But what really caught the eye was the regeneration of Amsterdam Zuid station. Where work in previous years had mainly been underground, tens of thousands of railway and metro passengers were now able to see what the regenerated station will ultimately look like. Around the Brittenpassage in particular, so much hard work was completed that this additional passenger tunnel even reached the final fitting-out phase. We fitted walk-on glass on the railway platform floors, providing daylight inside the new passageway. The platform entrances were given stairways and, above them, the first new platform roofs appeared – providing a glimpse of what all of the railway and metro platforms, and in the future also the tram and bus stops, will ultimately look like. In the meantime, the Nieuw-Zuid construction consortium (Mobilis, Boskalis, van Gelder) continued building the new metro platforms. They will be located between the new Brittenpassage and the existing Minervapassage. Throughout this process, Amsterdam Zuid station’s future as a compact public transport hub increasingly began to take shape.
De Nieuwe Meer junction flyover
Eagle-eyed road users will no doubt have noticed our work on the widening of the A10 Zuid at the De Nieuwe Meer junction and next to the Schinkelbrug bridge. After endless work on the foundations, it is now possible to see the start of the new flyover at the junction, which will connect the A10 Zuid with the A4 in the direction of Schiphol/Rotterdam. The spectacle of the delivery of the huge ‘bearer beams’, which will ultimately support the flyover, was captured on video: a boat journey from Friesland to the south side of Amsterdam, much of it along the inland waterways of Zuid- and Noord-Holland.
View the boat journey in September 2025
At the end of the year, the TriAX construction consortium (Besix, Dura Vermeer and Heijmans) connected the first bearer beams together using concrete girders that will support the road surface. On either side of the existing Schinkelbrug bridge, we built two new bridges, where the additional lanes of the widened A10 Zuid will be.
Road closures
Of course, we could not have done all of this work without causing disruption. We also had to close roads, cycle paths and footpaths more often than in previous years. During the summer, the A10 on the south side of Amsterdam was actually closed for 16 consecutive days. We could also be seen working on the city roads. Amstelveenseweg was closed for more than five weeks in the summer, in order to build the supports for two extra viaducts for the additional lanes in both directions on the A10 Zuid. We also worked on Parnassusweg, partly because of the lengthening of the railway platforms above the road.
Tunnel and Amstel junction
In November, we were able to report the awarding of the contract for the Amstel junction – which went to the Amstel Verbindt consortium (Boskalis, Mobilis and Van Gelder). At the same time, a highly expert team from VolkerWessels and Zuidasdok were working on a definitive design for the A10 tunnel, next to Amsterdam Zuid station. This means that 2025 marks the first year in which all of the projects in the Zuidasdok programme are in progress.
Development of Zuidas
In the meantime, the development of the Zuidas district continued. The realisation of the Hartig Museum for contemporary art was started. The Park Meadows residential towers – renamed Nobu Residences Park Meadows – emerged above ground level. In the Ravel residential district we reported on the completion of the Kindercampus Zuidas that will form the heart of the new neighbourhood. Right next to the school the Ravelly residential tower appeared, providing 75 social rented apartments and a childcare centre. Not far away from it, another residential tower is set to be developed, on the corner of Barbara Strozzilaan and Antonio Vivaldistraat. The decision-making process has been initiated. The same applies to the redevelopment of the ABN Amro complex in Gustav Mahlerplein. Its owner Victory Group is developing Zudo there and held various meetings to update stakeholders.
The CubeHouse and more
Some distance away, on the corner of Parnassusweg and Claude Debussylaan, The CubeHouse office building was also erected. The building is now more or less complete. In the other major area of development, the Kenniskwartier innovation district, we reported that DUWO is set to build 127 social rented apartments. The final plot in this part of Kenniskwartier was put out to tender. This will create a horseshoe-shaped complex of buildings, with the future Florence Pricehof in the centre, surrounded by The Pulse of Amsterdam, the starter homes in the Stepstone residential tower, the DUWO student complex and the Ceci housing complex.
Even more?
Yes, there was more. Of course, we tried to keep you updated on developments in as pleasant a way as possible. That included on this website and via our social media channels. But we also held countless guided tours and various information markets. Our information centre in the WTC saw unprecedented visitor numbers: more than 9,000, 20% up on 2024. Then there was the celebration of Amsterdam 750. In June, we took part in FutureFest (ToekomstTiendaagse) on 10 consecutive days, showcasing Amsterdam’s present and future in Zuidas to many hundreds of interested parties.
A year packed full of progress, and that’s without even mentioning 2026.
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