Vondelpark

Beautiful fairy-tale church built by architect Cuypers

Named after a famous Dutch poet, the Vondelpark is the largest park of the city, close to the Leidseplein and the big museums. The park is by far the most popular with visitors and locals alike, especially during the summer and on sunny winter days.

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The park extends over several hundred acres with bike paths, walking paths, an open-air concert venue, three large outdoor cafes and the Filmmuseum . A film buff's dream, the NFM is more a theater than a museum: several films from the museum's collection of 30,000 are shown nightly on its three screens.

Skaters, joggers and artists

The park is always filled with skaters, joggers and all sorts of street performers. There is always something to do and see in the Vondelpark: walk, rollerblade, visit the children's park, listen to African drums, classical quartets or jazz singers, or just relax and watch the people.

English landscape style

The park was designed in an English landscape style by the architect L.D. Zocher and his son in 1865. They created a park that gave the 19th century people of Amsterdam the illusion of a perfectly natural landscape. Today both inhabitants of Amsterdam and visitors alike seek rest from the bustle of the city and find a place to get away from it all.

Seasonal events

In the summer months, the Vondelpark Open Air Theater

stages regular performances. There are several cafes, all with outside terraces. Rollerbladers meet once a week for the Friday Night Skate

. Film screenings, pop concerts are also held here. All in all a very pleasant place to spend a lazy summer day.

Rules of the park

Especially on sunny days it can be very crowded with skaters, cyclists and runners in the Vondelpark. A lot is allowed, but please respect the other visitors as well.

It is allowed to:

Have a picknick, but take your litter with you

Bring and walk your dog without a line

Cycle and skate through the park, but only on the tarmac roads

Barbecuing is allowed in designated areas only.

Do sunbathing (also when there is no sunshine)

It is prohibited to:

Sell goods, a permit is required

Use mopeds or scooters in the park

Make a bonfire

Stay overnight - camp outside

Sunbathe naked

Leave litter behind, including dog faeces

Recommended hotels in the immediate area of the Vondelpark

Park Hotel **** Stadhouderskade 25 (Oud-Zuid)
Hotel Zandbergen *** Willemsparkweg 205 (Oud-Zuid)
Conscious Hotel Vondelpark *** Overtoom 519-521 (Oud-West)
Hostel Amsterdam Vondelpark (hostel) Zandpad 5 (Oud-West)

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Vondelpark

Amsterdam (Oud-Zuid)

website
www.zuid.amsterdam.nl

Eating & drinking

in the Vondelpark

Groot Melkhuis
't Blauwe Theehuis
Vertigo
Vondeltuin

Nearby sights

Filmmuseum national centre of cinematography
Leidseplein nightlife centre
PC Hooftstraat elegant shopping street
Rijksmuseum national museum for art and history
Vondelkerk fairy-tale church

Royal Riding School
one of the last remaining and most beautiful city riding schools of Europe

Stedenmaagd

Stedenmaagd (City Virgin) on the Stadhouderskade, at the main entrance of the Vondelpark