Center East

Circular walk, 6 km

Walk through the eastern part of the inner city of Amsterdam.

You walk across the Oosterdok peninsula that forms the mouth of the IJ tunnel. The Nemo Science Museum is located above the tunnel mouth. Then along the Oudeschans on the border of the Nieuwmarkt neighborhood. You reach the Amstel river via the Zwanenburgwal. Follow the river in a southerly direction just until you reach the Nieuwe Prinsengracht. Via the Nieuwe Keizersgracht you arrive in the Plantagebuurt, which is largely occupied by the Artis zoo.

You return to the Oosterdok via the Entrepotdok and the Nieuwe Herengracht.

shape
loop
length
5 km 599
location
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
start / arrival
Kortjewantsbrug, Prins Hendrikkade 602, Amsterdam
path
road:59%  path:35%  main road:5%  stairs:1% 
elevation
rise: 22m / fall: -22m
lowest: 1m / highest: 5m
 

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Points of interest

  • Hermitage Amsterdam
  • Oranje Nassau barracks (former)
  • De Nachtwacht beeldengroep
  • Het Scheepvaartmuseum
  • Montelbaanstoren
  • NEMO Science Museum
  • NS station Amsterdam Muiderpoort

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Source

We have used ‘Amsterdam Light Festival edition 8 Walking route TOTAL’, published by Stichting Amsterdam Light Festival in 2019, to develop this route.

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