The Zeeheldenbuurt is a neighbourhood of
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 ...
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Netherlands
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. Located in the borough
Amsterdam-West
Amsterdam-West () is a borough (Dutch: ''stadsdeel'') of Amsterdam, Netherlands, to the west of the centre of the city. This borough was formed in 2010 through the merging of four former boroughs Oud West, Westerpark, De Baarsjes and Bos en Lomme ...
, it borders directly on the
Westelijke Eilanden
Westelijke Eilanden (, Western Islands) are three islands in the Centrum district of Amsterdam: Bickerseiland, Prinseneiland and Realeneiland.
They are located to the south of the IJ and the Zeeheldenbuurt, to the north of the railway line betwee ...
to the west. It lies between the Westerkanaal and the Westerdok; to the north is
Houthaven
Houthaven is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands situated in the West borough. Literally meaning "lumber port", Houthaven is a port situated along the IJ in Amsterdam's western port. It is bordered by a dam in the IJ river to the north and t ...
and the
IJ. The neighbourhood is served by the S100 road, and is sometimes confused with the nearby
Admiralenbuurt
Admiralenbuurt () or Mercatorbuurt () is a neighbourhood of the West borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was constructed in the 1920s. The neighbourhood is bisected by the Admiralengracht. From 1990-2010, it was part of the borough of De Baarsje ...
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References
* Westerpark, Barren, Sparren en Koperen Knopen. De geschiedenis van stadsdeel Westerpark: Zeehelden-, Spaarndammer-, Staatslieden- en Hugo de Grootbuurt. Door Ton Heijdra, Uitgeverij René de Milliano, Alkmaar 2007. .
* De moord-en-brandbuurt, de Amsterdamse
Spaarndammer- en Zeeheldenbuurt tussen 1930 en 1960. Door Harry Stork, Uitgeverij Duizend & Een, 2007. .
* A. Huyser: Het eerste Amsterdamse Parkje, in Ons Amsterdam 1991 no. 7/8, pages 194–196.
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Amsterdam-West
Neighbourhoods of Amsterdam