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Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station

Amsterdam Centraal station is the largest railway station in , , the . A major international railway hub, it is used by 192,000 passengers a day, making it the second busiest railway station in the country after Utrecht Centraal and the most visited Rijksmonument of the Netherlands.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: central railway station of Amsterdam
  • Also known as: “Amsterdam Centraal”, “Amsterdam Centraal railway station”, “Amsterdam Centraal station”, “Amsterdam Central railway station”, “Amsterdam Central station”, and “Amsterdam Central Station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canal District and Old Church.

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The is the famous 17th-century district surrounding the of . The whole district is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique cultural and historical value, and its property values are among the highest in the country.

Museum
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The Oude Kerk is a Reformed church in , Netherlands, being the oldest parish church in the city. The oldest structure in Amsterdam, the building was founded around 1213 and consecrated in 1306 as a Roman Catholic church by the bishop of Utrecht with Saint Nicolas as its patron saint. is situated 530 metres south of Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station.

Museum
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The Sexmuseum or the Temple of Venus is a sex museum located in , . The museum was opened in 1985. It had 675,000 visitors in 2015, making it one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands. is situated 340 metres southwest of Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oosterdokseiland and Chinatown.

Neighborhood
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is an island that forms a neighborhood of , just to the east of Amsterdam Centraal railway station.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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The is the medieval heart of . It is where most foreign visitors arrive and leave, and has a lot of the city's prime attractions.

Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station

Latitude
52.3789° or 52° 22′ 44″ north
Longitude
4.90058° or 4° 54′ 2″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Inception
October 15th, 1889
Operator
NS
IATA airport code
ZYA
Open location code
9F469WH2+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4290854847
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2759790
Wiki­data ID
Q50719
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المحطة المركزية في أمستردام”
  • Azerbaijani: “Amsterdam Mərkəzi Stansiyası”
  • Basque: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральны вакзал Амстэрдама”
  • Catalan: “Estació Central d’Amsterdam”
  • Catalan: “Estació d’Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Chinese: “中心火车站”
  • Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹中央車站”
  • Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹中央车站”
  • Czech: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Danish: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam Centraal Station”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam CS”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdamse Centraal Station”
  • Dutch: “Centraal Station”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 5681”
  • Dutch: “Station Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة امستردام”
  • Esperanto: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Esperanto: “Stacidomo Amsterdamo Centra”
  • Finnish: “Amsterdamin keskusrautatieasema”
  • French: “Amsterdam-Central”
  • French: “Amsterdam-centrale”
  • French: “gare centrale d’Amsterdam”
  • French: “Gare centrale d’Amsterdam”
  • French: “gare d’Amesterdam”
  • Galician: “Estación Central de Ámsterdam”
  • German: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • German: “Amsterdam CS”
  • German: “Amsterdam Hauptbahnhof”
  • German: “Bahnhof Amsterdam Centraal”
  • German: “Bahnhof Amsterdam CS”
  • Greek: “Κεντρικός σταθμός Άμστερνταμ”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת המרכזית של אמסטרדם”
  • Hungarian: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Indonesian: “Stasiun Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Italian: “stazione di Amsterdam Centrale”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Amsterdam Centrale”
  • Japanese: “アムステルダム中央駅”
  • Korean: “암스테르담 센트랄역”
  • Korean: “암스테르담 중앙역”
  • Macedonian: “Централна станица на Амстердам”
  • Malay: “Stesen keretapi Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه مرکزی آمستردام”
  • Polish: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Portuguese: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Russian: “Центральный вокзал Амстердама”
  • Slovak: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Slovenian: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Slovenian: “postaja Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Slovenian: “železniška postaja Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Spanish: “Estacion Central de Amsterdam”
  • Spanish: “Estación Central de Ámsterdam”
  • Swedish: “Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Tagalog: “Estasyong Amsterdam Centraal”
  • Turkish: “Amsterdam Garı”
  • Ukrainian: “Амстердам-Центральний”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральний вокзал Амстердама”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральний вокзал Амстердаму”
  • Venetian: “stasion Sentrałe de Ámsterdam”
  • Western Frisian: “Amsterdam Sintraal”
  • Western Frisian: “Sintraal stasjon”
  • Western Frisian: “Stasjon Amsterdam Sintraal”

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