Neighbourhood of Amsterdam in North Holland, Netherlands
Oud-West is a neighborhood of Amsterdam , Netherlands , roughly covering the area between the Overtoom , a major thoroughfare west of the city centre, and the parallel De Clercqstraat , a shopping street. The exact boundaries are the Vondelpark and the Singelgracht , Hugo de Grootgracht and Kostverlorenvaart canals. The neighbourhood consists of two historically and demographically distinct communities: the Overtoombuurt in the south and the Kinkerbuurt in the north.
Oud-West was a separate borough of Amsterdam until the 2010 borough reforms , when it merged with the boroughs of Bos en Lommer , De Baarsjes and Westerpark to form the larger borough of Amsterdam-West .
Overtoom in Oud-West, Amsterdam.As of 2003, the neighbourhood counts 31,741 inhabitants representing 177 nationalities. The area of Oud-West is approximately 1.70 km2 large. Main shopping areas are the Kinkerstraat , De Clercqstraat , Jan Pieter Heijestraat , Overtoom , and Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat .
Oud-West is served by tram routes 1, 7 and 17 connecting the centre of the city with the western suburbs via the Overtoom (route 1) and Kinkerstraat (routes 7 and 17), as well as routes 3 and 12 running along the Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat.
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