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Oosterdokseiland (Dutch: "Eastern Dock Island") is an island that forms a neighborhood of
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
,
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just to the east of
Amsterdam Centraal railway station Amsterdam Centraal station ( ; Railway stations in the Netherlands, abbreviation: Asd) is the largest railway station in Amsterdam, North Holland, the Netherlands. A major international Rail transport, railway hub, it is used by 192,000 passeng ...
.


History

The nucleus of the island was created in 1832 when the
Oosterdok The Oosterdok ('Eastern Dock') is a former Dock (maritime), wet dock in Amsterdam. It was created in 1831–1832 by constructing the Oosterdoksdam and the Oosterdoksluis, forming a reliable deep port closed off from the tidal IJ (Amsterdam), IJ. ...
was dammed off from the IJ. It was expanded to its current size when the first railroad was constructed at the site in the 1870s. In the 1960s the main Amsterdam
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was built on the island, which was torn down in 2005.


Current Situation

The Oosterdokseiland is now home to a mix of public and private users. This includes the Amsterdam Public Library (main branch), the
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, a flagship location of
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(main branch), a
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hotel, a
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electronics megastore, multiple residential complexes, and about of office space, including the headquarters of navigation system manufacturer TomTom.Oosterdokseiland official website
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References

Neighbourhoods of Amsterdam Mixed-use developments in the Netherlands {{NorthHolland-geo-stub