Schiphol-Rijk Explained

Schiphol-Rijk

Subdivision Type:

Country

Subdivision Name:

Netherlands

Subdivision Type1:

Province

Subdivision Name1:

North Holland

Subdivision Type2:

Municipality

Subdivision Name2:

Haarlemmermeer

Website:

http://www.parkschipholrijk.nl/

Postal Code:

1119

Coordinates:

52.28°N 4.7567°W

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Schiphol-Rijk is an industrial estate in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and lies in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. Schiphol-Rijk is named after the village Rijk that was demolished in the 1950s to make way for an extension of Schiphol Airport.^[1]

TUI fly Netherlands has its head office in Schiphol-Rijk.^[2] Before its dissolution, Amsterdam Airlines also had its head office in Schiphol-Rijk.^[3]

Notes and References

"Rijk History." Haarlemmermeer historie. "Rond 1959 was het ten noordoosten van het huidige Rozenburg gelegen dorp Rijk, als gevolg van de dynamische ontwikkeling van Schiphol, gedoemd van de kaart te verdwijnen." ("Around 1959 the village Rijk, which lay to the northeast of the present village Rozenburg, was, due to the dynamic development of Schiphol, doomed to disappear from the map.")
"Arkefly." TUI Nederland. Retrieved 28 September 2009. "ArkeFly Beech Avenue 43 1119 RA Schiphol-Rijk Postbus 75607 1118 ZR Schiphol-Triport "
"Contact Us." Amsterdam Airlines. Retrieved 20 February 2011. "Office Address: Het Poortgebouw Beech Avenue 54-80 1119 PW Schiphol-Rijk The Netherlands."