Nieuw Amsterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam is the capital of the Commewijne District in Suriname.
Nieuw Amsterdam is the capital of the Commewijne District in Suriname. It is a small coastal town situated at the confluence of the Suriname River and Commewijne River, just across from Paramaribo, the country's capital. Its population at the 2012 census was 5,650, with around 1,200 people living in the main town, most of whom are of Javanese and East Indian origin. It is the location of the historical Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam, today an open-air museum. The town of Mariënburg with former sugarcane factory is located 3 km from Nieuw Amsterdam and part of the resort.
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Worth seeing in and around Nieuw Amsterdam
One place 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.
- 01Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam is a fort in Suriname built from 1734 to 1747 at the confluence of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers. It is open to the public as an open-air museum.
1.1 km · fort near Nieuw-Amsterdam, Suriname · Wikipedia
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Getting to Nieuw Amsterdam
- Airports
- Johan Adolf Pengel (PBM), 49 km
- Paramaribo → Nieuw Amsterdam9 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · $2–3
- Matoury → Nieuw Amsterdam327 km · quickest by air, 6h 43m · €210–300
- Georgetown → Nieuw Amsterdam354 km · quickest by air, 8h 16m · $340–490
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No local-transport research exists yet for Nieuw Amsterdam
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- Get inA transit minibus will take you to any hotel in Paramaribo for SRD40 (€10) however it can happen that the driver waits until all seats are occupied.
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- Get inThen take the 11:00 daily ferry across the river to the South Drain.
- Get inThe actual ferry ride takes about 30 minutes.
- Get in(Contact Canawaima ferry, for more information).
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Next door to Nieuw Amsterdam
- Blauwgrondressort in Paramaribo District, Suriname5.8 km