Amsterdam Urban Development 1975-2025

From crumbling hub to tourist hotspot, discover the urban renovations that made Amsterdam the cool, carefree city that we know it as today

Once a port city in decline, Amsterdam has now become a one-of-a-kind metropolis: its central historic districts transformed into public amenities. Urban designer Maurits de Hoog charts the most recent 50 years of the city's spatial evolution and speculates as to what the next 50 years will have in store.