Overtoomse Veld is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is named for the Overtoomse Sluis, which was an old portage point dating from the 14th century on a major cargo route to and from Amsterdam at the junction of two waterschap areas, Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and Hoogheemraadschap van Amstelland.
In neighborhood Overtoomse Veld-Noord the following streets are named after Dutch painters from the 19th and 20th century:
August Allebé Louis Apol Marius Bauer Antoon Derkinderen Jan Eisenloeffel Johan Greive Henk Henriët Johannes Hilverdink Theo van Hoytema Johan Jongkind Karel Klinkenberg Willem van Konijnenburg Chris Lebeau Charles Leickert Jan Mankes Wally Moes Piet Mondriaan Willem Nakken Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig Willem Nuijen Johan Thorn Prikker Suze Robertson Willem Roelofs Willy Sluiter Jan Sluijters Lawrence Alma-Tadema Jan Toorop Jan Veth Jan Voerman Anthonie Waldorp Hendrik Werkman
In neighborhood Overtoomse Veld-Midden the following streets are named after philosophers: Rudolf Carnap Gottlob Frege Gerrit Mannoury Ludwig Wittgenstein Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
For the Delflandpleinbuurt area in Overtoomse Veld-Zuid, the names come from places in Delfland:
Abtswoude Delfland Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland) Honselersdijk Kwintsheul De Lier Loosduinen Maassluis Naaldwijk Nootdorp Overschie Poeldijk Rijswijk Rodenrijs Schipluiden Vlaardingen Voorburg Westerlee