Slotervaart (neighbourhood)
Neighborhood of Amsterdam in North Holland, Netherlands
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Slotervaart (short for Tuinstad Slotervaart) is a neighborhood in the far western part of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The area is named after the canal Slotervaart; the first houses were built in 1955.
Slotervaart
Tuinstad Slotervaart | |
|---|---|
Neighborhood of Amsterdam | |
 Slotervaart as part of Amsterdam | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Municipality | Amsterdam |
| Borough | Nieuw-West |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 1065 |
| Area code | 020 |
Just outside the residential area there is a hospital, the Slotervaartziekenhuis (since 1976),[1] and the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) (since 1979).[2]
Since 1990 Slotervaart was a part of the urban district of Slotervaart-Overtoomse Veld, which was renamed in 2004 as shortly Slotervaart. In 2010 however this borough was merged with surrounding boroughs into the larger borough Amsterdam Nieuw-West.
Bridge over Slotervaart canal
Apartment blocks Sloterhof
Apartment blocks, Pieter Calandlaan
Slotervaartziekenhuis
