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    Pannenkoekenboot

    The Pannenkoekenboot (‘pancake boat’) indulges kids with an all-you-can-eat pancake fest. Book in advance via phone to prevent any disappointments, for the boat is often complete and it doesn’t sail...
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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...

  • 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...

  • Infographic Amsterdam - Noord

  • Gay in Noord

    The social acceptance of homosexuality in Noord is similar to the rest of the Netherlands. Noorderners are generally tolerant to gays, so holding hands in public is fine.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • An interview with Ganzeer

    About Amsterdam-Noord and the perception of time

    Ganzeer is an Egyptian artist and one of the Mapping for Tourists (now Noord) participants, working on the creation of an exhibition and the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • Thank you

    Everyone who helped put Noord on the map

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

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • An interview with Tunc Topcuoglu

    Connecting high and low culture through kebab.

    Tunc Topcuoglu on the importance of roots, and being an outsider. "No longer trapped in a specific identity, you are forced to reconstruct yourself."
  • Travel guide

    Noord

    A subjective travel guide to The Netherlands

    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

    Pars pro toto for The Netherlands

    During the summer of 2010, 22 artists made work in and about Amsterdam-Noord. This resulted in an exhibition, and in the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • An interview with Kaweh Modiri

    My Burglar and Me

    As a Rietveld student Kaweh's apartment was burglarized and his most valuable possessions were stolen. After finding out who did it, Kaweh's anger quickly turned into inspiration. He decided to make...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • An interview with Kareem Lotfy

    Cairo, the tale of love and hate.

    Over a big plate of sushi, some green tea and lots of wasabi, we discussed Kareem's experience of Amsterdam, living in Cairo and feeling like a tourist.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • NDSM, or the resurrection of the shipbuilding…

    The Noord participants explore Amsterdam Noord

    Our guests discussed Amsterdam's cultural life with Eva De Klerk. They talked about gentrification and the future of Amsterdam Noord.

  • 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.

  • Video-installatie by Malak Helmy

    Part of the Noord project.

    During the summer of 2010 Malak Helmy got her feet wet with some of Noord's best synchronized swimmers. The result? A beautiful, poetic video installation about Noord and about living as an...

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