{"id":1317,"date":"2017-05-21T19:58:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/uncategorized\/oosterpark\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T22:01:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T22:01:52","slug":"oosterpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-amsterdam\/oosterpark\/","title":{"rendered":"Oosterpark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img src=\/oosterpark10.jpg><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nThe Oosterpark is located on the east side of Amsterdam, in a culturally diverse section of town.  Thus it&#8217;s a popular venue for cultural activities involving various groups including Surinamese, Indonesians, Indians, Muslims and others.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut anyone can enjoy this beautiful park.  I found the design intriguing as the paths lead to sudden viewpoints offering different perspectives on each section of the park.<\/p>\n<p><center><img src=\/oosterpark3.jpg><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nAnother interesting feature of the park are numerous metal sculptures like the one above.  One statue honors a sheepdog named Albert, who helped track down 200 fugitives for the Amsterdam Police department.  A new monument will be unveiled July 1st, 2002 to commemorate the Slave History of Holland, which brought the ancestors of those who live around the park to the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><center><img src=\/oosterpark2.jpg><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nYou can view a variety of birdlife in the ponds at the Oosterpark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3069.859048880102!2d4.91817090067354!3d52.360469568297184!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47c60976161ab357%3A0xe258f4d23b2dca46!2sOosterpark+Amsterdam!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1528828512343\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oosterpark is located on the east side of Amsterdam, in a culturally diverse section of town. Thus it&#8217;s a popular venue for cultural activities involving various groups including Surinamese, Indonesians, Indians, Muslims and others. But anyone can enjoy this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-amsterdam\/oosterpark\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4,25,14],"tags":[260,353],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2750,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions\/2750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}