Amstelland
Amstelland is a region within North Holland in the Netherlands. It is basically synonymous with Greater Amsterdam.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport.
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.
Schiphol Airport
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Schiphol Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. It is 15 km south-west of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It serves the city of Amsterdam and the rest of the Netherlands.
Amstelveen
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Amstelveen is a town in Amstelland. It is a suburb of Amsterdam. In 2003 Amstelveen was named Most attractive city of the Netherlands for its proximity to the nation's capital Amsterdam, its safety, accessibility and richness of culture.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Aalsmeer and Diemen.
Aalsmeer
Aalsmeer is a town and municipality in Amstelland, near Schiphol Airport, just outside Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Diemen
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Diemen is a town and municipality with a population of 31,334 in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is located approximately 6 km southeast of Amsterdam's city centre, within the Amsterdam metropolitan area.
Hoofddorp
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Hoofddorp is a city part of the Haarlemmermeer polder in North Holland, Netherlands. It had 77,000 inhabitants in 2020.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Waver-Amstel and Waverhoek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uithoorn Municipality and Mijdrecht.
Uithoorn Municipality
Town
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Uithoorn is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Mijdrecht
Town
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Mijdrecht is a town in the Netherlands with about 16,000 residents. It is located in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, about 7 kilometres west of the main A2 motorway, between Utrecht and Amsterdam.
Vinkeveen
Village
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Vinkeveen is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen, and lies about 18 km south of Amsterdam. Vinkeveen used to be a separate municipality.
Amstelland
- Type: Area
- Description: region along the Amstel in the Netherlands
- Category: area
- Location: Utrecht, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Amstelland” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Amstelland”
- Catalan: “Amstelland”
- Chinese: “Amstelland”
- Chinese: “阿姆斯特兰”
- Dutch: “Amstelland”
- Esperanto: “Amstelland”
- French: “Amstelland”
- German: “Amstelland”
- Hungarian: “Amstelland”
- Italian: “Amstelland”
- Japanese: “アムステルラント”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Amstelland”
- Slovenian: “Amstelland”
- Spanish: “Amstelland”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Amstelland”. Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0.