A Day in My Neighborhood: Is Bijlmer Really a Dutch Ghetto? 

The atmosphere on the Bijlmer streets is immensely different than that of the city center of Amsterdam: it's very vibrant and multicultural. But the truth is, this Amsterdam neighborhood used to be synonymous with crime, drugs, and illegal immigrants. Many Dutch agreed that the Bijlmer was the first and only Dutch ghetto, the worst reputation a neighborhood can earn in Holland.
But I live here today, and I've never felt safer, comfortable, not to mention having the possibility to have a much bigger space than what you would normally get and pay if you lived in the center. So how is it really like to live in this neighborhood?
Timestamps:
0:30 - Walking around Arena Poort, busy shopping street in Bijlmer
2:20 - About the Bijlmer Arena Station
3:35 - I talk about the history of Bijlmer
4:30 - A walk & cycle through the Nelson Mandela Park
5:08 - Showing the colorful buildings around Zuid-Oost
6:00 - Personal views about living here
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