Weesp train disaster

De Hogeweyk, operated by nursing home Hogewey, is a gated model village in Weesp, Netherlands. It has been designed specifically as a pioneering care facility for elderly people with dementia. The benefit of using all-day reminiscence therapy at Hogewey, compared to traditional nursing homes, is that the residents with dementia are more active and require less medication.

Driemond is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of Amsterdam Zuidoost, a borough in the municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2001, the village of Driemond had 1422 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.2 km², and contained 571 residences. The statistical district "Driemond", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1600 and 620 houses.Before 1966 Driemond was part of the municipality of Weesperkarspel and named "De Geinbrug". The name "Driemond" means "Threemouth" and comes from the three small rivers Gein, Gaasp and Smal Weesp that meet each other in the village. The name Driemond was also the name of a country estate ("buitenplaats") that once stood near the village, but except for the fountain that can be admired in Frankendael in the Watergraafsmeer in Amsterdam, nothing remains of this building. The village contains two primary schools, kindergarten, a small post office, the football club SV Geinburgia, and Geinburgia Tenis. In 2011 the new sports and activity centre MATCHZO was completed in Driemond. The complex comprises a sports hall of approximately 2,000 m2 with two tennis courts, a gymnasium, changing rooms, physiotherapy room, boardroom, village council office and a spacious canteen with 2 billiards and a community centre. SV Geinburgia, Driemond Fit, the billiard club, the Village Council Driemond where also a small post office is located, the Historische Kring Driemond, the Jan Woudsmaschool and the Cornelis Jetsesschool are regular users of the building.

Weesp is a railway station in Weesp, Netherlands. The station has two island platforms and it has a total of six tracks, from which two tracks are for passing trains. The first station in Weesp opened on June 10, 1874, when the Gooilijn from Amsterdam to Hilversum and Amersfoort was completed. The original station was demolished in 1967 and replaced by a new building. The new building partially went out of service in 1985 because of the new railway line from Weesp to Almere and beyond, called the Flevolijn. The out-of-service part was later converted to a bicycle parking and repair shop. The remaining station is little more than a tunnel passing under the tracks, and a small coffee counter. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Since the opening of the Flevolijn, Weesp has been a major transfer station for passengers travelling from Amsterdam Central Station and Schiphol from the east, and suburbs such as Almere and Hilversum to the west. Due to this circumstance, Weesp features 16 departures per hour. Until 2003, also passagers travelling between Hilversum and Almere had to change at Weesp. In that year a new branch, the Gooiboog, was added to connect the line towards Almere with the line towards Naarden-Bussum railway station and Hilversum. The traveling time from Weesp to Amsterdam Centraal by train is about 15 minutes. The distance between the two is about 15 kilometers.

Weesperkarspel is a former municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It existed from 1811 to 1966, when part of it was merged with Amsterdam as the location for development of the Bijlmermeer neighborhood in what was to eventually become the city's Zuidoost (southeastern) borough. Meanwhile, the parts east of the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal were merged with Weesp and Naarden. It has a population of 1,062 in 1811 and 1,693 in 1876.

The Weesp City Hall is the former city hall of Weesp, Netherlands. The main body of the municipality, the municipal council, convened in the Raadzaal (Council Hall) until 24 March 2022 when Weesp became part of the municipality of Amsterdam. The administrative offices have moved, but the former Vierschaar and Burgerzaal (Civic Hall) are still used for weddings and other official proceedings. The rest of the building is in use as the local museum of Weesp.

Gaasperdam is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands in the Zuidoost (southeastern) borough of the city.

Gaasperplas is an artificial lake used for recreational purposes south-east of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Gaasperplas was created with the extraction of sand for the construction of the Bijlmer. At its deepest the lake is 35 metres deep. It was the setting for the 1982 Floriade landscape and flower show, and the Eastern end of the lake is surrounded by parks and woodlands that once formed part of the event. The lake hosts a Sailing club, Canoe, Windsurfing and Dragon Boat facilities, is popular with anglers, and has a sheltered public beach on the south shore. The section for naturism (officially since 2005) lies on the northern side. One of Amsterdam's principal campsites is located in the area. It is not connected to the navigable canals system, and has a prohibition against the use of motorised boats; these two factors contribute towards a good water quality and abundance of wildlife. A public slipway is available for non-motorised pleasure and fishing craft. One of Amsterdam's metro lines terminates at the station of the same name located near the north shore of the lake.

Gaasperplas is an Amsterdam Metro station in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

IJburg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛibʏr(ə)x]) is a residential neighbourhood under construction in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is situated in the IJmeer and is being built on artificial islands which have been raised from the lake. The Haveneiland, Rieteilanden, Steigereiland and Centrumeiland are already inhabited as of 2004. It is part of the municipality Amsterdam-Oost and also contains the Diemerpark, one of the city's largest parks.

Rieteilanden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrit.ɛiˌlɑndə(n)]) is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The Taibah Mosque is a ( Surinamese-Hindustani ) mosque in Amsterdam. It is affiliated with World Islamic Mission and subscribe to Sunni Barelvi ideology of Islam. It has Jamia Madinatul Islam as center of Islamic learning. In state of Noord-Holland, it is located on Karspeldreef south of Kraaiennest metro station. There is a name which also mentioned in this mosque that is H.E Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi, a prominent figure and leader of World Islamic Mission who help spread Islamic teachings in several parts of Europe and in south Asia. mission.The mosque was founded by Surinam born Muhammad Yunus Gaffar (1940-2020) and designed by architect Paul Haffmans. The visitors are mainly Surinamese, Asians and Europeans. Djamee Masdjied Taibah still has a professional management system. The building is adorned with round domes and high minarets. The building is a combination of foreign Islamic features and modern materials and forms. The mosque was designed by the Dutch architect Paul Haffmans and was completed in 1985. Many visitors and residents are proud to call the building and therefore 'the pearl of the Bijlmer‟. Haffmanns combined a traditional mosque building (with minarets, dome and mihrab) with modern building materials. Hazrat Allama Mufti Shafiq-ur-Rehman Mishabi Noorani, a Barelvi graduate from Jamia Ashrafia, Mubarakpur is prayer leader (Imam) of the mosque.

Kraaiennest is an Amsterdam Metro station in Amsterdam, Netherlands.The station was renovated and reopened in September 2013, to a design by Dutch-British Architecture Firm Maccreanor Lavington. The renovations resulted in a Royal Institute of British Architects award in 2014.