A report on Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer

The Oude Kerk was consecrated in 1306 AD.

Topographic map of Haarlemmermeer, June 2015

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.

Historic map of the Haarlemmermeer before reclamation.

View of Vijzelstraat looking towards the Muntplein, 1891

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

Cruquiusmuseum entrance, taken from Cruquiusmuseum park

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

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

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

Boardroom of the local government in Hoofddorp

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

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.

- Haarlemmermeer

This can be recognised by the suffix -meer which means lake, as in Aalsmeer, Bijlmermeer, Haarlemmermeer and Watergraafsmeer.

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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

In 1855, the Haarlemmermeer was drained and turned into land.

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.

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.

Amstelveen

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Municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 89,918 It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area.

Topographic map of Amstelveen, September 2014

Line 25 tram leaving the Amstelveen Poortwachter stop

Jan Cornelis Hofman, self portrait, 1929

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

In 1852 the Haarlemmermeer polder was reclaimed and the "Fort at the Schiphol" was created as a defense for Amsterdam.

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.

Aalsmeer is located on the border of the former Haarlem Lake.

Haarlem

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City and municipality in the Netherlands.

The City Hall on the Grote Markt, built in the 14th century, replacing the Count's castle, after this had burnt down partially. The remainders were given to the city.

A sketch of the siege of Haarlem seen from the North, with Het Dolhuys on the right, and the river Spaarne on the left

A map of Haarlem around 1550. The city is completely surrounded by a city wall and defensive moat. In the North (top), at a fork in the road, the complex known as Het Dolhuys can be seen. In the south-west corner on the lower left, the city bleaching grounds can be seen. Notice the near-square shape of the city: this was based on the ancient plan of Jerusalem.

A map of Haarlem after the fire in 1578 by Thomas Thomasz. The damage across the city can still be seen two years later.

The legend of the Haarlem shield, painting (c. 1630) by Pieter de Grebber in the City Hall

A map of Haarlem in 1646, before Salomon de Bray's ambitious northwards expansion plan was executed. North is to the left. The Houtmarkt has been built in the north east, and the Haarlemmerport is visible, as well as the Old Men's Almshouse, which nowadays houses the Frans Hals Museum.

The Amsterdamse Poort, former gateway to the city from Amsterdam, is one of the few visible traces left of the old city wall.

Grote Markt of Haarlem, c. 1670–90, by Cornelis Beelt

The Grote Markt in 1696, painting by Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde

Many government-owned buildings are national heritage sites, such as the local police headquarters located on the Koudenhorn 2. Originally built as the Dutch Reformed "Diaconie" (poor house and orphanage) in 1768, it was built to house up to 900 people, indicating the extent of the economic crisis in Haarlem that had resulted from losing shipping power to Amsterdam.

A map of Haarlem in 1827. The city walls have been torn down to use as building materials for city expansion.

The Haarlemmerhout in Haarlem is the oldest park designed for public access in the Netherlands. It is said that Napoleon's army carved their initials in these trees.

The Villa Welgelegen, built in the 18th century, is the current government house of the province of North Holland.

A typesetter at the Joh. Enschedé printing shop (was located behind the St. Bavochurch) in 1884, by the American artist Charles Frederic Ulrich.

Cotton mills in Haarlem in the 19th century

A replica of the Arend, one of two locomotives built by R. B. Longridge and Company for the Haarlem-Amsterdam railway line in the 1830s.

This Gaper is located on the front of "Van der Pigge", a chemist's that declined to move for Vroom & Dreesmann's new department store in 1932.

"Man in front of a firing squad", memorial by Mari Andriessen to commemorate 15 innocent victims chosen at random who were shot there by German occupational forces on 7 March 1945, Dreef, Haarlem

Pipe organ at Haarlem's Sint-Bavokerk. Mozart once played this organ.

Saint Bavo saves Haarlem from the Kennemers. Dated 1673 but showing legend from 1274. In the background the Sint-Bavokerk (Grote Kerk) can be seen.

Stadsschouwburg, theater on the Wilsonplein

Haarlem Baseball Week 2006 at the Pim Mulier Stadium

View of Haarlem with Bleaching Fields by Jacob van Ruisdael (c. undefined 1665)

The Street of Donkere Spaarne near Spaarne River

Lange Brug (Long Bridge), in popular speech also known as "de verfroller" ("the paint roller").

Haarlem railway station, built in 1906, one of the oldest train stations in the Netherlands. It replaced the original station at the Oude Weg dating from 1839, which was one of the first two stations in the Netherlands as part of the oldest Dutch railway line between Amsterdam and Haarlem.

Newer sections of Spaarndam lie within the neighbouring municipality of Haarlemmermeer.

It is situated about 20 km west of Amsterdam and near the coastal dunes.

Martinair

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Dutch cargo airline headquartered and based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and a subsidiary of Air France–KLM.

Martin's Air Charter de Havilland Dove in the early 1960s

A Martinair Boeing 767-300ER passenger aircraft

TransPort Building houses the head offices of Martinair and Transavia

Martinair had passenger service throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa from Amsterdam.

Martinair has its head office in the TransPort Building, Schiphol East, on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.

Transavia

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Dutch low-cost airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of KLM and therefore part of the Air France–KLM group.

Transavia Sud Caravelle at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in June 1972

The TransPort Building houses the head offices of Transavia and Martinair.

Transavia Boeing 737-800 wearing the current livery

Transavia Boeing 737-700 wearing the former livery

A Transavia Boeing 737-800 with Split Scimitar Winglets

Transavia has its head office in the TransPort Building, Schiphol East, on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.

On 8 February 1997, Transavia Airlines Flight 484, a Boeing 737-300 flying from Salzburg to Amsterdam, was damaged en route. The push/pull rod of the elevator broke off, damaging the Boeing 737's rudder, and an emergency landing was made at Nuremberg Airport. There were no fatalities, but the FAA issued an Airworthiness Directive after this and a similar incident.

Stelling van Amsterdam

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The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam, ) is a 135 km ring of fortifications around Amsterdam.

The dike through the Haarlemmermeer, which made it possible to flood the southern portion of the polder while the northern portion could continue to produce food for Amsterdam, is now cut by the A4 motorway.