Buitenveldert
The walk starts and ends at Meeting island near Gelderlandplein.
Map 1 and map 2 show the area south of Amsterdam in 1849 and 1950. On the 1849 map you can see tavern ‘Het Kalfje’ south of the city of Amsterdam along river Amstel. In 1849 it is the only building in the area that is now Buitenveldert. Comparing both maps you can see that during the hundred years between 1850 and 1950, the city of Amsterdam has grown considerably and many lakes such as Bijlmermeer and Haarlemmermeer have been drained. Map 2 shows the Bosbaan, but Buitenveldert has not been developed. Also the Amsterdamse Bos is older than Buitenveldert. East of the Bosbaan is the Binnendijkse Buitenveldertsche Polder. This was an area with farms, market gardens, meadows and fields. In the sixties Buitenveldert was built here as a garden city. Since 1955 the area has been raised with sand and piles were driven for a solid foundation. Then houses and flats were built. The first residents came around 1960. They lived in flats in the eastern part of Buitenveldert, see Map 3. Most buildings are from the sixties, see Map 4. Buitenveldert now has more than 20.000 inhabitants.
The main streets in Buitenveldert are named after bailiffs (administrators) of Amstelland and Waterland. Smaller streets are named after provinces and castles. Around a street named after a province are streets named after castles in that province.
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Instructions 'Buitenveldert '
- Meeting island in the sixties
- Tree of life
- Go east across the bridge behind the benches
- Straight on to the patio
- Cross Van Leijenberghlaan
- To playground
- To the small football field
- Bovigne
- Van Boshuizenstraat
- From Nederhoven to Kalfjeslaan
- Kalfjeslaan eastside
- Aemstel school garden
- Riekermolen
- Amstelpark
- Mensinge
- Along water
- Holy
- Geerviet and police station
- Gelderlandplein
- Willem van Weldammelaan
- End of walk
