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Amsterdam-Zuidoost
Borough of Amsterdam in North Holland, Netherlands

Amsterdam-Zuidoost

Amsterdam-Zuidoost is a borough (stadsdeel) of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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It consists of four residential neighborhoods—Bijlmermeer, Venserpolder, Gaasperdam and Driemond—as well as the Amstel III/Bullewijk Business Park and the Amsterdam Arena entertainment and shopping district.

Get in

Getting to Amsterdam-Zuidoost

Zuidoost lies southeast of the A10 ring motorway and west of the Weespertrekvaart waterway that connects with the Amsterdam-Rijn canal. To the north are the town of Diemen and its forest Diemerbos. To the south lies Nieuw Utrechtseweg (A2 motorway) and open fields, beyond which is the Amstel River-side town of Oudekerk aan de Amstel.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Bijlmermonument

    In 1992 a Boeing 747F jumbo freighter crashed into two flats in the Bijlmer.

  2. 02
    Johan Cruijff ArenA
  3. 03
    OSCAM - Open Space Contemporary Art Museum

    Bijlmerplein 110-111 (Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA IC SPR 50 54 ), info@oscam.nl.

  4. 04
    Bijlmermuseum

    Grubbehoeve 38 (Ganzenhoef 53 Kraaiennest 53 ), bijlmermuseum@gmail.com.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    AFAS Live
  2. 02
    Ziggo Dome

    De Passage 100 (Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA IC SPR 50 54 ), info@ziggodome.nl.

  3. 03
    Pathé Arena

    ArenA Boulevard 600 (Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA IC SPR 50 54 ),.

  4. 04
    Gaasperpark

    Recreational area and nature reserve with a lake and water-sports centre.

  5. 05
    Kraaiennest Outdoor Gym

    A well-equipped outdoor gym with permanent workout stations, made out of green plastic & metal.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Kam Yin Chinees Surinaams

    Very good Moksi Meti (marinated pork and sausages with noodles).

  2. 02
    Lebkov & Sons

    Mainly caters to office workers in surrounding buildings.

  3. 03
    Lomnava Kenkey House

    Karspeldreef, 1102BX Amsterdam (no house number visible, look for the shack with prominent Ghanaian flag in front of the Hogevecht flats).

  4. 04
    Marmaris Grill & Pizza

    Relatively up-market Turkish/Mediterranean restaurant in the fancy new building opposite station Bijlmer-Arena.

  5. 05
    Oma Ietje

    Heesterveld 3, 1102SB Amsterdam (Bullewijk 50 54 ), info@omaietje.nl.

How locals move

Getting around Amsterdam-Zuidoost 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.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Janwillemvanaalst (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.