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2 Entrepotdok of this Classical structure is
topped with a dome and clock
Map 6 D2. v 9, 14, 32. @ 22, 43.
tower. Napoleon entered the
The redevelopment of the old city through this gate in 1811
VOC warehouses at Entrepotdok and, according to legend, forced
has revitalized this dockland the citizens to feed and house
area. During the mid-19th his ragged troops.
century, it was the greatest
warehouse area in Europe, 5 De Gooyer
being a customs-free zone for
goods in transit. The quayside Windmill
buildings are now a lively Funenkade 5. Map 6 F2. v 10, 14.
complex of homes, offices Closed to the public.
and eating places. Some of
the original façades of the Of the six remaining windmills
warehouses have been within the city’s bound aries,
preserved, unlike the interiors, De Gooyer, also known as the
which have been opened up Funenmolen, is the most
to provide an attractive inner central. Dominating the view
courtyard. Café tables are often down the Nieuwevaart, the mill,
set out alongside the canal. On built around 1725, was the first
the other side, brightly colour ed corn mill in the Netherlands to
houseboats are moored. The 18th-century De Gooyer windmill, with use streamlined sails.
its renovated balcony It first stood to the west of
3 Java-eiland and Amsterdam canal atmosphere. its present site, but the Oranje
Nassau barracks, built in 1814,
KNSM-eiland This is enhanced by the many acted as a windbreak, and
shops and small cafés. KNSM- the mill was then moved piece
Map 6 D2. Java-eiland and KNSM-
eiland @ 41, 42. v 10. eiland is slightly broader, by piece to the Funenkade.
giving architect Jo Coenen The octagonal wooden
Situated side by side in the the space to create a central structure was rebuilt on the
eastern docklands of the city avenue flanked on either side stone foot of an earlier water-
are the islands of Java-eiland, by tower blocks. pumping mill, demolished
which is long and narrow, and in 1812.
the broader KNSM-eiland. Java- By 1925, De Gooyer was in
eiland, designed by Sjoerd 4 Muiderpoort a very poor state of repair and
Soeters during the 1990s, Alexanderplein. Map 6 E3. v 7, 9, was bought by the city council,
demonstrates a wide variety 10, 14. Closed to the public. which fully restored it. Since
of architectural styles. By then, the lower part of the mill,
combining these styles with a Formerly a city gate, the with its neat thatched roof
number of canals across the Muiderpoort was designed by and tiny windows, has been
island, the architect succeeded Cornelis Rauws (1732–72) in a private home, though its
in creating a very credible about 1770. The central archway massive sails still creak into

Spout-gable façades of former warehouses along Entrepotdok
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp396–7 and pp406–9

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