Rent a Home in Amstelveen Center
A compact city core right next to Amsterdam, with Stadshart as its shopping center, a large international community, and Schiphol ten minutes away.
Amstelveen has approximately 95,000 inhabitants and is directly adjacent to Amsterdam-Zuid. The city center, Stadshart, is a modern urban core with shopping centers, apartments, and excellent connections. The city has over 23,000 residents of non-Dutch nationality, more than 24 percent of the total population. The Japanese community of 1,600 people is the largest outside Japan in the Netherlands. Amstelveen is not a tourist city but a functional, international residential city that for many expats and commuters is the ideal place between Schiphol, Amsterdam, and the rest of the Randstad.
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Stadshart (City Heart)
Stadshart is the covered shopping center and public core of Amstelveen. Shops, restaurants, the library, and the town hall are concentrated here. It is not a historic market square but a systematically designed center, built for the rapidly growing post-war city. This gives it a different atmosphere than the canal centers of Leiden or Haarlem: functional, accessible, not picturesque.
The homes in Stadshart are modern apartments on the higher floors above the commercial plinth. Well-insulated, with elevators, often with a balcony or roof terrace. A type of housing not found in the historic city centers of neighboring municipalities.
International Character
Amstelveen has grown throughout the twentieth century into the most international municipality in North Holland outside Amsterdam. This has several causes: its proximity to Schiphol, the presence of multinationals in Amsterdam's Zuidas area, and accessibility to Amsterdam. Many expats who work in Amsterdam live in Amstelveen because the homes are more spacious and the environment is greener.
The Japanese community has its own visibility in the city: Japanese supermarkets, restaurants, and a Japanese school. For Japanese expats, Amstelveen is the obvious choice in the region. This presence also attracts other international communities.
What You Rent
The center of Amstelveen primarily offers new-build and 1980s apartments. The homes are generally larger than comparable apartments in Amsterdam for a lower rent. Balconies, elevators, and parking facilities are more common in the center than in the region's historic city centers.
There is a large supply of free-sector housing compared to historic city center districts. Amstelveen has built a lot of new housing, and relatively many private landlords are active in the center.
Apartments Price Breakdown in Amstelveen
| Bedrooms | Average | Median | Price Range | Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | €1,447 | €1,077 | €926 - €2,800 | 2 |
2 | €2,360 | €2,450 | €1,159 - €3,500 | 12 |
3 | €2,581 | €2,500 | €2,100 - €3,600 | 3 |
4+ | €3,250 | €3,250 | €3,250 - €3,250 | 0 / 1 |
Accessibility
Tram 5 connects Stadshart directly to Amsterdam Centraal and Leidseplein. Travel time: approximately 25 minutes. Schiphol airport is reachable by car in ten minutes, by bus in twenty. Amsterdam Zuid station, the business heart of the Zuidas, is a fifteen-minute bike ride or twenty minutes by tram. The A9 and A10 motorways are directly accessible via the on-ramps on the outskirts of Amstelveen.
For international tenants who fly regularly, the location relative to Schiphol is one of Amstelveen's strongest practical advantages over Amsterdam.
Japan's Capital in the Netherlands
With 1,600 Japanese residents, Amstelveen has the largest Japanese community outside Japan in the Netherlands. Japanese supermarkets, restaurants, and a Japanese school make the city attractive to Japanese expats and internationals accustomed to an Asian urban environment.
Schiphol Ten Minutes Away
The airport is ten minutes by car. For expats and internationals who fly regularly, Amstelveen is one of the most practically located residential areas in the Netherlands.
More Spacious Than Amsterdam For Less
Apartments in Amstelveen's center are generally larger and come with more facilities than comparable homes in Amsterdam-Zuid, and are lower in price. Tram 5 takes residents to Leidseplein in 25 minutes.
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