# A map of every building in the Netherlands according to age

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2013-09-04
**Categories:** age-of-buildings, amsterdam, information-aesthetics, netherlands, portland, uncategorized
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/a-map-of-every-building-in-the-netherlands-according-to-age

## Content

There are apparently 9,866,539 buildings in all of the Netherlands. And Waag.org has just plotted them all on a map and colour coded them based on the year of their construction (via Information Aesthetics). Here’s what Amsterdam looks like: As to be expected, you can see how the city grew out from its historic core. What would it make the map even better though, is if you could turn off “layers” and see each time period in isolation. If you’re interested in this sort of thing, here’s a similar map of Portland.

## Publication Information

- [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/): Publication homepage
- [All Posts](https://brandondonnelly.com/): More posts from this publication
- [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@brandondonnelly): Subscribe to updates
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/donnelly_b): Follow on Twitter

## Optional

- [Collect as NFT](https://brandondonnelly.com/a-map-of-every-building-in-the-netherlands-according-to-age): Support the author by collecting this post
- [View Collectors](https://brandondonnelly.com/a-map-of-every-building-in-the-netherlands-according-to-age/collectors): See who has collected this post