For those interested in art and Dutch culture, Slotervaart offers several sites to visit varying from theatres to windmills. Click on the venues for more information and directions.
The ‘Meervaart’ is a large, modern theatre and congresscentre in Amsterdam New-West. The theatre offers a diverse programme: from opera to Moroccan concerts, stage plays and cabaret, youth- and familyperformances, musicals and shows. For detailed information and their current programme, visit their website.
Contact details
Meer en Vaart 300
1068 LE Amsterdam
Tel.: 020 - 410 77 00
For tickets: 020 - 410 77 77
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www.meervaart.nl
How to get there from Artemis (distance 3.9 km)
Theater Meervaart is situated at the ‘Sloterplas’, near the highway Ring Amsterdam A10. The building can be optimally reached by car and public transport.
Public transport (+/- 25 min)
Metro 50 to Isolatorweg – Stop Lelylaan, then Tram 17 to Osdorp Dijkgraafplein – stop Ruimzicht.
By car (+/- 10 min)
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‘Nieuw en Meer' is a large art workshop complex on the border of Amsterdam. The stretched out site of 3,7 hectare is situated between the west side of the ‘Nieuwe Meer' and the ‘Ringvaart'.
A hundred artists and affiliated companies are located on a surface of approximately 9000 m2. A great diversity of creative professions as well as crafts are represented in ‘Nieuw en Meer'. Almost every discipline within the expressive and applied arts and various crafts are represented; from architecture and sculpturing to steelcontructions and singing.
Contact details
Oude Haagseweg 51
1066 DC Amsterdam
www.nieuwenmeer.nl
How to get there from Artemis (distance 2.0 km)
Public transport (+/- 8 min)
Bus 195, stop Oude Haagseweg
By car (+/- 6 min)
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The Cruquius is a former steam pumping station with an original and unique steam engine from 1849.
The museum tells the history of reclaimed land, polders and drainage and features an exhibition of water management in the Netherlands.
Contact details
Cruquiusdijk 27
2142 ER CRUQUIUS
023-5285704
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www.museumdecruquius.nl
How to get there from Artemis (distance 23 km)
Public transport (+/- 50 min)
Bus 145 to Hoofddorp – stop Marktplein, then Bus 140 to Haarlem – stop Cruquius/Ringvaartbrug
By car (+/- 20 min)
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Reconstructed, working mill from 1847. Here ‘Rembrandt in the attic' is shown, an audiovisual presentation about Rembrandt's life. The Sloten Windmill also houses the Coopery Museum.
This museum is unique in the Netherlands as it is the only place where coopery crafts can still be seen.
Reconstructed, working mill from 1847. Here ‘Rembrandt in the attic' is shown, an audiovisual presentation about Rembrandt's life. There's a model called ‘Amsterdam and the water', showing the landscape as it was in 1630. It is possible to use this location for weddings.
The Sloten Windmill is a tower mill, with an octagon from 1847. It is the only mill in Amsterdam that is accessible to the public. The mill lies on the outskirts of Amsterdam, at the ring canal and sees to it that the water level in the lower lying surroundings remains below a specific level. Throughout the year this polder draining mill, which is still functioning, can be visited daily from 10 am. (with the exception of 1st January, 30th April (Queens' Day) and 25/26th December). The Sloten Mill has a lift, so that also elderly people and physically handicapped will be able to visit the gallery (balcony). With pleasure a number of voluntary co-workers explain everything during the guided tour through the mill. And if it is at all possible, the miller shows how he turns the mill cap so that the vanes face the wind, how he let the vanes rotate or on the contrary stops them, or how he puts the sails in the vanes. In short, it is worthwhile to pay a visit!
The Coopery Museum
The Sloten Windmill also houses the Coopery Museum. This museum is unique in the Netherlands as it is the only place where coopery crafts can still be seen. Wooden casks were used for packing, transport and storage of products such as salted fish, meat, cheese, beer and onions. Wine and cognac are nowadays the best known examples for which wooden casks are still used. This museum brings the craft back to life.
Contact details
The Sloten Windmill
Akersluis 10
1066 EZ AMSTERDAM
020-6690412
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www.molenvansloten.nl
How to get there from Artemis (distance 4.3 km)
Public transport (+/- 11 min)
Bus 145 - stop Langsom
By car (+/- 11 min)
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