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Vondelpark Amsterdam
Vondelpark is the largest city park in Amsterdam, and certainly the most famous park in the Netherlands, which welcomes about 10 million visitors every year. The Vondelpark is located south of Leidseplein and quite near of the Rijksmuseu, Stedelijk Museum and Van Gogh Museum.
The Vondelpark is loved by Amsterdammers as well as by tourists, and is full of people - enjoying a sunny day, dog-walking, jogging, roller-skating, listening to music, people-watching, or just lazing about in grass. Free concerts are given at the open-air theatre or in the summer at the park's bandstand. Other attractions are the statue of the poet Vondel, the cast iron music dome, the Groot Melkhuis with playground for children, and the Film museum with its popular terrace.
Open Air Theatre
Theatre and music is played during June, July and August. The open-air
theater takes place in Vondelpark five days a week, near the entrance from
Eeghenstraat. The entry is free.
www.openluchttheater.nl
History of the Vondelpark
In 1864 a group of prominent Amsterdammers formed a committee to
found a public park. They raised money to buy 8 hectares of land and the
architect L.D. Zocher was commissioned to design the park as an English
landscape. They used vistas, ponds and pathways to create an illusion of a
natural area. The park was open to public in 1865 as a horseback riding
and strolling park named Nieuwe Park. The name Vondelpark was adopted in
1867 when a statue of Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel was situated into
the park. The committee soon raised money to enlarge the park and by 1877
it reached its current space of 45 hectares. At that time its location was
on the edge of Amsterdam, since then it has become central in the city,
close to Leidseplein and Museumplein.
http://www.amsterdam.info/parks/vondelpark/
