{"id":805,"date":"2026-05-27T14:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diamandmuseum-wordpress.caprover2.kavango.nl\/?page_id=805"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:54:41","slug":"amsterdam-city-of-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/diamondmuseum.com\/nl\/amsterdam-city-of-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam City of Diamonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-color has-accent-3-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ba63a1b4f9b3cf0265ab98e0ef4cae76 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"min-height:5vh;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d9c913d5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fa08612f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ddf96df5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><nav style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:200\" class=\"is-responsive items-justified-left wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-49b994a3 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigatie\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Menu openen\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open always-shown\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M5 5v1.5h14V5H5z\"><\/path><path d=\"M5 12.8h14v-1.5H5v1.5z\"><\/path><path d=\"M5 19h14v-1.5H5V19z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container hidden-by-default has-text-color has-base-color has-background has-accent-3-background-color\"  id=\"modal-1\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Menu sluiten\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\"\n\t\t\t id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:200\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive items-justified-left wp-block-navigation\"><li style=\"font-size: 12px\" class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"\/nl\/contact\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Contact &amp; 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The city has called itself the &#8220;City of Diamonds&#8221; since its heyday in the mid-18th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The influx of diamond workers over the centuries was the result of war and oppression elsewhere. From 1576 onwards, many Protestants and Jews fled the Spanish (Catholic) oppression in the Southern Netherlands, making for the free cities in the north. After the fall of Antwerp in 1585, many diamond workers came from that city to Amsterdam. At the beginning of the 17th century, Jews from Portugal and Germany followed. In the second half of the 17th century Amsterdam became the diamond capital of the world. From that time, the city long remained an important centre for polishing and trading. The First World War, the Depression of the thirties and above all the deportation of the Jewish population in the Second World War were, however, fatal to the diamond industry in Amsterdam. Since around 1960, Amsterdam has mostly been a centre of diamond trading, focusing particularly on sales to consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1500<\/strong>&nbsp; De Portugezen openen de zeeroute naar India via het zuidelijke puntje van Afrika. Ze worden de grootste importeurs van ruwe diamanten. Diamantbewerking en handel vinden voornamelijk plaats in Lissabon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1576<\/strong>&nbsp; The Spanish Fury \u2014 a mutiny of Spanish troops who plundered Antwerp \u2014 and the fall of Antwerp in 1585 cause an enormous exodus of the population. Some settle in the Northern provinces of the Netherlands, and especially in Amsterdam. Among them are diamond workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1580<\/strong>&nbsp; Portugal is conquered by Spain. There commences a migration of Jews to the Republic of the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands, where freedom of establishment and worship are guaranteed. They are not permitted to join a guild, however, and are only admitted to the &#8220;free&#8221; professions. One of these is the diamond industry. Many settle in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1586<\/strong>&nbsp; Written evidence. On 15 November 1586 Willem Vermaet is recorded in Amsterdam&#8217;s marriage register with diamond worker as his profession. Although the diamond trade existed before, this is the first document showing that Amsterdam has been known as a diamond city for at least four centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1636 and following years<\/strong>&nbsp; Until around 1730 diamonds came chiefly from India. They were initially routed via Lisbon to Antwerp \u2014 the older and more important diamond trade centre \u2014 and Amsterdam. From 1636 the Dutch East India Company takes over imports, and Amsterdam grows in importance as a diamond city. After 1668 the import is handed over to the English and London becomes the main entry point for rough diamond. The processing remains largely in Antwerp and Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1727<\/strong>&nbsp; Diamonds found in Brazil. Until 1727 diamonds came principally from India. In that year, however, diamonds were also found in Brazil, and in 1735 the Dutch succeeded in obtaining the sales monopoly for Brazilian diamonds. That meant practically the entire world production, because the mines in India were then hardly producing anything any longer, and the diamond finds elsewhere \u2014 such as in Borneo \u2014 were not particularly large either. With these imports, Amsterdam \u2014 at the expense of Antwerp \u2014 became the most important polishing and trading city of that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1750<\/strong>&nbsp; Met zoveel welvaart kon de diamantnijverheid in Amsterdam verviervoudigen, en rond 1750 verdienden zeshonderd families er hun brood mee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1791<\/strong>&nbsp; The Amsterdam banking firm Hope &amp; Co. becomes the sales agent for Brazilian diamonds for the Portuguese leaseholder Joachim Pedro Quintella. In 1794, the firm is established in London. It was the banker Henri Philip Hope who in 1830 bought the famed blue diamond which was named after him: The Hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1840<\/strong>&nbsp; The first steam-driven polishing factory is established by the diamond company Hont in the Rapenburgerstraat. Establishment of the diamond firm Coster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1844<\/strong>&nbsp; New, rich, diamond mines are opened in the Brazilian province of Bahia. Large-scale imports get underway, resulting in a strong revival of the diamond industry in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1852<\/strong>&nbsp; In the workplace of the English court jeweller Garrard in London, on Friday 17 July, the Dutchmen L.B. Voorzanger \u2014 a polisher by profession \u2014 and the girdler J.A. Fedder, both of the firm Coster, commence the delicate work of re-faceting the 186-carat Koh-i-Noor, in order to lend a more beautiful brilliance to this historic diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1867<\/strong>&nbsp; The first large diamond found in South Africa was called Eureka \u2014 Greek for &#8220;found&#8221; \u2014 in 1866. Only two years later, when a second, even larger stone \u2014 the Star of South Africa \u2014 was found, the great diamond rush broke out. The Eureka weighed 21.25 carats and was presented to the public at the World Exhibition of 1867-1868 in Paris. Afterwards it was cut into a brilliant of 10.73 carats by Martin Coster. In 1966, a hundred years after its discovery, Harry Oppenheimer, director of De Beers, bought the Eureka from its private owner; in 1983 he offered it to the people of South Africa. It was initially exhibited in the parliament building, but can now be seen in the Mine Museum in Kimberley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1903<\/strong>&nbsp; Excelsior. In 1893, in the Jagersfontein mine in the South African Orange Free State, a stone weighing 995.20 carats had been dug up; it has been given the name Excelsior. It proved to be the largest rough diamond in the world at that time. At the firm of Asscher, Henri Koe faceted from it in 1903 twenty-one stones of various sizes, of which the 16 biggest have been numbered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1908<\/strong>&nbsp; In 1905, in the South African province of the Transvaal, a rough diamond was found \u2014 the largest ever discovered in the world to the present day. The Cullinan, named after the director of the mine, weighed 3,106 carats. The firm Asscher was commissioned in 1908 to cleave and facet the Cullinan. That resulted in 96 small and 9 large stones, of which the Cullinan I or Great Star of Africa \u2014 at 530.20 carats, the second-largest cut diamond in the world \u2014 adorns the top of the English royal sceptre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1940 \u2013 1945<\/strong>&nbsp; Second World War. During the German occupation, the great majority of the Jewish population are deported to the extermination camps. Among them are 2,800 Amsterdam diamond workers. Only 300 of them survive the camps and return to the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1945 and following years<\/strong>&nbsp; In 1947-1948 a part of the diamonds taken during the war is traced and brought back to the Netherlands. With this, a start can be made on the restoration of the Amsterdam diamond industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1955<\/strong>&nbsp; The firm Van Moppes is the first diamond merchant to begin the sale of diamonds to tourists. The tourists are first given a guided tour of the polishing factory and then offered the chance to buy. Other diamond merchants follow this example in the years thereafter. Partly due to the city&#8217;s great appeal for tourists, these companies draw nearly a million visitors annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1959<\/strong>&nbsp; On the occasion of the 50th birthday of Queen Juliana, the Dutch population collect money, part of which is used for a wristwatch set with 300 diamonds. The piece is designed and made by the jeweller Steltman of The Hague; the baguette diamonds are polished by Ben Meier of Coster Diamonds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:150px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group kma-footer is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-3-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-71f64726 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"\/nl\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DMA_logo_PMS424C-copy-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101\" style=\"width:120px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-53247d2ffd7c558c443c36c3b838f610 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bezoekersinformatie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ced2cb2f1764c1993f55c4d12ec3105b wp-block-paragraph\">Dagelijks geopend van 9 tot 17 uur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-3e087c140c5bb6e7b9f9fa07f8a7ac59 wp-block-paragraph\">Paulus Potterstraat 6, Amsterdam<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-470551b9 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-4040c4fba13fd2e05d7d805c64604d8e wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-0a0c1622807513e6188f77ed6f684957 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diamondmuseum.com\/nl\/tickets\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"348\">Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-57268a57f09252f2da3c42e8ddfbf5ce wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diamondmuseum.com\/nl\/about-us\/\">Over<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-23a1b592744b0e00ae17eb84fc9984ab wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diamondmuseum.com\/nl\/history\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"219\">Geschiedenis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-05a9f72963fb33c49b16e4f57cf7fb31 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalcoster.com\/en\">Winkel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-f2d3caf0e62b9f8ec9422112c440a7b4 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diamondmuseum.com\/nl\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"288\">Contact<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-55c52b3e23e59a2e91bb729d08a1e1be wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Volg ons op socials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/diamondmuseum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"text-decoration: none; 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The city has called itself the &#8220;City of Diamonds&#8221; since its heyday in the mid-18th century. The influx of diamond workers over the centuries was the result of war and oppression elsewhere. 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