Guided walk through Slotermeer, ENG.

During this guided walk, we will walk through the Garden City Slotermeer, the outdoor museum of the Van Eesteren Museum. Slotermeer was built starting in 1951 to the design of Cornelis van Eesteren, then head of the Urban Development Department and namesake of the museum. In our outdoor museum, we discover how the ideals of light, air and space took shape. The neighborhood is part of the AUP, Amsterdam’s General Expansion Plan of 1935, which formed the basis of the garden cities built after World War II. In 2008, part of the neighborhood was declared Amsterdam’s first postwar municipal protected cityscape.

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What do those ideals of the future from then mean today? How do we recognize the terms light, air and space? During this walk we will tell you with how much attention, thinking and idealism the construction of this neighborhood came about. We let you look with different eyes at this highlight of modern urban planning in the Netherlands.

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Practical information

Time 13:30 - 15:00

Accesibility Check the accessibility of the Van Eesteren Museum here.

Language English

Location The walk starts and ends at the Van Eesteren Museum.

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Tickets Please buy your tickets in advance via the website.

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