Dam Square

Dam Square, also known as the Dam, is a town square in , the capital and most populous city of the . Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country.
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Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Square
  • …lies at an elevation of 13 metres (43 feet)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Description: central square in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Also known as
    “Dam”
    “the Dam”
    “Vijgendam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canal District and New Church.
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The is the famous 17th-century district surrounding the of .
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The Nieuwe Kerk is a 15th-century church in … is situated 110 metres northwest of Dam Square.
or Normaal Amsterdams Peil…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amsterdam and Burgwallen Oude Zijde.
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is the capital of the .
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is a neighborhood of …
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is a neighborhood.

Dam Square

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Latitude
52.37312° or 52° 22′ 23″ north
Longitude
4.89261° or 4° 53′ 33″ east
Open location code
9F469VFV+62
Open­Street­Map ID
way 94756489
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6930383
Wiki­data ID
Q839050

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Dam Square” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Dam”
  • Arabic: “ساحة دام”
  • Arabic: “سكوير الدام”
  • Armenian: “Դամ հրապարակ”
  • Basque: “Dam plaza”
  • Catalan: “Plaça Dam”
  • Chinese: “水坝广场”
  • Chinese: “水壩廣場”
  • Czech: “Dam (Amsterdam)”
  • Czech: “Dam”
  • Czech: “Náměstí Dam”
  • Danish: “Dam”
  • Danish: “De Dam”
  • Danish: “Grote Markt”
  • Dutch: “Dam (Amsterdam)”
  • Dutch: “Dam”
  • Dutch: “de Dam”
  • Dutch: “De Dam”
  • Dutch: “Grote Markt”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان دام”
  • Esperanto: “Placo Dam”
  • Esperanto: “Placo de Dam”
  • Faroese: “Dam”
  • French: “Dam Square”
  • French: “le Dam”
  • French: “place du Dam”
  • French: “Place du Dam”
  • Galician: “Praza Dam”
  • German: “Dam Platz”
  • German: “Dam”
  • German: “Damplatz”
  • Hausa: “Dam Square”
  • Hebrew: “דה דאם”
  • Hebrew: “הדאם”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר דאם”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר הדאם”
  • Hungarian: “Dam tér”
  • Icelandic: “Dam-torg”
  • Icelandic: “Dam-torgið”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Dam”
  • Italian: “Dam”
  • Italian: “Piazza Dam”
  • Japanese: “ダム広場”
  • Korean: “담 광장”
  • Korean: “담광장”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Dam”
  • Macedonian: “Дам”
  • Malay: “Medan Dam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dam”
  • Portuguese: “Praça Dam”
  • Romanian: “Piața Dam”
  • Russian: “Дам”
  • Russian: “Площадь Дам”
  • Serbian: “Trg Dam”
  • Slovenian: “Dam”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Dam”
  • Swedish: “Dam”
  • Swedish: “De Dam, Amsterdam”
  • Turkish: “Dam Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Дам”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа Дам”
  • Welsh: “Sgwâr Dam”

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