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You can contact KIT Royal Tropical Institute by telephone, e-mail or visit us in person. If you have any questions, please fill in the contact form below and we will contact you shortly.

How to visit us

Find out how to get here

How to get there by car?

Take the Watergraafsmeer/Diemen (s113) exit from the A10 ring road. At the end of the road choose the exit heading to Centrum/Watergraafsmeer. Continue through via the Middenweg that turns into the Linnaeusstraat. Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen is located at the end of this street on the corner of Mauritskade.
Where is the nearest parking garage?
- Q-Park Oostpoort
- Polderweg 92
- 1093 KP Amsterdam
From this parking garage you can take tram 19 and you will arrive to our building in two stops.
How do I get there using public transport?

The Tram stops Alexanderplein and Linnaeusstraat are both right in front of our building and are easy and quickly available:

From Amsterdam Central Station: tram 14 – tram stop Alexanderplein

From Amsterdam Sloterdijk: tram 19 – tram stop Alexanderplein

From Diemen: tram 19 – tram stop Linnaeusstraat 1e van Swindenstraat
Is there a mooring spot for a canal boat

There is a mooring spot in front of Mauritskade 63.
Is there a taxi stand?

There’s a taxi stand in front of our building. It is located at the Linnaeusstraat, right outside the Amsterdam Tropen Hotel.
Can I park my car?
Due to upcoming renovation work on the Amsterdam Tropen Hotel, the paid parking service operated by MobyPark has closed as of the 1^st of October 2021.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and would like to suggest alternative parking options in the vicinity:
- Parking on the public road in the Dapperbuurt/Oosterparkbuurt, the rate in this zone is € 6.00 per hour.
- The parking garage at the OLVG, ‘s Gravesandeplein 120, rate is € 6.00 per hour.
- Q-Park Oostpoort parking garage, Polderweg 92, rate € 3.33 per hour.
- Parking garage Park Bee Ingenieur Jakoba Mulderplein, rate € 3.50 per hour.
- Mobihub P+R Oostpoort, Polderweg 92, free parking spaces in combination with a rental bicycle.
- There are various P+R locations around the city, which can be combined with public transport (under certain conditions) at a discount. KIT can be reached by tram 7, 14 and 19

About KIT

KIT Royal Tropical Institute is an independent centre of expertise and education for sustainable development. We assist governments, NGOs and private corporations around the world to build inclusive and sustainable societies, while measuring their impact.

Guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, our work focuses on health, gender, economic development and intercultural cooperation.

Facts & figures

Countries in which we are active
50+

Sustainable Economic Development, Gender and Health Projects
196

Health Professionals trained at KIT
3,024

Nationalities of Participants
95

People trained by Intercultural Professionals
1,895

Events by Conferences & Events
1,925

The SDG house at KIT Royal Tropical Institute hosts a diverse range of forward-thinking entrepreneurs, NGOs and organisations all working towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through partnerships, co-creation and the exchange of ideas, we aim to maximise our collective impact.

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