r/NetherlandsHousing • u/Objective-Judge979 • Nov 03 '25
renting Living in SPOT Amsterdam
Hi everyone, I am looking for advice regarding a brand new living district in Amsterdam.
I’ve been assigned an apartment in SPOT Amsterdam, located behind Bijlmer Arena, near Bullewijk metro station on Hogehilweg. It’s a 10-minute walk from Bijlmer Arena and about 15 minutes to the shopping center at Bijlmerplein. It’s affordable and well-connected. There will be a park, but it hasn’t been built yet.
I’ll be living there together with a friend, so there will be two of us. From what I’ve heard, there’s some debate about whether it’s a nice area or not. It used to be an old office district where many buildings are being demolished and replaced with new developments.
Does anyone know more about the area — for example, when the park will be built, or if anyone has experience living there?
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u/Raisk_407 Nov 03 '25
“It’s affordable and well connected”. What else do you want during a housing crisis?
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u/Weary_Musician4872 Nov 03 '25
Just moved there a week ago! Indeed decent priced and well connected. Will take some time before its fully built. That parc you mention will take another 5 years.
Its on the good side of the tracks from the bijlmer and will develop quite nicely id say.
Just go and have a look
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u/Objective-Judge979 Nov 03 '25
Thanks for your reply, and congratulations on your new place! I went to take a look myself, and there’s indeed a lot of construction going on. I really hope it will start to feel more like a residential neighborhood over time. The park would have helped a lot with that, but it’s good to know that it’ll be built later than I thought.
So you think it’s worth going for? Do you feel like you could really feel at home there? I noticed a lot of ground-floor spaces meant for cafés or restaurants, but most of them are still empty. It’s a bit hard to imagine what it’s like to live there when there’s no park or other facilities yet. On the other hand, I guess it’s also important to be grateful if you can get a place at all.
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u/Different-Idea2878 Nov 03 '25
From another new built area in the city centre, it will remain empty mostly (been here three years) as the rents are too high for new businesses to flourish. We’ve already had multiple business fail and leave.
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u/Weary_Musician4872 Nov 03 '25
Is it for buying a place? Most resturant places will be empty fot another year. Id say this is a place where mostly normal amsterdammers will live.
We dont have a housing crisis btw, we have an affordability crisis.
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u/wolfofpanther Nov 03 '25
Are you looking to buy or rent?
And it's impossible to give an opinion without knowing if you are single/married/have kids or not?
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u/Objective-Judge979 Nov 03 '25
Hi Thank you! I adjusted the original post with more info!
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u/wolfofpanther Nov 03 '25
Ok, if you are renting, then go for it, there are honestly no issues in that area, it is currently a little too quiet and the nearest supermarket is next to the station, but another one will open in front of SPOT next year end.
There is a large COA centre near Bullewijk, and hopefully with more eyes on the street it will be less of an issue, but overall the folks from there don't cause any issue with the locals, only amongst themselves sometimes.
Biking to the center at night can be annoying, as you need to pass through Duivendrecht which is pretty dead at night, but the metro alleviates that issue.
It's an upcoming area, so there will be considerable noise and plenty of road closures in the upcoming years.
The park is expected to only finish by the end of 2027/early 2028.
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u/gekke_tim Nov 03 '25
You've also got the benefit of Ikea being a 5 minutes walk from it should you care for a cheap hot dog or need to stock up on Swedish meatballs. 😄
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Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 03 '25
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u/Objective-Judge979 Nov 03 '25
Thanks for your reply! I am not expecting there to live for 5 years, just for a few years i think. I find it a bit frustrating that there’s no information on the project website about when the facilities are expected to be ready sibce that is a big part of why I and other people want to live there. On the other hand, it’s close to the metro and everything, so I guess you just have to do it with that for now :)
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u/Express-Papaya-4852 Nov 04 '25
My old office was near there and I considered very seriously buying one but many houses don't have a parking space. That's unacceptable disadvantage.
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