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Slotermeer, Amsterdam — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Slotermeer is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam in the Dutch province of North Holland, named for the Slootermeer, a lake that once lay across this ground.
About Slotermeer
Where to stay in Slotermeer
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Beds sit in central Amsterdam. Slotermeer itself is residential, laid out over ground the Slootermeer once covered, and the record attaches churches and a museum house to it rather than hotels or guest rooms. Museum house Van Eesteren marks the quarter for anyone curious about how it was planned.
Amsterdam holds the rooms. A traveller who wants this corner of North Holland can sleep in the city and reach De Kandelaar or De Olijftak on an ordinary local trip.
About Slotermeer
What are the main landmarks in Slotermeer?
Four entries carry the neighbourhood. De Olijftak and De Kandelaar are church buildings recorded here, and the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-Lourdeskerk stands with them, giving Slotermeer a set of parish landmarks rather than one dominant monument. Museum house Van Eesteren is the fourth.
Amsterdam keeps the rest of what North Holland shows a visitor.
What is the history of Slotermeer?
The lake came first. Slotermeer takes its name from the Slootermeer, a body of water that used to lie across this ground before Amsterdam's growth put streets and housing blocks over it. No date marks when Slotermeer replaced the water.
What the sources hold instead is a sequence of parish buildings, De Olijftak and De Kandelaar and the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-Lourdeskerk among them, and the Van Eesteren house that explains the plan.
Where is Slotermeer?
Slotermeer occupies flat Amsterdam ground that the Slootermeer once covered, inside the Dutch province of North Holland.
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Updated September 2026