Weesp

Weesp (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋeːsp] ⓘ) is a city and an urban area in the municipality of Amsterdam in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

[6] After the Second World War, new housing was built in the west and an industrial zone with a harbour at the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal was constructed.

[4] Bas Jan van Bochove was the last mayor of the municipality of Weesp until the merger was finalized on 24 March 2022.

At this site there is a chemical plant which manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredient for Abbott brands Duphalac and Duphaston and a biologic plant which manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredient for Abbott's flu vaccine Influvac.

It has a protected historical center with canals and many buildings dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth century.

The scenic river Vecht and the small roads that line it attract yachters and cyclists.

The Naardermeer area, the first nature reserve in the Netherlands, is at 15 minutes cycling distance from Weesp; it protects the Gooi landscape.

It serves as a transfer station for passengers on local trains on the Amsterdam–Amersfoort (Oosterspoorweg) and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol–Almere (Schiphollijn and Flevolijn) lines, which bundle up just before Weesp and diverge right after.

Weesp, former city hall - nowadays museum
Topographic map of Weesp, January 2016
Parts of tableware from the porcelain factory of Weesp, c. 1764-1768. Rijks Museum .
Portrait of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, ca.1758