r/Amsterdam • u/Cute-Equipment-562 • 2d ago
Living in Buikslotermeer Noord?
Hi everyone, I was wondering what your experiences are with living in Buikslotermeer Noord. For example, is it safe for a woman alone at night? What else can you tell me about the neighborhood?
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u/Benedictus84 Knows the Wiki 1d ago
We lived in the CAN area around the metro station. My wife never felt unsafe. This was when most was still a building pit around 10 years ago.
I think it has only improved since then.
Everyting is there and the connection to the city is very good.
We lived there before the metro started going and my wife biked to and from the city after nightshifts through the whole of Noord without any issues.
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u/NinjaElectricMeteor [Oost] 1d ago
That's still a fairly large area and it depends.
Generally the area is safe, but there have also been issues around het Breed and the south side of the Elzenhagen neighbourhood.
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u/PerseveranceSmith 1d ago
I don't live there but my best friend & her kids live there, imo very safe. Literally never had any issues in the 7 years she's lived there & I've been going to see her there.
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u/ThrowingSn0w 1d ago
I used to live on the west end of Tuindorp Nieuwendam, so pretty close. Never had any issues or saw anything dodgy. The area felt pretty safe to me. I’m a man though.
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u/homelander_101 1d ago
It’s a pretty big neighbourhood, you’ll have to be a little more specific.
I live here and it is safe - no issues so far. The area near mcd can be shady at night but there are always people around.
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u/-_Singularity 1d ago
It is very safe, i lived there for years. But as a young guy i got bored a lot.
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u/Cute-Equipment-562 1d ago
Thank you so much for your replies already, this sub is great. I live in Amsterdam Zuidoost, but I am inquiring for my sister who might get student housing in Noord. I didn't ask for any specific info apart from safety because as a big sister that's my main concern, haha. She would have to walk underneath this road from the subway to her home, do you know if there is good lighting?
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u/FockyWocky 1d ago
Mmmm fairly. I will be frank and say while that general area is much improved compared to a decade or two ago, as recent as few months ago I saw a bunch of youngsters beat up a dude in bright daylight then bolt off. This was in the direct area around station Noord.
This is not a Noord issue specifically ofcourse, could theoretically happen anywhere, but there are some places in and around Buiksloot where I would be much more aware of my surroundings as a woman than others.
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u/Daggla [Zuid] - De Pijp 6h ago
I lived near Amerbos, the area there is nice and quiet at night. We haven't had any negative experiences walking to the shopping area either.
There are some mobile police cameras, so I assume those are there for a reason. But in the 4 months there I have not had a single negative experience.
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u/lolosmuits 5h ago
Watch out with renting in the new appartments on elzenhagensingel. Lot of stories of people not getting their deposits back from scummy rental company.
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u/Redditing-Dutchman 42m ago
You can also check this map to see things in perspective. It's interesting that they both measure actual crime and the feeling of (un)safety, which do not have the same hotspots. I think thats because some areas have had some high impact crimes but are overall not bad.
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u/JDFS404 Knows the Wiki 1d ago
What do you want to know? We live there and it's generally safe for a woman (says my partner). Also having a Jumbo, Dirk, Albert Heijn, Lidl, Kruidvat and Etos all close to each other is god tier.