This time Streets & Squares goes to Amsterdam. the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands. Here is some vocabulary at first Kade, straat and weg can all be translated as streets. Furthermore, plein is square, and park is park.
Like always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page.
A. J. KROPHOLLERSTRAAT - Alexander Jacobus Kropholler (1881-1973) was an architect who designed many buildings in his birth town Amsterdam as well as elsewhere. StreetView
ANNE FRANKSTRAAT - Anne Frank (1929-1945) was the holocaust author who as a child lived in the house by the canal Prinsengracht. StreetView - Your RV Livestyle
ANTHONIE VAN DIJCKSTRAAT - Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was the leading court painter in England. Born in Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands. StreetView - Wiki
BEATRIX PARK - Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938- ) reigned as Queen of the Netherlands for 33 years until her abdication in 2013.
CONRADSTRAAT - Frederik Willem Conrad (1800-1870) was a Dutch civil engineer and railway pioneer born in Spaarndam. StreetView - Wiki
CZAAR PETERSTRAAT - Peter the Great (1672-1725) the Tsar of Russia, lived in Amsterdam for quite a while to study shipbuilding at one of the wharves of the Dutch East India Company. StreetView - Wiki
DE CLERCQSTRAAT - Willem de Clercq (1795-1844) poet born in Amsterdam, leader of the Protestant Church Revival in the Netherlands.
ERASMUSGRACHT - Desiderius Erasmus (c1466-1536), born in Rotterdam. StreetView - Wiki
FERDINAND BOLSTRAAT - Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680) was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman who was greatly influenced by Rembrandt. Born in Dordrecht. - StreetView - Wiki
HERMAN GORTERSTRAAT - Herman Gorter (1864-1927) poet, socialist and a leading member of the Tachtigers. Born in Wormerveer, Netherlands. StreetView
JOHAN VAN HASSELTWEG - Johan van Hasselt (1850-1917) engineer whose craft is seen allover Amsterdam.
MARIE HEINEKENPLEIN - Marie Heineken (1844-1930) painter from Amsterdam. The square is popularly known as just Heinekenplein, and can be seen as a tribute both to the founder of the Heineken Brewery as well as his niece Marie.
MARTIN LUTHER KINGPARK - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) civil rights activist. Awarded the Nobel Peace Price in 1964. Born in Atlanta, GA USA. I Have a Dream - StreetView - Wiki
MAURITSKADE - Maurits van Oranje (1567-1625) was a stadtholder of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except Friesland.
PIET HEINKADE - Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577-1629) Dutch admiral and privateer who was the first and the last to capture a large part of a Spanish “silver fleet” from America.
PIETER CORNELISZ HOOFTSTRAAT - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581-1647) was a historian, poet and playwright born in Amsterdam. StreetView - Wiki
PRINS HENRIKKADE - Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau (1820-1879), Prince Henry of the Netherlands, and Governor of Luxembourg. StreetView - Wiki
REMBRANDTPARK - Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), or just Rembrandt. The famous Dutch painter born in Leiden, who in 1631 at age 25 moved to Amsterdam, which was much better suited for his career.
SARPHATIPARK - Samuel Sarphati (1813-1866) was a physician whose compassion for his patients led him to initiate several projects to improve the quality of life in Amsterdam. He became involved as a project developer in city planning.
TESSELSCHADESTRAAT - Maria Tesselschade Visscher (1594-1649) was a poet and glass engraver. She was given the name Tesselschade (“Damage on Tessel”) because her father lost ships near the Dutch island Texel on Christmas Eve 1593 - to remember that ‘worldly wealth could be gone instantly.’ Born in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic. StreetView
THORBECKEPLEIN - Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798-1872) liberal statesman who helped to give more power to the States General, and guarantee more religious, personal and political freedom to the people. Born in Zwolle, Netherlands. StreetView - Wiki
VONDELPARK - Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) Dutch poet, writer and playwright born in Cologne, who is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. Your RV Livestyle
WILLEM DE ZWIJGERLAAN - William the Silent* (Willem de Zwijger) (1533-1584) the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs resulting in the formal independence of the United Provinces. Born in Dillenburg, County of Nassau, Holy Roman Empire. StreetView -
A to Z FROM AMSTERDAM
i.e. a list of people born in Amsterdam. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. And last but not least: the flag of Amsterdam – see below!
A - Abraham Alewijn (1664)
B - Jan Bouman (1706) - Dennis Bergkamp (1969)
C - Pieter Codde (1599)
D - Matthew Decker (1679)
E -
F -
G - Nicolaes Geelvinck (1706) - Louis van Gaal (1951)
H - Meindert Hobbema (1638) - Gerard Adriaan Heineken (1841)
I -
J -
K - Joanna Koerten (1650) - Cornelis Kruseman (1797) - Alexander Kropholler (1881)
L -
M - Louis Meijer (1809)
N -
O - Tyman Oosdorp (1613) - Petronella Oortman (1656)
P -
Q -
R - Roelant Roghman (1627) - Henk Rogers (1953)
S - Baruch Spinoza (1632) - Jan Swammerdam (1637) - Abraham Storck (1644) Samuel Sarphati (1813)
T - Isaac Titsingh (1745)
U -
V - Michael van Langren (1598) - Louis van Gaal (1951) - Alex Van Halen (1953) - Anouk Vetter (1993)
W - Nicolaes Witsen (1641)
X -
Y -
Z - Fritz Zernike (1888)
Sources
Streets in Amsterdam (Wiki)
http://www.channels.nl/areas.php
https://www.amsterdam.info/9-small-streets/
Parks in Amsterdam (Wiki)
Things to do in Amsterdam (Your RV Lifestyle)
Updated 6.9.2022
Flag of Amsterdam - officially adopted in 1975. The current design depicts three Saint Andrew’s Crosses. Design journalist Roman Mars declared it during a TED Talk in 2015 to be the most “badass” city flag in the world.