What about
the location?
Tuindorp Oostzaan is a quiet child friendly neighborhood. There are some small shops near our place at Zonneplein.
The NDSM area is nearby. This former shipyard is a bustling area, where lots of events take place during the year. Like Flee Markets and Festivals. There is a lot of street art and graffiti Museum Street, good restaurants with river views and creative places.
Location Amsterdam Noord
I have collected my favorite places and sights for you, there is much more to do in this inspiring environment. Will you come and discover it for yourself?
STREET / International street art museum
Amsterdam is home to many famous art museums, such as the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum. STREET both fits in perfectly and stands out in the best way possible. The art in the world-renown museums once impacted the world of fashion, design and culture in a major way, today street art and graffiti have the same impact.
The museum fits the art on show perfectly, both inside and out. It is set in an old 8000 m2 industrial warehouse, which is as rough and radical as the art on display. The museum doesn’t aim to be comfortable, there is no heating inside and floors can be uneven, much like the art wants to challenge you
Pllek Amsterdam / City beach
I love Pllek Amsterdam. A super creative hotspot on the banks of the IJ in Amsterdam Noord! Pllek Amsterdam is a beach bar to meet friends or family for a snack or a drink. I love the atmosphere at the NDSM wharf!
Pllek Amsterdam is made from an old warehouse and sea containers. A few tons of sand, beach chairs and nice weather make this city beach the summer hotspot. Take a seat at one of the picnic tables for beers or coffee. Every Sunday afternoon there is a band on. Also nice: at Pllek Amsterdam they organize cool things such as yoga, massages and movie nights on the beach.
IJ-halls / Vintage
The place where vintage enthusiasts from all over the country come to: the world-famous IJ-halls. Once a month, in the heart of NDSM wharf, you can indulge yourself at more than 500 stalls. It is the Walhalla for second-hand clothing and vintage interior products and where you can be busy all day, no exaggeration.
The IJ halls are known as the largest flea market in Europe and certainly the coziest. Because it’s not just the stuff that attracts so much crowd, it’s the unsurpassed atmosphere! Wonderfully loose and messy and above all very cozy, typical Amsterdam. The sellers who are there enjoy it, you get something delicious at a stall in between, roam a bit further, walk outside to see what’s there and in short: you are a real ‘day out’.
NDSM Wharf
You have not seen and felt Amsterdam-Noord if you have not been to the former NDSM wharf during your visit. This unique piece of historical heritage has emerged in recent years as the creative and cultural heart of Noord and the whole of Amsterdam.
From 1920 to the 1980s, NDSM was one of the largest shipyards in the world. Look at the cranes and the old dock. Here huge ships slid down the slopes into the water, it was one ant’s nest of shipbuilders.
After the loss of shipbuilding, this huge area became a no man’s land of abandoned imposing warehouses, halls and lonely cranes. Creatives and artists were inspired by the faded glory, the emptiness, the industrial character, that unemployed huge slipway and that dire past. It stimulates and speaks to the imagination. Over the years, this creative activity has merged with this impressive industrial heritage and created a completely new, special dynamic of creativity and culture.
Restaurant MOON / Adam Tower
High and fine dining? You can find it on the 19th floor of the A’DAM Lookout tower, in the revolving Moon restaurant. It offers a 360 degree view of Amsterdam, the IJ and the surrounding area. Always something to see during the ‘fine dining’ that this restaurant offers.
Chef Hans Geertsema cooks together with his Sous chefs Leo and Max with pure and national ingredients. As a result, all the dishes you taste here have their own signature. With the help of sommelier Wesley, you can pair any dish with the perfect wine.
And you will know that you are in the heart of happening Amsterdam-Noord: during the Amsterdam Dance Event, for example, Moon offers you the special ADE menu, accompanied by the resident DJs from the A’DAM Toren!
Tolhuistuin / Meeting place
Do you like events, good food, dancing, music? Then you have come to the right place at the Tolhuistuin. There is always something happening here.
The Tolhuistuin takes its name from the powerful, old and idyllic park that forms the heart of the complex of buildings. And yes, it is still there and offers an oasis of calm in the city.
Since 2011 it has been divided into a cultural stage and cultural, artistic and culinary meeting place. From lectures to music evenings, from theater performances to concerts
