Where to stay in Amsterdam
- Districts named
- 8
- Close to the centre
- 6
- Furthest out
- Amsterdam-Zuidoost, 9.3 km
- Largest by population
- Amsterdam Nieuw-West
Amsterdam is set out here as 8 districts and neighbouring places, and 6 of them sit within 5 km of the centre. The closest is Jordaan. The list reaches 9.3 km out, as far as Amsterdam-Zuidoost.
Within 5 km of the middle: Jordaan, Amsterdam-Centrum, Amsterdam-West, Noord, Amsterdam-Zuid and Amsterdam-Oost. These are the ones a stay can be walked out of.
The largest by population is Amsterdam Nieuw-West, with about 151,677 residents.
The list leans west: 3 of the 8 places lie on that side of the centre, which is where the city has grown rather than where a visitor has to go.
Each place here is a populated area recorded below city level, attached to Amsterdam when it falls within 25 km of the city centre. 8 of them qualified. The order is distance from the centre and nothing else.
This says where the districts are, not which one is better. It is not a list of administrative boundaries either: coverage below city level is uneven between countries, so there may be districts this page cannot name. No rent, noise or safety figures exist in this programme yet, and none are implied here.
Where to stay in Amsterdam
| District | From the centre | Direction | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordaan | 0.6 km | west | 19,485 |
| Amsterdam-Centrum | 0.7 km | east | 86,422 |
| Amsterdam-West | 1.7 km | west | 143,842 |
| Noord | 2.3 km | north east | 116,777 |
| Amsterdam-Zuid | 3.1 km | south | 144,432 |
| Amsterdam-Oost | 3.9 km | south east | 135,767 |
| Amsterdam Nieuw-West | 6 km | west | 151,677 |
| Amsterdam-Zuidoost | 9.3 km | south east | 87,854 |
Questions
Which part of Amsterdam is most central?
Jordaan sits closest to the centre of the 8 places named here, and 6 of them are within 5 km. The full distances are in the table, so the order can be checked rather than taken on trust.
Does this say which district is best?
No. It says where each one is and how big it is. Rent, noise and safety are what would decide better, and this programme has no measured source for any of them yet.
Are these all the districts of Amsterdam?
Not necessarily. The places come from a global gazetteer whose coverage below city level differs from country to country, so this is what can be named with a source behind it rather than a complete list.
Related pages
Sources
- GeoNames, neighbourhood-facts-verified (CC BY 4.0)