Wibautstraat Metro Station
Wibautstraat is an underground metro station in the city centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Served by metro lines 51, 53 and 54 of the Amsterdam Metro, the station was constructed with the Tunnel construction#Cut-and-cover, cut-and-cover method. It was opened on 16 October 1977. The station consists of two station halls with two entrances each. The island platform is between the two halls. The station was renovated in 2010 and 2018. The five pieces of artwork inside the station created by a cartoonist refer to three major Dutch newspapers—''de Volkskrant'', ''Het Parool'' and ''Trouw''—that had their offices at Wibautstraat and are considered to have cultural and historical value after the newspapers left the street to different locations. Layout The station was designed by two architects from the Government of Amsterdam: Ben Spangberg and . The station is located under the street which shares its name, next to a town square. There are two station halls below surface, wi ...
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the City Region of Amsterdam, urban area and 2,480,394 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now designated a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River that was dammed to control flooding; the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. Originally a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam is th ...
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