A report on Amsterdam and Amstelveen

The Oude Kerk was consecrated in 1306 AD.

Amsterdam citizens celebrating the Peace of Münster, 30 January 1648. Painting by Bartholomeus van der Helst

Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by Emanuel de Witte, 1653. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was the first stock exchange to introduce continuous trade in the early 17th century.

Topographic map of Amstelveen, September 2014

View of Vijzelstraat looking towards the Muntplein, 1891

Photochrom of Amsterdam's Dam Square at the beginning of the 20th century

People celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II on 8 May 1945

Line 25 tram leaving the Amstelveen Poortwachter stop

The 17th-century Canals of Amsterdam were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2010, contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North". Along with De Wallen, the canals are the focal-point for tourists in the city.

Satellite picture of Amsterdam and North Sea Canal

Jan Cornelis Hofman, self portrait, 1929

Large-scale map of the city centre of Amsterdam, including sightseeing markers,.

Nieuwendammerdijk en Buiksloterdijk, Amsterdam-Noord, winter 2010

The Westerkerk in the Centrum borough, one of Amsterdam's best-known churches

A 1538 painting by Cornelis Anthonisz showing a bird's-eye view of Amsterdam. The famous Grachtengordel had not yet been established.

The Egelantiersgracht lies west of the Grachtengordel, in the Jordaan neighbourhood.

The Scheepvaarthuis, by architects Johan van der Mey, Michel de Klerk, Piet Kramer is characteristic of the architecture of the Amsterdam School.

The Begijnhof is one of the oldest hofjes in Amsterdam.

The Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam and Conservatorium van Amsterdam, two examples of 21st-century architecture in the centre of the city

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world

The Zuidas, the city's main business district

Boats give tours of the city, such as this one in front of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands.

De Wallen, Amsterdam's Red-light district, offers activities such as legal prostitution and a number of coffee shops that sell cannabis. It is one of the main tourist attractions.

An Amsterdammer waits for a traffic light to change at the Muntplein in the heart of Amsterdam.

The Rijksmuseum houses Rembrandt's The Night Watch.

The Van Gogh Museum houses the world's largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and letters.

The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is an international museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art and design.

Coldplay performing at the Amsterdam Arena, 2016

The Concertgebouw or Royal Concert Hall houses performances of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and other musical events.

Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam's best-known theatre

One of the decorated boats participating in the 2013 Canal Parade of the Amsterdam Gay Pride

Femke Halsema has been the Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018.

King Willem-Alexander, Princess Beatrix, and Queen Máxima greeting Amsterdammers from the Royal Palace of Amsterdam during Willem-Alexanders inauguration in 2013

The Amsterdam Metro is a mixed subway and above ground rapid transit system consisting of five lines.

Amsterdam Centraal station, the city's main train station

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ranks as Europe's third-busiest airport for passenger traffic.

Police bicyclist crossing a bridge over the Prinsengracht

The Agnietenkapel Gate at the University of Amsterdam, founded in 1632 as the Athenaeum Illustre

The name Amstelveen comes from the Amstel, a local river (as does the name Amsterdam) and veen, meaning fen, peat, or moor.

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These farmers were starting the reclamation around upstream Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, and later at the other side of the river at Amstelveen.

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North Holland

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Province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country.

Government house of North Holland province, Villa Welgelegen, in Haarlem

Satellite image of the North Holland, Friesland and Flevoland

Satellite image of the south of North Holland

A Highland in Zuid-Kennemerland National Park

161,265). The province's largest city and also the largest city in the Netherlands is the Dutch capital Amsterdam, with a population of 862,965 as of November 2019.

Another seven municipalities have a population between 50,000 and 100,000 inhabitants (Hilversum, Amstelveen, Purmerend, Hoorn, Velsen, Den Helder and Dijk en Waard).

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

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Main international airport of the Netherlands.

A Ford being used to power a winch for towing gliders at Schiphol in 1933

The air traffic control tower at Schiphol in 1960

Airplanes and service vehicles on the apron in 1965

The main entry of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

Check-in hall interior at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

KLM Cargo Boeing 747-400ERF on the Taxiway Bridge crossing the Highway A4 E19.

All the airport's 6 runways viewed from an aeroplane taking off at dawn.

The Convair Building, which houses KLM Cityhopper and KLM offices, and the original Schiphol control tower

The construction of the tunnel and railway station in 1992

The crash site of El Al Flight 1862 in 1992

The crash site of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 on 25 February 2009

Queues to the security control in June 2022

It is located 9 km southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province of North Holland.

Its current head office in nearby Amstelveen had a scheduled completion at the end of 1970.

Haarlemmermeer

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Municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Topographic map of Haarlemmermeer, June 2015

Historic map of the Haarlemmermeer before reclamation.

Cruquiusmuseum entrance, taken from Cruquiusmuseum park

TransPort Building - Houses the head offices of Martinair and Transavia.com

Boardroom of the local government in Hoofddorp

But it was not until a furious hurricane in November 1836 drove the waters as far as the gates of Amsterdam, and another on Christmas Day sent them in the opposite direction to submerge the streets of Leiden, that the mind of the nation was seriously turned to the matter.

Its current head office in Amstelveen had a scheduled completion at the end of 1970.

Amsterdam Metro

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Wall decorations remembering the demolition in the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood and protests against it

Route network of the Amsterdam Metro with years of opening

Waterlooplein station, opened in 1980, seen before its 2010s renovation.

Route 51 lightrail vehicle at Zuid Station, where it changed from third rail to overhead wire power supply.

Platforms of the North–South Line at Amsterdam Centraal

Ticket barriers for the OV-chipkaart at Venserpolder metro station

1974 original design at Diemen Zuid station, featuring M.O.L. typeface

2009 style sign at Bijlmer ArenA station

2016 style sign at Amsterdam Centraal station

The Amsterdam Metro (Amsterdamse metro) is a rapid transit system serving Amsterdam, Netherlands, and extending to the surrounding municipalities of Diemen and Ouder-Amstel.

Until 2019 it also served the municipality of Amstelveen but this route has been closed for conversion into a tram line.

Aalsmeer

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Municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

The Water Tower of Aalsmeer was completed in 1928 in an Art Deco style.

The town is located 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Amsterdam.

171 - Aalsmeer - Bovenkerk - Amstelveen - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Station

KLM

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Flag carrier airline of the Netherlands.

KLM poster featuring the airline's first commercial slogan. It is likely dated around the late 1920s, after it started service to Batavia.

KLM Fokker F-XVIII departing from the Dutch East Indies, 1932

KLM Douglas DC-2 aircraft Uiver in transit at Rambang airfield on the east coast of Lombok island following the aircraft being placed second in the MacRobertson Air Race from RAF Mildenhall, England, to Melbourne in 1934

KLM Douglas DC-3 at Manchester Airport in 1947

Lockheed L-749A Constellation of KLM in 1953

KLM Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop airliner in 1965

KLM Douglas DC-8-63 at London Heathrow Airport in 1982. The DC-8 was the mainstay of the KLM narrowbody jet fleet.

A KLM Boeing 737-700 with a "100 year" livery taking off from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

A Boeing 747-400 Combi in KLM Asia livery. Pictured is PH-BFC, the aircraft involved in the KLM Flight 867 incident. This aircraft served the subsidiary from 1995 to 2012 before being transferred to KLM and repainted in the mainline KLM livery, where it remained in service until its retirement on 14 March 2018.

A KLM Lockheed L-188 Electra in the airline's 1950s livery

PH-BVA painted in a special "Orange Pride" livery

A Business Class seat on board a former refurbished KLM Boeing 747-400

Economy Comfort and Economy Class seats on board a KLM Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

At the time of the accident, the Boeing 747 named Rhine was only six years old.

KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

In 1919, a young aviator lieutenant named Albert Plesman sponsored the ELTA aviation exhibition in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam Zuid station

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Overview of the station. To the right of the station, the HQ of ABN Amro is just visible.

Combino tram at Amsterdam Zuid station. Note that this photo was taken when trams still had their stop inside the station, rather than the current two stops just outside.

View of the station from between the Zuidas offices.

Amsterdam Zuid ("Amsterdam South") is a railway station situated in the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Line 51 was opened in 1990 as a hybrid metro/sneltram line; it ran as a metro using the third rail from Centraal Station to Zuid, and then as a sneltram (light-rail) line using pantographs south of Zuid to Poortwachter in Amstelveen sharing the rails with tram line 5.

Amstel

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River in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.

Amstel near Nes aan de Amstel, between Uithoorn and Amstelveen

Amstel near the Rembrandt Tower in Amsterdam

17th-century drawing of the river Amstel by Rembrandt

It flows from the Aarkanaal and Drecht in Nieuwveen northwards, passing Uithoorn, Amstelveen, and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, to the IJ in Amsterdam.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Bust of Abraham Kuyper, founder of the VU, in the Main Building.

Former Chemistry Laboratory (1932) at De Lairessestraat.

The upper floors of the Main Building's eastern wing, housing library stacks and showing the University emblem.

The main building has an inhouse restaurant serving pizzas, pasta, sandwiches and soup

VU Cultural Centre 'Griffioen', located at Uilenstede campus

Former eastern entrance to the campus, since 2010 the location of a new building for the Faculty of Law.

The Main Building, viewed from campus square

Left: Sciences Building; Right: Main Building.

New 'O2' Lab Building under construction (January 2014).

De Rode Pieper ('red potato'), housing the Institute for Health and Wellness

ACTA Building (2010) at Gustav Mahlerlaan, housing the joint VU/UvA school of dentistry.

The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as VU Amsterdam or simply VU when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880.

The satellite campus 'Uilenstede' is located further south, in the municipality of Amstelveen.

Amsterdam metropolitan area

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The Amsterdam metropolitan area (Metropoolregio Amsterdam) is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.

Municipalities of Aalsmeer, Almere, Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Beemster, Beverwijk, Blaricum, Bloemendaal, Diemen, Edam-Volendam, Gooise Meren, Haarlem, Haarlemmermeer, Heemskerk, Heemstede, Hilversum, Huizen, Landsmeer, Laren, Lelystad, Oostzaan, Ouder-Amstel, Purmerend, Uitgeest, Uithoorn, Velsen, Waterland, Weesp, Wijdemeren, Wormerland, Zaanstad and Zandvoort