Kalverstraat Street

The Kalverstraat is a busy shopping street of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The street runs roughly North-South for about 750 meters, from Dam Square to Muntplein square.

The Kalverstraat is the most expensive shopping street in the Netherlands, with rents of up to 3000 euros per square meter. In 2009 it was the 17th most expensive street in the world measured by rent prices. The Kalverstraat is also the most expensive street in the Dutch version of Monopoly.

The Amsterdam Museum is located in a former orphanage between Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal.