Amsterdam Oud-West

Oud-West is a neighborhood of , , roughly covering the area between the Overtoom, a major thoroughfare west of the city centre, and the parallel De Clercqstraat, a shopping street.
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  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Oud West”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and De Hallen Amsterdam.

Museum
Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0.
The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history, located at the in the borough of , close to the , the , and the .

Photo: Ilonamay, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Theater building
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The Royal is a concert hall in , Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" translates into English as "concert building". Its superb acoustics place it among the finest concert halls in the world, along with New York's , Boston's Symphony Hall and the in Vienna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Amsterdam and Kinkerbuurt.

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While often overlooked by foreign visitors, locals know that the west of has a lot to offer visitors. There's whole neighborhoods in unique 19th-century architectural styles, some of the best bars and clubs in Amsterdam, and the quickly gentrifying Oud-West.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in , . Along with the Overtoombuurt, it is part of the neighborhood of Oud-West in the borough of .

Quarter
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is a district in situated west of the city center of , . Named after a former hamlet, urban development started in the 1920s.

Amsterdam Oud-West

Latitude
52.36475° or 52° 21′ 53″ north
Longitude
4.86798° or 4° 52′ 5″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
9F469V79+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 410270082
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
7648380
Wiki­data ID
Q478612
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Satellite Map

Discover Amsterdam Oud-West from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Amsterdam Oud-West” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam Oud West”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam Oud-West”
  • Dutch: “Oud-West”
  • Dutch: “Stadsdeel Oud-West”
  • French: “Oud-West”
  • German: “Amsterdam Oud-West”
  • Swedish: “Oud-West”
  • “Srpska”

Localities in the Area

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