Amsterdam-Centrum
Amsterdam-Centrum is the inner-most borough and historical city centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, containing the majority of the city's landmarks.

Amsterdam-Centrum is the inner-most borough and historical city centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, containing the majority of the city's landmarks. Established in 2002, Amsterdam-Centrum was the last area in the city to be granted the status of self-governing borough. The borough is 8.04 km2 and covers the UNESCO-listed Amsterdam canal belt. In 2013, the borough had approximately 85,000 inhabitants, who on average had the second-highest income per household in the city and one of the highest in the country.
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Getting to Amsterdam-Centrum
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 11 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 56 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 108 km
- Rotterdam → Amsterdam-Centrum58 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · €8–11
- Eindhoven → Amsterdam-Centrum111 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · €12–17
- Groningen → Amsterdam-Centrum146 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · €18–26
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- Go nextYou can also take the ferry over the IJ from Amsterdam Centraal to Buiksloterweg in Noord.
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