Resilience is an important topic in the Netherlands. The low-lying parts of the country, including Amsterdam, must learn to cope with rising sea levels and increasing rainfall. 

The city of Amsterdam is therefore not only stimulating projects to retain rainwater and unseal public spaces, but is also promoting sustainable mobility by public transport and bicycle. This includes a large, new bicycle garage under a harbour basin at the station, as well as a metro line that creates a high-speed connection across the city to Amsterdam-Zuid. In the Frans Halsbuurt neighbourhood of De Pijp, all parking spaces have been removed from the public space and pocket parks and bicycle parking spaces have been created in their place. A few stops further on, in the Zuidas office district, you can see various projects to unseal public spaces as well as spectacular new architectural icons with a green concept.