Amsterdam - Town Hall Stadhuis

Oude Hoogstraat leads back to the Oudezijds Achterburgwal and over a bridge to the old Stadhuis. Originally a convent of St Cecilia, the building was converted after the Reformation into the residents of the Stadholder, the Prinsenhof, and was later occupied by the Admiralty. It became the Town Hall when King Louis Napolean took over the original Town Hall as his palace.

The building is laid out round an inner courtyard. The main feature surviving from the original complex is a pilastered facade of 1661. The front facing on the gracht was built in 1925 in the style of the Amsterdam school.

In 1988 the municipal administration moved to the new Stopera building in Waterlooplein.