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Further Afield 3
De Dageraad
Burgemeester Tellengenstraat
128 • Trams 4, 12 • 020 686 8595
• Guided tours 11am–5pm Fri–Sun
• Charge for tours, Visitor’s Centre free
• www.hetschip.nl/en
A housing estate seems an unlikely
tourist attraction, but the complex
built for the De Dageraad (Dawn)
housing association from 1918–1923
is well worth a visit – especially for
anyone interested in the Amsterdam
Het Amsterdamse Bos School of Architecture. Piet Kramer
and Michel de Klerk designed
Het Amsterdamse Bos
1 sculptural buildings of great
originality, with tiled roofs that
Bosbaanweg 5 • Bus 170, 172,
174 • 020 545 6100 • Open permanently undulate in waves, and brick walls
• www.amsterdamsebos.nl/en that billow and curve. The project
Just a short bus, old-fashioned tram was part of an initiative to provide
(see p60) or bike ride away, this better housing for poorer families,
attractive wood land park is a won- in the wake of the revolutionary
derful contrast to the city. Laid out on Housing Act of 1901.
reclaimed land in the 1930s with the
Amsterdam ArenA
dual purpose of creating jobs for the 4
unemployed and providing more rec- Arena Boulevard 1 • Metro to
reation space, the park has woods Strandvliet or Bijlmer; train to Bijlmer
and meadows, lakes and nature • 020 311 1333 • Open Jul–Aug:
reserves. There is plenty to do: hire 10:30am–5pm daily; Sep–Jun: 10:30am–
bicycles, go boating, eat pancakes, 5:30pm daily (last tour 4:30pm, Sat
see the bison and the goats and visit training tours at 11am) • Admission
the Bos Museum, which describes charge • www.amsterdamarena.nl
the park and how it was built. Football fans will want to pay their
respects to the brilliant Ajax club at
EYE Film Institute
2 their impressive stadium, Amsterdam
IJprome nade 1 • GVB Ferry
ArenA. You can take a tour of the
“Buiksloterweg” (departs from behind state-of-the-art 50,000-seat stadium.
Centraal Station) • 020 589 1400 There are usually six tours a day in
• Exhibition open 10am–7pm daily summer, four in winter, except on
(to 9pm Fri); Box office open 10am– event days; phone ahead for times.
10pm daily (to 11pm Fri–Sat); The Dutch national team uses the
restaurant/bar open 10am–1am daily stadium for international practice.
(to 2am Fri–Sat). • Admission charge Concerts are also held in the ArenA.
• www.eyefilm.nl/en
The EYE Film Institute Netherlands
(previously the Filmmuseum) is
located opposite Centraal Station.
Designed by Delugan Meissl
Associated Architects, this
impressive building consolidates a
1,200-sq-m (12,920-sq-ft) exhibition
space; four cinemas; an interactive
basement showcasing EYE’s rich
digital collection, with presentations
about film history; and installations
specifically for children. There’s also
a well-stocked museum shop. Amsterdam ArenA

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