Centrale Markthal: Event venue in Food Center Amsterdam
The Centrale Markthal is the great market hall of 1934 on the Food Center Amsterdam site in Amsterdam-West, off the Jan van Galenstraat, now finding a new life as a place for events and makers. You go for what is on inside: design and vintage markets, maker markets and large art installations. It was built as the heart of the Centrale Markt, the city's wholesale market, with a clock tower and ten side harbours on the wider site. During the war the occupier used the market to control Jewish traders, while Jewish Amsterdammers went into hiding in the cellars of the hall. A relief by Hildo Krop, unveiled in 1959, remembers the Jewish traders who were killed. Heritage non-profit BOEi manages the restoration and reuse, with room for startups and established firms that work locally and sustainably. The site is still a working wholesale area, so there is no casual walking in. Event visitors use the pedestrian bridge from Jan van Galenstraat 4, a 300-metre red carpet, and bus 18 stops at Markthallen. Cars and bikes stay outside unless you are registered.
Contact
- Phone +31 6 1490 5673
- Website Visit site ↗
- Email communicatie@boei.nl
- Address Centrale Groothandelsmarkt 186, Food Center Amsterdam, 1051 LJ Amsterdam
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Getting there
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Good to know
- Room hire
- Wheelchair help on request
- Registered visitors only
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About Centrale Markthal
The Centrale Markthal is the great market hall of 1934 on the Food Center Amsterdam site in Amsterdam-West, off the Jan van Galenstraat, now finding a new life as a place for events and makers. You go for what is on inside: design and vintage markets, maker markets and large art installations.
It was built as the heart of the Centrale Markt, the city's wholesale market, with a clock tower and ten side harbours on the wider site. During the war the occupier used the market to control Jewish traders, while Jewish Amsterdammers went into hiding in the cellars of the hall. A relief by Hildo Krop, unveiled in 1959, remembers the Jewish traders who were killed.
Heritage non-profit BOEi manages the restoration and reuse, with room for startups and established firms that work locally and sustainably. The site is still a working wholesale area, so there is no casual walking in. Event visitors use the pedestrian bridge from Jan van Galenstraat 4, a 300-metre red carpet, and bus 18 stops at Markthallen. Cars and bikes stay outside unless you are registered.
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Common questions
- How do you get to the Centrale Markthal?
- Use the pedestrian bridge from Jan van Galenstraat 4, a 300-metre red carpet with its entrance to the right of the main gate. From Centraal, bus 18 runs to the Markthallen stop. Cars and bikes must stay outside the site unless you are registered with a tenant.
- Can you visit the Centrale Markthal any day?
- It is not a walk-in attraction. The hall sits on a closed wholesale site, so you come for a market or event, or as a registered guest of a tenant. Open days and markets are listed on the programme page of its website.
- Is the Centrale Markthal wheelchair accessible?
- Visitors who cannot use the pedestrian bridge can reach the south entrance by registering in advance. Two parking spaces are kept for wheelchair users, and BOEi has a four-person golf cart. Registration goes through Verhuurmarkthal@boei.nl.
- When was the Centrale Markthal built?
- The market opened in 1934 with the great hall and its clock tower at the centre. The site became Food Center Amsterdam in 1998. The hall is now being restored and given a new use by BOEi.
- Who runs the Centrale Markthal?
- BOEi, a Dutch non-profit that restores and reuses industrial, agricultural and religious heritage. It has given new life to more than 500 vacant buildings and sites since 1995. Event hire is also arranged through BOEi.