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'''Marnixstraat''' is a main street in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, on the western border of the Jordaan in the Amsterdam-Centrum. The street is located between Haarlemmerplein and Leidseplein, parallel to Lijnbaansgracht.
==History== Marnixstraat is a main street in Amsterdam which was named after Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, (1538-1598).<ref name="Town"/> A large bus depot (Busstation Elandsgracht) and the main police station are located on the Marnixstraat.<ref name="Kelly"/> The street is located between Haarlemmerplein and Leidseplein, parallel to Lijnbaansgracht. It is {{convert|2.3|km|m|abbr=on}} from Amsterdam Centraal station.<ref name="Google"/> The street is used to host events like the 2022 Pride events.<ref name="Vrijetijd"/> The street also has a Tram line: Trams 7, 10 and 14 all make stops at the Elandsgracht tram stop on the street.<ref name="NL Times"/>
In 2017 the city of Amsterdam began making plans to make the Marnixstraat a bicycle street. The plan was to make the street into a bicycle first street, "...where cars are welcome, but must behave like a guest."<ref name="Het Parool"/>
==See also== *List of streets in Amsterdam
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<ref name="Het Parool">{{cite news |last1=Kruyswijk |first1=Marc |title=Cycle ring from Sarphatistraat to Marnixstraat |url=https://www.parool.nl/nieuws/fietsring-van-sarphatistraat-tot-marnixstraat~b1c29a29/ |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=Het Parool |date=10 April 2017 |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115184439/https://www.parool.nl/nieuws/fietsring-van-sarphatistraat-tot-marnixstraat~b1c29a29/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Vrijetijd">{{cite news |title=Pride Amsterdam 2022: what is there to do? |url=https://vrijetijdamsterdam.nl/vrije-tijd/pride-amsterdam-2022-wat-is-er-te-doen/ |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=Vrijetijd Amsterdam |date=4 August 2022 |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115184907/https://vrijetijdamsterdam.nl/vrije-tijd/pride-amsterdam-2022-wat-is-er-te-doen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Kelly">{{cite book |last1=Kelly |first1=Margaret |title=Fodor's Amsterdam |date=2008 |publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc |location=New York |page=370 |isbn=9781400019175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k0WY7UVlD0wC&dq=Marnixstraat+central+station&pg=PA370 |access-date=15 November 2022 |archive-date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303204852/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fodor_s_Amsterdam_the_Netherlands/k0WY7UVlD0wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Marnixstraat+central+station&pg=PA370&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="NL Times">{{cite news |title=Amsterdam tram traffic, water supply disrupted by sinkhole |url=https://nltimes.nl/2017/11/01/amsterdam-tram-traffic-water-supply-disrupted-sinkhole |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=NL Times |date=1 November 2017 |archive-date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303221559/https://nltimes.nl/2017/11/01/amsterdam-tram-traffic-water-supply-disrupted-sinkhole |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Google">{{cite web |title=Marnixstraat, Amsterdam to Amsterdam Centraal, Stationsplein |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Marnixstraat,+Amsterdam,+Netherlands/Amsterdam+Centraal+station/@52.3762359,4.8810407,15z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c609db9c1e5dc3:0x311aec94140fe8a0!2m2!1d4.8766104!2d52.37447!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c609b70dd81623:0xcae71b8d3adfd142!2m2!1d4.900272!2d52.3791283 |website=Google |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=15 November 2022 |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192045/https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Marnixstraat,+Amsterdam,+Netherlands/Amsterdam+Centraal+station/@52.3762359,4.8810407,15z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c609db9c1e5dc3:0x311aec94140fe8a0!2m2!1d4.8766104!2d52.37447!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c609b70dd81623:0xcae71b8d3adfd142!2m2!1d4.900272!2d52.3791283 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Town">{{cite news |title=The Remarkable Marnixstraat |url=https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/achtergrond/merkwaardige-marnixstraat/ |access-date=18 November 2022 |publisher=Township Amsterdam |date=19 August 2020 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118183530/https://www.amsterdam.nl/nieuws/achtergrond/merkwaardige-marnixstraat/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4inyv7bJWQ Film about the history of the Marnixstraat between Rozengracht and Raamplein] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdOMRYLnZT0 Video Leidseplein, Marnixstraat street view]
{{Commons Category|Marnixstraat, Amsterdam}}
Category:Streets in Amsterdam