Omval

Omval is the district just south of the city center, where the 2 tallest buildings in Amsterdam are situated, Rembrandttoren (150m) and Mondriaantoren (123m). The area where they are is called Amstel Business Park. Around this area you can also find the Amstel train station and the university of Amsterdam. Even though the tallest ones are in Omval, the largest concentration of skyscrapers is in the Zuidas district.

You can look at all these by taking the southbound metro from the central station, and first hop off at the Amstel station, and then go further south to the Zuidas station.

Amstel Business Park:

New York? No, Amstel Business Park in Amsterdam.

Rembrandttoren, currently the tallest building in Amsterdam. But it is only the 5th tallest in the Netherlands (the 4 tallest all stand in Rotterdam). It was built in 1995 and has 35 floors. To the right you can see Mondriaantoren and Breitner Center.

Rembrandttoren, named after the famous painter, is 135 tall to the top of the roof and the official height to the spire is 150m.

Rembrandt Tower was designed by the famous architect firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

Cherry trees and skyscrapers.

Mondriaantoren is the 2nd tallest building in Amterdam (but only 21st in the Netherlands, the tallest buildings are situated in Rotterdam and The Hague). It was completed in 2001, 6 years after Rembrandttoren.

Mondriaantoren, named after the famous painter, has 32 floors and is 123m tall to the top. It was designed by ZZ+P Architecten.

Mondriaantoren.

Breitner Center (middle), the 3rd tallest in Omval, is Philips headquarters. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merril and has 23 floors.

Amstelplein. Even here you can find a small brick building, Blooker café.

A residential building with curved glass.

Hogeschool van Amsterdam, the university of Amsterdam is situated inside this huge grey building.

Mopeds, scooters and motorcycles are very common in Amsterdam, especially outside the univeristy.

Amstel River, looking North towards the city center.

Amstel Station. The trains pass by behind the glass. It opened in 1939.