Why we’re here: TomTom, Booking.com and Shutterstock on being based in Amsterdam

At less than 220 square kilometres, Amsterdam is by no means a large city. A day’s walk could lead you to the Van Gogh Museum, the Bloemenmarkt and Dam Square, but most visitors won’t realise their relatively undemanding tour will take them past the European headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger, Cisco and Tesla, as well as those of well-known Dutch companies such as Heineken, ING and Shell.
Walk down one single street on the historic Herengracht canal and you’ll pass the offices of c