Amsterdamse Bos
The Amsterdamse Bos is a vast, tree-dotted landscape park that straddles Amstelveen and the city of Amsterdam, owned by the City of Amsterdam but largely situated in Amstelveen. Built mainly in the early 1930s, its development was driven by unemployment relief efforts, with the last trees planted in the 1970s after World War II interrupted the work. Today the park covers about 1,000 hectares, making it roughly three times the size of Central Park, and attracts around 4.5 million visitors a year. Its Bosbaan, opened in 1937, is the world’s oldest artificial rowing course and was widened to eight competition lanes to meet international standards; it hosted the World Rowing Championships in 1977 and again in 2014. …
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