The Dutch Dream – Why Tech Talent Is Heading To Amsterdam

Technological change in the past two decades has been profound across the globe, and nowhere is this truer than in Amsterdam. “It’s been amazing, dynamic change,” says Katja. “We have the homegrown unicorns [that’s start-ups valued at a billion dollars or more] like Elastic, Adyen, Tom Tom and Booking.com, but also Tesla, Netflix and Uber have built their European headquarters here. Today this tech community is spread out all over, both within the canal system and further out, whether it’s the TQ tech hub in the heart of the city or B. Amsterdam, the biggest incubator in Europe, which has built a 60,000-square-metre campus in the suburbs. You have all these different pockets of innovation, it’s really incredible.”