Wertheimpark is the oldest public park in Amsterdam, dating back to eighteen twelve. You can identify the entrance by the imposing gates flanked by tall plinths that support statues of sphinxes holding light fixtures. Though it is a small,…
Plantage Neighborhood Green Spaces
Walk along the shady avenues, canal-side lawns, and historic gardens of Amsterdam's greenest neighborhood. This relaxed route showcases the district's park-like design, offering a quiet escape under historic trees.
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1. Wertheimpark
2. Hortus Botanicus
The Hortus Botanicus is marked by its historic greenhouses and a garden layout that traces back to the seventeenth century. Founded in sixteen thirty-eight as the Hortus Medicus, it functioned as an essential pharmacy for Amsterdam’s…
3. Entrepotdok
The Entrepotdok is a five-hundred-meter-long row of red-brick warehouses stretching along a canal in eastern Amsterdam. Built between seventeen oh eight and eighteen twenty-nine, these eighty-four monumental buildings once formed the…
4. Artisplein
Artisplein is a public square defined by its signature brick-patterned paving, sitting immediately outside the entrance gates of the Artis Royal Zoo. Since its opening in twenty-fourteen, this space has served as a transition between the…
5. Plantage Westermanplantsoen
The Plantage Westermanplantsoen is a small, quiet park identifiable by its location on the edge of the historic Plantage neighborhood, bordering the grounds of the Artis Royal Zoo. This green space sits on a site that once anchored the…
6. Plantage Muidergracht
The Plantage Muidergracht is a waterway and street that marks the southeastern boundary of the Plantage district. It runs as a canal from the Nieuwe Keizersgracht before turning northeast to parallel the Sarphatistraat, eventually skirting…
7. Muiderpoort
The Muiderpoort stands on Alexanderplein as a neoclassical archway, distinguished by a prominent clock tower and stone friezes that decorate its exterior. Built between seventeen sixty-nine and seventeen seventy-one, the gate was designed…