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The Spuistraat in downtown Amsterdam connects the Hekelveld to the Spui. It runs roughly north to south, parallel to the Singel and the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. At the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, the Spuistraat crosses the Raadhuisstraat and Paleisstraat. Originally the Spuistraat was a canal, the Nieuwezijds Achterburgwal. The canal was filled ...
The Spui (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ.In Old Dutch written as Spuy) is a square in the centre of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.. The Spui was originally a body of water that formed the southern limit of the city until the 1420s, when the Singel canal was dug as an outer moat around the city.
Entrance to the Bungehuis from the Spuistraat; 2011.. The Bungehuis is a monumental office building on the Spuistraat, Amsterdam, built in 1934.In 1971 the building was rented by the University of Amsterdam, which used it to house the department of humanities and later purchased it.
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The building at 199 Spuistraat was occupied on 6 March 1983, by 200 squatters while the police were busy with an Ajax Amsterdam football match. [15] In 1990, a snake was painted on the first four metres of the building's exterior by Patries van Elsen and in 1994 it grew to cover the entire building, so 199 came to be known as the Snakehouse. [ 16 ]
It is the most central part of the municipality, comprising the Amsterdam Centraal station, Nieuwe Kerk, Basilica of St. Nicholas, Portuguese Synagogue, Waterlooplein, Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Dam Square, Begijnhof, Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder, Spui, Muntplein, Beurs van Berlage, Damrak, Oude Kerk, Magna Plaza and Royal Palace of Amsterdam.
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal contains a number of notable buildings, including the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, the Nieuwe Kerk, the Amsterdam Museum and the former main post office which is now the Magna Plaza. [2] Across from the royal palace on the corner with Raadhuisstraat W Hotel can be found housed in a 1930s telegraphy building.
The 1997 European Council meeting occurred in Amsterdam on 16 and 17 June, resulting in the Treaty of Amsterdam. On Sunday 15 June, a large police operation targeted Vrankrijk, which was a base for the planned counter-demonstrations. Police filmed everyone entering and leaving the building.