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Beyond Noord
Daytrips around Noord
When you have had enough of the typical garden settlements of Noord, the gentrification on the Noordse IJ-shore and the normality of the van der Pekbuurt, there are a couple of daytrips to set your...
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Nature in Noord
One of the great advantages of Noord (as a holiday destination) is the combination of city and nature within the distance of a short bike tour. Noord lies enclosed by two completely different nature...
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Rugged Noord
This route takes you through the east part of Noord. You'll discover changes to the (former) industrial area. But you will also bike across Noord's old dike and see some of her older parts.
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Cozy Noord
This bike route runs through various neighborhoods of Noord, offering you the opportunity to discover the different architectural styles of the borough. Cozy is a problematic translation of the...
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Learning to Cycle in Noord
The roads are broad and easily accessible, but by car you can’t truly enjoy the subtle beauty of Noord. Bicycles are the means of transportation for an authentic exploration of Noord. In a half hour...
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The belly rules the mind
A few of the most noteworthy places to eat in Noord
Dining in Noord can be cheap and a little raunchy, but also chic and quite expensive. The waiters range from skilled and friendly to indifferent and apathetic. Feeling more like a quick bite? There’s...
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Sophie Logothetis
chaordic thinking
Being culturally actively involved in every aspect of (Amsterdam) daily life is what I enjoy the most. Also passively for the lazy moments in life. For Mediamatic I work as a producer for (the short...
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Thank you
Everyone who helped put Noord on the map
Our project team, the artists and designers, sponsors, friends, Noorderlingen and other informers.
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Noord is exceptionally normal
Introduction to Noord
This is the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands. It is about Amsterdam-Noord. We made this guide during the summer of 2010 with a group of editors and a team of 22 artists from Egypt, the...
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An interview with Engy Aly
"There are much, much more Arabs and Muslims than I have ever seen in my life outside of an Arabic country."
July 2010. Engy has been living and working in Amsterdam-Noord for a few weeks. She was kind enough to share her first impressions, and tell us a little bit about her background.
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Wietske Maas
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
Gastronomy is inextricably linked with travel. It is only through eating something that we really get familiar with it. That said, how can we eat Amsterdam Noord? Roast swamp goose and Metropolitan...
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Kareem Lotfy
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
Kareem is going to tell stories about his stay in Noord.
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Golfstromen
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
Joop and Jeroen are looking into Noord's subcultures by examining posters, flyers and stickers in the public space. Their research into wrestling fanatics and hiphop crews continues online.
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Foundland
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
Foundland find themselves inspired by the many fairytale aspects of Noord. Wandering around, they were surprised by the number of garden gnomes, fake frogs, and Indiana Jones style twists and turns...
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Tunc Topcuoglu
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
SUPER HELAL! An online documentary about Doner Kebab.
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Melle Smets
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
"A shortcut to Holland". The suburbs you find throughout The Netherlands all look exactly the same. Melle will create a tour in Noord through the suburbs of The Netherlands.
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Mahmoud Hamdy
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
Amsterdam Noord as a test lab. The more Mahmoud analyzes and explores Noord, the more he realizes that it are the conceptions and opinions people from the city center have about Noord that shape the...
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Ahmed Kamel
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
Family portraits: Family members in the context and privacy of their own homes. They choose their own way to gather in their living room, and present themselves to the outside world.
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Ayman Ramadan
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
Mirrors and 40 Days : An exploration of a geographical territory as well as of the people which he finds himself living alongside.
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Ganzeer
Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.
Noordelijke Character(istics): A neighborhood is defined by its inhabitants. Ganzeer puts a face to the 'hood.
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Galerie Gabriel Rolt
PANELDISCUSSIE
- Het mede-eigenaarschap van de publieke ruimte, een cross-disciplinaire oefening...28Jul 2010Deelnemers: Lilet Breddels (directeur Stichting Archis), Matthijs Bouw (directeur One Architecture), Robin Brouwer (cultuurfilosoof) en Allard van Hoorn (beeldend kunstenaar)
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Meral van Leeuwen
Editor @ Mediamatic Travel
Editor at Mediamatic Travel and MA student Media, Culture & Society at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, graduating on the influences of new media on the spread of travel information.
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Report: Map Fest evening 1
July 6, 2010. Mapping for Change at Mediamatic Bank
Map Fest kicked off with an evening on Mapping for Change . Speakers were Malkit Shoshan, Annelys de Vet, Christian Nold and Wietske Maas. The host of the evening was independent curator Nat Muller.
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Mark Minkjan
Urban and architectural geographer. Part in Non-fiction (non-fiction.eu). Editor in Chief at Failed Architecture (failedarchitecture.com).