The area is under­go­ing an aston­ish­ing trans­form­a­tion, gradu­ally morph­ing from a car-clogged road into a hub of intel­lect and cre­ativ­ity. Over the last years, the street has become a home for glob­al com­pan­ies, tech star­tups, and styl­ish co-work­ing spaces. Part of the mix are also 60,000 stu­dents from insti­tu­tions like the Ams­ter­dam Uni­ver­sity of Applied Sci­ences and the Uni­ver­sity of Ams­ter­dam. The Know­ledge Mile asso­ci­ation acts as a net­work to con­nect these busi­nesses and insti­tu­tions and stim­u­lates them to work togeth­er to improve their sur­round­ings. On top of that, the street fea­tures a col­lec­tion of archi­tec­tur­al icons, ran­ging from Her­man Hertzber­ger­’s stu­dent dorm to one of the few Cor­bus­i­an build­ings in town and, as a recent addi­tion, a beau­ti­ful new build­ing with large atri­um for the Uni­ver­sity of Applied Science.