Amstelveen () is a

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and

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in the

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North Holland North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevola ...

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, with a population of 95,996 as of 2024. It is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

an part of the

Amsterdam metropolitan area The Metropolitan Region Amsterdam () is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It lies in the Noordvleugel (English: "North Wing") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the ci ...

. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages of Bovenkerk and

Nes aan de Amstel Nes aan de Amstel () is a village in the List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Amstelveen in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. The village's name indicates that it is located on the Amst ...

. In addition, as well as Downtown Amstelveen (Dutch: ''Amstelveen stadshart''), it contains the following neighbourhoods: Westwijk, Bankras-Kostverloren, Groenelaan, Waardhuizen, Middenhoven, Randwijk, Elsrijk and Keizer Karelpark. The name comes from the

Amstel The Amstel () is a river in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It flows from the Aarkanaal and Drecht in Nieuwveen northwards, passing Uithoorn, Amstelveen, and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, to the IJ in Amsterdam, to which the rive ...

, a local river (as does the name

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) and , meaning fen, peat, or moor. Amstelveen houses the international headquarters of Dutch national airline

KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. , ),

(although it is slated to leave for Schiphol in 2024) and

KPMG KPMG is a multinational professional services network, based in London, United Kingdom. As one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Ernst & Young (EY), Deloitte, and PwC. KPMG is a network of firms in 145 countries with 275,288 emplo ...

, one of the

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. The

Cobra Museum The Cobra Museum of Modern Art () is an art museum in Amstelveen in the Netherlands. The collection of the museum consists of key works by artists associated with three art movements, Vrij Beelden (1945), COBRA (avant-garde movement), Cobra (1948� ...

is also located in Amstelveen.

History

During the French occupation between 1810 and 1814, Amstelveen was the capital of a canton in the French department

Zuyderzée Zuyderzée (, "Southern Sea", ) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was named after the Zuiderzee sea inlet. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corres ...

, and until 1964 the municipality of Amstelveen was called Nieuwer-Amstel. It is technically a large ''dorp'' (village), because it was never walled. The Amstelveen flag and coat of arms, both present 5 strips in a red, black, red, black, red pattern, with three crosses on the top black strip, and a single cross in the middle of the lower black strip. The symbols bear great similarity to that of Amsterdam's, though the exact nature of the relationship remains unclear. The Thijssepark (in full the Dr Jac. P. Thijssepark), was the first ''heempark'' in the Netherlands, and is one of sixteen ''heemparks'' or ''heemgroen'' in Amstelveen. Designed by landscape architect C. P. Broerse, following the ideas of the great Dutch naturalist and conservationist

Jac. P. Thijsse Jacobus Pieter Thijsse (25 July 1865 – 8 January 1945) was a Dutch conservationist and botanist. He founded the Society for Preservation of Nature Monuments in the Netherlands. Along with Eli Heimans and Johannes Bernink, he was active i ...

, it was developed between 1940 and 1972 and covers an area of 5 hectares (about 12 acres), and is situated just south of the

Amsterdamse Bos 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. Th ...

. Amstelveen was chosen as an unlikely host of a match in the

1999 Cricket World Cup The 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, also branded as England '99, was the seventh edition of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted primarily by England, with selected matches also played in Wales, ...

, for which the

had not qualified.

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

played

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

in the match. Former Dutch prime minister

Jan Peter Balkenende Jan Pieter Balkenende Jr. ( ; born 7 May 1956), commonly known as Jan Peter Balkenende, is a Dutch jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October 20 ...

started his political career as member of the council for Amstelveen. As a result of the vicinity of

Schiphol Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , known informally as Schiphol Airport (, ), is the main international airport of the Netherlands, and is one of the major hubs for the SkyTeam airline alliance. It is located southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipal ...

(Amsterdam Airport), and its links to Amsterdam, Amstelveen has grown and become a cosmopolitan mix of many cultures. In the early 20th century Amstelveen was a small rural village. The

turf Sod is the upper layer of turf that is harvested for transplanting. Turf consists of a variable thickness of a soil medium that supports a community of turfgrasses. In British and Australian English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', ...

industry had collapsed, so the village had lost its revenues from it. The village was somewhat isolated, because it had no major railway or waterway. The main source of income was

livestock Livestock are the Domestication, domesticated animals that are raised in an Agriculture, agricultural setting to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, Egg as food, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The t ...

farming, with some arable, but

horticulture Horticulture (from ) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and mo ...

and

floriculture Floriculture (from ) is the study of the efficient production of the plants that produce showy, colorful flowers and foliage for human enjoyment in human environments. It is a commercially successful branch of horticulture and agriculture found ...

were already emerging. In 1852 the

Haarlemmermeer Haarlemmermeer () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The ...

polder was reclaimed and the "Fort at the Schiphol" was created as a defense for Amsterdam. Forts were in those days more often named after rivers. "Fort at the Schiphol" was a ditch separating

Aalsmeer Aalsmeer () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its name is derived from the Dutch for eel (''aal'') and lake (''meer''). Aalsmeer is bordered by the Westeinderplassen lake, the largest open water o ...

and Amstelveen, and named after a piece of land from Amstelveen. Fort Schiphol became a military airport in 1916. Four years later Schiphol became a civilian airport. Schiphol Fort was demolished in 1934 to build a provincial road (Mayor Van Sonweg) from Amstelveen to Schiphol, with a swing bridge over the circular canal of the Haarlemmermeer. The development of Schiphol Airport attracted many people, many of whom settled in Amstelveen. The headquarters of

KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. , ),

was established there. Amstelveen once was the fastest growing city in the Netherlands and has now grown to 91,691 inhabitants (2020). After

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Amstelveen caught a portion of Amsterdam's housing shortage, and was also a member of the municipality of Schiphol. Amsterdam's plan was to introduce Amstelveen as a

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...

, with its urban and green areas. Amstelveen remained an independent and self-conscious municipality and adopted a policy that reflected many attractive new residential areas. Amstelveen's landscaping and added art attracted much international attention. In 1993, Amstelveen was in the news for its Krokettenmotie, debated in the municipal council after a motion proposal by

. In 2004 Amstelveen was voted the most attractive city in the Netherlands in which to live. Currently Amstelveen is in the top three on the national list of best cities to live in. The Amstelveen city centre also received the number one award for the Netherlands' best shopping centre in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In 2018 the St. Urbanus Church (''Sint-Urbanuskerk'') in Bovenkerk caught fire. The tower remained standing but the rest of the church suffered severe damage. The city's close proximity to Schiphol Airport makes it a prime location for people working in the aviation industry.

Economy

KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. , ),

Royal Dutch Airlines as well as the commercial organisation for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have their head offices in Amstelveen (), although it is slated to leave in 2024.

Air France-KLM An atmosphere () is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmospher ...

is represented by the KLM head office. In addition, Amstelveen houses the international headquarters of Big Four accounting firm

. Large international corporations such as

Nestlé Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...

Canon Canon or Canons may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author * Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture ** Western canon, th ...

and

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also have corporate offices in Amstelveen.

Transport

Tramlijn 25 met 15G tram op de openingsdag bij de halte Amstelveen Poortwachter

Amstelveen is served by two tram lines running south from

Amsterdam Zuid station Amsterdam Zuid ("Amsterdam South") is a railway station situated in the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid in Amsterdam, Netherlands. For a number of years, it was named ''Amsterdam Zuid WTC'', in reference to the neighbouring World Trade Center Amsterdam ...

. Tram line 5 runs south via Amsterdam Zuid to Stadshart (city centre) in Amstelveen. Tram line 25 runs between Amsterdam Zuid station and Westwijk. Both tram lines serve stops between Amsterdam Zuid and Oranjebaan. Tram line 25 replaced a portion of

Metro Metro may refer to: Geography * Metro City (Indonesia), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high ...

line 51 that used to run between Amsterdam Zuid station and Westwijk. Amstelveen has a point-to-point bus connection to other villages and

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , known informally as Schiphol Airport (, ), is the main international airport of the Netherlands, and is one of the major hubs for the SkyTeam airline alliance. It is located southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipal ...

as well as a local network. There is also an extensive bus system.

Tourism and attractions

* Shopping Amstelveen city centre. This has received the number one award for best shopping center in the Netherlands in 2013, 2014 and 2015 *

is located in the centre (Stadshart) of Amstelveen. * Museum Jan, is centrehousing a glass art collection * Birthplace of the artist Jan Cornelis Hofman. * Birthplace of the actress

Famke Janssen Famke Beumer Janssen (; born 5 November 1964) is a Dutch actress and former model. She played Xenia Onatopp in ''GoldenEye'' (1995), Jean Grey (film series character), Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men (film series), ''X-Men'' film series (2000� ...

. * Birthplace of the actor

Michiel Huisman Michiel Huisman (born 18 July 1981) is a Dutch actor, musician and singer-songwriter born in Amstelveen, recognized for his roles in Dutch and international film and television projects. Huisman's music career began as the singer and guitarist ...

. * Birthplace of the DJ and artist

Martin Garrix Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix (or Ytram and GRX), is a Dutch Republic, Dutch DJ and record producer who was ranked number one on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—20 ...

* A statue of Rembrandt overlooks the river Amstel, south east from the Amstelpark, where a windmill open to visitors is also situated * On the Amstel river is a cheese farm called Rembrandt Hoeve. It is about 1 mile from the Rembrandt Statue, accessible by bike, boat, car or bus. * An Electric Museum-tram line still connects Amstelveen to Amsterdam in the summer, passing by the Amsterdamse Bos and Olympic rowing lake

Secondary education

* The Hermann Wesselink College offers vmbo-tl, havo, vwo ( gymnasium and atheneum) and

bilingual education In bilingual education, students are taught in two (or more) languages. It is distinct from learning a second language as a subject because both languages are used for instruction in different content areas like math, science, and history. The t ...

* The Keizer Karel College offers havo and vwo (atheneum, gymnasium and technasium). * The Amstelveen College offers vmbo-tl, havo, and vwo (atheneum and gymnasium) * The Panta Rhei offers vmbo, optionally with (literally, "learning path–supporting education")

Other education

* The International School Amsterdam is located in Amstelveen.

Local government

The municipal council of Amstelveen consists of 37 seats, which were in 2022 divided as follows:

Notable people

Public thinking & public service

Jan Arnoldus Schouten Jan Arnoldus Schouten (28 August 1883 – 20 January 1971) was a Dutch mathematician and Professor at the Delft University of Technology. He was an important contributor to the development of tensor calculus and Ricci calculus, and was one of the ...

(1883–1971) a Dutch mathematician and academic *

Johanna Westerdijk Johanna Westerdijk (; 4 January 1883 – 15 November 1961) was a Dutch Plant pathology, plant pathologist and the first female professor in the Netherlands. Early life Johanna Westerdijk, called "Hans" () by friends, was born on 4 January 1883 ...

(1883–1961) a Dutch plant pathologist and the first female Dutch professor *

Dick Bulterman Dick C. A. Bulterman (born 1951) is a senior researcher at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam, where he heads the Distributed Multimedia Languages and Interfaces theme. He is also a professor of computer science at the Vrije Un ...

(born 1951) professor of computer science at the

Vrije Universiteit The (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the othe ...

Klaas van Berkel Klaas van Berkel (born 24 July 1953) is a Dutch historian, historian of science, and professor of Modern History at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, known from his work on the history of science in the Netherlands, particularly the w ...

(born 1953 in Nieuwer-Amstel) a Dutch historian of science and academic *

Arend Jan Boekestijn Arend Johannes "Arend Jan" Boekestijn (born 27 September 1959 in Amstelveen) is a Dutch politician, who was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives from 30 November 2006 through 18 November 2009. He resigned after sharing information with ...

(born 1959) a Dutch former politician *

(born 1956) a Dutch jurist and retired politician, a city councilman in Amstelveen and

Prime Minister of the Netherlands The prime minister of the Netherlands () or, before 1945, the chairman of the Council of Ministers () is the ''de facto'' head of government of the Netherlands.''Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden'' onstitution of the Kingdom of the N ...

from 2002 to 2010 *

Jan van Zanen Jan Hendrikus Cornelis van Zanen (born 4 September 1961) is a Dutch politician who has served as Mayor of The Hague since 1 July 2020. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he previously served as Mayor of Utrecht (201 ...

(born 1961) a Dutch politician, Mayor of Amstelveen from 2005 to 2013 * Jules Maaten (born 1961 in Nieuwer-Amstel) a Dutch former politician *

Okke Ornstein Okke Ornstein (born 1965), is a Dutch journalism, investigative journalist who is known for his fraud and corruption investigations.Aagje Deken (1741 in Nieuwer-Amstel – 1804) a Dutch writer and novelist with

Betje Wolff Elizabeth ("Betje") Wolff-Bekker (24 July 17385 November 1804) was a Dutch novelist who, with Agatha "Aagje" Deken, wrote several popular epistolary novels such as ''Sara Burgerhart'' (1782) and ''Willem Levend'' (1784). Biography Betje Bekker ...

* Jan Cornelis Hofman (born 1889 in Nieuwer-Amstel - 1966) a Dutch post-impressionist painter *

Hans van Manen Hans Arthur Gerard van Manen (; born 11 July 1932) is a Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer and photographer. He studied under Sonia Gaskell and Françoise Adret. Van Manen wrote many ballets. He worked for the Dutch National Ballet from 1973 to ...

(born 1932) a Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer and photographer * Theo Uittenbogaard (born 1946) a Dutch radio & TV-producer * Guido van Rijn (born 1950) a Dutch blues and gospel historian * Leo de Boer (born 1953) a film director and lecturer at

Utrecht School of the Arts The Utrecht School for the Arts () is a performing arts and visual arts educational institution in City of Utrecht, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands. The school opened for student enrollment in September 1987. Overview The institution has 6 ...

Annemarie Roelofs Annemarie Roelofs (born 1955) is a Dutch trombone player, violinist, and professor at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. She was a member of Henry Cow and the Feminist Improvising Group. Biography Roelofs studied violin at ...

(born 1955) a Dutch jazz trombone player and violinist *

Mathilde Santing Mathilde Santing (born Mathilde Eleveld, 24 October 1958) is a Dutch singer. Santing was born in Amstelveen, Netherlands. She started receiving national attention in 1981 after she appeared in a Dutch television program called ''Sonja Op Maandag ...

(born 1958) a Dutch singer *

Antoinette Beumer Antoinette Beumer (born Janssen; 1962) is a Dutch film director. She is notable for having directed the 2010 films '' The Happy Housewife'' and ''Loft''. Biography Beumer was born as Antoinette Janssen in Nieuwer-Amstel, North Holland, the Neth ...

(born 1962) a Dutch film director, older sister of actress

Joram Lürsen Joram Lürsen (born 11 August 1963) is a Dutch film director, film and television director, as well as screenwriter and producer. Lürsen was born in Amstelveen. He graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam in 1990 ...

(born 1963) a Dutch film and TV director *

(born ca.1964) an actress, director, screenwriter and former fashion model *

Petra Berger Petra Berger, born ''Petronella Burger'' (Amstelveen, 23 October 1965), is a Dutch classical crossover singer, composer, and musical actress. Biography Petra Berger was born into a musical family, but did not pursue a musical career until late ...

(born 1965) a Dutch classical crossover singer, composer, photographer and musical actress *

Marjolein Beumer Marjolein Beumer (born Janssen; 27 October 1966, Amstelveen, North Holland) is a Dutch actress. She is the sister of actress Famke Janssen and director Antoinette Beumer. She is married to fellow performer Rik Launspach. Filmography Actor ...

(born 1966) a Dutch actress, younger sister of actress

Damien Moyal Damien Zev Moyal (born September 25, 1976) is an American vocalist, lyricist, musician, songwriter, and designer. Born in Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands, he moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Miami, Florida, where he n ...

(born 1976) a Dutch-American singer * Luca Gianquitto (born 1978) an Italian guitarist and music composer, lives in Amstelveen *

(born 1981) a Dutch actor, musician and singer-songwriter *

Tessa Schram Tessa Schram (born 18 October 1988) is a Dutch actress and director. She is the daughter of film producer and director Dave Schram and Maria Peters and the sister of actor Quinten Schram. Filmography Films As director * ''Sammie is Looking'' ( ...

(born 1988) a Dutch actress and director IMDb Database
retrieved 17 December 2019 *

(born 1996) a DJ and record producer *

Mesto Melle Kiet Stomp (born 30 September 1999), better known by his stage name Mesto, is a Dutch electronic music, electronic musician, DJ, record producer and remixer. He gained recognition after collaborating with Martin Garrix (born in the same tow ...

(born 1999 as Melle Stomp) an electronic musician, record producer, remixer and DJ

Sport

Han Dade Henrich Daniël (Han) Dade (9 February 1878 – 15 December 1940) was a Dutch sports director. He was one of the three founders of the association football club Ajax, along with Floris Stempel and Carel Reeser, and was also chairman of the clu ...

(1878 n Nieuwer-Amstel – 1940) one of the three founders of

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. ...

Piet Ikelaar Petrus "Piet" Gerardus Ikelaar (2 January 1896, in Nieuwer Amstel – 25 November 1992, in Zaandam) was a track cyclist from the Netherlands. He represented the Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics. At his first appearance he won bronz ...

(1896 in Nieuwer Amstel - 1992) a track cyclist and bronze medallist at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

* Ellen van Maris (born 1957) a former professional

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Jolanda de Rover Jolanda de Rover (born 10 October 1963) is a female former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands. Swimming career Jolanda de Rover competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal in backstroke in 1984. In ...

(born 1963) a female former backstroke swimmer, competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal in backstroke in 1984 *

John Bosman Johannes "John" Jacobus Bosman (born 1 February 1965) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. A prolific goalscorer for both club and country, he played professio ...

(born 1965 in Bovenkerk) a Dutch retired footballer with 522 club caps *

Nicole Muns-Jagerman Nicole Jagerman (born 23 July 1967) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Jagerman represented her native country at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and offi ...

(born 1967) a tennis player, competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

Alexandra Verbeek Alexandra Louise Verbeek (born 4 June 1973, in Amstelveen) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) bi ...

(born 1973) a sailor, competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Michael Reiziger Michael John Reiziger (; born 3 May 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played mainly as a right back. Reiziger currently manages the Netherlands U21 team. After making a name for himself at Ajax, with whom he won one Champio ...

(born 1973) a Dutch former professional footballer with 356 club caps *

Timme Hoyng Timme Fred Philip Hoyng (born 7 August 1976) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a midfielder or forward. Hoyng played a total of 138 matches for the Dutch national team from 2000 until 2009 in which he scored 12 goals. He was a ...

(born 1976) a field hockey player competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

Lisanne de Roever Lisanne Freya de Roever (born 6 June 1979 in Amstelveen, North Holland) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club SV Kampong. She made her debut for the Netherlands national team on 5 March 200 ...

(born 1979) a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, team medallist at the

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and

Marlies Smulders Marlies Smulders (born 22 February 1982 in Amstelveen) is a rower from the Netherlands.

(born 1982) a rower, team medallist at the

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Robbert Schilder Robbert Schilder (born 18 April 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Ajax Born in Amstelveen, Schilder started playing for local club NFC at age 6, before moving to VV Amstelveen Heemraad. The ...

(born 1986) a footballer with over 350 club caps *

Kitty van Male Kitty van Male (born 5 June 1988) is a Dutch field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Netherlands women's national field hockey team The Netherlands' national women's field hockey team is currently number one o ...

(born 1988) a Dutch field hockey player, team gold medallist at the

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* Samantha Barning (born 1989) a Dutch professional badminton player *

Kelly Jonker Kelly Maria Jonker (born 23 May 1990 in Amstelveen) is a Dutch field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tou ...

(born 1990) a Dutch field hockey player, team gold medallist at the

* Roland Bergkamp (born 1991) a Dutch footballer with over 200 club caps *

Mats Valk Mats Valk (born 4 May 1996) is a Dutch Rubik's Cube speedsolver. He broke the Rubik's cube single solve world record twice with times of 5.55 seconds in 2013 and 4.74 seconds in 2016. He won the Rubik's Cube European Championship in 2018 and w ...

(born 1996) a Dutch Rubik's Cube speedsolver

International relations

Sister cities

Amstelveen is twinned with:

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References

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