Plantage Neighborhood Green Spaces

Wertheimpark is the oldest public park in Amsterdam, marked by a tall, iron gate that remains slightly ajar. Abraham Wertheim, a prominent banker, donated the land to the city in eighteen seventy-five. Before he provided the space, the…

The Hortus Botanicus is recognizable by the seventeenth-century wrought-iron gate that guards a collection of four thousand plant species. Established in sixteen thirty-eight, it served as a medicinal herb garden for local physicians and…

The Entrepotdok consists of a long, continuous row of nineteenth-century warehouses lining the waterfront with distinctive stepped gables. It was built between eighteen twenty-seven and eighteen forty as a tax-free zone, allowing merchants…

Artisplein serves as the public entrance to the Royal Zoo in Amsterdam. It is recognizable by the striking, oversized statues of a red deer and a rhinoceros that anchor the open square. While the zoo itself dates back to eighteen…

The Plantage Westermanplantsoen sits as a small, green triangle at the intersection of the Plantage Middenlaan and the Nieuwe Herengracht. It takes its name from Gerardus Frederik Westerman, the man who co-founded the nearby Artis Royal…

The Plantage Muidergracht is a narrow canal lined with stately nineteenth century brick townhouses that once served as the edge of Amsterdam’s Jewish Quarter. In the nineteen forties, the occupants of these houses faced mass deportations,…

The Muiderpoort stands at the edge of the old city as a heavy stone gateway topped with a decorative pediment featuring carved weapons and military trophies. It served as one of the main entries to Amsterdam for travelers arriving from the…