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Sloterdijk, Amsterdam — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Sloterdijk was a North Holland village before Amsterdam took it in, and its Petruskerk still stands three kilometres from the city centre.
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Where to stay in Sloterdijk
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Sloterdijk splits between the old village core around the Petruskerk and the wider Amsterdam-West around it. Anyone booking out here trades a central Amsterdam address for one three kilometres from the centre, close enough for easy days in the city while the immediate streets keep the scale of the village that was. Rooms are limited.
The Boomkerk and Pniëlkerk mark the same side of town.
Few places to stay in Sloterdijk — most visitors book in Amsterdam nearby.
About Sloterdijk
What are the main landmarks in Sloterdijk?
Churches dominate the list. The Petruskerk carries the old village name, while the Pniëlkerk, the Augustanakerk, the Opstandingskerk and the Boomkerk mark the parishes that filled in around it as Amsterdam-West took shape. Smaller listings survive too.
A part-thatched house, a long cross-house and the former sexton's and gravedigger's dwelling stand near the Spaarndammerdijk, and the address at Spaarndammerdijk 665 is recorded in its own right.
What is the history of Sloterdijk?
North Holland counted Sloterdijk as a village. Amsterdam absorbed it as the municipality expanded, and since 2010 the old settlement has been administered within the stadsdeel of Amsterdam-West rather than as anything separate. The Petruskerk kept its ground.
Around it a handful of listed houses, one still part-thatched, hold the line of the village street.
Where is Sloterdijk?
The old village sits about three kilometres north-west of the Amsterdam centre, and has formed part of the stadsdeel Amsterdam-West since 2010.
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What is the best area to stay in Sloterdijk?
Sloterdijk village core: the Petruskerk and the low houses of the old Spaarndammerdijk. Amsterdam-West around the Boomkerk: reaching the Amsterdam centre from three kilometres out.
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Updated September 2026