Amstelveen
Amstelveen is home to the most diverse international community in the Netherlands. According to the latest census, 11% of the population has expat status, including Japanese, British, German, American and Indian professionals and their families. They have chosen this part of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area because of its attractive living and working conditions.
Heart of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area
Amstelveen is just a few minutes away by car or public transport from cosmopolitan Amsterdam, or from the dynamic travel hub, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. However, Amstelveen looks and feels like an oasis of calmness and tranquillity.
Picturesque Amstelveen not only offers a wide range of spacious and affordable accommodation, but crime and unemployment is negligible. In addition, the average resident is highly qualified and earns a higher-than-average salary. This is attractive to employers as well as employees. Amstelveen is considered the Netherlands' most socio-economically attractive mid-sized city.
Location
Services are an equally important factor for expats. Amstelveen offers a range of wide networks and high-quality facilities for foreign professionals and their families.
For example, the several thousand members of the Japanese community can rely on a highly specialised group of commercial services targeted specifically at them. There are schools and restaurants reflecting the educational and culinary heritage of Japan, Japanese-speaking doctors, the local library has its own section of Japanese literature, and there is even a Japanese-speaking fishmonger, who caters to the taste of his fellow countrymen.
A part of Amstelveen has developed into ‘Japan on the Amstel’, but concentrations of other expat groups can depend on their needs being met as well, by a tailored range of cultural and economic services. The growing contingent of Indian Amstelveeners has its own cricket competition, an established range of restaurants, and an Indian Cultural Centre which will open soon. Koreans have their own school. The list of diverse services meeting the needs of expat communities in the region is constantly expanding.
The International School of Amsterdam, which also has a school in Amstelveen, offers many types of international education. The private international school offers curricula for every age group and cultural identity and conforms to the highest educational standards worldwide.
International community
Amstelveen’s lifestyle and atmosphere not only attracts expats and their families, but also impresses business leaders with all the extras the city has to offer the corporate community.
A combination of excellent accommodation, strategic location in the heart of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, accessibility, and the presence of a highly trained, internationally oriented workforce, has resulted in Amstelveen being one of the Netherlands' most sought-after locations.
Foreign enterprises were initially American and Japanese companies such as HP, Canon and Ricoh, looking for a base from which to manage activities in mainland Europe. They choose Amstelveen for their European headquarters or sales and distribution offices.
Currently, companies, in particular knowledge-intensive businesses, are arriving here from emerging markets with concrete business plans or requests for information. A well-equipped network of business service providers is actively assisting them to establish their company here.
Amstelveen welcomes them warmly. They are a major boost to the local economy and contribute to a further broadening of the international base. This is a distinguishing factor Amstelveen wants to maintain.
Contact
City of Amstelveen
P.O. Box 4, 1180 BA Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 20 540 4423
Email: amstelveen@amsterdaminbusiness.com
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