Zuidas Amsterdam is a highly desirable business location. Well-known organizations which have 'set up shop' here include ABN-AMRO Bank, ING Bank, WTC, RAI and VU University, as well as leading multinationals such as AkzoNobel, APG, Tata Consultancy Services, Edelman and Google. Zuidas is already home to some four hundred companies which between them employ thirty thousand people. But there's plenty of room for more!
 

Working in the Zuidas district means having the world at your feet. Schiphol Airport is just six minutes' journey time away. There are frequent rail, bus, metro and tram services: all forms of public transport converge on Zuidas. One of the major strengths of Zuidas is that companies can enjoy all the benefits of a central urban location, with high quality amenities, a good residential environment, greenery, culture and art of world standing within minutes. The Stopera (opera house), the Concertgebouw, the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum, the Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, the Anne Frank House and the Rembrandt House are known the world over. All just minutes by tram, bicycle or on foot.
Amsterdam offers a particularly favourable business climate and consistently occupies a high place in the international rankings. According to the Cushman & Wakefield European Cities Monitor (ECM) 2007, which compares the business climate of 33 European cities, Amsterdam emerges as one of the top five. Ready access to markets and customers, domestic and international accessibility, the availability of well educated, multilingual staff, and the low rate of corporation task make the entire Amsterdam region, and Zuidas in particular, the ideal 'springboard' for any company wishing to conquer the European market.
 

Of course, staff also need somewhere to live. Zuidas already has four hundred high-quality homes, with thousands more planned in all price categories. Although Zuidas is an urban area, with all the advantages that entails, there is also plentiful greenery both in the district and nearby. The spacious Beatrixpark, the centuries-old Amstelscheg and the Amsterdamse Bos woodlands are all within easy walking distance. Zuidas can already offer a wide range of other public services and amenities, such as schools, crèches and healthcare facilities.
 

Many highly educated people have found their niche in Zuidas' Knowledge Quarter, where two of Europe's leading scientific and medical research organizations, VU University and the VU Medical Center, are based. They ensure an innovative 'cross-pollination' between the private sector and the academic world. Zuidas is therefore the centre par excellence of international commerce and knowledge development.