Government of Amsterdam
The Government of Amsterdam consists of several territorial and functional forms of local and regional government. The principal form of government is the municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: municipality of the Netherlands with 854,000 residents
- Description: municipality in the Netherlands, containing the cities of Amsterdam and Weesp
- Also known as: “Amsterdam” and “Amsterdam municipality”
- Neighbors: Almere, Amstelveen, Diemen, Muiden, and Weesp
Places of Interest
Highlights include Canal District and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Canal District
Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Canal District is the famous 17th-century district surrounding the Binnenstad of Amsterdam. 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.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Museum
Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0.
The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Royal Concertgebouw.
Anne Frank House
Museum
The Anne Frank House is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on a canal called the Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amsterdam and Binnenstad.
Amsterdam
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Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. It is known for the canals that cross the city, its impressive architecture, museums and art galleries, its notorious red light district, and more than 1,500 bridges.
Binnenstad
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The Binnenstad is the medieval heart of Amsterdam. It is where most foreign visitors arrive and leave, and has a lot of the city's prime attractions.
Zuid
Photo: Rembrandt, Public domain.
Zuid is one of Amsterdam's seven boroughs. It is an affluent area and a popular place among foreign visitors. It has some of the country's best museums, fine dining, and lots of opportunities for shopping.
Government of Amsterdam
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Government of Amsterdam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Amsterdam”
- Arabic: “أمستردام”
- Arabic: “بلدية أمستردام”
- Arabic: “حكومة أمستردام”
- Armenian: “Ամստերդամ”
- Asturian: “Ámsterdam”
- Basque: “Amsterdam”
- Belarusian: “абшчына Амстэрдам”
- Belarusian: “Амстэрдам (грамада)”
- Belarusian: “Амстэрдам (камуна)”
- Belarusian: “Амстэрдам”
- Breton: “Amsterdam”
- Catalan: “Amsterdam”
- Cebuano: “Gemeente Amsterdam”
- Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹”
- Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹政府”
- Czech: “Amsterdam”
- Danish: “Amsterdam”
- Dutch: “A’dam”
- Dutch: “AMS”
- Dutch: “Amsterdam (gemeente)”
- Dutch: “Amsterdam”
- Dutch: “Gemeente Amsterdam, Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening”
- Dutch: “gemeente Amsterdam”
- Dutch: “Gemeente Amsterdam”
- Dutch: “Mokum Alef”
- Dutch: “Mokum”
- Esperanto: “Amsterdamo”
- Finnish: “Amsterdam”
- French: “Amsterdam”
- Galician: “Ámsterdam”
- German: “Amsterdam”
- Gilaki: “آمستردام ٚ شأرداري”
- Greek: “Άμστερνταμ”
- Greek: “Δήμος Άμστερνταμ”
- Hebrew: “עיריית אמסטרדם”
- Hungarian: “Amszterdam”
- Inari Sami: “Amsterdam”
- Irish: “Amstardam”
- Italian: “Amsterdam”
- Japanese: “アムステルダム”
- Korean: “암스테르담”
- Latin: “Amstelodamum”
- Latvian: “Amsterdama”
- Limburgan: “Amsterdam”
- Low German: “Amsterdam”
- Low German: “Gemeen Amsterdam”
- Luxembourgish: “Amsterdam”
- Macedonian: “Амстердам”
- Maltese: “Amsterdam”
- Moksha: “Амстэрдам”
- Northern Sami: “Amsterdam”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amsterdam”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amsterdam”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Amsterdam”
- Papiamento: “Amsterdam”
- Persian: “شهرداری آمستردام”
- Polish: “Amsterdam”
- Portuguese: “Amesterdão”
- Romanian: “Amsterdam”
- Russian: “Амстердам”
- Scots: “Amsterdam”
- Skolt Sami: “Amsterdam”
- Slovenian: “Amsterdam”
- Spanish: “Amsterdam”
- Spanish: “Ámsterdam”
- Spanish: “Gobierno de Amsterdam”
- Swedish: “Amsterdam”
- Tatar: “Амстердам коммунасы”
- Thai: “อัมสเตอร์ดัม”
- Ukrainian: “Амстердам”
- Vietnamese: “Amsterdam”
- Western Frisian: “Amsterdam”
- “Amsterdam”
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