The Mercatorplein is a plaza situated in Amsterdam West, which was constructed in the years twenty, on the territory of the in 1921 annexed municipality Sloten.

Before that, the municipality direction had already made plans for a new development area to the West of the Baarsjesweg and Admiral de Ruijterweg, but the plans were conducted in a modified way by the municipality Amsterdam, as a component of the plan West.

The Mercatorplein is named after the famous cartographer Gerardus Mercator. The streets in the district around have also been named after cartographers and discovery travellers.

The square was built according the design of H.P. Berlage in 1925. Flamboyant are the two gateway constructions with gates located at the North – and South side of the square. At the western side you can find a passage constructed in a kind-of gate style reaching the Jan Evertsenstraat. Because of dilapidation the northern gates got demolished in 1961.

Since 1927, coming from the Jan Evertsenstraat, the tram line 7 has its terminus at this square. In 1929, the tram lines 12, 13 and 19 were added. The tramlines 12 and 19 disappeared some years later, but the lines 7 and 13 have remained since the years twenty to the present. Line 13 was extended in 1950.

Since 1990 the Mercatorplein is part of the De Baarsjes district. The ‘Mercatorbuurt’ is the area around the square. In the years ninety the buildings around the square were renovated and the northern buildings were entirely renewed according to the original design.

Also the demolished gates were rebuilt, whereby the square recovered much of its beauty. Under the square a car park was built. The square was reopened in June 1998 after a fast overhaul.