Revaleiland - Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Revaleiland 16/04/2021 12h51
An open space on the Revaleiland in the new neighborhood Houthavens is being built up as well. We need condominiums!
Same location (1 year prior this photo): Revaleiland May 2020

Houthavens
Houthaven is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands situated in the West borough. Literally meaning "lumber port", Houthaven is a port situated along the IJ in Amsterdam's western port. It is bordered by a dam in the IJ river to the north and the Spaarndammerbuurt in the south. It is currently predominantly used by inland barges, however plans are in motion to radically change the area in the next few years by building a new residential area on seven artificial islands.
The harbour is made up out of four parts (from east to west): Oude Houthaven (Old Lumber Port), Houthaven, Nieuwe Houthaven (New Lumber Port) and Minervahaven (Minerva Port). This is why the Houthaven is also referred to as the Houthavens (which is the plural).

The Houthaven was dug out in 1876, together with the North Sea Canal. It was the first port in Amsterdam to be dug out (the earlier ones using existing waters). Its purpose was to tranship and store lumber. As lumber was increasingly transported by road, parts of the port were filled up with sand to be used for other purposes in 1945. The Minervahaven remained in use for lumber transhipment and wood processing industry was located there but port-related activities decreased strongly over time. The area is currently being redeveloped.

Since 2015, the new Houthaven district has been built on the site of the former wood stores at the Houthavens. New canals have been dug out and seven artificial islands have been constructed. A new living and working area will be built on this, which will consist of some 1,700 homes and 52,000 m² of commercial space.

Along the Spaarndammerdijk, a busy road (s102) between the center and the A10, the Spaarndammertunnel was built for car traffic, it was opened in 2018. On top of that, a green area has been created with a service road for local traffic and the city bus. In 2021 this was renamed Houthavenpark.

The islands created in the second decade of the 21st century are called: Wibor Island, Stetto Island, Revale Island, Narva Island, Meme Island, Libau Island and Karlskrona Island and are also named after cities around the Baltic Sea. This partly concerns the (German) place names from before 1945. The seven new islands are connected by fifteen bridges. The bridges are also named after cities around the Baltic Sea. The most iconic bridge is the Gevlebrug, designed by Piet Kramer.

The Houthaven can be reached from the center by bus line 48 and rush-hour bus 248, which have their terminus in the district at the Koivistokade, as well as rush-hour bus line 222, which connects the district with Sloterdijk Station. On the edge of the district, bus line 22 has a stop at Spaarndammerstraat.
[ Wikipedia - Houthavens 05/2021 ]

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Taken on: April 16, 2021

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