Kalverstraat
The Kalverstraat is a busy shopping street of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The street runs roughly North-South for about 750 meters, from Dam Square to Muntplein square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Facility
- Description: street in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Kalverstraat Shops”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Canal District and Amsterdam Museum.
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.
Amsterdam Museum
Museum
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The Amsterdam Museum, known until 2010 as the Amsterdam Historical Museum, is an Amsterdam-based museum dedicated to the city's past and present. Due to the renovation of its main location, the museum is temporarily located in the Amstelhof on the Amstel River, together with H'ART Museum and the dependence of the Museum van de Geest.
Dam Square
Square
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Dam Square or the Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country. Dam Square is situated 390 metres north of Kalverstraat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amsterdam and Burgwallen Oude Zijde.
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.
Burgwallen Oude Zijde
Quarter
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Burgwallen Oude Zijde is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Amsterdam-Centrum
Suburb
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Amsterdam-Centrum is the inner-most borough and historical city centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, containing the majority of the city's landmarks. Established in 2002, Amsterdam-Centrum was the last area in the city to be granted the status of self-governing borough.
Kalverstraat
- Category: street
- Location: Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Kalverstraat” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡弗街”
- Dutch: “Kalverstraat (Amsterdam-Centrum)”
- Dutch: “Kalverstraat”
- Esperanto: “Kalverstraat”
- French: “Kalverstraat”
- German: “Kalverstraat”
- Hebrew: “קלוורסטראט”
- Hungarian: “Kalverstraat”
- Indonesian: “Kalverstraat”
- Irish: “Kalverstraat”
- Italian: “Kalverstraat”
- Russian: “Калверстрат”
- Spanish: “Kalverstraat”
- Swedish: “Kalverstraat”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kalverstraat”. Photo: Arthena, CC BY-SA 4.0.