“A tunnel under the IJ directly behind Central Station turns out to be three times cheaper than the East Bridge, on which the Municipality of Amsterdam has been focusing in recent years. If this ‘IJ Klopper’ is constructed, the central ferry connection can be discontinued immediately, resulting in an additional saving of 15 million euros per year.”

https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/tunnel-achter-cs-is-goedkoper-dan-de-oostbrug-en-kan-15-miljoen-per-jaar-besparen~b8721558/

Has this country never heard of a slash through sign?

If you don’t live in NL- a round sign with a red border means the thing inside the circle is prohibited. In most parts of the world this would seem to emphasize yes do this action!

Insult to injury- the sign of the walking person with an arrow was recently added to encourage people to cross the street but arguably emphasis even more that the path is a walking path given the arrow placement.

It’s a bike lane fyi

Edit: we seem to have one globally shared language- emoji. Sharing the current emoji “don’t do” signs 🚳🚷🚯📵🚫🚭🚱🔞

Een nieuw datacenter in Amsterdam-Zuidoost gaat veel meer drinkwater gebruiken dan de norm is. Na discussies over het beroep op de schaarse ruimte, het hoge stroomgebruik en de Amerikaanse uitbaters is het gebruik van drinkwater voor de koeling van datacenters het volgende strijdpunt.

​Het is heet en droog als Dylan Bakker een rondje loopt langs de hekken rond het braakliggende bouwperceel in Amsterdam-Zuidoost. De activist en lokale politicus groet een aantal buurtbewoners, die in hun auto op weg zijn naar de aangrenzende McDonald’s-vestiging – pal naast de A9. In de verte glanzen de woontorens die de transformatie markeren van het voormalige bedrijventerrein Amstel III tot een „gezonde, verbonden en uitnodigende stadswijk”, in de woorden van de gemeente Amsterdam.

„Dat hier een enorm datacenter moet komen is van de gekke,” zegt Bakker, die verderop in de G-buurt woont. „We hebben al dat water en al die stroom nodig voor huizen en voorzieningen voor de inwoners, niet voor …

@amsterdambells

For those following this mystery the last few days, police in both Amsterdam and Vancouver are looking into the whether an Amsterdam man who lost the ability to communicate three years ago is the same person as a man who went missing in Vancouver over 30 years ago.

Dutch police said earlier this week that an unknown man was hospitalized in Amsterdam in 2023 and has lost almost all ability to communicate since suffering a brain injury. His nicknames include “Lucky,” “John,” and “Chris the Canadian.” His resemblance to John Russel Kenny, missing since 1993, was brought to the attention of police in both countries.

Ps this is taken on the early morning train and like atleast a vacuum run I am not asking for a deep cleaning just like a quick one through the train

Johan de Witt wasn’t technically the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. He was the Grand Pensionary of Holland and the most powerful political figure in the Dutch Republic during the 17th century.

In 1672, during the “Year of Disaster,” Johan and his brother Cornelis were killed by an angry mob in The Hague. Historical accounts report that parts of their bodies were taken and, reportedly, eaten,making this one of the most shocking episodes in Dutch history.

Kipgehaktballetjes with some sort of chutney.

Not a complaint at all. Despite the looks and the funny little amount of food, it tasted quite good.

The staff is friendlier and more attentive than most of high end hotels I’ve been at. I’m pretty sure if I ask for more they’d gladly bring.

Also, it seems that I have access to broodjie kaas fruits and kwark ²⁴⁄₇.

Edit: thanks everyone for wishing me a swift recovery. I really appreciate it!

Edit 2: I told I was still hungry and was served a proper hot meal.

I was on a direct train from Rotterdam Central to Schiphol, everything going perfectly… until someone decided to light up. It triggered a full lockdown, and our train ended up stuck on the tracks for almost an hour. Railway technicians had to come out to inspect and reset the system before anything could move again. Eventually the train was sent all the way back to Rotterdam.

I grabbed a taxi but still missed the flight.

KLM rebooked us for free, which was genuinely lovely of them. ❤️

I really hope nobody decides to smoke on the plane tomorrow 😂

The model has a prosthetic leg. I wonder if it’s real and not AI. If it’s real, it’s pretty cool she got to model.

It was last week Wednesday about 6 pm, one hour before the eclips . I was trying to get the train to Amsterdam ( Sloterdijk ), transfer from the train Zandvoort aan zee at station Haarlem.

The train rolled too far in front and all travelers needed to run, there was just one minute left to take that train and I needed to take that train. I was just in time, still don’t know what happened but suddenly I came down between the train and the platform.

I was stuck between the train and the platform, I was deep in it and in shock. A couple of seconds looked like an hour.
Didn’t know how much time left in that minute and I was really panicking.

I couldn’t haul myself onto the platform anymore. And then suddenly arms were there to haul me upwards from that scary situation thinking this was my very last minute in life.

I want to thank so so so very much that gentleman and other people who did resqued me.
It was a traumatic experience but thank God I am alive and I know my body will be …