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  • Public Art

    In 2001, Claes Oldenburg was inspired by the vast amount of giant plastic ice cream cones, used as advertising along Cologne's shopping streets. When he was commissioned by a shopping mall in Cologne...
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  • Mapping for Tourists

    MFT resulted in Noord, an exhibition and travel guide

    Noord is the result of a project initiated by Nat Muller and Mediamatic: Mapping for Tourists. 22 artists were invited to map Amsterdam-Noord, pars pro toto for The Netherlands. The artists lived and...

  • Foundland

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Foundland find themselves inspired by the many fairytale aspects of Noord. Wandering around, they were surprised by the number of garden gnomes, fake frogs, and Indiana Jones style twists and turns...

  • Thank you

    Everyone who helped put Noord on the map

    Our project team, the artists and designers, sponsors, friends, Noorderlingen and other informers.

  • Noord is exceptionally normal

    Introduction to Noord

    This is the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands. It is about Amsterdam-Noord. We made this guide during the summer of 2010 with a group of editors and a team of 22 artists from Egypt, the...

  • Posters & Subculture

    The style of Amsterdam Noord, as shown by the palette of posters circulating throughout the district. What’s going on in Amsterdam Noord and within what subcultures? We’ve scoured the whole of Noord...

  • The Girl, the Pot & the Frog

    Fairytales of Noord

    Foundland found themselves inspired by the many fairytale aspects of Noord.

  • Second Plenary Meeting

    July 27, Noord hq.

    Egyptian artists, Lebanese designers, and local experts and editors talk about their work. The perfect way to stay updated on the making of the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • Gentrification Battlefield

    The non-Noorderner is advancing in Amsterdam-Noord. Ten years ago only the occasional explorer would dare to cross the water, taking a headquarters in an old conquered warehouse on the NDSM-wharf.

  • Towards Noord!

    If you’re traveling to Noord from Schiphol Airport by public transfer, you will always have to travel to Amsterdam Central Station first. From there on, you take a ferry to Noord. It’s also possible...

  • Project proposals

    Participating artists and the design team

    Mapping for Tourists resulted in Noord. These pages are snapshots of the artists' progress, as documented in July of 2010. Visit the Noord web space for the final results.

  • Noord

    Exhibition and travel guide

    Together with 22 local and international artists, Mediamatic mapped Amsterdam-Noord. This resulted in an exhibition, and in the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • An interview with Foundland

    "In Noord it's still possible to find weirdness and irregularities."

    Ghalia Elsrakbi, Lauren Alexander and Dirk Vis explain how they deal with populisme and the fairy tale creatures they come across in Noord.
  • Persbericht 29 oktober 2007

    El HEMA verlengd tot januari 2008

    Stemmen voor de El HEMA publieksprijs tijdens Museumnacht

    De tentoonstelling El HEMA wordt verlengd t/m 6 januari 2008. De EL HEMA trok tot nu toe bijna 30.000 bezoekers. De El HEMA is geopend op woensdag t/m zaterdag van 12.00 tot 2o.00 uur en op zondag...

  • The Inhabitants of Noord

    As a tourist, it is helpful to know how one should go about interacting with the various cultures in Noord. Dutch bluntness comes from a desire to be honest and helpful, so you're best off listening...

  • Nature in Noord

    One of the great advantages of Noord (as a holiday destination) is the combination of city and nature within the distance of a short bike tour. Noord lies enclosed by two completely different nature...

  • Ferries

    Take a ferry along the shores of Noord to watch the skyline and find yourself amongst local residents. All ferries are free. Don’t stand all the way up front, the waves can splash quite high.

  • An interview with Joop de Boer

    Bridges, wrestling and hardcore music.

    A closer inspection of the various subcultures in Amsterdam-Noord.

  • Rugged Noord

    This route takes you through the east part of Noord. You'll discover changes to the (former) industrial area. But you will also bike across Noord's old dike and see some of her older parts.

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    For all your rentals in transportation.

  • Noord

    Pars pro toto for The Netherlands

    During the summer of 2010, 22 artists made work in and about Amsterdam-Noord. This resulted in an exhibition, and in the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.

  • Waterland, Monnickendam and Marken

    If you want to escape the urban bustle of Noord, the area northward from Noord has a lot to offer. Countless walking and biking trails are indicated in Waterland. You can go out on a small motor boat...

  • Bus

    If your final destination is situated in the heart of Noord, it’s best to travel by bus. To travel by bus, you must purchase a public transport chip card (or ‘OV-chipkaart’ in Dutch), or buy a single...

  • Graduation Bouquet

    annex Publicity Plant

    On July 1st 2009 Sander Veenhof (1973) is graduating from the Gerrit Rietveld art academy in Amsterdam. To color up that occasion and to attract attention to himself in an overly busy contemporary...

created Caspar Menkman modified Annabel Storm

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