Daniela Tasca (58) grew up in Palermo and moved to Amsterdam as a student in 1989. What was intended to be a three-month stay became a lifelong commitment to the city. Within a week, she already knew: ...
Landlords in the private sector are demanding increasingly extreme security deposits, according to the annual report of complaints filed with the !Woon foundation. The record high involved a report ...
Litter, torn rubbish bags, broken bins, and rats and seagulls feasting on discarded food scraps in the street. Who will deliver us from the endless tide of filth in Amsterdam after the elections of ...
More than two hundred internationals gathered for the only major English-language expat debate of this campaign, where the hunt for their vote was palpable. Housing remained the dominant theme here ...
Young people are prohibited from buying vapes in shops, yet 38 per cent of underage smokers manage to do so anyway. This is according to research conducted by Dutch doctors among youth who vape. The ...
After sixteen years in Amsterdam politics, the Partij voor de Dieren (PvdD) is hoping for a true breakthrough. While the ...
Tourism remains a problem for 82 per cent of Amsterdammers, new research shows. Noise, overcrowding and anti-social behaviour continue to be major sources of frustration, despite a lot of municipal ...
This month, Damen Shiprepair, located at the iconic NDSM wharf in Amsterdam-Noord, is hosting a gargantuan vessel designed to ...
Ian Kenny (33) has been director of the John Adams Institute for just over six months. This year, the Amsterdam-based ...
For the coming months, major maintenance at Schiphol will once again cause increased noise pollution from aircraft, particularly over Amsterdam-Buitenveldert, Zuidoost, Amstelveen-Noord, Weesp and ...
In certain places in Amsterdam, you’ll find sandwiches with eye-watering price tags – such as at Hotel Okura, where a ...
Socialist and police inspector: it is a rare combination. Yet Angelo Delsen is the lead candidate for the SP (Socialist Party ...