Lastage is a neighborhood in the Centrum borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located between the Geldersekade and Oudeschans canals, just east of old medieval city. Today, the neighbourhood is also known as Nieuwmarktbuurt due to the fact that the Nieuwmarkt is comprised in the area; it is protected as a heritage site.
Detail of a woodcut from 1544 by Cornelis Anthonisz. showing the Lastage area, with Oudeschans on the left and Geldersekade on the right.
Kromboomssloot
Oudeschans with the Montelbaanstoren
Gable stone in a wall of the Amsterdam Museum
Amsterdam-Centrum is the inner-most borough and historical city centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, containing the majority of the city's landmarks. Established in 2002, Amsterdam-Centrum was the last area in the city to be granted the status of self-governing borough. The borough is 8.04 km2 and covers the UNESCO-listed Amsterdam canal belt. In 2013, the borough had approximately 85,000 inhabitants, who on average had the second-highest income per household in the city and one of the highest in the country.
Amsterdam's Grachtengordel, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2010
Leidseplein, Weteringschans
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder, Burgwallen Oude Zijde
Paleis van Justitie seen from the north, Haarlemmerbuurt
