Dapper market

Dapper market
legal form	Commodity market
founding	around 1910
Seat	Amsterdam , Netherlands
Branch	Daily market
Website	http://www.dappermarkt.nl/

Dappermarkt as seen from the Mauritskade

The Dappermarkt in Amsterdam-Oost ( North Holland Province ) is one of the largest and most popular daily markets in Amsterdam , along with the Albert Cuyp market .

history

The market was named after the Dutch historian Olfert Dappert (1636–1689), who published a five-part description of Amsterdam in the 17th century ("Historical Description of the City of Amsterdam"). In 1910 the "Dapperstraat" ( Dapperstrasse ) was officially designated as a shopping street ("ventstraat") by the municipality of Amsterdam at the same time as the Albert Cuyp -Straat, the Ten Katestraat (with today's Ten Katemarkt) and the Lindengracht. The first apartments in the "Dapperbuurt" ( Dapperviertel ) were built at the beginning of the 20th century for civil servants, the self-employed and workers with higher incomes.

The Dappermarkt with an international range of goods is around 600 meters long, with around 250 stalls and a multicultural character, open from Monday to Saturday. In 2006 and 2007 the store was named “Best Market in the Netherlands”.

In the November / December 2007 edition of the International Travel Guide National Geographic , Dappermarkt was ranked eighth in the “Top 10” international shopping streets. Around the Dappermarkt there are more than 120 different shops that make up the "Dapperviertel shopping center" ( koopcentrum Dapperbuurt ).

Culture

In the Eerste van Swindenstraat (Dapperbuurt) there is a multicultural meeting place in a former school building with inexpensive dining options in the café-restaurant "De Ponteneur". In addition, a primary school, children's playgrounds, the Reinwardtacademie, the Muiderkerk (Muiderkirche) as well as the Muiderpoorttheater and a "Cultureel Centrum" ( cultural center ) and very close to the Oosterpark.