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*In the 16th and 17th century, non-Dutch immigrants to Amsterdam were mostly '''Huguenots, Flemings, Sephardi Jews and Westphalians'''. Huguenots came after the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, while the Flemish Protestants came during the Eighty Years' War. The Westphalians came to Amsterdam mostly for economic reasons – their influx continued through the 18th and 19th centuries. | *In the 16th and 17th century, non-Dutch immigrants to Amsterdam were mostly '''Huguenots, Flemings, Sephardi Jews and Westphalians'''. Huguenots came after the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, while the Flemish Protestants came during the Eighty Years' War. The Westphalians came to Amsterdam mostly for economic reasons – their influx continued through the 18th and 19th centuries. | ||
*The first mass immigration in the 20th century was by people from '''Indonesia''', who came to Amsterdam after the independence of the Dutch East Indies in the 1940s and 1950s. | *The first mass immigration in the 20th century was by people from '''Indonesia''', who came to Amsterdam after the independence of the Dutch East Indies in the 1940s and 1950s. | ||
*In the 1960s, '''guest workers from | *In the 1960s, '''guest workers from Türkiye, Morocco, Italy, and Spain''' emigrated to Amsterdam. | ||
*After the independence of Suriname in 1975, a large wave of '''Surinamese''' settled in Amsterdam, mostly in the Bijlmer area. | *After the independence of Suriname in 1975, a large wave of '''Surinamese''' settled in Amsterdam, mostly in the Bijlmer area. | ||
*In the 1970s and 1980s, many 'old' Amsterdammers moved to ''''new' cities like Almere and Purmerend''', prompted by the third planological bill of the Dutch government. This bill promoted suburbanisation and arranged for new developments in so-called "groeikernen", literally cores of growth. Young professionals and artists moved into neighbourhoods de Pijp and the Jordaan abandoned by these Amsterdammers. | *In the 1970s and 1980s, many 'old' Amsterdammers moved to ''''new' cities like Almere and Purmerend''', prompted by the third planological bill of the Dutch government. This bill promoted suburbanisation and arranged for new developments in so-called "groeikernen", literally cores of growth. Young professionals and artists moved into neighbourhoods de Pijp and the Jordaan abandoned by these Amsterdammers. | ||
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