The city of Amsterdam is the most populous city in the Netherlands and it continues to grow rapidly. The local municipal research bureau (Onderzoek, Informatie en Statistiek) forecasts that the city will reach close to a million inhabitants by 2030, a growth of around 100,000 from 2016. The municipality of Amsterdam offers several different services to the inhabitants of the city, varying from arranging civil affairs to leisure activities. These services proved by the municipality of Amsterdam are distributed amongst multiple locations across the city, each location serving only a particular area of the city.