Amsterdam – Zuid

Our family's tour of Amsterdam (pop 946,447 in 2026) continues. After visiting Amsterdam-Noord yesterday, today we are in Amsterdam-Zuid, and instead of old shipyards and street art, we get office towers and modern architecture.

Here are the highlight of our tour (official 'Zuidas' tour link here):

• Geert Groote College Amsterdam (Anton van Es Partners & SeARCH, 2010-14)
• Zuider Amstelkanaal (canal)
• Warnersblokken – Dirk Schäferstraat (Allert Warners, 1957)

• Parnassus Toren (Open Architects, RPHS+ & Mulders Van den Berk; 1976)
• The Pulse of Amsterdam (VMX Architects & MSVA Architects, 2021-24)
• The Rock (Erick van Egeraat, 2000-09)
• HourGlass Building (Premier Suites, Dam & Partners, 2020)
• Mahler 4 Tower (Rafael Viñoly, 2005)

• Gustav Mahlerplein
• ABN AMRO-hoofdkantoor (Henry N. Cobb & Yvonne Szeto, 1996-99)

• Valley Towers Beethovenstraat (MVRDV, 2022)
• Beethovenstraat 400 (UNStudio, 2011-16)

• Hoornsloot (canal)
• Wagener Stadion
• Amsterdamse Bos

• Prinsengracht (canal)
• De Westerkerk (Hendrick de Keyser, 1620-31)
• De Krijtberg (Alfred Tepe, 1881-83)
• Huis De Neufville (18th century)
• Herengracht (canal)

• Rembrandtplein
• "Rembrandtmonument" (Louis Royer, 1852)
• "Waterlife" (Ronald A. Westerhuis, 2018)