25. Jan Heinenbrug
Walk from the park shop straight on and leave the Amsterdamse Bos walking over Jacob Heinen brug (photo 23). At your left you see the ‘Dovecot’ (photo 24).
Photo 23: Jacob Heinenbrug at the entrance of the Amsterdamse Bos
Photo 24: ‘Dovecot’ at the entrance of the Amsterdamse Bos
The Jacob Heinenbrug over Hoornsloot is named after Jacob, Hein and Hein. Jacob de Rooij, Hein Koningen and Hein Hogerhout were administrators of the polder located here in the early 1900s. In 1937 two drawbridges were located next to each other 100 meters south of this point, which formed the access from Amstelveenseweg to the Amsterdamse Bos The current bridge dates from 1965.
The small traffic house in the middle of the road is called the ‘dovecot‘. It was designed by architect Piet Kramer. It stood until 1992 on Muntplein in Amsterdam Centre and there was someone in it who directed traffic.
Instructions 'Buitenveldert West'
- Start from Meeting island
- Go west
- Second path at your right hand
- Pedestrian tunnel
- Go right at the bridge
- To Hunneschans
- Along Van der Boechorststraat
- Go back a bit
- At the end of Weldam turn right
- Cross Amstelveenseweg
- Optional blue route
- To the Bosbaan
- To the park shop
- Optional red route or black route
- Follow cycling path at your left
- Left at the end of the cycling path
- Cross Amstelveenseweg
- Kalfjeslaan
- Left to the Ecolint
- Leaving the Ecolint
- Turn right into Van der Boechorststraat
- Playground Goudestein
- Project 'Green in the neighbourhood'
- Cross Van Nijenrodeweg and go to instruction 28
- Jan Heinenbrug
- Straight on until Van der Boechorststraat
- Left into Van der Boechorststraat
- Go right across the bridge
- To the old playground
- Go back to the footpath
- End
