Situated in the Oosterdok(eastern Docklands) district,
this former prison and refugee workers' hostel has been renovated to become a“cultural embassy”, with an arts centre as well as an art library.
In the past decade,
a rival financial centre in London has grown in the Docklands area, with the HSBC,
the world's largest bank,[167][168] and Barclays Bank relocating their head offices there.