind comprising a plurality of electric conductors generally linearly elongated in the second direction; - a dimension in the first direction of a coil block of the first kind is substantially equal to n(m 1 + m 2), where n = 1,2,3,... and m 1 is a dimension in the first direction of a certain magnet block of the first kind and m 2 is a dimension in the first direction of a magnet block of the second kind next to the certain magnet block of the first kind, and a dimension in the first direction of a coil block of the second kind is substantially equal to n(m 1 + m 2), where n = 1,2,3,... and m 1 is a dimension in the first direction of a certain magnet block of the first kind and m 2 is a dimension in the first direction of a magnet block of the second kind next to the certain magnet block of the first kind, the displacement device further comprising one or more power amplifiers arranged to supply current in the coil block of the first and second kind and to thereby effect relative movement between the stator and the stage in at least two directions.