Royal Tropical Institute

Royal Tropical Institute
Tropeninstituut
Front view in 2019
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Established1864
LocationMauritskade 63, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Coordinates52°21′46″N 4°55′21″E / 52.362692°N 4.922517°E / 52.362692; 4.922517
Public transit accessAlexanderplein
GVB tram lines 9, 10, 14
Websitewww.kit.nl

KIT, formerly the Royal Tropical Institute (Dutch: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen), is an applied knowledge institute located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is an independent centre of expertise, education, intercultural cooperation and hospitality dedicated to sustainable development.