Waterlooplein
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Waterlooplein flea market Waterlooplein (Waterloo Square) is a square in the centre of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The square near the Amstel river is named after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Prominent buildings on the square are the Stopera city hall and opera building and the Mozes en Aäronkerk church.
Key facts
- Street.image_size
- 250px
- Street.name
- Waterlooplein
- Street.image
- Amsterdam - Waterlooplein - Waterlooplein Market.jpg
- Street.caption
- Flea market on Waterlooplein in 2018
- Street.map_type
- Netherlands Amsterdam Central
- Street.map_size
- 250px
- Street.map_caption
- Location in Amsterdam-Centrum
- Street.namesake
- Battle of Waterloo
- Street.type
- Market square
- Street.location
- Centrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Street.metro
- Waterlooplein
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- square
- Named after
- Battle of Waterloo
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Amsterdam
- Location
- Amsterdam-Centrum
- Image
- Amsterdam - Waterlooplein - Waterlooplein Market.jpg
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- Commons category
- Waterlooplein, Amsterdam
- start time
- 1882-01-01
- described at URL
- adamlink.nl/geo/street/waterlooplein/4894
- inception
- 1882-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|upright|Waterlooplein flea market Waterlooplein (Waterloo Square) is a square in the centre of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The square near the Amstel river is named after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Prominent buildings on the square are the Stopera city hall and opera building and the Mozes en Aäronkerk church.
The daily flea market on the square is popular with tourists. The market has some 300 stalls and is open every day except Sunday.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waterlooplein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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