AMSTELVEEN APARTMENTS, DO THEY DIFFER FROM AMSTERDAM APARTMENTS? Well, most people in Amsterdam call Amstelveen ‘the family city’. Although Amstelveen offers most of the time cheaper and more modern real estate than Amsterdam, the city itself isn’t very attractive to the young people. As you can imagine the positive points of Amstelveen are traffic safety, international schools and as a bonus shopping in Amstelveen is quite good. Most people with an apartment in Amstelveen are pilots or aircraft crew, expat(families) or just ‘Amsterdam-off’ families. Most family houses in Amstelveen offer good price/quality compared to living in Amsterdam. Lots of family houses you can only find in Amstelveen, instead of Amsterdam. Recently we discovered this map of Amstelveen and its available properties to rent. Quite useful, if you are looking for house or apartment rentals in Amstelveen, you should definitely check out Amstelveen Housing – Apartments to Rent.