Stadshart Amstelveen

Nice shopping center. easily reached by a car or public transportation. There is a quite nice selection of shops like Bijenkorf, VD, Zara, Massimo Dutti and lots more. You can also find a place to have a small coffee break or lunch. The weekend when we visited the mall they had a Japan Festival on the square, which was a great event to get to know Japanese culture and food a bit more.

The stadshart is shopping center which has plenty of parking places, but is also easily reachable via public transportation.
There is a large variety of shops here, so there should always be something for anybody :)
Every now and then they also organize some larger events. When we were there, during the whole weekend they had the Japan Festival. This meant that you had small demonstrations everywhere (bonzai trees /​tea ceremonies) and a large stage on the main square combined with lots of small food stands where you could try different japanese food.

Amstelveen is no Amsterdam, even though it may feel like Amsterdam because it is so close to it and trams and metro go there. It is only a short ride though so sometimes you might find yourself end up there, especially if you are looking for Japanese and Korean stuff I think, since there live a lot of Korean and Japanese people in Amstelveen.
The Stadshart (city’s heart) is Amstelveens center, the place where you can find all the big stores, restaurants/​, the bus station, cinema/​theatre and libary, cafes, weekly market (A very nice one I think) and large car parking areas. I have to say I think Amstelveen has all the shops a shopping center needs but mostly you will only find the bigger brands here, do not expect to buy vintage stuff in Amstelveen or find a cool artsy bookstore. They have shops like HEMA, V&D, Bijenkorf, H&M, XENOS, ZARA (I go shopping here for ZARA because this location is so neat and nice!), Sissy Boy, The Sting and much more.
Shopping here is fine and you can find nice things and even though the whole shopping center looks nice, modern, neat and clean I do not like shopping here that much. The place lacks style and specialty shops and is a bit too ‘new’. But I can imagine that someone who just wants to go to a few big shops likes this place very much.
When I come here I like to visit the market, go to Bijenkorf, Sissy boy and ZARA for shopping, visit the lovely bookstore in the libary, have a coffee at the Douwe Egberts Café and eat something in V&D’s restaurant La Place. I hear a Starbucks is opening here soon so that might be nice as well.