Hoi Amsterdammers,

Probably everyone in Amsterdam has an opinion about public transport: Would you close the metro gap between Isolatorweg and Centraal, build an east-west line, or improve the tram connections across town?

I made Takt, a free browser game where you build your own public transport network on Amsterdam’s real map. You start with no existing services and draw your own bus, tram, metro and train lines. You choose the stops and how often they run, then see the estimated passenger numbers and costs.

The game uses real streets, real population data and real places people travel to. Walking and cycling are part of the model too, so people don’t automatically take your new tram just because you built it… Ferries aren’t included yet. Neither are the strikes ;)

You can play Amsterdam in your (desktop) browser: playtakt.app

Which connection would you build first? 🤔 Let me know what you think!

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Hi!

If you were the girl hit by a white car earlier at the Rozenburgweg and you need a witness, feel free to reach out.

I was in a rush to get to a really important appointment, so after making sure you and your bike were okay, I left. Only later I realised I should probably have left you my number. You seemed fine, and the person in the car had stopped to exchange contact details, but you never know.

@amsterdambells

I’ve seen two of these in Amsterdam West now, another one more like a r or an L shape. Anyone know what they are? Some kind of art installation?

Hi everyone!

I hiked in stages from London to Harwich (which is the port in England) over 8 days in July & August. Then during my annual leave in late August, I caught a ferry to the Netherlands (Hoek Van Holland) and hiked the remainder of the journey to Amsterdam, over 6 days. I hiked via the beautiful Dutch coast and I passed many picturesque towns in NL.

I really enjoyed the adventure. It was great to be back in the Netherlands.

For those interested - I have also created a short travel film of my adventure to Amsterdam [Linked below]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMsfz6k3COc

Many thanks :)

Hello Dutch subredditors,

I moved to the Netherlands in 2019 with a backpack and a question “what to do now?”. I had the appetite to learn any kind of job but I had no official expertise into anything. My English level was below average and I spoke 0 Dutch.

I lived in this country for 7 full years, with vacation whenever possible to visit back my country and see my family, friends and home.

On those 7 years, I switched between 4 jobs, learnt English almost fluently, achieving to earn a proficiency certification of the language, applied and got accepted to study at a university in the Netherlands, dropped out of studies, got my 4th job after dropping out, evolved in that job, got trained and gained as much knowledge as possible for the field of work I was in, and I’ve agreed with the company I work for to move to the US, in order to assist with the start up there.

During my time in the Netherlands, I was gained work discipline, self confidence and most importantly, life experience. …

I can’t wait for the new EU Pay transparency directive to come into effect in the Netherlands about sharing the freaking salary range in the first interview.

I just got off an interview where the HR was hassling me to give a number for the role. When I did not want to give it, she basically said that it is required to give it in order to be considered for the next round.

Disgusting they are able to do this but I hope after January 1st this shit will end…. Or they can be reported for refusing to disclose the approved salary range.

I feel like in past, AH and other chains had very similar prices, but recently AH seems to have started aggressively increase their prices. You can literally find the same products, not on discount in Dirk, cheaper than on discount in AH.

I can understand that if you are in a village where you have 1 supermarket and it’s AH then you have no choice. But vast majority of people that I encounter who exclusively go to AH have a different supermarket chain right next to it. Sometimes even multiple.

What is the total value of these out there in everyone’s pocket / bag at any one time?

Found this one in my backpack today—truly useful for me here in Toronto.

Hi lovely neighbors from Belgium and Germany! In The Netherlands it is mandatory by traffic law to keep to the right as much as possible. We also have this thing called “spitsstrook”. If the green arrow is there, you are allowed to cross the solid line to get there or even leave the shoulder to overtake someone and go back to the right.

Fine for not keeping right is well over €300, just saying.

Enjoy your stay here ❤️