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Jan van Galenstraat metro station is a station of the Amsterdam Metro's Route 50 (Ringlijn) and Route 51. It was opened on 28 May 1997 and is named after Commodore Jan van Galen who served under the Dutch Republic. Near the station are located the OLVG West (also known as Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital), Student Hotel Amsterdam West and Sports Hall Jan van Galen. There is a Tram-stop right by the main entrance.

Kolenkit District (Dutch: Kolenkitbuurt) is a neighbourhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2009 Eberhard van der Laan, the Minister of Housing, referred to the neighborhood as the worst in his "40 problem neighbourhoods" list.Since 2009, major improvements have been made to the neighborhood, by demolishing apartments blocks which were too small and not built to the current standard, and replacing them with newly built, more spacious housing. This program will continue to run until (at least) 2021.Link Cascoland, a small international network of artists, architects and designers formed by Dutch community artists Fiona Bell and Roel Schoenmakers, won a tender to start a process of empowerment in the Kolenkitbuurt. Since 2010 they organised playful activities and created a labyrinth of fences and four mobile hen houses which served as a meeting place, helping residents to initiate and manage their own projects in an urban revival process.

De Vlugtlaan is a metro station on Line 50 and Line 51 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Between 1986 and 2000, Amsterdam De Vlugtlaan railway station was in use on the railway running parallel next to the metro line.

The Japanese School of Amsterdam (JSA, Dutch: De Japanse School van Amsterdam, Japanese: アムステルダム日本人学校 Amusuterudamu Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school in Amsterdam. As of 1997 the JSA is the Japanese school for about 66% of the Japanese nationals in the country.The Japanese government subsidizes the school.

Overtoomse Veld is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is named for the Overtoomse Sluis, which was an old portage point dating from the 14th century on a major cargo route to and from Amsterdam at the junction of two waterschap areas, Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and Hoogheemraadschap van Amstelland. In neighborhood Overtoomse Veld-Noord the following streets are named after Dutch painters from the 19th and 20th century: In neighborhood Overtoomse Veld-Midden the following streets are named after philosophers: Rudolf Carnap Gottlob Frege Gerrit Mannoury Ludwig Wittgenstein Wilhelmina of the NetherlandsFor the Delflandpleinbuurt area in Overtoomse Veld-Zuid, the names come from places in Delfland:

Postjesweg is a metro station in Amsterdam Nieuw-West and is served by GVB metro line 50 and 51. There is also a bus stop of line 18 at the north side of the main entrance.

Oostoever is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Rembrandtpark (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛmbrɑntˌpɑr(ə)k]) is an urban park in Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The park is named after the 17th-century painter Rembrandt. The park was completed in 1973 and has a surface area of 45 hectares (110 acres) which includes a petting zoo and playgrounds.In the park, 37 bird species including the common buzzard (Buteo buteo), 35 bee species including the orange-horned nomad bee (Nomada fulvicornis), and 6 bat species including the pond bat (Myotis dasycneme) have been observed.The park has been the site of several local festivals.

Teleport is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands in the urban district of Westpoort. Teleport was founded in the eighties of the twentieth century as an office location with the designation of "Telematics." Therefore, it has specific facilities in that area. The neighborhood has connections by road through the A10 motorway, railway lines, buses and underground (the Amsterdam Sloterdijk railway station). The borders of the neighborhood are to the West the Seineweg, to the North The Basisweg, to the East the A10 motorway and to the South the N200 highway (the Haarlemmerweg). At this moment around 20,000 are working in the area; in the future it would be around 35,000. The city of Amsterdam has made plans to realize this by designing a new tram and bus station at the Carrascoplein. Other plans include a large plaza around the train station and the development of other types of centers such as schools, cultural and sports facilities, hotels and shops. The street names in the area are derived mostly from international airports around the world: Orlyplein, Naritaweg, Kimpoweg. The office buildings Millennium Tower, Crystal Tower, La Guardia Plaza and the building of the Belastingdienst (Tax and Customs Administration) are among the highest buildings in the city of Amsterdam.

Sloterdijk was a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It now is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 3 km northwest of the city centre. Since 2010 Sloterdijk has formed part of the stadsdeel of Amsterdam-West. Nearby is the site of Amsterdam Sloterdijk railway station.

Bos en Lommer (English: Wood and Shade) is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. From 1990 to 2010 it was considered a district of the municipality of Amsterdam in the province of North Holland. As of May 1, 2010, it was merged into the new Amsterdam-West borough. Geographically the district lies west of the historical city center of Amsterdam. On the north side it is bordered by the Haarlemmerweg and Westerpark, and on its south side it is bordered by the Jan van Galenstraat. The eastern areas of the districts is known for hosting the 'Centrale Markthallen'.

Admiralenbuurt (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑtmiˈraːlənˌbyrt]) or Mecatorbuurt (Dutch pronunciation: [mɛrˈkaːtɔrˌbyrt]) is a neighbourhood of the West borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was constructed in the 1920s. The neighbourhood is bisected by the Admiralengracht. From 1990-2010, it was part of the borough of De Baarsjes; in 2010, it became part of the borough of Amsterdam-West along with the rest of De Baarsjes.