Watergraafsmeer
The Watergraafsmeer is a polder in North Holland, Netherlands, reclaimed from the lake Diemermeer in 1629. In the 17th and 18th centuries, there were many buitenplaatsen in the Watergraafsmeer, though nowadays only one, Frankendael, remains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: city area and poldered former lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Diemermeer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Koningskerk and Funerary museum.
Funerary museum
Museum
The Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover is a museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands that displays the various funerary practices of the various cultures present in the Netherlands, with the view that these funerary practices provide a better understanding of these cultures.
Frankendael
Park
Photo: P.H. Louw, CC BY 2.5 nl.
Frankendael is one of two remaining buitenplaats in Amsterdam. It comprises Huis Frankendael and the adjoining Park Frankendael in Watergraafsmeer. The house, located at Middenweg 72, is a historic country residence in Tuindorp Frankendaal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oost and Oostpoort.
Oost
Oost is a borough of Amsterdam. It lies between the Amstel River in the west and the IJ in the east. It should not be regarded as a homogeneous area, as there are many different neighbourhoods with their own cultures and identities.
Oostpoort
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oostpoort is a neighborhood in the borough Amsterdam-Oost in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The neighborhood is situated at between the Linnaeusstraat, the Ringvaart, the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway, and the Amsterdam–Zutphen railway.
Betondorp
Neighborhood
Betondorp is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was built in the 1920s as an experiment in building affordable housing with new, cheap building materials, chiefly concrete.
Watergraafsmeer
- Categories: polder, municipality of the Netherlands, and locality
- Location: Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.34981° or 52° 20′ 59″ northLongitude
4.9383° or 4° 56′ 18″ eastElevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Open location code
9F468WXQ+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 359758014OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Watergraafsmeer” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Watergraafsmeer”
- Chinese: “瓦特赫拉夫斯梅尔”
- Chinese: “瓦特赫拉夫斯梅爾”
- Danish: “Watergraafsmeer”
- Dutch: “Watergraafsmeer”
- Dutch: “Watergraafsmeerpolder”
- Dutch: “Wgm”
- Esperanto: “Watergraafsmeer”
- French: “Watergraafsmeer”
- German: “Watergraafsmeer”
- Irish: “Watergraafsmeer”
- Italian: “Watergraafsmeer”
- Japanese: “ヴァーテルフラーフスメール”
- Japanese: “ワーテルグラーフスメール”
- Japanese: “ワテルグラーフスメール”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Watergraafsmeer”
- Russian: “Ватерграфсмер”
- Slovenian: “Watergraafsmeer”
- Turkish: “Watergraafsmeer”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Park de Meer and De Wetbuurt.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Workout Space and Tram stop H. de Vrieslaan.
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