28 Amsterdam district
Escort Zuidas: the city's skyline of glass and ambition
Amsterdam keeps its old centre low, so the city built its towers somewhere else. Zuidas, the South Axis, is that somewhere: a long strip of glass offices, law firms, banks and university buildings wrapped around Amsterdam Zuid station and the A10. By day it runs on meetings. By night it empties fast, which is exactly why so many visitors staying here want good company close at hand.
Zuidas has no resident companions of its own, but it borders Oud-Zuid, where several of ours live, and the whole roster is available here.
28 can come to you About an hour of notice From €180 per hour
08 Nearest to you
First picks for Zuidas
Nobody on the roster lives in Zuidas, so here are the companions who live nearest. Each card opens her profile.
Anyone else on our books can reach Zuidas too. Name her in your message and we check the timing.
02 Zuidas
Towers, parks and the RAI
The spine of Zuidas is the Gustav Mahlerlaan and the streets around Amsterdam Zuid station, with the World Trade Center complex beside the tracks and new towers still rising around it. To the north, Beethovenstraat is lined with smart shops and cafés on the Oud-Zuid side. To the east, the RAI convention centre fills up with trade fairs and conferences for much of the calendar, and Beatrixpark offers a quiet green corner nearby. The campus of the Vrije Universiteit lies to the west, and the Amsterdamse Bos, the city's great forest park, begins a short ride to the south-west.
03 Zuidas
Where business travellers stay
Zuidas hotels are built for people on expense accounts and tight schedules. Large business hotels stand near the station and along the ring road, often with executive floors and bars that stay open late, and the streets around the RAI add more rooms for conference guests. Serviced apartments are common too, filled with professionals on longer assignments. Lobbies are busy at breakfast and quiet by ten at night, and security staff at the door are normal, so share your hotel name and any visitor procedure when you book.
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Arrival in Zuidas
This is one of the most straightforward trips on our map. Our Oud-Zuid companions are practically neighbours, those based in De Pijp are barely further away, the metro from De Pijp reaches Amsterdam Zuid in a couple of stops, and a taxi uses the ring road or Beethovenstraat. An hour's notice is usually plenty. The one thing that slows arrivals is a big RAI event, when roads around Europaplein and the station jam at closing time. If your stay coincides with a large conference, message earlier and we will build that into the timing.
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After the last meeting
A Zuidas evening often opens with a cocktail downstairs or a table at a restaurant near the station, then perhaps a short taxi into Oud-Zuid for the Concertgebouw or a late dinner near the Museumplein. Karolina, an opera lover who takes architecture walks for fun, brings poise, discretion and wit, and reads a tower lobby as easily as a concert programme. Danielle is sophisticated, calm and magnetic, the kind of company that makes a long day of negotiations fade away. Vanessa is sweet, curious and relaxed, and her love of learning languages makes her easy company in a district where every table seems to speak three.
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Station, metro and the short hop from Oud-Zuid
Amsterdam Zuid ranks among the best connected stations in the Netherlands. Trains reach Schiphol in about eight minutes, and Utrecht and Den Haag are direct. The north-south metro runs to Centraal in around fifteen minutes, the ring line links the station with Sloterdijk and the RAI, and tram 5 runs up the Beethovenstraat to the Museumplein area.
For our Oud-Zuid and De Pijp companions, Zuidas is almost a neighbour. An address by the station or along the Gustav Mahlerlaan is usually reached within forty to fifty minutes, and hotels near the RAI are no slower. The only real delay is a major convention closing for the day, when every road and taxi rank near the Europaplein is full. We build that into the timing when we know about it.
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Evenings that fit a working trip
Most visitors in Zuidas are here for work: meetings, a conference, a few days on a client project. Evenings are short and valuable. Often the best plan is simple, a companion who meets you at the hotel bar, has a relaxed dinner with you in the district, and leaves you rested for the next morning.
If you have more time, the Beethovenstraat has good restaurants within walking distance, and the Museumplein is a short tram ride north. Our companions are at ease with business travellers, their schedules and their need for privacy. They will not ask about your work unless you want to talk about it, and they know when an evening should end early.
08 Zuidas
Close by
Oud-Zuid starts where the towers stop. Schiphol is a short train ride from Amsterdam Zuid, and Amsterdam Oost is reachable by metro to the east. Compare the roster and our rates, then send us your hotel and a time.
09 Local questions
Zuidas, answered
01How quickly can someone reach a hotel in Zuidas?
Usually within forty to fifty minutes, because our Oud-Zuid and De Pijp companions live close by. During big events at the RAI, allow a little more time for traffic around the Europaplein.
02Can a companion meet me in the hotel bar after my last meeting?
Yes. Many Zuidas bookings start with a drink downstairs. Tell us the time, the hotel and whether you want dinner as well, and we arrange the right length of booking.
03I am here for a conference at the RAI. Should I book early?
It helps. During large conferences many visitors message at the same hour. Contact us in the afternoon with a rough time, and we confirm the details once your schedule is fixed.
04Is Zuidas covered at the standard Amsterdam rate?
Yes, from €180 per hour, with longer bookings and dinners on request. We settle every detail in writing before she sets off. See our rates page.
05My flight leaves early from Schiphol. Is Zuidas a good base?
Very good. The train from Amsterdam Zuid reaches the airport in about eight minutes. Tell us your departure time and we shape the booking around your wake-up call. See our Schiphol page for airport hotels.
04 Next door
Around Zuidas
The closest parts of our map, each with its own page, its own arrival notes and its own first picks.
11 From the city guide
Read before Zuidas
Two reads from our city guide that fit this corner of the map: where to walk, where to eat, when to go.
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