Another reason for the neighbourhood of Tuindorp Oostzaan to arise was the need of housing of the growing group of workers from the new industry and shipyards on the north banks of the IJ.

Reportedly, the compensation of the government was so generous that people joked: "Give us our daily bread, and if possible a flood."

The upper part is built in different periods of time and contains more modern houses, lofts, apartments and villas.

Present-day Tuindorp Oostzaan offers a mix of experimental festivals, picturesque country villages and restaurants.

On this former shipyard on the northern bank of the IJ grows a self-made city with hundreds of artists, creative businesses, sustainable business, unconventional homes, innovative culture and media, amazing cafes, hotels and restaurants and ground breaking events, on land and on water.