Oost

Oost is a borough of . It lies between the Amstel River in the west and the IJ in the east. It should not be regarded as a homogeneous area, as there are many different neighbourhoods with their own cultures and identities.
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  • Type: Suburb with 143,000 residents
  • Description: borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Amsterdam-Oost”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amsterdam Amstel station and Wereldmuseum Amsterdam.

Railway station
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Amsterdam Amstel is a railway station in , . The station opened in 1939. It is located to the southeast of Amsterdam Centraal in the borough of Amsterdam-Oost, near the river.

Museum
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The , previously known as Tropenmuseum between 1950 and 2023, is an ethnographic with its headquarters in , .

Railway station
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Amsterdam Muiderpoort is a railway station in the east of . It was reopened on 15 October 1939 after being first opened in 1896. It is located 4 km southeast of Amsterdam Centraal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plantage and Diemen.

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is a leafy neighbourhood in the centre of . This article also covers the Eastern Islands.

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is a town and municipality with a population of 31,334 in the province of , . It is located approximately 6 km southeast of 's , within the Amsterdam metropolitan area.

Neighborhood
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The is a polder in , , reclaimed from the lake Diemermeer in 1629. In the 17th and 18th centuries, there were many buitenplaatsen in the , though nowadays only one, Frankendael, remains.

Oost

Latitude
52.35181° or 52° 21′ 7″ north
Longitude
4.93055° or 4° 55′ 50″ east
Population
143,000
Open location code
9F469W2J+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3609485550
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11525051
Wiki­data ID
Q478608
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Slovenian—“Oost” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Amsterdam-Oost”
  • Arabic: “أمستردام- أوست”
  • Balinese: “Amsterdam-Oost”
  • Bengali: “ওস্ট”
  • Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹東”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam Oost”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam-Oost”
  • Dutch: “Oost (Amsterdam)”
  • Dutch: “Oost”
  • French: “Amsterdam-Est”
  • French: “Amsterdam-Oost”
  • Georgian: “ამსტერდამ-ოსტი”
  • German: “Amsterdam-Oost”
  • German: “Oost”
  • Hebrew: “אמסטרדם/מזרח העיר”
  • Hebrew: “מזרח אמסטרדם”
  • Indonesian: “Amsterdam-Oost”
  • Italian: “Amsterdam-Oost”
  • Persian: “آمستردام-اوست”
  • Persian: “امستردام-اوست”
  • Polish: “Amsterdam Oost”
  • Slovenian: “Amsterdam-Oost”

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