Zuidas
The Zuidas is a business district and residential neighbourhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid.
The Zuidas is a business district and residential neighbourhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid. Also known as the "Financial Mile," it lies along the southern sector of the A10 ring road, between Oud-Zuid and the Rivierenbuurt to the north and the garden suburb of Buitenveldert to the south.
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Worth seeing in and around Zuidas
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.
- 01Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history, located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Royal Concertgebouw. The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague on 19 November 1798 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis.
2.6 km · museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02University 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.
3.5 km · public university in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh Museum is a Dutch art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in the Museum Square in Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. The museum opened on 2 June 1973, and its buildings were designed by Gerrit Rietveld and Kisho Kurokawa.
2.3 km · art museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Concertgebouw
The Royal Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" translates into English as "concert building".
2 km · concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The 19th-century building was designed by Adriaan Willem Weissman.
2.2 km · art museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06Olympic Stadium
The Olympic Stadium is a sporting venue which was used as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The venue is currently used mostly for athletics, other sports events and music concerts.
1.2 km · Olympic stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being the University of Amsterdam.
600 m · university in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08canals of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than 100 kilometers of grachten, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel.
3.1 km · grachten dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age; UNESCO World Heritage Site · Wikipedia - 09Vondelpark
The Vondelpark k]) is a public urban park of 47 hectares in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is part of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid and situated west from the Leidseplein and the Museumplein.
2 km · park in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10Museumplein
The Museumplein is a public space in the Museumkwartier neighbourhood of the Amsterdam-Zuid borough in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Located at the Museumplein are three major museums – the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, and Stedelijk Museum – and the concert hall Concertgebouw.
2.2 km · square in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Zuidas
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 8 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 52 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 105 km
- Stations
- Amsterdam Amstel, 3.3 km · Amsterdam Lelylaan, 3.2 km
- Rotterdam → Zuidas53 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · €7–10
- Eindhoven → Zuidas108 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · €12–17
- Groningen → Zuidas150 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · €18–26
- 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 Zuidas
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 Zuidas. 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.
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Next door to Zuidas
Zuidas is 4 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Amsterdamcapital and most populous city of the Netherlands3.2 km
- Amsterdam-Zuidborough of Amsterdam, Netherlands1.2 km
- Grachtengordelneighborhood in Amsterdam consisting of seventeenth-century canals, Netherlands3.2 km
- Amsterdam-Centrumborough of Amsterdam, Netherlands3.9 km