7 Sights in Amstelveen, Netherlands (with Map and Images)

The Amsterdamse Bos 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. The park was mainly built in the early 1930s, mostly by the unemployment relief. Because of World War II interrupting the building process, the last tree was not planted until the 1970s. Annually, almost 4.5 million people visit the park, which has a size of 1,000 hectares and is approximately three times the size of Central Park in New York City. It houses a number of animal parks, sporting clubs, rowing courses, gardens and remembrance monuments.

Wikipedia: Amsterdamse Bos (EN)

A Tourist Transfer Point (TOP) is a 'natural junction', where various cycling, sailing, skating and walking routes start. Each TOP is recognizable by its landmark, a kind of obelisk is used in the east of the country, a blade of grass in the Green Heart and a remarkably large information column in the Gooi & Vecht region and the Rivierenland region. At TOPs there are often also some seats, a bicycle rack and a signpost. TOPs in the Gooi & Vecht region are also always equipped with bicycle rental, catering, (free) toilets, an ANWB Bicycle Service Box and a VVV information point.

Wikipedia: Toeristisch Overstappunt (NL), Website

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 (1948–1951), and Creatie (1950–1955). In addition, the museum organizes temporary exhibitions by national and international avant-garde artists.

Wikipedia: Cobra Museum (EN), Website

Museum Jan is a modern visual art museum in Amstelveen, near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It was established by 1991 by Jan van der Togt, an industrialist who was also the founder of the company Tomado who was a collector of contemporary art.

Wikipedia: Museum Jan (EN), Website

The Dr. Jac. P. Thijssepark is a park in Amstelveen, North Holland. It was built in the 20th century and is actually an elongated botanical garden. The park is located in the northwest corner of Amstelveen, on the edge of the Amsterdamse Bos. The main entrance is located on Prins Bernhardlaan. In the vicinity of the Thijssepark is the oldest botanical park in Amstelveen: De Braak, from 1939.

Wikipedia: Jac. P. Thijssepark (NL), Website

The Sint-Urbanuskerk is a Roman Catholic church in Nes aan de Amstel. It is a neo-Gothic cruciform basilica, with a square tower at the crossing. It is the first independent design by the architect Joseph Cuypers, the son of Pierre Cuypers, who is also responsible for many churches in the Amstelland.

Wikipedia: Sint-Urbanuskerk (Nes aan de Amstel) (NL), Website

The Easter church is a church in the Augustinus Park in Amstelveen, designed by J.B. Baron van Asbeck, which was thereby inspired by the chapel in Ronchamp by Le Corbusier. It is a floor church with the church hall upstairs. Above that is the shell roof with the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid. There is no bell tower, but the church does have a carillon next to the entrance in the north facade. The base is a square, two of the four walls are in the water. A large number of small square windows with colored glass have been installed in the facades. In the south façade there is a large stained glass window by Jan Meine Jansen. The organ was built in 1967 by Ernst Leeflang and was renovated and expanded in 2014. The church hall originally contained 500 seats, after the renovation in 2013 there are 350 left.

Wikipedia: Paaskerk (Amstelveen) (NL), Website