Westermoskee
Westermoskee is a mosque located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is situated on the bank of the canalized river Schinkel in the Chassébuurt in De Baarsjes in the borough of Amsterdam-West.- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Netherlands
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and El Tawheed Mosque.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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 Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Royal Concertgebouw. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam is situated 2 km southeast of Westermoskee.
El Tawheed Mosque
Mosque
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The El Tawheed Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The mosque is on Jan Hanzenstraat in the Old-West section of Amsterdam. Aside from its normal function, the mosque is used for social work, and for lessons in the Arabic language. El Tawheed Mosque is situated 280 metres northeast of Westermoskee.
Kinkerbrug
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kinkerbrug is a bridge, which is situated 180 metres south of Westermoskee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include De Baarsjes and Kinkerbuurt.
De Baarsjes
Quarter
Photo: Ilonamay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
De Baarsjes is a district in Amsterdam-West situated west of the city center of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Named after a former hamlet, urban development started in the 1920s.
Kinkerbuurt
Quarter
Photo: Ilonamay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kinkerbuurt is the neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Along with the Overtoombuurt, it is part of the neighborhood of Oud-West in the borough of Amsterdam-West.
West Amsterdam
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.Westermoskee
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.36622° or 52° 21′ 58″ northLongitude
4.86063° or 4° 51′ 38″ eastInception
2015Open location code
9F469V86+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 215571711OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q2187049
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Satellite Map
Discover Westermoskee from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Westermoskee” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد آيا صوفيا في أمستردام”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টার মসজিদ”
- Bengali: “ওয়েস্টারমস্কি”
- Chinese: “西清真寺”
- Dutch: “Westermoskee”
- French: “Westermoskee”
- Hebrew: “וסטרמוסקה”
- Indonesian: “Westermoskee”
- Persian: “مسجد وستر (غربی)”
- Persian: “مسجد وستر”
- Turkish: “Ayasofya Camii (Hollanda)”
- Turkish: “Ayasofya Camii”
- Urdu: “مسجد آيا صوفیہ (ایمسٹرڈیم)”
- Urdu: “مسجد آيا صوفیہ”
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Highlights include rasalila and Tram stop Witte de Withstraat.
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