Bos en Lommer

Bos en Lommer, affectionately known as Bolo, is an emerging neighborhood in Amsterdam West. You can live, shop and eat wonderfully in this diverse neighborhood. You will also find a lot of culture there.

Bos and Lommer Amsterdam

Until the moment that districts were established in Amsterdam, the name Bos en Lommer was linked to a district in Amsterdam West. Bos en Lommer owes its name to a farmhouse that was demolished in 1940. Bos en Lommerplein is now located at this location.

Bos en Lommer is considered the predecessor of the Western Garden Cities. In the 1920s and 30s, houses were built in traditional closed building blocks near the Admiraal de Ruijterweg, which dates from the early 20th century.

At the end of the 1930s, strip construction was experimented with in the Landlust district. This was the first expression of the open building method. Construction continued in the 1940s. The western part was created after the Second World War, this part is now called the Kolenkit neighborhood. This district was fully built up in the late 1950s.

In Bos en Lommer the streets are named after the family of Willem the Silent, naval heroes, sea battles and historical books and plays. The district mainly consists of medium-high buildings (maximum four floors), with low-rise buildings here and there. High-rise buildings can only be found around Bos en Lommerplein.

The neighborhood

The district is bordered on the south by Jan van Galenstraat and on the north by Haarlemmerweg. The boundary on the east side is formed by the site of the Central Market Halls, the western boundary is the Ring Railway. The Einsteinweg, part of the A10 ring road, cuts through the district. Bos en Lommer has one park, the Erasmus Park, built in the 1960s and finally furnished in the 1990s after a major renovation.

Notable buildings in Bos en Lommer are the Peniel Church, also known as the Theelichtje, the Resurrection Church, better known as the Kolenkit and the GAK building, also known as the Aquarium.

Who lives in Bos & Lommer?

The type of people who live in Bos & Lommer are diverse; students, expats, couples, families, elderly, etc. The homes are mainly apartments in traditional closed blocks from the 1930s. Bos & Lommer is perceived as a diverse and safe neighborhood.