History

  Since October 1, 1988, the market is once again on a old part of theWaterloo market consists of about 300 spaces and is open six days a week. Closed on Sundays. Today, the merchant must [...]

  In 1977, the Waterloo market was, for the construction of the town hall, move to a site on the Rapenburgerstraat. That gave the necessary emotion. It was decided that if the Town Hall [...]

Beginning in 1970 a start was made with the construction of the eastern part of the subway, the East Line. For the construction of the 3.5 kilometer long underground pipe much of the [...]

  Hippies, flower power and wealthy American tourists ensured that the market in the 60s and 70s of last century was famous and was compared at home and abroad and often with Le Marché aux [...]

After the war, there was scarity in Amsterdam, the flea market brought the solution, especially excess military stocks were plentiful and went for a song away. In the fifties it went better with [...]

In early 1941 there was a conviction that all Jews had to register. There were signs “forbidden for Jews” and signs “Jewish Quarter”. This condemnation aroused much anger. [...]

In 1885 Waterlooplein Market became a day market, open daily but obviously closed on Saturdays. Waterlooplein flourished as a day market where really everything was for sale. The real Jewish [...]

Waterloo Square in Amsterdam standards is not old. Yet it is in the middle of a neighborhood whose history dates back to medieval times, but from Waterloo was still lacking. That name was [...]