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Durgerdam

Durgerdam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.

Durgerdam
Durgerdam · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Durgerdam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 7 km east of the city centre, along the dyke of the IJmeer.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Durgerdam

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.

  1. 01
    University 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.

    3.7 km · public university in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    International 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.

    3.4 km · historical research institute in Amsterdam · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica

    The Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica is a research centre in the field of mathematics and theoretical computer science.

    3.7 km · research institute · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Python Bridge

    Python Bridge, officially known as High Bridge, is a bridge that spans the canal between Sporenburg and Borneo Island in Eastern Docklands, Amsterdam.

    2.6 km · bridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Science Park Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Science Park is a science park in the Oost borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands with focus on physics, mathematics, information technology and the life sciences. The 70 hectare park provides accommodations for science, business and housing.

    3.7 km · science park in Amsterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Enneüs Heerma Bridge

    The Enneüs Heerma Bridge is a bridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the new neighbourhood of IJburg, built on seven artificial islands in the IJmeer. It connects the district of Zeeburgereiland, on the eastern edge of the city, with Steigereiland, to the south.

    2.1 km · bridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Flevopark

    Flevopark is a park located in the Indische Buurt, in the eastern portion of the city of Amsterdam, in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. The park contains a playground, tennis courts, the youth centre "Jeugdland", an outdoor swimming pool, large lawns, barbecue areas, a terrace and several trails for running.

    3.4 km · park in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Sluishuis

    The Sluishuis is an apartment building in IJburg, a neighbourhood on artificial islands in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The building, which opened on 13 July 2022, was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, an architecture firm based in Copenhagen and New York City, in collaboration with Rotterdam-based Barcode Architects.

    2.1 km · building in Amsterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Q1535216

    Nikhef is the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics that performs research in particle physics and astroparticle physics. Amongst others, it is a research partner of the CERN intergovernmental organization in Switzerland and a member of the European Gravitational Observatory.

    3.8 km · physics institute, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Lloyd Hotel

    The Hoxton, Lloyd Amsterdam is a hotel housed in a historic building in the Eastern Docklands of Amsterdam, commissioned by the Royal Holland Lloyd. Founded as a hotel, it initially housed travelling immigrants.

    3.4 km · monument in Amsterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

There's not much to see around here, but you might want to check out the windmill. It's not open to the public. The NDSM-shipyard is also home to the headquarters of Greenpeace.

  1. 01
    D'Admiraal
  2. 02
    STRAAT Museum

    NDSM-Plein 1 (on the former NDSM shipyard),.

From Wikivoyage: Durgerdam, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Take the ferry over the IJ that runs on the north side of Amsterdam Centraal. These are free of charge and provide nice views of the harbor and skyline. Take the ferry to Buiksloterweg and make a short walk to the EYE Film Institute for its architecture and free exhibition in the basement.

  1. 01
    EYE Film Institute Netherlands

    IJpromenade 1 (Veer Buiksloterweg (Ferry Buiksloterweg) 901 38 ),.

From Wikivoyage: Durgerdam, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Café Modern B.V.

    A restaurant and cafe in a hall which used to be a bank.

  2. 02
    Café-restaurant Stork

    Gedempt Hamerkanaal 201, info@restaurantstork.nl.

  3. 03
    Hangar Amsterdam

    Aambeeldstraat 36 (Next to Hotel Goudfazant), info@hangar.amsterdam.

  4. 04
    Mount Everest Tandoori

    Spreeuwenpark 3, info@mteveresttandoori.nl.

  5. 05
    Pllek

    A bar and restaurant in an old industrial area, by the river.

From Wikivoyage: Durgerdam, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Durgerdam

Airports
Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 17 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 60 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 107 km
  • Rotterdam → Durgerdam
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · €8–11
  • Eindhoven → Durgerdam
    109 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · €13–18
  • Groningen → Durgerdam
    141 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · €18–25
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Durgerdam

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 Durgerdam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inand the Noord]] The north lies fairly isolated from the rest of Amsterdam, but there is a free GVB ferry from Centraal Station in the Binnenstad.
  • Get inInstead of just being a way to get in, the ferry ride is an attraction in itself.

From Wikivoyage: Amsterdam/Noord, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    99 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    474 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    645 km
  4. 04
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    677 km
  5. 05
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    735 km

If you know how people move in Durgerdam – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Durgerdam

Durgerdam is 6 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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