Amsterdam-Oost - Amsterdam-Oost

Amsterdam-Oost
(Amsterdam)
Skyscrapers in the Omval district on the banks of the Amstel
Location
Amsterdam-Oost - Location
StateNetherlands
RegionNorth Holland
TerritoryAmstelland

Amsterdam-Oost is the eastern outskirts of the city of Amsterdam.

To know


How to orient yourself

Neighborhoods

  • Dapperbuurt a neighborhood of tenements from the late 19th century on whose main road (Dapperstraat) a traditional market is held among the most popular in Amsterdam. In the period between the two world wars, Jewish families settled in the neighborhood, as the 1928 synagogue on the Linnaeusstraat testifies. In the post-war years the district was in a state of neglect until it was the subject of a renovation plan launched in the early 1970s.
  • IJburg is the residential area at the eastern end of the district. The district, built on artificial islands of Lake IJ, has a checkerboard layout, the result of an urban plan drawn up since 1965 by the architects Van den Broek and Bakema. The plan was later abandoned but resumed, in part, only at the end of the century.
  • Indische Buurt
  • Omval The neighborhood on the east bank of the Amstel River, adjacent to the Amstel station. In 1987 the city council approved the construction project for three office skyscrapers named after Dutch painters: the Rembrandt Tower, the Mondriaan Tower and the Breitner Tower. The former is still the tallest building in Amsterdam today.
  • Oostelijk Havengebied (Eastern Docklands) A port area built at the end of the 19th century following the increased merchant traffic with the Dutch colonies of the time. Fallen into neglect in the years of the second post-war period, the old port warehouses were occupied by students and artists until a plan was created to transform the area into a modern residential district following the example of what happened in theEast End of London.
  • Watergraafsmeer it is a polder torn from the sea in 1629 after which it was filled with numerous country residences of which only one has managed to survive today.


How to get


How to get around


What see

Interior room of the museum of the tropics
  • 1 Museum of the tropics (Tropenmuseum), Linnaeusstraat 2 (trams 7, 9, 10 and 14), ☎ 31 20 568-8200. Simple icon time.svgTue-Sun 10 am-5pm. Ethnographic museum with collections of objects from Africa, Asia and South America. Inside there is a restaurant bar with different dishes typical of the former Dutch colonies. Tropenmuseum on Wikipedia Tropenmuseum (Q1131589) on Wikidata 
  • 2 Museum of the Press (Persmuseum), Zeeburgerkade 10. Press Museum (Q2224691) on Wikidata 
  • 3 Oosterpark (behind the museum of the tropics). Located on the border with the central district of Plantage, the Oosterpark is the backdrop to numerous annual festivals. Oosterpark (Q2718912) on Wikidata 
  • 4 Diemerpark. Diemerpark (Q1220779) on Wikidata 
  • 5 Flevopark. A park in the Indian quarter (Indische Buurt) with a swimming pool and two bars. Flevopark (Q2335366) on Wikidata 
  • The Whale (The whale or The Sphinx). (1995-2000) Architect: Frits van Dongen. Residential building which is located on the Sporenburg peninsula and is visible from the harbor. Entirely covered in zinc, 226 apartments on 12 floors, the inclination of the walls and the opening in the center have been designed to maximize the penetration of light. 


What to do

Blijburg beach
  • 1 Stadsstrand Blijburg (tram 26). An equipped artificial beach, surrounded by modern buildings. (Q3413164) on Wikidata 


Shopping

Dappermarkt


How to have fun

Shows

Muziekgebouw aan't IJ
  • 1 Bimhuis, Piet Heinkade 3 (tram 26 to Muziekgebouw Bimhuis), ☎ 31 20 788-2150. Ecb copyright.svg€14-18. Jazz concert hall inside the Muziekgebouw aan't IJ. 
  • 2 Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Piet Heinkade 1 (tram 26), ☎ 31 20 788-2000. Modern classical music concert hall. Free admission every second Tuesday of the month at 12:30. 


Where to eat

Moderate prices

  • 1 Biertuin, Linnaeusstraat 29 (tram 9 to "Eerste van Swindenstraat"), ☎ 31 20 665-0956. Simple icon time.svgMon-Thu 11: 00–01: 00, Fri-Sat 11: 00–03: 00, Sun 11: 00–01: 00. Old Bavarian-style beer garden with kilometer-long tables. The dishes are based on burgers and chicken. It is very busy in the summer. 
  • 2 Bloem op IJburg, IJburglaan 1289 (tram 26 to Diemerparklaan), ☎ 31 20 416-0677. Simple icon time.svgMon-Sun 17: 30-22: 00. 

Average prices

  • 3 Silk Road Restaurant, Piet Heinkade 11 (tram 26 to Muziekgebouw Bimhuis), ☎ 31 20 519-1200. Simple icon time.svgMon-Sun 06: 30-10: 30 and 17: 00-22: 00. Inside the Mövenpick Hotel is a fusion restaurant with nice views over the IJ. 


Where stay

Mövenpick Hotel

Moderate prices

  • 1 Camping Zeeburg, Zuider IJdijk 20 (tram 26 to Zuiderzeeweg), ☎ 31 20 694-4430. Campsite with different types of accommodation, including cabins. It has a minimarket, a restaurant bar and free wifi. The bathrooms are shared and you pay 1 € for a shower with hot water. 
  • 2 Stayokay Zeeburg, Timorplein 21 (Tram stop 14 for Zeeburgerdijk), ☎ 31 20 551-3190, @. Set up in a building that also includes an inexpensive restaurant (Studio K) and a cinema hall. 
  • 3 Generator Hostel Amsterdam, Mauritskade 57 (5 minutes walk from the Alexanderplein stop on tram line 9 to Diemen), ☎ 31 207085600, @. A large hostel with 564 beds distributed in dormitories, double, triple and quadruple rooms. It is set up inside the former university housing and has rather large common spaces. The former library of the complex has been converted into a bar and relaxation room. Minors traveling alone are required to show the written consent of their parents. 

Average prices


How to keep in touch


Other projects

  • Collaborate on WikipediaWikipedia contains an entry concerning Amsterdam-Oost
  • Collaborate on CommonsCommons contains images or other files on Amsterdam-Oost
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