The Amsterdamse Bos ( English : Amsterdam Forest ) is an English park or landscape park in the municipalities of Amstelveen and Amsterdam . Although most of the park is located in Amstelveen, the owner of the park is the City of Amsterdam . The park was mainly built in the early 1930s, mostly by the unemployment relief. Because of World War II interrupting the building process, the last tree was not planted until the 1970s. Annually, almost 4.5 million people visit the park, which has a size of 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) and is approximately three times the size of Central Park in New York City. It houses a number of animal parks, sporting clubs, rowing courses, gardens and remembrance monuments.
11-464: Throughout the decades, the location has seen different gatherings, political manifestations and (i.a., free) concerts. These often took place on the so-called Vietnam Meadow . Despite extensive protests, this part was turned into a tennis venue in 1994. The park is bisected (but cannot be reached) by the A9 motorway . An important part of the park is the rowing course called de Bosbaan ("Forest course"), which
22-541: A pancake restaurant and deer watching. In the open air Amsterdamse Bos Theater paid concerts and plays are held during the Summer period. To combat the forestation in some areas, Scottish Highland cattle have been placed in the park. Locked in the area by cattle grids , they make sure the meadow doesn't grow to become a forest while remaining a natural look that could not be achieved by mowing . Canoes , kayaks and bicycles can be rented at several locations. At
33-626: A motorway. The plan was to build a local link-road for the occupants of the Bijlmermeer . The section between A2/A9 and A1/A6 was never built, although this would have formed a natural connection between A9 and A6 . Because of this, the Gaasperdammerweg has developed into an overflowing connection between A2 and A1. Discussions on extending the A9 in a straight line to the A6 are still going on. Because this part of
44-477: Is a sand beach along a part of Grote Vijver pond. Weather conditions permitting, the water in the Groot Kinderbad children's paddling pool is activated from May until September. Geitenboerderij Riddammerhoeve is a goat farm. Next to offering simple food dishes and making goat milk-based dairy products on site, it offers a petting zoo with goats , a playground and a maze . Boerderij Meerzicht features
55-491: The A1 at Diemen ( junction Diemen) to the A2 at junction 'Holendrecht' (on the 'Gaasperdammerweg'). Here one drives approximately two kilometers south by means of the combined A9/A2 before the A9 heads off to the west again towards Amstelveen , junction 'Badhoevedorp' ( A4 ), junction 'Raasdorp' ( A5 ), junction 'Rottepolderplein' ( A200 ) and on to junction 'Velsen' ( A22 ). Hereafter,
66-503: The A208 . This part still exists but this portion of motorway has been re-numbered to A22 . The part between A1 and A2 is four lanes; between A2 and Rottepolderplein it is six lanes. Hereafter the way is mainly four lanes, with short pieces in the area of the Wijkertunnel that are six lanes. With regard to the Gaasperdammerweg, it is noted in the original plans that this road would not become
77-611: The A9 goes further northward by means of the Wijkertunnel under the North Sea Canal , junction 'Beverwijk' ( A22 ) to Alkmaar . At this point, the A9 motorway becomes the N9 highway and proceeds until De Kooy (at Den Helder ). In 1996, the Wijkertunnel was opened and integrated into the A9. The original route of the A9 ran through the Velsertunnel where there is also a connection with
88-616: The Bosbaan hosted the World Rowing Championship for a second time. There are several open areas and meadows within the forest. Some of which are located along an artificial beach along ponds and have sanitary, food and children's play facilities for summertime recreation. One of the open areas is bordered by a man-made hill. The area of the park called Zonneweide is an area designated for naturist recreation. There are several ponds and streams that can be used for swimming. There
99-513: The Day Camping people can put up a tent for a day. For longer stays there is Camping Amsterdamse Bos, a campsite that rents out sites for tents, caravans, campervans and has campsite facilities. It is not permitted to stay the night and sleep anywhere else in the forest. A9 motorway (Netherlands) The A9 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands . The motorway starts off by going from
110-748: The route would pass by the Naardermeer , environmentalists oppose this plan. The entire route is in North Holland Province . From the last exit of the A9 motorway, the road becomes a highway (called N9) and continues along: A208 motorway (Netherlands) These are the Netherlands ' motorways by their national number, listed with the most important towns at or near the roads. The numbers start with 'A' for 'autosnelweg' (motorway in Dutch). Some of these also carry one or more European E-road numbers on (sections of) their trajectory. Although E-roads in
121-633: Was opened in 1937. The course was an alternative for rowing on the Amstel river, or on the canal surrounding the polder of the Haarlemmermeer, which were the two traditional locations for rowing competition. It is the world's oldest artificial rowing course. In 1977 it hosted the World Rowing championships. In order to meet international competition regulation, the Bosbaan was widened to 118 meters (8 lanes for competition and an additional preparation lane). In 2014
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