12. To the Bosbaan
From the statue of the city maiden go to the Bosbaan (photo 20). Keep the parking lot on your left hand. Carefully cross diagonally left to Café the Bosbaan. Walk across the terrace in front of Café the Bosbaan. Here you have a beautiful view over the Bosbaan.
Photo 20: Café the Bosbaan in the Amsterdamse Bos
The Bosbaan is an international rowing course of more than 2 km in length and 118 meters wide. The Amsterdamse Bos was built in the thirties and forties of the last century. It was an employment project. Heavy work because most of the work was done by hand, including digging the rowing course. The Amsterdamse Bos was a job creation project started by the government after the crisis in the 1930s when unemployment was high. During World War II labour camps were set up for Jewish and non-Jewish prisoners. More information: https://www.amsterdamsebos.nl/english/
Question 4: For which sports other than rowing is the Bosbaan used?
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
