Must-see attractions in Amsterdam Noord

  • NDSM-werf

    Amsterdam Noord

    This derelict shipyard turned edgy arts community, 15 minutes upriver from the city centre, wafts a post-apocalyptic vibe. An old submarine slumps in the…

  • A'DAM Tower

    Amsterdam Noord

    The 22-storey A'DAM Tower used to be the Royal Dutch Shell oil company offices, but has had a makeover to become one of Amsterdam's biggest attractions…

  • Nieuwendammerdijk

    Amsterdam Noord

    Enchanting chocolate-box prettiness characterises this long, narrow street of wooden Dutch houses, now prime real estate, with hollyhocks nodding beside…

  • EYE Film Institute

    Amsterdam Noord

    At this modernist architectural triumph that seems to balance on its edge on the banks of the IJ (also pronounced 'eye') River, the institute screens…

  • Kunststad

    Amsterdam Noord

    This former shipbuilding warehouse is filled with over 80 artists studios, with some 250 artists working in the NDSM broedplaats (breeding ground). It's a…

  • Sexyland is a members' club located in Amsterdam Noord with weekly events open to the public

    Sexyland

    Amsterdam Noord

    See the neon sign and you'll be forgiven for thinking this is an outpost of the Red Light District. But Sexyland is a members' club that has 365 co-owners…

  • Submarine B-80

    Amsterdam Noord

    Soviet Project 611 submarine B-80, dating from 1952, was built in Severodvinsk, Russia, and previously moored in the Dutch Navy port of Den Helder in…

  • Kraanspoor

    Amsterdam Noord

    'Craneway' is an extraordinary piece of architecture, built above a repurposed (you've guessed it) craneway, by OTH Architecten in 2007. The glass box…

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