Zeeburg

The construction of new islands to the east called IJburg made it the most rapidly growing borough of Amsterdam.

The Zeeburgerdijk is named after the fort ‘Seeburg’ which in the 17th century was part of the dike that protected land from the Zuiderzee.

This dike connected Amsterdam and Muiden and was the only land route to Naarden before the Watergraafsmeer was drained.

From the end of the 19th century, with the construction of the Oostelijk Havengebied (Eastern Harbour) and the residential Indische Buurt, the area has slowly become part of the city.

The Oostelijk Havengebied is an upper class area and has an urban character with some of the highest densities in the country.