It is demarcated by the Oosterpark and Linnaeusstraat, Mauritskade, and the railway, Oosterspoor, including station Amsterdam Muiderpoort.

[2] There are various shops, restaurants, religious and cultural centres, schools and services, while bordering the neighbourhood is the Wereldmuseum Amsterdam.

The Dapperbuurt was built as a working-class neighbourhood in the late 19th century, based on Amsterdam's extension plan from 1877, by city planner Jan Kalff.

[3] The neighbourhood's rectangular design is structured by two axes, the 1e Van Swindenstraat (west-east), which has developed into a shopping street, and the Dapperstraat (north-south), known for the Dappermarkt.

By the end of the 1960s, an urban renewal plan was made for Dapperbuurt, but it implied that many residents had to move.