Amsterdamse Poort (shopping centre)

Coordinates: 52°18′50″N 004°57′9″E / 52.31389°N 4.95250°E / 52.31389; 4.95250

The Amsterdamse Poort is a shopping centre in the Amsterdam borough Amsterdam Zuidoost stadsdeel. It was opened in 1987.

This shopping centre is the largest in Amsterdam. It is located near the Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station and the ArenA Boulevard (Amsterdam ArenA, Heineken Music Hall, Pathé ArenA), adjacent to the Bijlmermeer neighborhood, noted for its multicultural population.[1] In the shopping centre there is a location for the Tickets & Service room for the railway station. There are also 225 shops. The public spaces on the Amsterdamse Poort were designed by the Dutch landscape architects Karres en Brands.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ulf Hannerz, "Amsterdam: Windows on the world" in John Allen; Doreen Massey; Michael Pryke (12 August 2005). Unsettling Cities: Movement/Settlement. Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-134-63633-4.
  2. ↑ "November 2007:ArenA Poort", Plan Amsterdam magazine.

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