Vondelpark
Vondelpark is Amsterdam’s best-known urban green space: a public park of 47 hectares, opened in 1865 as “Het Nieuwe Park” (“The New Park”). It was created by the Vereeniging tot Aanleg van een Rij- en Wandelpark, a group of citizens led by Christiaan Pieter van Eeghen, who bought grassland and marsh at the edge of the city. The association hired architect Jan David Zocher, and the park’s English garden-style layout was developed in stages—its later portion was realized from 1876 to 1877 under Louis Paul Zocher, bringing the park to its current size. Two years after opening, in 1867, a statue of Joost van den Vondel—sculpted by Louis Royer and placed on a stand designed by Pierre Cuypers—helped shift the park’s popular name to “Vondelspark,” before it became officially Vondelpark. …
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