CONFERENCE CITY Amsterdam
In the 13th century, Amsterdam was a small fishing village located behind a dyke/dam which protected them from the water from the Amstel river. There are over 90 museums in Amsterdam, giving it the highest museum density of any city in the world. One of Europe’s most open-minded cities, Amsterdam offers an array of LGBT-friendly accommodation, bars, and festivals, as well as a thriving cannabis culture with over 200 coffee shops in the city centre. Most of Amsterdam’s buildings are built on wooden poles that are between 15 and 20 metres in length. Amsterdam is the city actually lies below sea level, but has managed to stay above the water thanks to its iconic canal system and wooden poles as support. The smallest house is in Amsterdam, and it is only 2.02 metres wide and 5 metres deep. Amsterdam’s 17th-century canals are so frequently compared to Venice that it earned the Dutch capital its nickname, the “Venice of the North.”
Key Factors of Amsterdam
Amsterdam is one of the most connected cities in the EU, serving as home to the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), which is one of the largest internet exchanges in the world with more than 800 members.
- Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, and Eindhoven are the 5 biggest cities in the Netherlands and also the most important IT hubs in the Netherlands.
- Amsterdam has a long-standing tech legacy, with Dutch-developed innovations such as CD, DVD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and the Python programming language. Amsterdam is a thriving, innovative tech hub and houses one of the largest data exchanges in the world, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX).
- The presence of a state-the-art advanced fiber-optic network supports an innovative community of startups, data centers, and multinational digital businesses in the wider Metropolitan Area, including Microsoft, Cisco, Tata, Infosys, Huawei, Oracle, Intel, IBM, Netflix, Verizon, and Google.
- The Netherlands has produced 20 unicorn companies with 12 of them started in Amsterdam. Notable unicorns include WeTranser, Takeaway.com, and Booking.com. Aside from these local prodigies, Amsterdam is also a big hub for FAANG and big tech companies like Uber, Stripe, and Miro.
- City’s compact nature, conference visitors can easily access the city’s world-class cultural offerings. Quick connections between venues, hotels, and local sights make it easy to get around and explore the city’s top attractions and trendy neighborhoods.
Amsterdam ranks fourth globally and second in Europe in the Savills Tech Cities Index 2019, confirming its status as an important European center for tech companies and startups.
Accessibility
Amsterdam has a number of direct international rail services which can connect you to Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, and beyond. High-speed rail travel in Europe is a good alternative to flying and gives a real feeling of travel. Amsterdam Airport is situated in the center of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region, it is part of the economic motor of the Netherlands (the Randstad).
- Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is one of the best-connected airports around as just below is the train station. The train station gives you access to major lines within the Netherlands as well as quick changes to neighboring countries.
- Schiphol Airport is among the busiest in Europe and indisputably one of the world’s major hub airports.
- The best part is you can have direct access to the city center in less than 20 minutes. It also serves as a great connecting airport to other destinations within Europe that have smaller airports like Croatia or Slovenia.
- Amsterdam Airport City provides excellent transport links with high-frequency domestic rail networks as well as one of the most extensive high-quality road networks in the world.
- People from all over the world travel to Amsterdam for its liberal culture and quirky sights.
Amsterdam, one of Europe’s most vibrant cities, has been attracting entrepreneurs, innovators, and tech enthusiasts from all over the world. Amsterdam is a small city compared with most national capitals and it is a very popular location for international business, mainly because of its combination of accessibility, cultural richness, cosmopolitan character, and a human scale that results from the absence of high-rise buildings and multilane highways. Many visitors to the city come for business purposes or to attend conferences, because it is possible to see many of the sites on foot in a single day, day trips to Amsterdam are also extremely popular. Amsterdam commands excellent transport connections via rail, water, road, and air.
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