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Reporting by the Essentially Amsterdam newsroom. We cover the city every day for the people who live in it: transport, housing, policy, money and the things that change how a week in Amsterdam actually goes. Every story is written in our own words from the original reporting, and the newsroom that broke it is credited at the foot of the article. Corrections and news tips: editorial@essentiallyamsterdam.com

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  1. News ING Says the Era of Cheap Money Is Over for Good

    Ten year government borrowing costs are back at pre-2008 levels, and the bank argues that is a structural change rather than a phase.

    17 August 2026

  2. News Dozens of Dutch Companies Are Getting Import Tariff Money Back From the US

    The United States is repaying millions of dollars in tariffs it collected improperly, and Dutch exporters are among those in line.

    17 August 2026

  3. News Adyen Took 41 Million Euros From the Innovation Box Tax Break Last Year

    Research into annual reports puts the Amsterdam payments firm alongside Organon and Wolters Kluwer among the biggest beneficiaries.

    17 August 2026

  4. News The Bosbaan Is Ready for the World Rowing Championships, and 40,000 People Are Expected

    A year of dredging and repairs has the course in the Amsterdamse Bos ready for a championship that starts on Monday.

    17 August 2026

  5. News Amsterdam Has a Full Time Heat Coordinator, and This Was Her Busiest Summer Yet

    Eline Coolen works at the GGD keeping vulnerable residents safe through tropical days, on a budget that does not stretch far.

    17 August 2026

  6. News Schools Start the Year With New Core Targets for Dutch and Maths

    The first rewrite since 2006 is now law, and it is aimed squarely at falling language and arithmetic standards.

    17 August 2026

  7. News NS Is Adding 169 Extra Carriages for the September Rush

    The railway is lengthening trains from next month to absorb the annual return of students and commuters.

    17 August 2026

  8. News Vondelkerk Restoration Is 3 Million Euros Short, and a Free Art Sale Is Trying to Close the Gap

    Eight months after the fire, the church is wrapped in scaffolding and its owner is still looking for the last part of a 20 million euro budget.

    17 August 2026

  9. News The A1 Toward Amsterdam Is Open Again After a Summer of Roadworks

    The motorway reopened on Monday at 5am, on schedule, after being closed all summer for resurfacing and bridge repairs.

    17 August 2026

  10. News Dutch companies receive massive refunds following US import tariff ruling

    A Supreme Court ruling against Trump-era import duties delivers an unexpected billion-euro boost to major Dutch exporters.

    17 August 2026

  11. News Book KLM, board easyJet? A tie-up is on the table for Schiphol

    easyJet's incoming owner is weighing a codeshare with Air France-KLM that could one day put KLM flight numbers on orange planes at Schiphol.

    16 August 2026

  12. News Judges are tossing traffic camera fines over a missing piece of paper

    Several fines have been dismissed in recent weeks because municipalities could not prove the Public Prosecution Service ever approved the cameras that issued them.

    16 August 2026

  13. News Vondelkerk restoration faces a 3 million euro gap, and art is being sold to close it

    Eight months after the fire, the landmark church is wrapped in scaffolding with a 20 million euro restoration underway, and a benefit art exhibition at the Amstelkerk is

    16 August 2026

  14. News The A1 into Amsterdam reopens this morning after a summer of roadworks

    Closed since early July between Eemnes and Muiderberg, the inbound A1 reopens at 5:00 on Monday, ending weeks of long detours for drivers coming from the east.

    16 August 2026

  15. News The heatwave is over: cooler days and rain ahead for the rest of August

    After a scorching first half of the month, forecasters expect highs of roughly 19 to 25 degrees and regular showers through the end of August, though the drought

    16 August 2026

  16. News Every Amsterdam metro stopped at once on Sunday, and the fix took an hour

    A failure in the GVB traffic control system halted all metro lines around noon on Sunday, with trains emptied at the nearest station before service crept back after

    16 August 2026

  17. News Staatsliedenbuurt mourns the long-time owner of Onze Hanny snackbar

    Emad, who ran the beloved Van der Hoopstraat fry shop for three decades, has died at age 66.

    15 August 2026

  18. News Amsterdam’s dry summer means fewer mosquitoes, city ecologist explains

    A city ecologist says the drought drying up ponds across Amsterdam has an unexpected upside, and a real cost for the birds and bats that eat mosquitoes.

    15 August 2026

  19. News Beethovenstraat trades old-money quiet for a new restaurant crowd

    A century-old Amsterdam shopping street built for tea and cake now draws lines for oysters, sushi and TikTok-famous food.

    15 August 2026

  20. News Dutch supermarkets issue recall for undercooked chicken skewers

    Several supermarket chains have pulled 100-gram packages of chicken thigh skewers over concerns they are undercooked and unsafe to eat straight from the pack.

    15 August 2026