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Delve into Westpoort
The district Westpoort of in Gemeente Amsterdam (Provincie Noord-Holland) is a subburb in Netherlands a little north-west of Amsterdam, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 6°C / 42 °F
Morning Temperature | 4°C / 39 °F |
Evening Temperature | 4°C / 39 °F |
Night Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 46% |
Air Pressure | 998 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 99% of sky |
General Conditions | Rain and snow |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
6°C (42 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Rain and snow, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
5°C (41 °F)
5°C (42 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
13°C (55 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Manzo Suites
Ramada Apollo Amsterdam Centre
Mercure Hotel Amsterdam Sloterdijk Station
XO Hotels Blue Tower
Urban Lodge Hotel
XO Hotels Park West
Inntel Hotels Amsterdam Zaandam
XO Hotels Blue Square
Nieuw Slotania
Citiez hotel Amsterdam
Videos from this area
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Princess DFDS seaways after our trip
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Amsterdam helicopters
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Decade 1990-2000 Trailer 8 september 2012 Are48, Hemkade 48 Zaandam
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Corporate video Waste and Energy Company, City of Amsterdam
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Waste and Energy Company - Waste the Sustainable resource
Company film of Afvalenergiebedrijf: the Waste-to-Energy company of the city of Amsterdam (2011)
No more waste: Waste Management in Amsterdam (2007)
Waste Management: Collection, incineration and recycling in Amsterdam. Explaining infrastructure and processes to handle waste by the Waste and Energy Company (AEB), City of Amsterdam. ...
Value from Waste
Corprorate video Waste and Energy Company, City of Amsterdam (2007). Copyright AEB Amsterdam.
Amsterdam Tramways Route 12 Kinkerstraat to Haarlemmerweg
Journey along part or Route 12 of the Amsterdam Tramway System between Kinkerstraat/Bilderdijkstraat & Haarlemmerweg. This journey is in the inner north-western parts of Amsterdam.
ZichtOp: Amsterdam (NL) - Slotermeer
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Zaandam
Zaandam is a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the Zaan, close to the North Sea Canal, and is close to Amsterdam. The statistical district Zaandam, which covers the city and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 72.597. Zaandam was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of the new municipality of Zaanstad.
Millennium Tower (Amsterdam)
Millennium Tower is a 97.5 metres, 24 storey office building in Amsterdam constructed from 2002 and completed in 2004.
Amsterdam Heliport
The Amsterdam Heliport is a small modern heliport located in the north west of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in a harbour area known as the Westpoort. It provides parking space outside for four helicopters and hangar space for another three. The heliport was opened in 2005, aiming mainly at VIP transport and airwork. The main user of the heliport is Heli Holland.
Czar Peter House (Netherlands)
The Czar Peter House is a historical building in Zaandam, the Netherlands. It is best known as the place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy. The building was constructed in 1632. Peter had met the Zaandam blacksmith and craftsman Gerrit Kist when Kist had worked for the czar in Moscow.
Osdorp
Osdorp is neighbourhood of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. A larger area was, from 1981 until 2010, a stadsdeel (borough) of Amsterdam and in 2010 was merged into the new borough of Amsterdam Nieuw-West.
Dijkgraafplein
The Dijkgraafplein is a square in Amsterdam-Osdorp in the Netherlands, lying at the end of Tussen Meer. The square is named after the office of dijkgraaf (the chairman of a waterboard) in 1962. The Dijkgraafplein lies in the neighborhood that is now known as 'De Sharpen' and where many street are named after waterways. Since 1962 tramline 17 terminates on this square. From 1971 tram line 1 also began here.
Zaandam railway station
Zaandam is the main railway station in the town of Zaandam, near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. It is at the junction of the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway and the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway.
Zaandam Kogerveld railway station
Zaandam Kogerveld is a railway station located in Zaandam, the Netherlands. The station opened in 1989 on the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway. The station is 2 km north of Zaandam railway station, and is in the Kogerveld estate. This station is a suburb station of Zaandam. Other estates nearby are Hoornseveld and 't Kalf. Residents from Koog aan de Zaan also use this station for Purmerend and Hoorn.
Westpoort
Westpoort (Dutch for Western Gate) is the main harbour and industrial area of the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and is located in the north-western part of the city. It is divided in industrial areas Teleport, Sloterdijk areas I, II and II, De Heining and the harbour area (Havengebied). It is home to over 1500 companies and an estimated 45 000 people are employed in the area.
Coen Tunnel
The Coen Tunnel (1966) is a tunnel under the North Sea Canal in western Amsterdam. The tunnel is named after the Coen port in the vicinity which was named after Jan Pieterszoon Coen. The tunnel itself is 1283 metres long of which 587 metres are fully covered. The tunnel connects the Zaan district with the western part of Amsterdam. The tunnel reaches a maximum depth of 22 metres.
Second Coen Tunnel
The Second Coen Tunnel is a tunnel under the North Sea Canal, next to the existing Coen Tunnel in Amsterdam, currently under construction. The tunnel will be built in combination with a new highway connection, the Westrandweg, to the A5 motorway. The tunnel will consist of 3 fixed lanes and two variable lanes which will be opened in the direction which traffic is the heaviest.
Port of Amsterdam
The Port of Amsterdam (Dutch: Haven van Amsterdam) is a seaport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The port is located on the bank of a former bay named the IJ and the North Sea Canal, with which it is connected to the North Sea. The port was first used in the 13th century and was one of the main ports of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. Today, the Port of Amsterdam is the second largest port in the Netherlands, the largest being the Port of Rotterdam.
Admiralenbuurt
Admiralenbuurt is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was constructed in the 1920s. The neighborhood is bisected by the Admiralengracht. From 1990-2010 it was part of the borough of De Baarsjes; in 2010 it along with the rest of De Baarsjes became part of the borough of Amsterdam-West.
Amsterdam Nieuw-West
Amsterdam Nieuw-West is a borough (stadsdeel) comprising the most western parts of the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. As a borough it was created in 2010 through a merger of the three former boroughs Osdorp, Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and Slotervaart. Most of the residential neighborhoods were built after 1950 under the project Westelijke Tuinsteden. Centrally located is a park, Sloterpark, with a lake (Sloterplas).
Bos en Lommer
Bos en Lommer is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Situated in the west of Amsterdam, the Bos en Lommer quarter offers easy access to both the exit way (A10 West) and public transport. Most of the buildings are four-storey high apartment blocks, with relatively low rents (240 for a two-room apartment; 450 for one with four rooms). Bos en Lommer is scheduled for urban renewal to increase high-income inhabitants in the hope that there will then be a decrease in crime, noise and litter.
Landlust
Landlust is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Nieuw Sloten
Nieuw Sloten is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Oostoever
Oostoever is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Overtoomse Veld
Overtoomse Veld is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is named for the Overtoomse Sluis, which was an old portage point dating from the 14th century on a major cargo route to and from Amsterdam at the junction of two waterschap areas, Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and Hoogheemraadschap van Amstelland.
Slotermeer
Slotermeer is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Geuzenveld
Geuzenveld (garden city) is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Westelijke Tuinsteden
Westelijke Tuinsteden is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Isolatorweg metro station
Isolatorweg metro station is the terminus of the Amsterdam metro 50 (Ringlijn) and opened on May 28, 1997. The station is a railway embankment near the Isolatorweg on an industrial estate in the western harbor area of Amsterdam. Since there are no nearby residential areas, the station attracts relatively few visitors. The station has an island platform in the middle of a central access. Isolatorweg is the third metro station in Amsterdam that does not have an escalator.
Jan van Galenstraat metro station
Jan van Galenstraat metro station is a station of the Amsterdam metro 50 (Ringlijn). It was opened on May 28, 1997. Near the station is the Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital and the Sports Hall Jan van Galen.
De Held Jozua, Zaandam
De Held Jozua (English: The Hero Joshua) is a paltrok mill in Zaandam, Noord Holland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. As all Dutch paltrok mills it is a windpowered sawmill. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 40094.