Buiten-IJ

Buiten-IJ is a lake in North Holland, Western Netherlands. Buiten-IJ is situated nearby to the village Schellingwoude, as well as near the neighborhood Sluisbuurt.

Photo: Milliped, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Body of water
Description: lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Also known as: “Buiten IJ” and “IJ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schellingwouderbrug and Schellingwoude church.

Schellingwouderbrug

Bridge

Photo: Gabriele Giuseppini, CC BY 3.0.

Schellingwouderbrug is a bridge.

Python Bridge

Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Python Bridge, officially known as High Bridge, is a bridge that spans the canal between Sporenburg and Borneo Island in Eastern Docklands, Amsterdam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schellingwoude and Sluisbuurt.

Schellingwoude is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. A former village located on the northern shore of the IJ, in the province of North Holland, it was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1857, when it was merged with Ransdorp; the latter merged with Amsterdam in 1921.

Sluisbuurt

Neighborhood

Photo: Kleon3, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sluisbuurt is a neighbourhood, currently partially under construction, located on Zeeburgereiland in the borough of Amsterdam-Oost in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Zeeburgereiland

Neighborhood

The Zeeburgereiland is a triangular island on the east side of Amsterdam, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It lies between the Oranje Locks and the Diemerzeedijk and on the east is bordered by the IJ.

Buiten-IJ

Category: lake
Location: North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

52.3802° or 52° 22′ 49″ north

Longitude

4.96359° or 4° 57′ 49″ east

Open location code

9F469XJ7+3C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55348023

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

2758139

Wikidata ID

Q33329573

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Satellite Map

Discover Buiten-IJ from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Buiten-IJ” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Buiten IJ”
Dutch: “Buiten IJ”
Dutch: “Buiten-IJ”
French: “Buiten IJ”
French: “Buiten-IJ”
German: “Buiten IJ”
German: “Buiten-IJ”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sport heroes neighbourhood and KNSM Island.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prins Willem-Alexandersluis and Noordkolk Oranjesluizen.

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