The NDSM site is a district in Amsterdam North, on the former site of the NDSM shipyard.
The four docks dug on the northwestern part of the NDSM were put into operation in 1987 by ship-repair company Shipdock Amsterdam BV.
The vacant buildings on the southeastern part of the NDSM site were squatted over time. This developed into one of Amsterdam's 'breeding grounds', affordable living and working spaces for artists, craftsmen and support companies.
Another part of the enormous site is in use by the Maritime Quarter Amsterdam-North, which is dedicated to managing and maintaining a collection of historic sea-going vessels and exploiting them for all kinds of purposes. The head office of MTV Networks was housed in a monumental carpentry shop.
The large crane, Hensen Crane 13, on the NDSM site was dismantled in July 2013 and taken to a yard in Franeker to be refurbished and converted into luxury hotel rooms. In October 2013, the crane returned to the NDSM site as the Faralda NDSM Crane Hotel, consisting of three hotel suites and a television studio.
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