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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital of the . 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.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Binnenstad and Zuid.

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The is the medieval heart of Amsterdam. It is where most foreign visitors arrive and leave, and has a lot of the city's prime attractions.

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is one of Amsterdam's seven boroughs. It is an affluent area and a popular place among foreign visitors. It has some of the country's best museums, fine dining, and lots of opportunities for shopping.

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The is the famous 17th-century district surrounding the 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.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Zuidoost and Oost.

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, often colloquially referred to as the Bijlmer, is a borough of Amsterdam. It is an exclave, separated from the mainland by Duivendrecht and .

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is a borough of Amsterdam. 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.

While often overlooked by foreign visitors, locals know that the west of Amsterdam 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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is the borough of Amsterdam north of the IJ. It is a residential district, and with about 86,000 inhabitants, it is a medium-sized city. This district has remained well off the radar among tourists visiting Amsterdam, so amenities are not well-developed.

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and Anne Frank House.

Museum
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The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the in the borough of , close to the , the , and the .

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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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or the Dam is a in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the . Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diemen and Amsterdam-Centrum.

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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 Amsterdam's , within the Amsterdam metropolitan area.

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is the inner-most borough and historical of Amsterdam, , 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.

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is a borough comprising the westernmost neighbourhoods of the city of Amsterdam, . It was created in 2010 after a merger of the former boroughs , Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and Slotervaart.

Amsterdam

Latitude
52.3732° or 52° 22′ 23″ north
Longitude
4.8917° or 4° 53′ 30″ east
Population
882,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
IATA airport code
AMS
United Nations Location Code
NL AMS
Open location code
9F469VFR+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 268396336
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2759794
Wiki­data ID
Q727
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Amsterdam” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Amsterdam”
  • Afrikaans: “Amsterdam”
  • Albanian: “Amsterdam”
  • Albanian: “Amsterdami”
  • Amharic: “አምስተርዳም”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Amstelodhámon”
  • Arabic: “أمستردام”
  • Aragonese: “Amsterdam”
  • Armenian: “Ամստերդամ”
  • Arpitan: “Amsterdam”
  • Arpitan: “Amstèrdame”
  • Assamese: “আমষ্টাৰডাম”
  • Asturian: “Ámsterdam”
  • Avaric: “Амстердам”
  • Awadhi: “एम्सटर्डम”
  • Azerbaijani: “Amsterdam”
  • Balinese: “Amsterdam”
  • Bambara: “Amsterdam”
  • Banjar: “Amsterdam”
  • Bashkir: “Амстердам”
  • Basque: “Amsterdam”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Amsterdam”
  • Bavarian: “Amsterdam”
  • Belarusian: “Amstyerdam”
  • Belarusian: “Амстэрдам”
  • Bengali: “অ্যামস্টার্ডাম”
  • Bengali: “আমস্টারডাম”
  • Betawi: “Amsteredam”
  • Bhojpuri: “एम्सटर्डम”
  • Bosnian: “Amsterdam”
  • Breton: “Amsterdam”
  • Bulgarian: “Амстердам”
  • Burmese: “အမ်စတာဒမ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Amsterdam”
  • Cebuano: “Amsterdam (ulohang dakbayan)”
  • Cebuano: “Amsterdam”
  • Central Bikol: “Amsterdam”
  • Central Kanuri: “Amsterdam”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەمستەردام”
  • Chavacano: “Amsterdam”
  • Chechen: “Амстердам”
  • Chinese: “Amsterdam”
  • Chinese: “荷京”
  • Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹”
  • Church Slavic: “Амстєрдамъ”
  • Chuvash: “Амстердам”
  • Cornish: “Amsterdam”
  • Corsican: “Amsterdam”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Amsterdam”
  • Croatian: “Amsterdam”
  • Czech: “Amsterdam”
  • Czech: “Amsterodam”
  • Danish: “Amsterdam”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Amsterdam”
  • Dutch: “020”
  • Dutch: “A’dam”
  • Dutch: “Aemstelredamme” (historical)
  • Dutch: “Aemsterdam” (historical)
  • Dutch: “AMS”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam”
  • Dutch: “Asd”
  • Dutch: “Damsko”
  • Dutch: “Mokum Alef”
  • Dutch: “Mokum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “امستردام”
  • Erzya: “Амстердам ош”
  • Esperanto: “Amsterdamo”
  • Estonian: “Amsterdam”
  • Ewe: “Amsterdam”
  • Extremaduran: “Ámsterdam”
  • Faroese: “Amsterdam”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Amsterdam”
  • Fijian: “Amsterdam”
  • Finnish: “Amsterdam”
  • French: “A’dam”
  • French: “Amsterdam”
  • Friulian: “Amsterdam”
  • Gagauz: “Amsterdam”
  • Galician: “Ámsterdam”
  • Galician: “Ámsterdan”
  • Georgian: “ამსტერდამი”
  • German: “Amsterdam”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Amsterdam”
  • Gilaki: “آمستردام”
  • Gothic: “𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌼”
  • Greek: “Ámsterdam”
  • Greek: “Αμστελόδαμο”
  • Greek: “Αμστελόδαμον”
  • Greek: “Άμστερνταμ”
  • Guarani: “Amsterdam”
  • Guarani: “Amterdam”
  • Gujarati: “એમ્સ્ટર્ડમ”
  • Haitian: “Amstèdam”
  • Haitian: “Amsterdam”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Â-mê-sṳ̂-thi̍t-tan”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Amsterdam”
  • Hausa: “Amsterdam”
  • Hebrew: “אמסטרדם”
  • Hindi: “एम्स्टर्डम”
  • Hindi: “ऐम्स्टर्डैम”
  • Hungarian: “Amszterdam”
  • Iban: “Amsterdam”
  • Icelandic: “Amsterdam”
  • Ido: “Amsterdam”
  • Iloko: “Amsterdam”
  • Inari Sami: “Amsterdam”
  • Indonesian: “Amsterdam”
  • Ingush: “Амстердам”
  • Interlingua: “Amsterdam”
  • Interlingue: “Amsterdam”
  • Irish: “Amstardam”
  • Italian: “Amsterdam”
  • Japanese: “Amusuterudamu”
  • Japanese: “アムステルダム”
  • Japanese: “モクム”
  • Japanese: “北のヴェネツィア”
  • Javanese: “Amsterdam”
  • Kabiyè: “Amstɛrɩdam”
  • Kabyle: “Amesterdam”
  • Kabyle: “Amsterdam”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Amsterdam”
  • Kannada: “ಆಮ್‌ಸ್ಟರ್‌ಡ್ಯಾಂ”
  • Kannada: “ಆಂಸ್ಟರ್ಡ್ಯಾಮ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Amsterdam”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Амстердам”
  • Kashmiri: “ایٚمسٹرڈیم”
  • Kashubian: “Amsterdam”
  • Kazakh: “Амстердам, Нидерланды”
  • Kazakh: “Амстердам”
  • Kirghiz: “Амстердам”
  • Komering: “Amsterdam”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Амстердам”
  • Komi: “Амстердам”
  • Korean: “Amseutereudam”
  • Korean: “Amsŭt’erŭdam”
  • Korean: “암스테르담”
  • Kotava: “Amsterdam”
  • Kurdish: “Amsterdam”
  • Ladin: “A’dam”
  • Ladin: “Amsterdam”
  • Ladino: “Amsterdam”
  • Lao: “ອຳສະເຕີດຳ”
  • Latgalian: “Amsterdama”
  • Latin: “Amestelledamme” (historical)
  • Latin: “Amsteladamum”
  • Latin: “Amstelodamum”
  • Latvian: “Amsterdama”
  • Lezghian: “Амстердам”
  • Ligurian: “Amsterdam”
  • Limburgan: “Amsterdam”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Amsterdam”
  • Literary Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹”
  • Lithuanian: “Amsterdamas”
  • Livvi: “Amsterdamu”
  • Lombard: “Amsterdam”
  • Low German: “Amsterdam”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Amsterdam”
  • Luxembourgish: “Amsterdam”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Amsterdam”
  • Macedonian: “Амстердам”
  • Malagasy: “Amsterdam”
  • Malay: “Amsterdam”
  • Malayalam: “ആംസ്റ്റർഡാം”
  • Maltese: “Amsterdam”
  • Manx: “Amsterdam”
  • Maori: “Amaterama”
  • Maori: “Amsterdam”
  • Marathi: “ॲम्स्टरडॅम”
  • Marathi: “अ‍ॅम्स्टरडॅम”
  • Mazanderani: “آمستردام”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Amsterdam”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Amsterdam”
  • Minangkabau: “Amsterdam”
  • Mingrelian: “ამსტერდამი”
  • Moksha: “Амстердам”
  • Moksha: “Амстэрдам”
  • Mongolian: “Амстердам”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “أمسطردام”
  • Narom: “Amsterdam”
  • Nauru: “Amsterdam”
  • Navajo: “Tóígeed Łání”
  • Neapolitan: “Amsterdam”
  • Nepali: “आम्स्टर्डम”
  • Newari: “एम्स्टर्ड्याम”
  • Newari: “एम्स्तरद्याम”
  • Northern Frisian: “Amsterdam”
  • Northern Luri: “آمستردام”
  • Northern Sami: “Amsterdam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amsterdam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amsterdam”
  • Norwegian: “Amsterdam”
  • Novial: “Amsterdam”
  • Nyanja: “Amsterdam”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Amsterdam”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܡܣܛܪܕܐܡ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Amsteldamm”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Amsterdam”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Amsterdamm”
  • Oriya: “ଆମଷ୍ଟରଡ଼୍ୟାମ”
  • Ossetian: “Амстердам”
  • Pampanga: “Amsterdam”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਮਸਤਰਦਮ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਮਸਤੱਰਦਮ”
  • Papiamento: “Amsterdam”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Amsterdam”
  • Persian: “آمستردام”
  • Picard: “Amsterdam”
  • Piemontese: “Àmsterdam”
  • Polish: “Amsterdam”
  • Portuguese: “Abstradam”
  • Portuguese: “Amesterdã”
  • Portuguese: “Amesterdao”
  • Portuguese: “Amesterdão”
  • Portuguese: “Amsterdã”
  • Portuguese: “Amsterdam, Países Baixos”
  • Portuguese: “Amsterdam”
  • Portuguese: “Amsterdão”
  • Portuguese: “Mastradama”
  • Pushto: “امسټرډام”
  • Quechua: “Amsterdam”
  • Romanian: “Amsterdam”
  • Romansh: “Amsterdam”
  • Russia Buriat: “Амстердам”
  • Russian: “Амстердам”
  • Rusyn: “Амстердам”
  • Sakizaya: “Amusetetan”
  • Samogitian: “Amsterdams”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱢᱥᱴᱚᱨᱰᱮᱢ”
  • Sardinian: “Amsterdam”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Amsterdam”
  • Scots: “Amsterdam”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amsterdam”
  • Serbian: “Амстердам, Холандија”
  • Serbian: “Амстердам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Amsterdam”
  • Shona: “Amsterdam”
  • Sicilian: “Amsterdam”
  • Silesian: “Amsterdam”
  • Sindhi: “ايمسٽرڊيم”
  • Sinhala: “ඇම්ස්ටර්ඩෑම්”
  • Sinhala: “ඈම්ස්ටර්ඩෑම්”
  • Skolt Sami: “Amsterdam”
  • Slovak: “Amsterdam”
  • Slovenian: “Amsterdam”
  • Somali: “Amistardam”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آمستردام”
  • Southern Sotho: “Amsterdam”
  • Spanish: “Amsterdam”
  • Spanish: “Ámsterdam”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Damsko”
  • Sundanese: “Amsterdam”
  • Swahili: “Amsterdam”
  • Swedish: “Amsterdam”
  • Swiss German: “Amsterdam”
  • Sylheti: “ꠀꠝꠁꠡ꠆ꠐꠣꠞꠒꠣꠝ”
  • Tachelhit: “Amstirḍam”
  • Tagalog: “Amsterdam”
  • Tajik: “Амстердам”
  • Talysh: “Amsterdam”
  • Tamil: “ஆம்ஸ்டர்டம்”
  • Tamil: “எம்ஸ்டர்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Амстердам”
  • Telugu: “ఆమ్‌స్టర్‌డ్యామ్ (నెదర్లాండ్స్ రాజధాని)”
  • Telugu: “ఆమ్‌స్టర్‌డ్యామ్”
  • Thai: “อัมสเตอร์ดัม”
  • Tibetan: “ཨེམ་སི་ཊར་ཌམ།”
  • Tigrinya: “ኣምስተርዳም”
  • Tok Pisin: “Amstadem”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Amsterdam”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻAmisetami”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Amsterdam”
  • Turkish: “Amsterdam”
  • Turkmen: “Amsterdam”
  • Twi: “Amsterdam”
  • Udmurt: “Амстердам”
  • Uighur: “Amstérdam”
  • Uighur: “ئامستېردام”
  • Ukrainian: “Амстердам”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Amsterdam”
  • Urdu: “ایمسٹرڈیم”
  • Uzbek: “Amsterdam”
  • Venetian: “Amsterdam”
  • Veps: “Amsterdam”
  • Vietnamese: “Am-xtec-đam”
  • Vietnamese: “Amsterdam”
  • Vlaams: “A’dam”
  • Vlaams: “Amsterdam”
  • Vlaams: “Mokum”
  • Vlax Romani: “Amsterdam”
  • Volapük: “Amsterdam”
  • Võro: “Amsterdam”
  • Walloon: “Misterdam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amsterdam”
  • Welsh: “Amsterdam”
  • Western Armenian: “Ամսթերտամ”
  • Western Frisian: “Amsterdam”
  • Western Mari: “Амстердам”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایمسٹرڈیم”
  • Wolof: “Amsterdam”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹”
  • Yakut: “Амстердам”
  • Yiddish: “Mokum Aleph”
  • Yiddish: “Mokum”
  • Yiddish: “אמסטערדאם”
  • Yoruba: “Amsterdam”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹”
  • Zeeuws: “Amsterdam”
  • Zulu: “I-Amsterdami”
  • “Amsterdam”
  • “Amsterdams”
  • “ma Ansetan”
  • “ma Antetan”
  • “ma tomo Ansetan”
  • “ma tomo Antetan”
  • “एम्सटर्डम”

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