A steel framed shipyard hall stands over concrete slipways on the IJ, and Rokjesnacht filmed a scene at the riverside restaurant Gio's by the River.
What NDSM Wharf looks like
A steel framed hall runs along the site, more than twenty metres tall, its walls sheeted in corrugated steel over an exposed frame. Concrete slipways run down to the IJ in front of it, part of the shipyard's original grounds, laid out from 1919.
The Lasloods, the yard's former welding hall, now holds the . A yellow gantry crane still hangs from its roof trusses above the exhibition floor. On the plaza outside, rows of stacked shipping containers covered in graffiti face the water, the hall's brick end wall rising behind them.
The shipyard's old Hensen crane has been rebuilt at the water's edge as the Faralda hotel, its lifting cab converted into guest rooms above the quay. Farther along the shoreline, the building cantilevers off the concrete legs of a former crane track, a glass sided office block reaching out over a small marina. A retired submarine and older work boats sit moored at concrete piers nearby.
runs along the edge of the site with a separated cycle path, newer high rises visible past the yard's low sheds. The Amstel Botel, a converted ship with block red letters spelling BOTEL across its roofline, is moored farther along the same quay. A passenger ferry crosses the IJ from the plaza to the city centre.
Shot in NDSM Wharf
Rokjesnacht used , a restaurant on the NDSM-Kade, for a blind date scene in 2024. The shipyard's assembly hall has also been built out with film sets before, including a jazz club and a television studio for a 1989 comedy.
Rokjesnacht, 2024
Gio's by the River
Bob visits the restaurant for a blind date arranged by Roos. The scene was shot at Gio's by the River, on the NDSM-Kade overlooking the IJ.
What NDSM Wharf can double for
RDM Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands
The RDM Innovation Dock reuses the former Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij shipyard's vast steel sheds, with a preserved crane track suspending office space inside the old machine hall. RDM's sheds are more fully restored than NDSM's, so a wide shot loses the stacked shipping containers and looser, unfinished plaza that NDSM still has. Try searching shipyard steel sheds now.
Clydebank in Glasgow, Scotland
The 1907 Titan hammerhead crane on the Clyde at Clydebank was restored and reopened in 2007 as a visitor attraction with a lift to the top of the boom, the same shift from working crane to public structure that NDSM's own Hensen crane made as the Faralda hotel. The Titan stands alone on a quieter stretch of riverbank rather than beside an active plaza, so a wide shot looks like a heritage site rather than a working creative campus. Try searching restored hammerhead crane now.
The former Brooklyn Navy Yard was a shipbuilding base from 1801 to 1966. It now holds manufacturing floors, design studios and event spaces inside its old industrial sheds, the same reuse NDSM's own halls have had. The Yard's buildings sit lower and spread across a much larger, fenced site, so a tighter frame is needed to avoid reading as an industrial park rather than a compact riverside wharf. Try searching navy yard buildings now.
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