Dam Square and Damrak Street in City Center of Amsterdam Photograph by Artur Bogacki
Updated on 06/03/19 As visitors to Amsterdam first set foot on Dam Square, or meander about the expansive Museumplein, or have a drink on one of the cafe terraces at Leidseplein or Rembrandtplein, it soon becomes clear how much of the city is structured around the unit of the plein, or square.
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Dam Square or the Dam ( Dutch pronunciation: [dɑm]) is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country. Location and description
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Dam Square is famous for being the main square of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It is located in the historic city center and is the site of many popular attractions, including the Royal Palace, the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Madame Tussauds, and the National Monument.
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Nieuwmarkt. The Nieuwmarkt is a square in the Amsterdam Chinatown and borders the southeast side of the Red Light District. Around the square are historic buildings, restaurants, cafés and a supermarket. The Nieuwmarkt is very popular with locals, especially during weekends. There is a daily market, an organic market on Saturdays, and a book.
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The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, founded in 1602, is considered the oldest "modern" securities market stock exchange in the world. As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
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Within its 8 square kilometers you'll find 7.800 monumental buildings — primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries. In Amsterdam's medieval center the main streets of Damrak and Rokin follow the former path of the river Amstel, meeting at Dam Square — where the city originated around a dam in the river Amstel: Amstel-dam…. Amsterdam.
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The central and main square of Amsterdam. With important points of interest around it. The Royal Palace, The National monument of freedom, Nieuwekerk church and an elegant department store De Bijenkorf. The name comes from damming the river Amstel here. Like almost all squares in the old center, the Dam square has been originally a market.
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Dam Square is a busy focal point for many arriving visitors and shoppers. Street performers set up on the square's cobble stones, tourists mill about taking photos and feeding the pigeons whilst trams frequently drift past. On a sunny day the café terraces on the northern flanks fill up. Dam Square Amsterdam - western side Dam Square (West side)
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Dam Square 4 15,465 reviews #8 of 1,020 things to do in Amsterdam Points of Interest & Landmarks Write a review About All roads lead to Dam Square, the real heart of Amsterdam, where The Royal Palace, the Nieuwe Kerk and the War Memorial overlook this vast and bustling open space. Suggest edits to improve what we show. Improve this listing
Amsterdam, Netherlands Main square in Amsterdam with the Paleis in the middle and Niewuwe Kerk
Dam Square, also known as the Dam it is the main town square and considered to be the very center of the city. On the west edge of the square is the Royal Palace. It is roughly rectangular in shape, and stretches about 200 meters from west to east and about 100 meters from north to south.
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5 - Waterlooplein. Created in the late 1800s by filling in two of the city's historic canals, Waterlooplein is a square which is the home to one of Amsterdam's oldest markets and is certainly worthy of a visit. Originally, the market was the most important Jewish market in the city; however, following the Second World War, the market was.
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The main public square in Amsterdam grew from the first days of Holland's capital, with the construction of a causeway (or dam as the Dutch call it) across the Amstel river. This is also how Amsterdam got its name. Just like the Amstel once cut through here, so Damrak street (the street from central station to Dam Square) now divides the.
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Dam Square is the triumphal checkpoint of countless visitors to Amsterdam and an ideal first stop punctuated by local attractions like the National Monument, the Royal Palace, the fifteenth-century "New Church," and De Bijenkorf for shopping.
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Rising above the square is the Munttoren (Mint Tower), which dates from 1672 when Amsterdam was the site of the mint for two years while the French occupied Utrecht. Another unique shopping experience awaits at the Flower Market (Bloemenmarkt), a historic floating market that once sold every type of plant imaginable (while a few flower stalls.
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To the north is Centraal Station, Amsterdam's main train station. Damrak runs through the center of this district, and on either side are shopping streets, museums, and historic sites. Visit Oude Kerk (Old Church), Amsterdam's oldest building, consecrated in 1306. Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), dates back to 1409 and sits right on Dam Square.