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  • The Beach

    A day trip to the beach can be made at any given moment, even when the weather stays bad all day. Because the beach is great for sun bathing, but also good to watch the stormy sea from under the...
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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...

  • Noord

    Exhibition and travel guide

    Together with 22 local and international artists, Mediamatic mapped Amsterdam-Noord. This resulted in an exhibition, and in the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • Ferries

    Take a ferry along the shores of Noord to watch the skyline and find yourself amongst local residents. All ferries are free. Don’t stand all the way up front, the waves can splash quite high.

  • Rental

    For all your rentals in transportation.

  • Bus

    If your final destination is situated in the heart of Noord, it’s best to travel by bus. To travel by bus, you must purchase a public transport chip card (or ‘OV-chipkaart’ in Dutch), or buy a single...

  • Waterland, Monnickendam and Marken

    If you want to escape the urban bustle of Noord, the area northward from Noord has a lot to offer. Countless walking and biking trails are indicated in Waterland. You can go out on a small motor boat...

  • 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...

  • Silent Spots in Noord

    According to the residents, these are the silent spots of Amsterdam-Noord. Bear in mind that if you go there, the place will become less silent. That perhaps is the paradox of silence: if we seek it...

  • IJ-Hallen

    The IJ-hallen (IJ halls) at the NDSM shipyard host a gigantic monthly flea market with over 300 stalls. The place to be for vintage lovers.

  • About the Pis’ Project

    2014-2016

    The Pis’ Project connects urine in the arts with innovation within design, architecture and environment. After a successful two years we decided in 2017 to expand the project from urine to all human...

  • 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...

  • Twiske & de Zaanse Schans

    The second countryside day trip leads to nature reserve Twiske. On this ancient ground present-day activities are being organised: there are trails for horseback riding, biking, roller skating and...

  • Winkelcentrum Boven 't Y

    Thanks to this huge shopping centre, Noord is fully equipped. Don’t expect a shop mecca, but the traditional Dutch store Hema is present, where you’ll find everything you need. Boven ‘t Y is a nice...

  • Towards Noord!

    If you’re traveling to Noord from Schiphol Airport by public transfer, you will always have to travel to Amsterdam Central Station first. From there on, you take a ferry to Noord. It’s also possible...

  • An interview with Joop de Boer

    Bridges, wrestling and hardcore music.

    A closer inspection of the various subcultures in Amsterdam-Noord.

  • 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.

  • Appetite for Noord

    Gastronomy is inextricably linked with travel and exploring new places and spaces. It is only through eating that we really get to know the place where we live or visit. Using food sources found only...

  • Knowing your way around

    Noord residents are avid users of the Canta: a motorbike on four wheels, or rather a bumper car. It fits one and a half people, but that doesn’t stop people from sitting in it together. It was...

  • Thank you

    Everyone who helped put Noord on the map

    Our project team, the artists and designers, sponsors, friends, Noorderlingen and other informers.

  • Gentrification Battlefield

    The non-Noorderner is advancing in Amsterdam-Noord. Ten years ago only the occasional explorer would dare to cross the water, taking a headquarters in an old conquered warehouse on the NDSM-wharf.

  • Posters & Subculture

    The style of Amsterdam Noord, as shown by the palette of posters circulating throughout the district. What’s going on in Amsterdam Noord and within what subcultures? We’ve scoured the whole of Noord...

  • Amsterdam Noord and the dream of the malleable…

    From social to spatial engineering

    For a long time Amsterdam served as a container for everything unwanted. From the early gallows to the trailer camps, and from the polluting chemical and shipping industry to the surplus of urban...

  • Playing in Nature

    Playing in green is possible at the Vliegenbos forrest and the Florapark (called ‘Noorderpark’ from 2011 onwards). The park is still being altered, but the delivered parts are looking promising and...

  • Biking and the Kindness of Strangers

    I am not a habitual bike rider, but as I said before, Amsterdam is the city of bikes, and we were all provided with one by Mediamatic. In addition to my daily walks, I decided to give bike riding a...

created Caspar Menkman modified Anne Margriet van Dam

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