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42-476: ASV-DWV or Door Wilskracht Verkregen was founded on 12 May 1912 in present-day Amsterdam-Noord . Its home ground was Sportpark Elzenhagen. ASV-DWV was promoted to first class, the highest amateur football level in the 1913–14 season. As a result of a flood disaster in 1916, the entire accommodation was destroyed. In 1921 the club started again but now in the third class of the Dutch soccer association ( KNVB ). In

84-578: A movable bridge at Buiksloterdijk level. The settlement of Buiksloot was traditionally one of the six settlements into which the Waterland bailiwick was divided. This designated a particular area where a bailiff could exercise his authority and administer justice. This term survived the Batavian Revolution , but it only kept its meaning in the polder. It was not until 1936 that the Waterland settlements were disbanded. From as early as

126-609: A pro-prince stance , while Amsterdam remained loyal to the Spanish king until 1578. Several battles between the Geuzen (Beggars) and Alva's army take place around the vicinity. Trade begins to flourish after 1585, and Buiksloot benefited greatly from this. The village belonged to the settlement of Schellingwoude until 1811, after which it became a separate municipality. As Buiksloot was already strongly connected with Amsterdam (see Accessibility of Amsterdam ), they requested to join

168-505: A low population density ( Landelijk Noord ) and large open spaces (especially Durgerdam and Ransdorp ). Amsterdam north of the IJ originally consisted of the Volewijck peninsula, which the city was given control over in 1393 (right of craftsmanship; Dutch: recht van ambachtsheerlijkheid ). Until 1795, Amsterdam-Noord was used as a gallows field, where the corpses of convicts were hung after

210-613: A memorial ceremony takes place on 17 July at De Nieuwe Noorder cemetery. In December 1981, Amsterdam-Noord and Osdorp became the first two districts of the municipality of Amsterdam to have their own elected district council and executive board. In April 2012, the EYE Film Institute Netherlands was officially transferred from the Vondelparkpaviljoen, Vondelpark to Overhoeks , Amsterdam-Noord following an inauguration by Queen Beatrix. This made

252-496: A new complex in Buiksloterbanne. In 1974, the club merged with Blauw Wit and DWS to form FC Amsterdam . De Volewijckers continued as an amateur club. AVV De Volewijckers merged with DWV to form DVC Buiksloot in summer 2013. The merged club adopted the name ASC De Volewijckers in 2019. Amsterdam-Noord Amsterdam-Noord ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɑmstərdɑmˈnoːrt] ; English: North Amsterdam )

294-501: A new main canal even required clearing the way for the construction of a bridge over the IJ connecting the area with the inner city. Van Hasselt was not aware of modern insights in public housing, and this led to various conflicts with the management of the municipal Building and Housing Service. They wanted to break with existing practices in Amsterdam, such as high-rise buildings of four or five storeys to accommodate workers. The plan

336-556: A policy which was started by the establishment of the Stoomvaartmaatschappij Nederland , Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (KNSM) and others. The Amsterdam Drydock Company, founded on their initiative, built a ship repair yard on the north bank, and the Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NDSM) established a new shipyard. In 1900, the municipal council decided to move

378-638: A result. The British’ Royal Air Force and Free French Air Forces both did another attempt to bomb the factory on 25 and 28 July, resulting in the death of 200 citizens in total by the three raids. Only the British Forces managed to bomb the targeted airplane factory, all other bombs fell on residential areas in Amsterdam-Noord. This is the heaviest air bombardment that ever hit Amsterdam. 106 houses were destroyed, 206 houses heavily damaged and 676 houses suffered glass and roof damage. Every year

420-712: A toll house was built, to which a small outlet was connected at the end of the 18th century. The area that now forms Amsterdam-Noord has been intersected by the Noordhollandsch Kanaal since its competition in 1824, which on the south side via the Willemssluizen is connected to the IJ. The canal flows under the A10 motorway coming from Den Helder , and then goes through the Noorderpark (east of Buiksloot and west of Buikslotermeer ) and Overhoeks . It

462-457: Is a borough of Amsterdam , Netherlands with a population of about 90,000. The IJ , the body of water which separates it from Amsterdam-Centrum and the rest of the city, is situated southwest of Amsterdam-Noord. The borough, which has an area of 49.01 km (18.92 square miles), borders the municipalities of Zaanstad , Oostzaan , Landsmeer and Waterland to the north, all part of the province of North Holland like Amsterdam. It borders

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504-538: Is a former village in the Dutch province of North Holland . It is now a neighbourhood of Amsterdam-Noord . Buiksloot was a separate municipality from 1811 until 1921, when it was merged with Amsterdam . From 1888 to 1956, Buiksloot had a tram connection with Amsterdam-Noord and Waterland . The Waterland tram had a stop in Buiksloot, near today's Nieuwe Leeuwarderweg . Since 2018, Buiksloot has been cut in half by

546-567: Is intersected by the Nieuwe Leeuwarderweg (a road), which opened in 1968. Buiksloot is a (former) polder . The village was formed along the Waterland Sea Dyke, erected from the 13th onwards. Buiksloot was first named in 1275, later becoming a linear village . Due to a dyke breach in 1514 south of the (not yet reclaimed ) Buikslotermeer , a large amount of the original buildings were washed away and contact between

588-819: Is known to locals as a place of relax and jog. Other parks in the borough include the Baanakkerspark, Schellingwouderpark, Florapark and Volewijkspark. The two latter parks (located on both sides of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal) merged in 2014 to become the Noorderpark. Amsterdam-Noord is connected by one road bridge, the Schellingwouderbrug, and three road tunnels, the Coentunnel (west), IJtunnel (centre) and Zeeburgertunnel (east), to other parts of Amsterdam. Furthermore, there are five ferry lines for pedestrians and bicycles operated by

630-542: The Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB) to cross the IJ. They are operational 24 hours a day. They depart every two minutes for the Centraal station–Buiksloterweg connection (two boats at a time for this short distance) to every half hour for the Centraal station–NDSM-werf connection (one boat at a time for this long distance), with Centraal Station directly accessible due to its waterside location on

672-668: The Markermeer to the east. Amsterdam-Noord is mostly home to families who prefer it to the expensive, touristy and crowded Centrum , West and Zuid boroughs. It remains geographically close to major city landmarks, including Amsterdam Centraal station , the Royal Palace and the Rokin . Amsterdam-Noord is best known for its typical wooden houses (mainly located in Schellingwoude and Nieuwendam ), historical areas with

714-762: The Noord/Zuidlijn metro. The old village center lies along the Buiksloterdijk (a dyke ), more specifically at the Northern IJdijk , between Nieuwendam and Oostzaan . The Buiksloot church, built in 1609, is located behind the dyke. To the west of the village, behind the dyke is the Buiksloterbreek , formed after a dyke breach . A part of the present Nieuwendammerdijk (part of Nieuwendam) belonged to Buiksloot. A part of this has been called Leeuwarderweg since 1935. The Buiksloterdijk

756-663: The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Party for the Elderly (PvdO) one each, making Amsterdam-Noord's borough council one of the most left-wing in the city. The voorzitter bestuurscommissie (literal translation: executive committee chair) presides over the borough executive committee. The following chairs have presided over Amsterdam-Noord since it became a borough with elected officials: 52°23′28″N 4°55′06″E  /  52.39111°N 4.91833°E  / 52.39111; 4.91833 Buiksloot Buiksloot

798-733: The sulfuric acid plant of Ketjen, which caused a great deal of disruption in Overtoom ( Amsterdam-Zuid ), to a new facility in Amsterdam-Noord. In 1908, the Kromhout shipbuilding factory also moved north of the IJ. In 1910, descendants of the Zaanstad manufacturing families Duijvis and Verkade founded the Drakafabriek for low-voltage cables, necessary for the electrification of the Netherlands. Many ferry services were needed to serve

840-462: The 14th century there was a ferry line to Amsterdam, Buiksloterveer . Since 1556, this line is owned by Amsterdam. In 1659, five cities ( Amsterdam , Hoorn , Edam , Monnickendam and Purmerend ) agreed to build a network of tow-canals ( Zesstedenweg ) with a regular trekschuit service. In Buiksloot there was a crossroad from the IJ to the tow-canal northwards, which uses the western ring canal from

882-473: The 90s, Banne-Oost (eastern part) was added. In Buikslotermeer , from the 1960s onwards, many new houses and a mall were built. Old village buildings of Buiksloot on the dyke of the Buikslotermeer , alongside the ring canal, were demolished for this purpose. Also in the western part of the village, between the Buiksloot church and the Buiksloterbreek , many old dyke structures disappeared. Part of

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924-528: The Buiksloot dyke was also excavated for the construction of the Nieuwe Purmerweg (a road), which never saw the light of day. Eventually, only the middle part of the village along the Buiksloterdijk was spared. Buiksloot, along with the garden villages dating from the 1920s, has been part of the Rijksbeschermd gezicht Amsterdam-Noord (state protected) since 2014. Near Buiksloot, close to

966-420: The beginning of the 20th century to have more financial resources, but are still geographically separated from the city. There are thus eighteen neighbourhoods in Amsterdam-Noord. Former neighbourhoods that merged into the current ones include Buiksloterham, IJplein en Vogelbuurt, Nieuwendammerham, Tuindorp Buiksloot, Van der Pekbuurt, Volewijck, Waterland and Waterlandpleinbuurt. In this beautiful neighborhood,

1008-513: The borough more culturally attractive, since the museum's new location is only two minutes away from the Centrum borough by ferry. Amsterdam-Noord comprises the following neighbourhoods: Banne Buiksloot , Buiksloot , Buikslotermeer , Floradorp , Kadoelen , Molenwijk , Nieuwendam , Nieuwendammerdijk en Buiksloterdijk , Oostzanerwerf , Overhoeks , Tuindorp Nieuwendam and Tuindorp Oostzaan . The special district of Landelijk Noord , which

1050-411: The city to benefit from the superior facilities in 1913. It took eight years to officialise the merger between Buiksloot and Amsterdam. The municipality was severely impoverished after the flood of 1916 , when a large area north of Amsterdam flooded. On the first of January 1921, Buiksloot merged into the municipality of Amsterdam along with Nieuwendam, Ransdorp , Sloten and Watergraafsmeer . After

1092-556: The execution as a frightening example. In 1660, the digging of the Buikslotertrekvaart (literal translation: Buiksloter waterway) began just to the east of the Galgenveld, from the IJ north through Volewijck to Buiksloot , Broek in Waterland , Monnickendam , Edam and Hoorn . In order to complete this project securely, several areas of Amsterdam-Noord were surrounded by dams from 1662 onwards. To finance those works,

1134-625: The merger, the village underwent some major expansions north of the Buiksloterdijk and west of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal with garden village Buiksloterham . This garden village was one of the new garden villages in Amsterdam-Noord . East of the canal, you'll find garden village Buiksloot. In the 1960s-70s, a new district called Banne Buiksloot was built north of the village. It consists of two parts, Banne-Noord (northern part) and Banne-Zuid (southern part). During

1176-541: The neighbouring municipality of Landsmeer , until the municipal boundary was changed in 1966. To the northeast was the partly Buiksloot-owned Buikslotermeer, a polder from 1627. Created in 1851 south of Buiksloot, the Buiksloterham polder initially belonged to Buiksloot, but since 1877 it belongs to the municipality of Amsterdam. Buiksloot has been bisected by the Noordhollands Kanaal since 1824, with

1218-660: The new Municipal Housing Service in Amsterdam took over the construction of the neighbourhood in the Buiksloterham. In the Second World War the industry fields in Amsterdam-Noord were the target of the air bombings by the Allied Forces . The Fokker factories were the 17 July 1943 bombings' goal, but the bombs of the United States Army Air Forces fell on the surrounding residential areas, causing 158 deaths and 119 seriously injured as

1260-534: The notable exception of Westpoort ), Amsterdam-Noord has an elected borough committee (Dutch: stadsdeelcommissie ) that in turn elects an executive board ( bestuurscommissie ). Until 2014, the committee had 29 seats; it currently has 12. During the Dutch municipal elections, 2018 , the Labour Party (PvdA) and GroenLinks (GL) won three seats each, the Democrats 66 (D66) and Socialist Party two each and

1302-628: The old windmill Krijtmolen d'Admiraal towers over the calm Nord Hollandsche canal. The windmill was built in 1792, and is open daily to visitors who are up for a tour of the mill. The neighborhood's favourite Noorderpark [1] is located just 1 km or 2 minutes away by bike. Also in the vicinity is the Vickers Wellington World War II memorial, located in the middle of a field in Landsmeer. The Vliegenbos (literal translation: fly forest), Amsterdam-Noord's main urban park,

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1344-470: The other side of the IJ. There are several bus connections with the centre and other parts of Amsterdam and with Purmerend , Volendam and Zaandam . Because the area is physically separated from the rest of the Amsterdam conurbation, it is not served by trams. The area is however served by the Amsterdam Metro and its Route 52, which opened on 22 July 2018. Like other boroughs in the city (with

1386-589: The reclaimed Buikslotermeer in 1627. This reclaimed land became part of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal in 1824. Throughout the 16th century, Buiksloot experienced multiple floods, including the All Saints' Flood of 1570. Because of these floods, certain parts of the village were lost in the waves. At the start of the Eighty Years' War /Dutch Revolt (1568-1648) hagepreken ( sermons ) were held in Buiksloot, among other places. As early as 1572, Waterland assumed

1428-553: The settlement Buiksloot fell under the jurisdiction of the bailiwick Waterland. From the 17th century onwards, the population of Buiksloot exceeded that of the Schellingwoude settlement, of which it was part until the French era. Between the 17th and 19th century, Buiksloot had between 500 and 800 inhabitants. North of Buiksloterdijk was the Buiksloot polder and north of it the Zuiderpolder (South polder), which extended into

1470-582: The settlements of Buiksloot and Schellingwoude was broken off. Here, the settlement of Zunderdorp founded the new linear village Nieuwendam. In 1532, Charles V founded the Hoogheemraadschap (High Water Authority) Waterland for water management north of Buiksloot, from Monnickendam to Purmerend . This merged into the Hoogheemraadschap Noordhollands Noorderkwartier in 1919. From then on,

1512-568: The staff of these companies on a daily basis, and a need arose for housing over the IJ. Due to a border change in 1877, Amsterdam's control was extended over the northern IJ bank to the Waterlandse Zeedijk. In 1900, Johan van Hasselt, the new director of the municipal Public Works Department, made a design for the development of Amsterdam-Noord. There was a lot of room for living and working in this design. It provided space for heavy industry and port-related activity. The construction of

1554-572: The top tier of Dutch football to become the biggest club in Amsterdam. They played their home games at Mosveld in Amsterdam-Noord but moved to Ajax' Stadion de Meer during the Second World War after Mosveld was bombed. In 1944, they were crowned Dutch league champions. Formerly amateur, they became a professional club in 1954 and played in the Eredivisie from 1961 through 1963. They were forced to leave Mosveld in 1964 and were moved to

1596-554: The years 1935, '36 and '37 the club promoted from the third class and second class to the first class again. In the season 1947–48 the club made it to the finals of the 'KNVB' cup, but lost after penalties to F.C. Wageningen It won the Arol Cup in the season 1959–60. In the 1954 season 1954 the club chose to remain as an amateur team. It also decided to expand to include additional sports including basketball and volleyball. It decided not to merge with De Volewijckers . In 1975–76 DWV

1638-620: Was considerably changed for residential construction in Amsterdam-Noord, but the area already attracted many companies. Those policies and Amsterdam-Noord's geographical situation attracted Anthony Fokker to establish his aircraft factory after the First World War . In the Nieuwendammerham, the way had already been cleared during this period for the construction of the Vogelbuurt by housing associations. A few years later,

1680-529: Was established to ensure that the residents of the rural eastern part of Amsterdam-Noord received the same quality of service as those in the rest of the city, also comprises the Durgerdam , Holysloot , 't Nopeind , Ransdorp , Schellingwoude and Zunderdorp neighbourhoods. They are all former villages that are now part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area or villages that decided to merge with Amsterdam at

1722-508: Was not until the 19th century that this area was urbanised; before construction began, the filling up of marshes with port sludge was necessary. That is how the Buiksloterham (1832–1851) and Nieuwendammerham (1879) came into existence. After the opening of the North Sea Canal in 1876, the port of Amsterdam became accessible to steamers. The municipality of Amsterdam voted to begin converting northern rural areas into industry fields,

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1764-483: Was promoted from second class to the main class. Two seasons later, the season 1977–78, therefore they were able to participate in the KNVB Amateur Cup . Winner in 1978, 1990 De Volewijckers was one of a number of Dutch football clubs that were successful in post-war leagues before being forced to merge to cope with the popularity of bigger teams such as Ajax and Feyenoord . In 1942, they were promoted to

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