Amsterdamse Bos

Amsterdamse Bos
Amsterdamse Bos in the summer of 2006
Type	Public park
Location	Aalsmeer, Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°18′39″N 4°49′57″E / 52.3108°N 4.8325°E / 52.3108; 4.8325
Area	10 km2 (2,471 acres)
Operated by	City of Amsterdam
Visitors	4.5 million
Open	All year

The Amsterdamse Bos (English: Amsterdam Forest) is an English park or landscape park in the municipalities of Amstelveen and Amsterdam. Although most of the park is located in Amstelveen, the owner of the park is the City of Amsterdam. The park was mainly built in the early 1930s, mostly by the unemployment relief. Because of World War II interrupting the building process, the last tree was not planted until the 1970s.^[1] Annually, almost 4.5 million people visit the park, which has a size of 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) and is approximately three times the size of Central Park in New York City. It houses a number of animal parks, sporting clubs, rowing courses, gardens and remembrance monuments.

Throughout the decades, the location has seen different gatherings, political manifestations and (i.a., free) concerts. These often took place on the so-called Vietnam Meadow. Despite extensive protests, this part was turned into a tennis venue in 1994.

The park is bisected (but cannot be reached) by the A9 motorway.