Monocle advice for Amsterdam

WHAT MAKES A CITY SUCCESSFUL?

Amsterdam Topstad is an ambitious project initiated by alderman Lodewijk Asscher, to mobilise entrepreneurs and individuals into a movement to get Amsterdam in the Top 5 lists of most popular, succesful, habitable, etc, etc cities of the world. The Topstad team organise regular ‘inspiration & network’ meetings to keep the fires burning.

Yesterday’s session (charmingly organised at a former pathology lab) focused on consequences of ‘The Crisis’ and what it means in terms of challenges and opportunities for Amsterdam. Guest lecturer was none less than Tyler Brulee, founder of our Wallpaper and Monocle (our favourit magazine of the moment) – arguably one of the world’s most inspiring lights on the topics of ‘How to make urban living as rich as possible’. Read the rest of this entry »