Walking Tour South Axis

The Rock	'Summertime'
The Valley
Student houses	Circl
Summertime	Zuidplein
The Rock	Symphony Amsterdam
900Mahler	900Mahler
Viñoly building	Viñoly

South Axis

The South Axis of Amsterdam has a lot to offer. A grandeur, hardly fitting in the Dutch tradition. Many foreign architectures were involved in the designing. The South Axis is a concurrent of foreign sites like the South Bank in London, Potzdammerplatz in Berlin and La Défence in Paris. South Axis is not a nine-to-five district like La Défence. South Axis is supposed to become a district with a mix of functions like offices, apartments, hotels, restaurants, etc.

The Zuidas rivals well-known business locations such as Ørestadt in Copenhagen/Malmö and Potzdammerplatz in Berlin. Against nine-to-five neighbourhoods like Paris' La Défence, which is deserted at night, the Zuidas presents a mixture of offices, housing, hospitality, hotels, shopping centres. Comparable to Potzdammerplatz, with very bold architecture and a lot of attention to public space and art. And with the ‘Zuidas Man’, that particular variant of the human race you frequently encounter here. A beautiful and also difficult development, which is nevertheless being tackled differently from other European cities. You can see the Zuidas as a typical example of the self-confidence, guts and high level of current Amsterdam urban planning. We will also tell you about that during this architecture walk.

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