Leidseplein - Amsterdam (Netherlands)

            Leidseplein | Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 28/05/2021 17h11
The famous Heineken Hoek on the corner of the Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen has been demolished. A new building will be constructed with a new Heineken Hoek and a hotel with 36 rooms. 

Leidseplein
The Leidseplein is a square in central Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Lying in the southwest of the Grachtengordel district of Amsterdam, the Leidseplein is immediately northeast of the Singelgracht canal. It is situated on the crossroads of the Weteringschans, the Marnixstraat, and the Leidsestraat.
The Leidseplein is one of the busiest centres for nightlife in the city. Historically, the square was the end of the road from Leiden, and served as a parking lot for horse-drawn traffic. Today, modern traffic travels through the square and side streets are packed with restaurants and nightclubs. The Stadsschouwburg, a theater, is the most notable architectural landmark on the square, and the American Hotel is close by. Since 1986 Burger King has a location on the Leidseplein, the first Burger King in Amsterdam on the Damrak closed down some years earlier and this used to be the one and only Burger King till the second opened on the Nieuwendijk. 

Since the summer of 1971 the square as well as the Leidsestraat are car-free and the square reserved for pedestrians and trams. The pedestrian area in the square by the disappearance of the roadway and later shed by shifting the tramlines. 
On the Leidseplein and the adjacent Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen are stops for the tram lines 1, 2, 5, 7 and 10, four regional bus routes and a large number of night lines. 
Leidseplein was the starting point of the first horse-drawn tram line in Amsterdam on June 3, 1875: Leidseplein - Plantation. A quarter century later, on August 14, 1900, the first electric tram went into Amsterdam from the Leidseplein to Haarlemmerplein. These two stretches are now part of tram line 10.
naar de Leidsebrug.
On the Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen is a taxi which will be moved to the Leidsebrug in 2017. 
From April 2016, there are over a number of years, renovation work on and around the square, such as renewal of Leidsebrug and construction of a bicycle parking garage under the Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen. 
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Taken in: Holland / North Holland / Oud West (show map)

Taken on: May 28, 2021

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