Essentially Amsterdam Staff

☀️ Essentially Amsterdam voor donderdag 1 oktober

30 September 2026

A free exhibition tells the story of an 18th-century pottery factory on the Overtoom whose products matched those from Delft. Archaeologists found its misfired pieces when the building

30 September 2026

A majority in the lower house supports the first new Schiphol aviation decree in eighteen years. It cuts night flights and noise, but the opposition warns that lawsuits

30 September 2026

Tineke Tonkes is spending her last week at the Noordermarkt, where she has sold sewing supplies since the early 1980s. She says she will miss her customers and

30 September 2026

Two graffiti-covered walls at the Reade rehabilitation centre on the Overtoom are now colourful artworks. Sales of signed prints of the main mural will fund a children's playground.

30 September 2026

A two-person salvage business in Amsterdam had little work during an extremely dry summer. Now that heavy rain has returned, more boats are sinking and their work is

30 September 2026

A TU Delft researcher compared 6,233 home sales and found that prices fell once the TikTok queues grew in 2022. On Tuesday, residents took the city and the

29 September 2026

NS International ICE trains start running from Amsterdam to Hamburg and Bremen this Friday, with single fares to Hamburg from €33. The route will run until at least

29 September 2026

☀️ Essentially Amsterdam voor woensdag 30 september: Directe treinen naar Hamburg, rij voor Fabel Friet drukt huizenprijzen, Ben G skateshop heeft het zwaar

29 September 2026

☀️ Essentially Amsterdam for Wednesday 30 September: Direct trains to Hamburg, Fabel Friet queue hits home values, Ben G skateshop struggles

29 September 2026

Artist Henri Blommers will teach one of the oldest photographic techniques over six Monday mornings in Oost. The full series costs €15, and there is room for 15

29 September 2026

Students of one University of Amsterdam degree can no longer use laptops, phones or tablets in lectures. Staff say the ban is meant to improve concentration, and students

29 September 2026

The city has handed two listed buildings from the former Zuidergasfabriek in Amstelkwartier to Stadsherstel. Both will be restored, and the larger one is set to become a

29 September 2026

The owner of the Amsterdam skateshop Ben G says he has cut staff, rent and other costs to keep it open. Online sellers and brand flagship stores now

29 September 2026

The first of three former sewage treatment silos on Zeeburgereiland opens to the public after a two-year conversion. Rialto will run five screens there, alongside a café, a

29 September 2026

Proxy, a neighbourhood gallery on the Parnassusweg, marked its first year with performance art on Sunday afternoon. It was set up by the Hartwig museum, which opens across

29 September 2026

Kendall Jenner has worn jackets from Arma, a family firm near Amsterdam, and Selfridges and Le Bon Marché now stock it. The founder's two children took over two

29 September 2026

☀️ Essentially Amsterdam voor dinsdag 29 september: Skateboarders finishen 500km liefdadigheidsrit, Matisse-schilderij bij H'ART, Rod Stewart afscheidstournee

28 September 2026

The city has begun installing bins with a separate compartment for deposit bottles and cans at Amsterdam Centraal. It hopes collectors will stop breaking bins open, which leaves

28 September 2026

Temperatures of around 25 degrees are expected across much of the country on Tuesday, with local highs of up to 30. Showers and possible thunderstorms on Wednesday evening

28 September 2026