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West Amsterdam

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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 149,000 residents
  • Description: borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Amsterdam-West”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and Anne Frank House.

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 . The museum is located at the in the borough of , close to the , the , and the .

Museum
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The 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 , in in the Netherlands.

Square
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is a square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the neighborhood, immediately northeast of the Singelgracht. It is located on the crossroads of the Weteringschans, Marnixstraat and Leidsestraat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jordaan and Binnenstad.

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The is a district in the centre of . It used to be a working-class neighbourhood, but has become one of the most upscale areas of the Netherlands, known for its art galleries, speciality shops and boutique restaurants.

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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.

Suburb
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is the inner-most borough and historical of , , containing the majority of the city's landmarks. Established in 2002, was the last area in the city to be granted the status of self-governing borough.

West Amsterdam

Latitude
52.36722° or 52° 22′ 2″ north
Longitude
4.86873° or 4° 52′ 7″ east
Population
149,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F469V89+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4189892857
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11525048
Wiki­data ID
Q478621
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Satellite Map

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

From Afrikaans to Swedish—“West Amsterdam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Albanian: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Arabic: “أمستردام- فيست”
  • Balinese: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹西”
  • Danish: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam West”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Dutch: “West (Amsterdam)”
  • Dutch: “West en Nieuw-West”
  • Esperanto: “Amsterdam-Uesto”
  • Finnish: “Amsterdam-West”
  • French: “Amsterdam-Ouest”
  • French: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Georgian: “ამსტერდამ-ვესტი”
  • German: “Amsterdam West”
  • German: “Amsterdam-West”
  • German: “West”
  • Hebrew: “אמסטרדם/מערב העיר”
  • Hebrew: “מערב אמסטרדם”
  • Indonesian: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Italian: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Nepali: “एम्सटर्डम”
  • Northern Sami: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Persian: “آمستردام-غرب”
  • Persian: “امستردام-غرب”
  • Polish: “Amsterdam West”
  • Slovenian: “Amsterdam Zahod”
  • Slovenian: “Amsterdam-West”
  • Swedish: “Amsterdam-West”

Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “West Amsterdam”. Photo: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5.