Plantage aan het Water: an
Amsterdam tourist centre with everything to offer Plantage aan het
Water covers an area of Amsterdam surrounded at four corners by
NEMO, Molen de Goyer, the Tropenmuseum and the Jewish Historical
Museum. Its borders are formed by the southern shore of the IJ, the
Amstel and the railway dyke. This unique area is typified by its
luscious greenery, space and water. Besides natural history, the
area is a mine of information for science and technology and the
origins of this part of the city.
A poster campaign is currently promoting the Plantage as
Amsterdam's new tourist district. This objective is supported in
the city's present economic and tourist policy. It is designed to
spread tourism more evenly in the inner city, and so to enable more
people to enjoy the city's cultural heritage. The aim is to
reinforce the centrality of the eastern part of the inner city. It
is a policy that lies at the heart of the municipality's major IJ
project, the construction of which is currently evident throughout
Amsterdam, including Central Station.
The aim is to restore the city's link with the IJ, which was
severed in the nineteenth century with the advent of the railway
and Central Station. It takes only a little creative fantasy to see
that Amsterdam, after three and a half centuries is finally
fulfilling city architect Hendrik Jacobsz. Staets's Golden Age
vision of expanding the city centre to the east.
Plantage aan het Water Project bureau
p/a Artis, Plantage aan het Water
Plantage Kerklaan 38-40
1018 CZ Amsterdam
T +31 (0)20 5233535
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