Why Amsterdam
By choosing a location in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, you're taking a seat in the director's chair of continental Europe. Because of its central location, the presence of two major port complexes within a 50 km radius, good international rail links, and close proximity to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the region has always been a major transit hub for people, goods, capital and services to and from the 350 million potential customers of the European continent.
Amsterdam's advantages
What's more, the density of Internet connections is Europe's second highest, and the region has the world's greatest concentration of business and creative service providers. Plus, the tax climate is favourable, and the Netherlands has tax treaties with all its trading partners.
While these are all important advantages, an extra factor is the eastwards shift of economic activity in Europe and the rest of the world. More and more foreign companies are choosing a location in Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Almere or Haarlemmermeer, because they can better coordinate their European marketing and distribution activities from here.
The Amsterdam Area stands out from the crowd as a centre of international trade. The region combines transport and logistics expertise with an in-depth knowledge of all the relevant European markets. Amsterdam has been a melting pot since time immemorial. Today, 177 different nationalities live and work together in harmony here. The composition and style of the local working population reflects this. They are multilingual, multicultural, tolerant, consensus-oriented, and politically and culturally neutral.
Building bridges
Amsterdammers and their neighbours in the region are used to building bridges. So they excel when it comes to creating and embracing cross-border ideas and concepts. They are always ready to adapt to other business processes and cultures.
On top of all this, living and working in the Amsterdam Area is an attractive prospect. There are high-quality international schools, large expat communities, a manageable cost of living, and attractive and affordable (and safe) places to live here. Expats always appreciate the unique work-life balance. On average, they stay here longer than in other European countries.
Attracted by all these advantages, today there are already more than 1,800 foreign companies with an office in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. This large presence brings other benefits. Research shows that non-Dutch companies with an office in the Amsterdam Area grow faster, create more added value, and innovate more successful than comparable Dutch companies.
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