About Amsterdam
Amsterdam
The Dutch capital, has been known through the centuries as a city with an international outlook.
Cosmopolitan and colourful, Amsterdam has always been a thriving commercial and industrial centre. You will feel right at home in the Dutch capital, where business opportunities abound, and English has become a second language. But in Amsterdam you can mix business with pleasure as nowhere else. Apart from a wealth of picturesque historic sites, the city prides itself on a swinging nightlife, charming shopping streets, international haute cuisine, galleries and 40 famous museums.
Equally important Amsterdam has a hospitable citizenry who enjoy meeting people from abroad.
This mixture has made Amsterdam into one of the world s preferred congress cities.
10 Good reasons to come to Amsterdam
- Amsterdam is the Gateway to Europe, just over an hour by air from London, Paris, Frankfurt and Berlin;
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is one of the world s finest international airports;
- Amsterdam s telecommunications infrastructure is state of the art;
- Amsterdam is a compact, manageable city with an excellent public transport system;
- Amsterdam has a stable economic, political and social climate and a favourable fiscal climate;
- Amsterdam s well-educated, multi-lingual labour force is efficient and productive;
- Amsterdam is a prominent centre for trade, distribution, congresses, finance and science;
- Amsterdam is an international and cosmopolitan city, making it an attractive place to live and work;
- Amsterdam is a city rich in culture and history;
- Amsterdam has amongst others: 600.000 bicycles, 755 restaurants, 1402 cafes and bars, 10.334 shops, 42 museums, 141 art galleries, 206 paintings by Van Gogh, 7.800 employees with an academic education, 1.500 local branches of Non-Dutch companies, 2.400 house boats, 82 canal boats and water taxis, 24 diamond polishing factories, 600.000 bulb flowers in parks and public gardens, 125 permanently residing nationalities and 165.000.000 Europeans within a 500 km radius!
For more Amsterdam info please visit: www.iamsterdam.nl
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