Bona Ventura

Oost / Oosterpark · Amsterdam

Oosterpark and National Slavery Monument

Oosterpark / Nationaal Monument Slavernijverleden

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Amsterdam's first large municipal park, known as the city's most multicultural, holds the National Slavery Monument, unveiled on 1 July 2002 by Queen Beatrix in memory of the Dutch slavery past and its abolition in 1863.

Address
Oosterpark, 1092 AT Amsterdam (monument near Oosterpark 9)
Hours
Open 24 hours
Best time to go
Morning, Afternoon · About 45 min
Price
Free
Price level
€

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Good to know

  • Every Sunday at 13:00 anyone may speak their mind from the park's 'speaker's stone'.
  • The Wereldmuseum (former Tropenmuseum) is on the north edge of the park.

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