The Rembrandt Tower is a 135 metre tall building in which Dutch city?
"the adjacent Breitner Tower. The man shot himself hours later in the restroom with what was later found to be a pellet gun. Rembrandt Tower Rembrandt Tower (Dutch: ""Rembrandttoren"") is an office skyscraper in Amsterdam. It has a height of 135 metres, 36 floors and it has a spire which extends its height to 150 metres. It was constructed from 1991 to 1994. The building's foundation required piles 56 metres long and two metres in diameter. It is the first building in the Netherlands constructed with a concrete core and a steel frame. The building was designed by the architects"
"""De Telegraaf"" have their offices. Also, Deloitte, the Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (municipal public transport company) and the Dutch tax offices (""Belastingdienst"") are located there. The second Financial District is the area surrounding the Johan Cruyff Arena. The third is the area surrounding Amsterdam Amstel railway station. The tallest building in Amsterdam, the Rembrandt Tower, is situated there, as is the headquarters of Philips. The Port of Amsterdam is the fourth largest port in Europe, the 38th largest port in the world and the second largest port in the Netherlands by metric tons of cargo. In 2014 the Port of Amsterdam had"
"of applied sciences. Covering a total of 65,000 square meters, ""Leeuwenburg"" is one of the largest campuses of HvA. Omval Omval is a neighbourhood situated on a peninsula on the eastern shore of the Amstel river in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is situated south of the Weesperzijde neighbourhood and next to the Amsterdam Amstel railway station in the borough of Amsterdam-Oost. In the 1990s, it became the site of a major business district featuring the Rembrandt Tower, the tallest skyscraper in Amsterdam. The Omval area became a peninsula in a meander of the Amstel river when the Watergraafsmeer, a polder in"
"Dom Tower of Utrecht The Dom Tower (Cathedral Tower, Dutch: ""Domtoren"") of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112.5 metres (368 feet) in height, and the Gothic-style tower is the symbol of the city. The tower was part of the St. Martin's Cathedral, also known as Dom Church, and was built between 1321 and 1382, to a design by John of Hainaut. The cathedral was never fully completed due to lack of money. Since the unfinished nave collapsed in 1674 the Dom tower became a free standing tower. The tower stands at the spot where the"
"region, including slightly more remote towns such as Woerden and Amersfoort, counts up to 820,000 inhabitants. Utrecht's cityscape is dominated by the Dom Tower, the tallest belfry in the Netherlands and originally part of the Cathedral of Saint Martin. An ongoing debate is over whether any building in or near the centre of town should surpass the Dom Tower in height (). Nevertheless, some tall buildings are now being constructed that will become part of the skyline of Utrecht. The second tallest building of the city, the Rabobank-tower, was completed in 2010 and stands tall. Two antennas will increase that"
"Rembrandtplein Rembrandtplein (Rembrandt Square) is a major square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands, named after Rembrandt van Rijn who owned a house nearby from 1639 to 1656. The square has its origins in the defensive walls constructed in the Middle Ages to protect the city. The site of Rembrandtplein held a ""Regulierspoort"" or gateway into the city. By 1655, the city had expanded beyond this area and it began to attract visiting farmers who brought their butter, dairy and poultry products to sell in the city and it became known as ""Botermarkt"" or butter market. By 1668, the Regulierspoort housed a"
"record number of 237,383 visitors in 2014. Rembrandt House Museum The Rembrandt House Museum () is a historic house and art museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Painter Rembrandt lived and worked in the house between 1639 and 1656. The 17th-century interior has been reconstructed. The collection contains Rembrandt's etchings and paintings of his contemporaries. The museum had in 2014. The house is located in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam, where Rembrandt lived and painted for a number of years, not far from the present-day city hall. Rembrandt purchased the house in 1639 and lived there until he went bankrupt in"
"a positive contribution to society, such as charitable work. The honourees include Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen, renowned former soccer player Johan Cruijff and four-time Olympic swimming champion Inge de Bruijn. The church is open to the public and currently serves as a municipal information center with exhibitions on housing and the environment. Zuiderkerk The Zuiderkerk (""southern church"") is a 17th-century Protestant church in the Nieuwmarkt area of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The church played an important part in the life of Rembrandt and was the subject of a painting by Claude Monet. The Zuiderkerk was the city's first"
"is the most prominent site in Amsterdam for festivals and outdoor concerts, especially in the summer. Plans were made in 2008 to remodel the square again, because many inhabitants of Amsterdam are not happy with its current appearance. The Rijksmuseum possesses the largest and most important collection of classical Dutch art. It opened in 1885. Its collection consists of nearly one million objects. The artist most associated with Amsterdam is Rembrandt, whose work, and the work of his pupils, is displayed in the Rijksmuseum. Rembrandt's masterpiece ""The Night Watch"" is one of top pieces of art of the museum. It"
"Omval Omval is a neighbourhood situated on a peninsula on the eastern shore of the Amstel river in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is situated south of the Weesperzijde neighbourhood and next to the Amsterdam Amstel railway station in the borough of Amsterdam-Oost. In the 1990s, it became the site of a major business district featuring the Rembrandt Tower, the tallest skyscraper in Amsterdam. The Omval area became a peninsula in a meander of the Amstel river when the Watergraafsmeer, a polder in the east of the city, was drained and reclaimed in 1629. Originally, the Omval was part of the Ouder-Amstel"
"have replaced the orihinal smaller cottages. Purmerland Purmerland () is a hamlet of 395 (January 2007) in the municipality of Landsmeer, North Holland, the Netherlands. It is located just north of Den Ilp and just south of the housing estate of Weidevenne, part of the city of Purmerend. It is directly connected to both of these as Purmerland, like Den Ilp and Landsmeer is mainly characterised by ribbon building along the main road. Although the present size of the hamlet would not suggest it, Purmerland was once a village of some importance. The man standing highlighted at center on Rembrandt's"
"De Rotterdam De Rotterdam is a building on the Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam, designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1998. The complex is located between the KPN Tower and Rotterdam Cruise Terminal and was finalized at the end of 2013. On 21 November 2013, the municipality of Rotterdam, as the largest user, received the keys. The design provides space for offices, a hotel and apartments. The 44 floors amount to a total floor space area of about 160,000 m², making it the largest building in the Netherlands. Construction began in 2009, when the municipality committed itself to hire 25,000"
"Jan Victors, and Willem van der Vliet. The most notable collections of Rembrandt's work are at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, including ""The Night Watch"" and ""The Jewish Bride"", the Mauritshuis in The Hague, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the National Gallery in London, Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, The Louvre, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, and Schloss Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel. The Royal Castle in Warsaw displays two paintings by Rembrandt. Notable collections of Rembrandt's paintings in the United States are housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Frick Collection in New York City, the National Gallery of Art in Washington,"
"Gerbrandy Tower The Gerbrandy Tower () is a tower in IJsselstein, the Netherlands. It was built in 1961. The Gerbrandy Tower is used for directional radio services and for FM- and TV-broadcasting. The Gerbrandy Tower consists of a concrete tower with a height of 100 meters on which a guyed aerial mast is mounted. Its total height was originally 382.5 meters, but in 1987 it was reduced to 375 meters. On August 2, 2007 its analog antenna was replaced by a digital one reducing its height by another 9 meters. Its height is now 366.8 meters. This tower type is"
"was a real eye-catcher and a monumental building. Furthermore, the judge called the building way ahead of its time. Maastoren The Maastoren (Dutch for ""Meuse Tower"") is with its height of the tallest building in the Netherlands. The office building is situated on the bank of the Nieuwe Maas, after which the building is named, in the neighborhood Kop van Zuid in the South Holland city of Rotterdam. The Maastoren was built between 2006 and 2009, and had OVG as its developer. Since 2014, NorthStar is the owner of the building. The Maastoren has a total of 44 above ground"
"many other towers in the Netherlands, including the Martinitoren in Groningen. Upon completion in 1382 the tower stood 109 metres tall. However this height was increased during the restorations in 1910, to its present height of 112.5 metres. The Dom tower was a multifunctional building. In addition to being a belfry, it contained a private chapel of the bishop of Utrecht on the first floor. It also served as the watchtower; the tower guard was housed on the second floor of the lower square block. The Dom Tower has an exceptional peal of fourteen ringing bells, weighting 32,000 kg. In"
"several office towers with similar heights. The residential tower distinguishes itself from these towers by its brick facade instead of a glass or metal facade. Schielandtoren The Schielandtoren (Dutch for ""Schieland Tower"") is a tall apartment building in the Dutch city Rotterdam. The building is situated along Bulgersteyn, a street, and is part of a city block with shops among other things. The city block is part of the multipurpose complex Beursplein. Het Schielandshuis, a 17th-century building, is located across the street. The building has a total of 32 aboveground floors with 109 apartments. The floor area amounts to ."
"Maastoren The Maastoren (Dutch for ""Meuse Tower"") is with its height of the tallest building in the Netherlands. The office building is situated on the bank of the Nieuwe Maas, after which the building is named, in the neighborhood Kop van Zuid in the South Holland city of Rotterdam. The Maastoren was built between 2006 and 2009, and had OVG as its developer. Since 2014, NorthStar is the owner of the building. The Maastoren has a total of 44 above ground floors and two underground floors. The Maastoren serves as the headquarters of the Dutch branch of Deloitte, and is"
"Munttoren The Munttoren (""Mint Tower"") or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street. The tower was originally part of the Regulierspoort, one of the main gates in Amsterdam's medieval city wall. The gate, built in the years 1480, consisted of two towers and a guard house. After the gate went up in flames in a 1618 fire, only the guard house and part of the western tower remained standing. The"
"home to the former ""Blooker"" factory, well known in the Netherlands for producing cocoa solids. The factory's guardhouse (1886) was reconstructed in 2003 and currently houses a bar and restaurant. Other former businesses at the Omval include the ""Puralimento"" fruit preserves factory, ""Efa Produka"" vacuum cleaners, ""Erdal"" shoes polishes, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, a postal and telecommunications school, ""Bertels"" oil refinery and ""Maschmeijer"" Aromatics. In 1987, the Amsterdam municipal council approved plans to build three skyscrapers in the Omval district, to be named after Dutch painters. The first building to be completed was the Rembrandt Tower (1995), modelled after"
"Rembrandt House Museum The Rembrandt House Museum () is a historic house and art museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Painter Rembrandt lived and worked in the house between 1639 and 1656. The 17th-century interior has been reconstructed. The collection contains Rembrandt's etchings and paintings of his contemporaries. The museum had in 2014. The house is located in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam, where Rembrandt lived and painted for a number of years, not far from the present-day city hall. Rembrandt purchased the house in 1639 and lived there until he went bankrupt in 1656, when all his belongings went on"
"defined by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture as a vertical city. De Rotterdam will be used daily by about 5,000 people and with a floor space index of 32 De Rotterdam forms the most densely built part of the Netherlands. De Rotterdam De Rotterdam is a building on the Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam, designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1998. The complex is located between the KPN Tower and Rotterdam Cruise Terminal and was finalized at the end of 2013. On 21 November 2013, the municipality of Rotterdam, as the largest user, received the keys. The design provides space"
"Boerentoren The Boerentoren (; officially the KBC Tower, originally the Torengebouw van Antwerpen) is a historic tall building in Antwerp, Belgium. Constructed between 1929 and 1932 and originally high, it remains the tallest building and the second tallest structure of any kind in the city (after the gothic Cathedral of Our Lady). Designed in Art-deco style, the Boerentoren is one of Europe's very first tall buildings. After it was completed it became the tallest building on the continent by roof height until in 1940, when the Terrazza Martini Tower opened in Genoa, Italy. The Boerentoren remained the tallest in Belgium"
"representation of his most famous painting, ""The Night Watch"", by Russian artists Mikhail Dronov and Alexander Taratynov was displayed around the Royer work. This bronze-cast representation of the famous painting was on display for three-years before traveling to New York City, Moscow and Oranienbaum, Russia. In 2012, the bronze ""Night Watch"" sculptures returned to the redesigned square where they serve as a magnet for visitors. In January 2013, the Rembrandtplein Entrepreneurs Foundation began a fundraiser to keep the sculptures in the square throughout the year. Rembrandtplein Rembrandtplein (Rembrandt Square) is a major square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands, named after Rembrandt"
"Poldertoren The Poldertoren is a water tower at the town center of Emmeloord, Netherlands. The Dutch name Poldertoren could be translated as Polder Tower. The 65-meter tower was built in 1959 and has a large carillon. The tower is no longer in use as a water tower. The owner of the tower was the water company, Vitens, but since 2005 the municipality of Noordoostpolder has owned the tower. A replica of this watertower exists in Japan. The tower measures 65.3 meters in height with a weather vane on top bringing the total height to 70.5 meters. Visitors can climb the"
"Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren () ('The Tower of Our Lady') is a church tower in Amersfoort. The Late Gothic building is tall and reaches high above the inner city. It is one of the most eye-catching monuments in town and the third highest church tower in the Netherlands. The nickname of the tower is Lange Jan ('Long John'). The church that belonged to the tower was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in the 18th century. The first chapel on site was constructed on this site in the 14th century. In the 15th century the chapel was replaced by new"
"Purmerland Purmerland () is a hamlet of 395 (January 2007) in the municipality of Landsmeer, North Holland, the Netherlands. It is located just north of Den Ilp and just south of the housing estate of Weidevenne, part of the city of Purmerend. It is directly connected to both of these as Purmerland, like Den Ilp and Landsmeer is mainly characterised by ribbon building along the main road. Although the present size of the hamlet would not suggest it, Purmerland was once a village of some importance. The man standing highlighted at center on Rembrandt's ""Night Watch"" painting is Frans Banning"
"combined studio/apartment building on the Zomerdijkstraat in Amsterdam, now hailed as an early example of what in Dutch architecture is called ""Nieuwe Bouwen"". With his two colleagues Zanstra belonged to an architects' society called Group '32, a gathering of functionalist architects who were inspired by Le Corbusier in particular. He founded ZZDP in 1954, which became one of the largest architectural firms in the country in the 1960s and 1970s and built such notable buildings as the Rembrandt Tower. Piet Zanstra Piet Zanstra (1905-2003) was a Dutch architect who designed a number of important buildings in Amsterdam in the post-World"
"Kalverstraat The Kalverstraat is a busy shopping street of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The street runs roughly North-South for about 750 meters, from Dam Square to Muntplein square. The Amsterdam Museum is located in a former orphanage between Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. The Kalverstraat is the most expensive shopping street in the Netherlands, with rents of up to 3000 euros per square meter (2016). In 2009 it was the 17th most expensive street in the world measured by rent prices. The Kalverstraat is also the most expensive street in the Dutch version of Monopoly. After the construction of"
"Gebouw Delftse Poort Gebouw Delftse Poort () is a twin-tower skyscraper complex at Weena 505 next to the Rotterdam Centraal railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Tower I is with 41 storeys, and Tower II is 25 storeys. Until May 2009, Tower I was the tallest office tower in the Netherlands. Both towers are built over a 4-storey multifunctional podium which adjoins the Rotterdam central station. The entire complex has 28 elevators. The gross floor area in the complex is 106,000 square metres and the offices occupy . It was constructed between 1988 and 1991. The cost of the construction was"
"Montevideo (Rotterdam) Montevideo is a 43-storey, residential skyscraper on the river Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The Montevideo logo on the roof is an letter ""M"" which brings the tower's total height to . The logo is also designed to be a giant wind vane. Designed by Mecanoo architecture firm principal, Francine Houben, the building is one of the tallest woman-designed buildings in the world. The tower was opened 19 December 2005, featuring 192 apartment units, of office space, and of retail space. The building is named after the Uruguay capital city, Montevideo. The building received a commendation award"
"of Leeuwarden. When Saskia, as the youngest daughter, became an orphan, she lived with an older sister in Het Bildt. Rembrandt and Saskia were married in the local church of St. Annaparochie without the presence of Rembrandt's relatives. In the same year, Rembrandt became a burgess of Amsterdam and a member of the local guild of painters. He also acquired a number of students, among them Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck. In 1635, Rembrandt and Saskia moved into their own house, renting in fashionable Nieuwe Doelenstraat. In 1639 they moved to a prominent newly built house (now the Rembrandt House"
"building complex and hence their logo on Tower I was removed. Since then the building has established its own identity, displaying its own logo on Tower I. Up until 2004, an annual racing up the building's stairs took place in this building. Gebouw Delftse Poort Gebouw Delftse Poort () is a twin-tower skyscraper complex at Weena 505 next to the Rotterdam Centraal railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Tower I is with 41 storeys, and Tower II is 25 storeys. Until May 2009, Tower I was the tallest office tower in the Netherlands. Both towers are built over a 4-storey multifunctional"