Amsterdam Palace Unlock Guide for Cities: Skylines

Amsterdam Palace
DLC	none
Building Type	Unique Building
Level/Category	Landmarks
Build Cost	₡350,000
Upkeep Cost	₡2,400/week
Milestone Required	Worthy Village
Entertainment Value	90
Noise Pollution	20
Visitor Capacity	360

The Amsterdam Palace is a Landmark unique building in Cities: Skylines. To unlock it, you need to do two things:

Construct 600 city service buildings
Reach the Worthy Village milestone (240 – 950 population, depending on the map)

Once you meet these requirements, you’ll be able to build the Amsterdam Palace from the Landmarks tab of the Unique Buildings menu for ₡350,000.

Until then, hovering over its silhouette in the menu will show you a counter of how many city service buildings you currently have in the city.

The silhouette of Amsterdam Palace in the Unique Buildings menu.

Although the Landmarks tab is unlocked very early, expect to be much farther in the game by the time you unlock this, due to the sheer amount of money required to build 600 service buildings.

Note: By default, the Amsterdam Palace is only available on European themed maps. However, you can enable it on all maps by going to Content Manager > Styles, and enabling the “European/Vanilla” style.

What are City Service Buildings?

City service buildings are ploppable buildings (i.e., you have to spend money and place them down individually) that provide your citizens access to utilities, safety, healthcare, and comforts.

Below are the various buildings you can construct towards unlocking the Amsterdam Palace.

Power

The Power menu.

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Building	Unlocked At	DLC	Build Cost (₡)
Wind Turbine	start	none	6,000
Coal Power Plant	start	none	19,000
Advanced Wind Turbine	Boom Town	none	12,000
Wave Power Plant	Boom Town	High Tech Buildings	14,000
Geothermal Power Plant	Busy Town	Green Cities	65,000
Oil Power Plant	Busy Town	none	50,000
Solar Updraft Tower	Big Town	Green Cities	90,000
Hydro Power Plant	Small City	none	(varies)
Solar Power Plant	Grand City	none	80,000
Nuclear Power Plant	Colossal City	none	200,000
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plant	Colossal City	Green Cities	250,000
Fusion Power Plant	Megalopolis	none	1,000,000

Water and Sewage

The Water and Sewage menu.

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Building	Unlocked At	DLC	Build Cost (₡)
Water Pumping Station	start	none	2,500
Water Tower	start	none	3,500
Water Drain Pipe	start	none	2,500
Eco Water Outlet	start	Green Cities	4,000
Inland Water Treatment Plant	start	Sunset Harbor	2,500
Eco Inland Water Treatment Plant	start	Sunset Harbor	4,000
Fresh Water Outlet	Tiny Town	Natural Disasters	2,500
Tank Reservoir	Boom Town	Natural Disasters	25,000
Pumping Service	Busy Town	Natural Disasters	100,000
Large Water Tower	Big City	Sunset Harbor	9,000
Water Treatment Plant	Big City		15,000
Advanced Inland Water Treatment Plant	Big City	Sunset Harbor	15,000
Eco Water Treatment Plant	Capital City	Green Cities	25,000
Eco Advanced Inland Water Treatment Plant	Capital City	Sunset Harbor	25,000

Healthcare

The Healthcare menu.

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Building	Unlocked At	DLC	Build Cost (₡)
Medical Clinic	Little Hamlet		10,000
Sports Hall and Gymnasium	Tiny Town	Green Cities	120,000
Cemetery	Boom Town		8,000
Child Health Center	Boom Town	Green Cities	18,000
Eldercare	Boom Town	Green Cities	22,000
Medical Helicopter Depot	Boom Town	Natural Disasters	50,000
Community Pool	Busy Town	Green Cities	75,000
General Hospital	Busy Town	Modern Japan	65,000
Hospital/ European Hospital	Busy Town		65,000
Medical Laboratory	Busy Town	High-Tech Buildings	42,000
High-Capacity Hospital	Big Town	Plazas & Promenades	95,000
Sauna	Big Town	Snowfall	25,000
Yoga Garden	Small City	Green Cities	90,,000
Crematorium	Big City		25,000
Cryopreservatory	Big City	High-Tech Buildings	32,000
Medical Center (Monument)	Megalopolis		650,000

Education

The Education menu.

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Building	Unlocked at	DLC	Cost (₡)
Elementary School/European Elementary School	Little Hamlet	none	10,000
High-Capacity Elementary School	Worthy Village	Plazas & Promenades	26,000
High School/European High School	Tiny Town	none	24,000
High-Capacity High School	Boom Town	Plazas & Promenades	58,000
University/ European University	Big Town	none	75,000
Community School	Little Hamlet	Green Cities	12,000
Institute of Creative Arts	Tiny Town	Green Cities	30,000
Modern Technology Institute	Big Town	Green Cities	90,000

Fire

The Fire menu. (Labeled ‘Emergency Services’ if you play with the Natural Disasters DLC.)

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Building	Unlocked At	DLC	Build Cost (₡)
Fire House/European Fire House	Worthy Village	none	12,000
Fire Station/European Fire Station	Busy Town	none	60,000
High-Capacity Fire Station	Big Town	Plazas & Promenades	95,000
Fire Helicopter Depot	Busy Town	Natural Disasters	55,000
Fire Watch Tower	Big Town	Natural Disasters	9,000

Police

The Police Department menu.

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Building	Unlocked At	DLC	Build Cost (₡)
Police Station /European Police Station	Worthy Village	none	12,000
Intelligence Agency	Busy Town	High Tech Buildings	60,000
Police Headquarters/ European Police Headquarters	Busy Town	none	60,000
High-Capacity Police Headquarters	Big Town	Plazas & Promenades	95,000
Police Helicopter Depot	Busy Town	Natural Disasters	60,000
Prison	Big Town	After Dark	120,000

Garbage

The Garbage and Industry menu. The garbage disposal facilities are on the first tab.

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Building	Unlocked at	Cost (₡)	DLC
Landfill site	Little Hamlet	4,000	none
Incineration Plant	Big Town	30,000	none
Recycling Center	Little Hamlet	16,000	Green cities

Transport

The Transport tab.

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Building	Unlocked at	DLC	Cost (₡)
Bus Depot	Boom Town	none	30,000
Taxi Depot	Boom Town	After Dark	15,000
Taxi Stand	Boom Town	After Dark	1,000
Tram Depot	Boom Town	Snowfall	40,000
Metro Station	Big Town	none	10,000
Underground Metro Station	Big Town	none	15,000
Elevated Metro Station	Big Town	none	30,000
Elevated Metro Station with Shops	Big Town	Plazas & Promenades	35,000
Train Station	Small City	none	45,000
Cargo Train Station	Small City	none	60,000
Passenger Harbor	Capital City	none	80,000
Cargo Harbor	Capital City	none	60,000
Airport	Metropolis	none	150,000

Tip: Using the Infinite Money Mod

600 is a lot of city service buildings — it’ll take a pretty massive city to need that many.

If you’d like to unlock the Amsterdam Palace much sooner, and if you don’t mind using mods, you can use the Unlimited Money mod and a save point.

Here’s how:

Step 1: From the game’s main menu, go to Content Manager > Mods and then enable “Unlimited Money”.

Step 2: Load into your game, and create a save point. Name it “before 600 buildings” or similar so you know which one it is. Make sure that autosave is off.

Step 3: Spam building any city service buildings until you reach 600 and unlock the Amsterdam Palace.

Step 4: Close the game without saving.

After doing this, you’ll still be able to build the Amsterdam Palace in any of your games. (Once unlocked, a unique building will stay unlocked across saves.)

Bear in mind that using any mods will disable Steam Achievements.

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