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Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam

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The first non-agrarian buildings in Amsterdam were built on the Nieuwendijk. Archeological excavations on the grounds of the former Cinema Royal at Nieuwendijk 154 revealed a house dating to 1225, half a century before the first mention of the town in written records. Archeological excavations also
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originally formed a dyke running through the western side of early medieval Amsterdam. The oldest traces of habitation in Amsterdam, dating to the late 12th century, were located on the Nieuwendijk and Oudekerksplein. Here, small farms were constructed on artificially constructed mounds, so-called
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revealed a small castle at the corner of Nieuwendijk and the alley Dirk van Hasseltsteeg, built around 1275. The fortification was torn down again around 1300. This was possibly related to the 1303-1304 occupation of Amsterdam by
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chain of department stores. Another successful retailer who started on the Nieuwendijk was Anton Sinkel, who opened a shop at Nieuwendijk 174-176 in 1821, which grew to a chain of stores around the country.
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Shortly after 1390, a number of buildings at the southern end of Nieuwendijk were cleared to create a square along the dam on the
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The Nieuwendijk was a major shopping street as early as the 17th century. Simon Goudsmit in 1870 opened a
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De Nieuwezijds Kolk en de Nieuwendijk in dertiende-eeuws Amsterdam: Een archeologische speurtocht
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The Nieuwendijk is one of the oldest streets of Amsterdam. The Nieuwendijk ("new
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Panoramic of Nieuwendijk as viewed from its intersection with Mandenmakerssteeg
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magazine, "De nozems van de Nieuwendijk" ("The nozems of the Nieuwendijk").
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opened her first shop on the Nieuwendijk in 1969. Entrepreneur
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in the 1970s. In 2013, the entire street was pedestrianised.
675:"Nozems – uitdagende jeugdcultuur uit de jaren 1950 en 1960" 260:("The Place"), and a town hall was built there. This became 339:, regularly engaged in fistfights with the more educated, 528: 425:(1617-1669), merchant, attorney and New Amsterdam notary 130: 165:. It then heads northwest, crossing the broad street 315:
In the 1950s the Nieuwendijk became a centre of the
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Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam is located in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Netherlands
52°22′33.29″N 4°53′43.19″E / 52.3759139°N 4.8953306°E / 52.3759139; 4.8953306
http://nieuwendijk.nl
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Dam Square
Prins Hendrikkade
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal
Martelaarsgracht
Singel
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Kalverstraat
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Wiliam III of Holland
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