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Oude Pijp

Oude Pijp
Neighborhood of Amsterdam
Gerard Doustraat
Gerard Doustraat
Location of Oude Pijp (green) in Amsterdam
Location of Oude Pijp (green) in Amsterdam
Country Netherlands
Province  North Holland
COROP Amsterdam
Borough Zuid
Time zone CET (UTC+1)

Oude Pijp (Dutch for "Old Pipe"), also known as Noord-Pijp (Dutch for "North-Pipe") is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands located in an urbanized part of the Zuid borough. It had a population of 14,102 in 2011 and an area of 68 hectares. Together with Nieuwe Pijp, Oude Pijp forms De Pijp.

Oude Pijp is bordered by the Boerenwetering (west), the Singelgracht (north), the Amstel (east), and the Ceintuurbaan (south). The Sarphatipark is part of Oude Pijp.

Notable locations include the Albert Cuyp Market and the Heineken Experience, a former Heineken brewery, currently an industrial museum.

Several books by notable Dutch authors are set in Oude Pijp in the early 20th century:

Corner between the Amsteldijk and Tweede Jan Steenstraat

Marie Heinekenplein

Statue of André Hazes



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