Canal Life on Ijburg

Due to a constant demand for housing in Amsterdam and because of a former lack of large, new locations for residential property available within the city boundaries, the Amsterdam City Council voted in 1996 to build on a series of eight artificial islands in the IJmeer. Construction of all 18,000 homes in this new district, IJburg, will be completed around 2015. IJburg will then be home to a total of about 45,000 people and bring 12,000 jobs into the area.

Housing in IJburg is very varied, including low-rise blocks of flats and terraced and detached houses. All sectors are catered for - from social rentals to mid-priced housing the higher-priced, owner-occupied dwellings. The area has also been planned as a self-contained district with its own shops, offices and schools. (Source)

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