As famous as Amsterdam

As famous as Amsterdam

As famous as Amsterdam

campaign • strategy

campaign • strategy

campaign • strategy

Challenge

Challenge

Amsterdam is one of the most famous city brands in the world. But for local businesses, a .amsterdam domain was often seen as just that: local. We needed to show that choosing .amsterdam doesn't make your brand smaller. It can actually make it travel further.

Challenge

Amsterdam is one of the most famous city brands in the world. But for local businesses, a .amsterdam domain was often seen as just that: local. We needed to show that choosing .amsterdam doesn't make your brand smaller. It can actually make it travel further.

Concept

Concept

Ask a Dutch person abroad where they're from and chances are their hometown suddenly becomes Amsterdam. Because Amsterdam needs no explanation. Everyone knows it. So if people happily borrow the city's name to become more recognisable, why shouldn't brands do the same? That insight became our tagline: ‘Buiten Amsterdam hebben ze het vaak over Amsterdam.’

Concept

Ask a Dutch person abroad where they're from and chances are their hometown suddenly becomes Amsterdam. Because Amsterdam needs no explanation. Everyone knows it. So if people happily borrow the city's name to become more recognisable, why shouldn't brands do the same? That insight became our tagline: ‘Buiten Amsterdam hebben ze het vaak over Amsterdam.’

What makes this UNSETTLE?

What makes this UNSETTLE?

Instead of telling Amsterdam businesses to think local, we did the opposite. We turned a local domain extension into an international advantage. By using the one thing Amsterdam already has that every brand wants: recognition.

Execution

Execution

We brought the insight to life in situations where saying “Amsterdam” simply works better. From a holiday romance saved by one small geographical lie to Dutch businesses claiming the world's best-known Dutch address. Across film, social and out-of-home, one message connected it all: make your URL as recognisable as Amsterdam.

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