Slotervaart (neighbourhood) explained

Slotervaart (neighbourhood) should not be confused with Slotervaart (former borough).

Official Name:Slotervaart
Other Name:Tuinstad Slotervaart
Settlement Type:Neighborhood of Amsterdam
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:North Holland
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Amsterdam
Subdivision Type3:Borough
Subdivision Name3:Nieuw-West
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Postal Code:1065
Area Code:020

Slotervaart (short for Tuinstad Slotervaart) is a neighborhood in the far western part of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The area is named after the canal Slotervaart; the first houses were built in 1955.

Just outside the residential area there is a hospital, the Slotervaartziekenhuis (since 1976),[1] and the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) (since 1979).[2]

Since 1990 Slotervaart was a part of the urban district of Slotervaart-Overtoomse Veld, which was renamed in 2004 as shortly Slotervaart. In 2010 however this borough was merged with surrounding boroughs into the larger borough Amsterdam Nieuw-West.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.slotervaartziekenhuis.nl/Meeroverhetziekenhuis/Historie.aspx Website Slotervaartziekenhuis
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070107105829/http://www.nki.nl/Research/ Website NKI