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OUTSIDE THE CENTRE

Great architecture and good town planning one of Amsterdam’s first suburbs. The
are not con fined to central Amsterdam. Parts tree­lined streets around Artis and Hortus
of the Nieuw Zuid (New South) bear testa­ Botanicus are still popular places to live.
ment to the imagination of the innovative From the Werf ’t Kromhout, once a thriving
Amsterdam School architects (see pp146–7). shipyard, there is a fine view of De Gooyer
Many fine buildings can be found in De Windmill, one of the few in Amsterdam to
Dageraad Housing complex and the streets survive. The national maritime collection is
around the Olympic Quarter. The area known kept at Scheepvaart Museum, a former naval
as the Plantage (plantation) was once green storehouse. NEMO, an educational science
parkland beyond the city wall, where centre, is nearby. Fine parks are just a short
17th­century Amsterdammers spent their tram ride from the city centre and offer a
leisure time. From about 1848, it became host of leisure activities.
Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings and Structures Museums and Zoos
2 Entrepotdok 1 Scheepvaart Museum pp136–7
3 Java-eiland and KNSM-eiland 6 Werfmuseum ’t Kromhout
4 Muiderpoort 9 NEMO Science Museum pp140–41
5 De Gooyer Windmill 0 ARTIS-Amsterdam Royal Zoo pp142–3
7 Koninklijk Theater Carré w Tropenmuseum Key
8 Amstelsluizen e Hermitage Amsterdam
q Frankendael y Verzetsmuseum Central Amsterdam
r Heineken Experience Motorway
t Huizenblok de Dageraad Main road
u De Hallen
Minor road
Markets
i De Pijp/Albert Cuypmarkt Railway
0 kilometres 1
0 miles 1

Outside the Centre
Centraal
DAMRAK PIET HEINKADE
ROZENGRACHT PIET HEINTUNNEL
Jordaan ROKIN AMSTERDAM

Oud West ZEEBURGERDIJK
VIJZELSTR. WEESPERSTR Plantage Muiderpoort
OVERTOOM OOSTER- FLEVO-
PARK
PARK
BILDERDIJKSTRAAT
VONDEL- LINNAEUSSTR.
PARK HOBBEMAKADE WIBAUTSTR Oost
Amsterdam
AMSTELDIJK
Oudzuid De Pijp Science Park
Watergraafsmeer
ROOSEVELTLAAN Amstel MIDDENWEG
Zuid BEATRIX-
PARK PRES.KENNEDYLAAN
Zuid GOOISEWEG
Replica of the Amsterdam, an East Indiaman, moored alongside the Scheepvaartmuseum For map symbols see back flap

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