A 1923-1925 garden village of about 2,000 workers' homes where the city experimented with eight concrete building techniques, built around a square, De Brink, with a reading room but deliberately no church and no pub. Johan Cruijff grew up on the Akkerstraat and writer Gerard Reve on the Ploegstraat; football fans and architecture lovers know it, other visitors never come.
- Address
- De Brink, 1097 Amsterdam
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 1 h
- Price
- Free
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Start at De Brink and walk the Akkerstraat; Cruijff's childhood home is a private house.
- The Vrienden van Watergraafsmeer run storytelling walks a few times a year.