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Zuidas in Amsterdam

The Zuidas (meaning South Axis in Dutch) is a large business district that is developing rapidly for the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The Zuidas is also known as the ‘Financial Mile’. It can be found between the Amstel river and the turnaround of the ringway A10. The biggest examples for the Zuidas are La Défense in Paris en The Docklands in London. In size it is best to compare with the Noordruimte/Espace Nord in Brussels.

In the future the station in the center of this area railway station Amsterdam Zuid WTC will become the second main station of Amsterdam and is expecting to be 5th in number of passengers in the Netherlands, connecting to Schiphol, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Paris by high speed rail, the Thalys.

A train takes people in 7-8 minutes directly from the Zuidas to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Problably there will also be a subway line directly to the airport in the future. Also another high-speed link has been proposed by a consortium of companies between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam Zuid and the city of Almere.

Large multinationals such as ING Group, ABN-Amro (after the takeover has been completed, the current ABN-Amro World HQ will be the new Fortis HQ) and Akzo Nobel already have their headquarters in this new area. The World Trade Center Amsterdam is recently renovated and expanded.

You can find more information on our trusted friend, Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuidas

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