Diemen
Diemen is a town and municipality with a population of 31,334 in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.
Diemen is a town and municipality with a population of 31,334 in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is located approximately 6 km southeast of Amsterdam's city centre, within the Amsterdam metropolitan area.
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Worth seeing in and around Diemen
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Amsterdam
The University of Amsterdam is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlands still in operation.
5 km · public university in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Natura Artis Magistra
Natura Artis Magistra, commonly known just as Artis, is a zoo and botanical garden in the centre of Amsterdam. It is the oldest zoo in the Netherlands and fifth oldest zoo in the world that is still operating.
5 km · zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Rembrandt House Museum
The Rembrandt House Museum is a museum located in a former house in the Jodenbreestraat, in the center of Amsterdam. Between 1639 and 1658, the house was occupied by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, who also had his studio and art dealership there.
6 km · historic house and art museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
The Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, previously known as Tropenmuseum between 1950 and 2023, is an ethnographic museum with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was originally founded in Haarlem, Netherlands in 1864 under the name Koloniaal Museum and later renamed Tropenmuseum.
4.5 km · anthropological museum located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05NEMO Science Center
NEMO Science Museum is a science centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located in the Oosterdokseiland neighbourhood in the Amsterdam-Centrum borough, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg.
5.8 km · museum and science center in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06International Institute of Social History
The International Institute of Social History is one of the largest archives of labor and social history in the world. Located in Amsterdam, its one million volumes and 5,445 archival collections include the papers of major figures and institutions in radical leftist thought.
4.4 km · historical research institute in Amsterdam · Wikipedia - 07Magere Brug
The Magere Brug is a bridge over the river Amstel in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It connects the banks of the river at Kerkstraat, between the Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht.
5.5 km · bridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08Ziggo Dome
The Ziggo Dome is an indoor arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands, located next to the Johan Cruijff Arena. It is named after the Dutch cable TV provider Ziggo.
3 km · multi-use indoor arena in Amsterdam · Wikipedia - 09H'Art Museum
H'ART Museum is an art museum located on the banks of the Amstel river in Amsterdam. Formerly a satellite of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, Russia, the museum cut ties with the Hermitage after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
5.6 km · art museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10Portuguese Synagogue
The Portuguese Synagogue, also known as the Esnoga, or Snoge, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Mr. Visserplein 3 in Central Amsterdam, Amsterdam, in the North Holland region of The Netherlands.
5.6 km · oldest synagogue of Amsterdam · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Diemerbos
Main entrance at Muiderstraatweg (Tram 19 to the final stop in Diemen Sniep, from there 20 min walk to entrance of Diemerbos.
- 02Diemer Vijfhoek
Large artificial island with a lot of raw nature on it.
From Wikivoyage: Diemen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Theater de Omval
Ouddiemerlaan 104, info@theaterdeomval.nl.
From Wikivoyage: Diemen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01House of Bird
Diemerbospad 1a, diemerbos@houseofbird.nl.
From Wikivoyage: Diemen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Diemen
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 14 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 55 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 102 km
- Stations
- Amsterdam Amstel, 3.6 km · Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA, 2.7 km · Duivendrecht railway station, 2.3 km · Gaasperplas metro station, 2.8 km · Weesp railway station, 5.7 km
- Rotterdam → Diemen57 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · €8–11
- Eindhoven → Diemen106 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · €12–17
- Groningen → Diemen146 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €17–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Diemen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Diemen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe nearest ferry port is IJmuiden, where ferries from Newcastle upon Tyne dock.
- Get inDFDS Seaways offers daily overnight ferry services from Newcastle upon Tyne (more specifically, North Shields) in the United Kingdom.
- Get inOther ferry services dock at Rotterdam Europoort (ferry from Hull) and Hook of Holland (ferry from Harwich).
- Get inFor the Stena Line ferry to Harwich: from Rotterdam Centraal, change for Rotterdam Metro Line B direct to Hoek Van Holland Station where you will be able to walk onto the Ferry.
- Get aroundThere are several ferry services across the IJ river, between the city centre and Noord, the most frequent runs every 7 minutes.
From Wikivoyage: Amsterdam, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Diemen
Diemen is 7 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Amsterdam-Zuidoostborough of Amsterdam, Netherlands2.6 km
- Ouderkerk aan de Amstelvillage in North Holland, the Netherlands5.9 km
- Amsterdam-Oostborough of Amsterdam, Netherlands3.3 km
- Duivendrechtvillage in Ouder-Amstel, the Netherlands2.3 km
- Bijlmermeerneighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands1.6 km
- Driemondvillage in Amsterdam, Netherlands4.6 km