Westerweg
Westerweg was originally called Ilpendammerweg, as you can see on old maps from the 17th century.
On one side of Westerweg are the Purmer forest and the golf course, on the other are the Purmer-Noord residential area and industrial estate De Baanstee. There used to be many more farms along this road. These were partly demolished for housing and to make room for the industrial estate.
Construction of Purmer-Noord residential area began in 1982, with Purmer-Zuid following five years later. Purmer-Noord had over 6,300 houses in 2016. From 1986, business park De Baanstee-West was developed, followed by Baanstee-Oost in 1997. Work on the development of Baanstee-Noord has been ongoing since 2012.