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Museum Square

The Museumplein is a public space in the Museumkwartier neighbourhood of the borough in , . Located at the Museumplein are three major museums – the , , and – and the concert hall .
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: square in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Museumplein”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canal District and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the famous 17th-century district surrounding the of . 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.

Museum
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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 . is situated 360 metres northeast of Museum Square.

Theater building
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The Royal is a concert hall in , Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" translates into English as "concert building". Its superb acoustics place it among the finest concert halls in the world, along with New York's , Boston's Symphony Hall and the in Vienna. is situated 220 metres southwest of Museum Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oude Pijp and Nieuwe Pijp.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Noord-Pijp is a neighbourhood of , located in an urbanised part of the borough. It had a population of 14,102 in 2011 and an area of 68 hectares.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in , . It is part of the borough of . The is bordered by Ceintuurbaan and Sarphatipark in the north, Van Woustraat in the east, Amstel Canal in the south and Boerenwetering canal in the west.

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood of , . It is located directly south of Amsterdam's and it is part of the borough , in a part of the city known as the Old South.

Museum Square

Latitude
52.3574° or 52° 21′ 27″ north
Longitude
4.88161° or 4° 52′ 54″ east
Open location code
9F469V4J+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25965389
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q639321
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Museum Square” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميدان المتاحف”
  • Basque: “Museumplein”
  • Breton: “Museumplein”
  • Catalan: “Museumplein”
  • Chinese: “博物館廣場”
  • Chinese: “博物馆广场”
  • Czech: “Museumplein”
  • Danish: “Museumplein”
  • Dutch: “Museumplein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان المتاحف”
  • Esperanto: “Museumplein”
  • Esperanto: “Placo de la Muzeoj”
  • French: “Museumplein”
  • French: “place du Musée”
  • Galician: “Museumplein”
  • German: “Museumplein”
  • German: “Museumsplatz”
  • Hebrew: “מוזאומפליין”
  • Indonesian: “Museumplein”
  • Irish: “Plás an Mhúsaeim”
  • Italian: “Museumplein”
  • Korean: “뮈세윔플레인”
  • Korean: “박물관 광장(뮈세윔플레인)”
  • Portuguese: “Praça dos Museus”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de los Museos”
  • Swedish: “Museumplein”
  • Turkish: “Museumplein”
  • Ukrainian: “Музейна площа (Амстердам)”

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