Misplaced Pages

Kinkerbuurt

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Neighborhood of Amsterdam in North Holland, Netherlands
Kinkerbuurt Oud-West
Neighborhood of Amsterdam
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Holland
COROPAmsterdam
BoroughWest
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Kinkerbuurt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɪŋkərˌbyːrt]) is the neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Along with the Overtoombuurt, it is part of the neighborhood of Oud-West in the borough of Amsterdam-West. It was built at the beginning of the twentieth century when Amsterdam was being expanded. Kinkerstraat, the area's main shopping street, was named after Dutch poet and lawyer Johannes Kinker.

The borough administration distinguishes several smaller areas within the Kinkerbuurt: the Bellamybuurt, the Van Lennepbuurt and the Da Costabuurt.

References

  1. "De buurten van West". Borough of Amsterdam-West. Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2014-08-07.

External links

Neighbourhoods of Amsterdam
Centrum Logo of Amsterdam
Nieuw-West
Noord
Oost
West
Zuid
Zuidoost
Westpoort
Weesp
Former boroughs: De Baarsjes - Geuzenveld-Slotermeer - Oost-Watergraafsmeer - Oud-West - Oud-Zuid - Slotervaart - Westerpark - Zeeburg - Zuideramstel

52°22′01″N 4°51′54″E / 52.36694°N 4.86500°E / 52.36694; 4.86500

Stub icon

This North Holland location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: