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Amstelveen
Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands

Amstelveen

Amstelveen is a municipality and city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands, with a population of 95,996 as of 2024.

Plan a trip to Amstelveen→From Rotterdam

It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area.

Get in

Getting to Amstelveen

The A9 crosses straight through the municipality and functions as a ring-road for traffic that does not need to go to Amsterdam per se. Amstelveen can be reached from The Hague, Rotterdam and Leiden using the A4 followed by the A9 once having passed by Schiphol. Utrecht, Den Bosch and Eindhoven can use the A2, followed by the A9 after passing by Abcoude.

  1. 01
    Stadshart

    Tram line 25 runs between Amsterdam Zuid station and Uithoorn; it bypasses Stadshart.

  2. 02
    Station Amstelveen

    Because of a construction project, the museum line will be shortened until 2026 to run south only to Molenweg, about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) north of Amstelveen's old town centre.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Molen de Dikkert

    Amsterdamseweg 104a (corner of Molenweg and Amsterdamseweg),.

  2. 02
    Amsterdamse Bos

    A larger forest/park that straddles the border between Amstelveen and Amsterdam.

  3. 03
    Cobra Museum of Modern Art

    The collection of the museum consists of key works by artists of the movements Vrij Beelden (1945), Cobra (1948–1951), and Creatie (1950–1955).

  4. 04
    Museum JAN
  5. 05
    Poppodium P60

    P60 offers an audience to up-and-coming pop artists, and already established artists, whether they are Dutch or not.

Do

Things to do

Cricket: VRA Cricket Ground (capacity 7000) is in the sports complex at Amsterdamse Bos. It's the usual ground for Netherlands to play international 50- and 20-overs matches, and it hosts VRA Amsterdam in domestic fixtures.

How locals move

Getting around Amstelveen the local way

  • 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.
  • Get aroundAll ferries are free of charge and provide nice views of the harbour and skyline.
  • Get aroundFerries leave every 30 minutes from Amsterdam Centraal and from the NDSM-werf.
  • Get aroundYou can also hop on the ferry to Buiksloterweg, and then make a short walk to the EYE Film Institute for its architecture and free exhibition in the basement.

From Wikivoyage: Amsterdam, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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