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Amsterdam Tourist Information • Posted: October 21, 2008  Share/Bookmark

Many of the articles in Dutch Amsterdam include links to Google maps customized for each entry.

That way we can provide you with relatively uncluttered maps.

The map you see below is also powered by Google. This is the embedded version, but you can also view a larger versionoffsite at Google Maps.

For now we’ve included just a bare minimum of markers. As with all Google Maps, you can zoom in with the options at the top left, or select a different view with the buttons at the top right. Some of the markers shown are linked to pages within the Dutch Amsterdam website.

Below this map we’ll tell you what the suffixes attached to the street names mean.

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Understanding Amsterdam Street Names

As in many other places, the names of streets, squares, lanes, markets, canals and neighborhoods often convey a historic meaning. Thoughout Dutch Amsterdam we try and explain these names whenever we think doing so adds to your understanding of historic and modern Amsterdam.

Here, though, we’ll briefly tell you what the suffixes attached to the streetnames mean — making it easier to understand the above map, or the map in your Amsterdam Guide Book:

Dutch English
achterburgwal rear fortified embankment
baan lane
dam dam
dijk dike
gracht canal
haven harbor
hof(je) courtyard
kade quay
laan lane
markt market (place)
pad path
plein square
schans earthen defense wall
straat street
voorburgwal front fortified embankment
weg way
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