HoodEx scores areas of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands from 0 to 10 on green space and air, comfort and safety, homes and buildings, shops and services, and getting around. Of the areas reported on in depth so far, Museumkwartier scores highest at 8.9/10, against an average of 7.8/10. Open any report below, or find which part of Amsterdam fits you.
Amsterdam sits on flat, low-lying land in the province of North Holland, much of it reclaimed from former marsh and sea. The historic core follows a pattern of concentric canals ringed by outer districts that give way to garden villages and modern waterfront neighborhoods on artificial islands. Housing runs from tall, narrow brick canal houses with gabled facades to large-scale apartment blocks and suburban estates. The city is built for bicycles, trams, ferries, and walking; car traffic is deliberately restricted in many places. The maritime climate brings mild, damp winters and cool, overcast summers with westerly winds. District character shifts sharply from the dense medieval center to leafy southern neighborhoods, diverse eastern areas, and open peripheries. Transport links are consistently strong across the city, but greenery is concentrated outside the oldest, most compact quarters, where trees and parks are harder to find.
Across the 35 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Amsterdam, the average score is 7.8 out of 10 — strong. That places Amsterdam 5th of the 33 cities measured so far, 1.2 above the 6.6 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is Museumkwartier at 8.9/10; the lowest is Burgwallen-Oude Zijde at 5.9/10. A gap of 3.0 points across one city is large — in Amsterdam the address matters more than the city does. 30 of the 35 areas score 7 or better.
Averaged across Amsterdam: green & air 7.1, comfort & safety 7.7, homes & buildings 7.8, shops & services 7.6 and getting around 8.8, each out of 10.
Amsterdam's strongest category is getting around — transport and walkability — at 8.8/10, 1.7 above the 7.1 average for that category. The weakest is green & air — greenery and environmental quality — at 7.1/10, 1.4 above the 5.7 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
Against the other 33 measured cities, Amsterdam ranks 7th for green & air, 4th for comfort & safety and 4th for getting around.
The score that swings most from one Amsterdam area to the next is shops & services: 1.5/10 in Waterland, 9.6/10 in Museumkwartier — a spread of 8.1 points. In practice that means whether there is a life on your doorstep is the thing your choice of address actually decides here.
By contrast comfort & safety moves by only 2.5 points across the whole city, so it is close to a constant: worth knowing about Amsterdam, but not worth paying extra for one street over another.
Within Netherlands, HoodEx has measured 4 cities, averaging 7.3/10. Amsterdam is 0.5 above the 7.3 average for the country, 1st of the 4.
No single area wins on everything, so it is worth knowing which one leads on the thing you care about. In Amsterdam that is most green space: Waterland (9.3/10 green & air), best connected: Scheldebuurt (9.9/10 getting around), strongest community life: Museumkwartier (9.6/10 shops & services) and best housing stock: Museumkwartier (9.0/10 homes & buildings).
Open any of them below for the full breakdown — the five category scores, the components underneath them, and what residents have reported.
Describe the life you want — budget, commute, how much green you need, how lively the street should be — and HoodEx ranks Amsterdam's neighbourhoods against your answers instead of you looking up one address at a time.
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These parts of Amsterdam have been measured in full — each has its own page with the five scores, the readings underneath them and photos of the streets.
Every HoodEx neighbourhood is scored from 0 to 10 in five categories. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall score.
HoodEx has scored 35 neighbourhoods in Amsterdam. New areas are added when someone checks a local address.
The average overall score across scored Amsterdam neighbourhoods is 7.8/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 1.2 above the 6.6 average across the 33 cities HoodEx has measured.
Museumkwartier currently has the highest overall score in Amsterdam at 8.9/10, 3.0 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, Burgwallen-Oude Zijde (5.9/10).
Waterland scores highest on green & air in Amsterdam at 9.3/10, covering green space, air and water quality and natural features. The city average for green & air is 7.1/10.
Scheldebuurt leads on getting around — transit access, road connectivity, walkability and reaching everyday destinations — at 9.9/10, against a Amsterdam average of 8.8/10.
Shops & services varies most across Amsterdam — a spread of 8.1 points between Waterland (1.5/10) and Museumkwartier (9.6/10). That makes whether there is a life on your doorstep the thing your address decides here, while comfort & safety is close to constant citywide (2.5 points).
HoodEx has measured 4 cities in Netherlands, averaging 7.3/10. Amsterdam is 0.5 above the 7.3 average, ranking 1st of the 4.
Every neighbourhood is scored 0–10 in five categories — Green & air, Comfort & safety, Homes & buildings, Shops & services, and Getting around — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall score.
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Scores update as new analyses are run and community feedback comes in. Each neighbourhood page shows when it was last updated.