Zeedijk

52°22′26.64″N 4°54′1.50″E / 52.3740667°N 4.9004167°E / 52.3740667; 4.9004167

Zeedijk
Traditional Chinese	善德街
Simplified Chinese	善德街
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin shàndé jiē Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization sin6 dak1 gaai1

Zeedijk (English: "Sea dike") is a street in the old centre of Amsterdam. The street is the northern and eastern boundary of De Wallen red-light district and runs between Prins Hendrikkade and Nieuwmarkt. Historically an area riddled with crime and drug addicts, the area went through a revitalization and is now the main street of Amsterdam's Chinatown, where locals come to eat at Vietnamese, Thai and Chinese restaurants.^[1] The Zeedijk neighbourhood is also known as the Nautical Quarter (Dutch: Nautisch Kwartier) because of its past as a sailors' neighbourhood.