"Eva loves to travel from Noord to Nieuw-West and back again. Ambitious? Absolutely. But the night is long."
Eva Stormberg works on housing policy and urban equity for the City of Amsterdam. She's passionate about the city's neighbourhoods — the ones that get attention and the ones that don't. Her Museum Night route is a deliberate tour of Amsterdam's less-visited areas, from the social housing of the West to the post-war architecture of Nieuw-West.
The Other Amsterdam
A route through the Amsterdam that tourists rarely see — the social housing of the West, the post-war architecture of Nieuw-West, and the cultural institutions of Noord. Eva's picks are for people who want to understand the whole city.
The Route
Start in the West with the most extraordinary building in Amsterdam. Het Schip is a cathedral of social housing — and the evening tour is unmissable.
View museumThe story of how Amsterdam decided to grow. The expansion plan of the 1930s shaped the city we live in today. Essential urban history.
View museumCross to Noord by ferry. EYE is the anchor of Amsterdam-Noord's cultural transformation — a neighbourhood that was industrial wasteland twenty years ago.
View museumBack to the East. The Tropenmuseum is in one of Amsterdam's most diverse neighbourhoods. The evening programme tonight addresses the museum's colonial history.
View museumThe zoo and its museum are in the Plantage — a neighbourhood with a complex history. The evening programme includes a talk on the zoo's wartime history.
View museumThe Amsterdam DNA exhibition is the best overview of the city's social history. The section on housing and inequality is particularly relevant tonight.
View museumNEMO sits on the edge of the old harbour — a reminder of how the city's relationship with water and industry has shaped its geography.
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