Best amenities in Amsterdam

The neighbourhood with the best amenities in Amsterdam is Overtoomse Veld-Zuid (10.0), with the supermarket 0.3 km away and the GP 0.2 km. They cluster in one corner of Amsterdam: 21 of the 25 in the centre. The middle neighbourhood of this top 25 has 2,645 residents. The national median for distance to the supermarket is 3.3 times as high. Of the 441 neighbourhoods in Amsterdam with a grade for amenities, 381 reach a 7.0 or higher. Amsterdam as a whole comes out at a 8.8, against a 6.3 for the middle neighbourhood in the country — one grade for a whole municipality says little about the street you live in.

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list ranked?

On distance to the supermarket, the GP, the train station, a restaurant, the hospital, the pub, the library and the motorway slip road. It says nothing about the quality of those amenities, only about how close they are.

Why is Overtoomse Veld-Zuid at the top?

Overtoomse Veld-Zuid scores a 10.0 on this list, with the supermarket 0.3 km away and the GP 0.2 km. That is the highest of every neighbourhood in Amsterdam that has a grade for this measure.

How often are these figures updated?

The figures come from the CBS neighbourhood statistics for 2025. Both are published once a year; the list is recalculated as soon as a new edition appears.

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