I wanted to just mark off very small area for myself and our two children to sit and sell a few of their toys under our balcony (it’s in the back corner area of the picture) and someone came last night and claimed about 10 meters across the whole building!

This chalk thing is crazy. Also isn’t claiming the whole street a bit selfish? I just want to squeeze in and and relax under the balcony and people watch and sell a few little things.

Although the Israeli government committed a genocide in Gaza, Iran did three times that killing thousands of innocent civilians in Syria during Assad regime era

Hi all,

I’m looking for some advice after a really frustrating experience.

Recently, I hired a gardener I found working in my neighbourhood. He had good ratings on Werkspot, which gave me some confidence. We agreed on some paving work in my garden, and I paid him an advance of €1250.

He confirmed he would start the work last Saturday — but he never showed up. Since then, he has blocked me and, before that, sent some abusive and even racist messages. The payment I did was online, he had bunq account.

I’ve already ordered tiles and materials based on our agreement, so I’m now stuck both financially and practically.

At this point, my main concern is getting my advance back. Has anyone dealt with something similar in the Netherlands/Amsterdam? What steps should I take — police report, legal action, Werkspot complaint, something else?

Feeling quite helpless, so any advice would really help.

Thanks in advance.

Went to go to work this morning and discovered that some kind soul didn’t think my bike was secure enough in the rack. Weirdly, it was the only zip tied bike in the rack.

I’ve had unscrewed valve stems before, but this is a first in 32 years…

Hi everyone,

I recently bought a 1L bottle of sunflower oil from Jumbo, poured it into my oil container which i always refill when it is empty, i noticed today it was closer to ~900ml than a full liter.

Has anyone else in the Netherlands noticed this with cooking oil (or other products)? Is this normal (like some kind of filling tolerance), or are companies quietly reducing quantities?

Hi all,

I’m looking for some advice after a really frustrating experience.

Recently, I hired a gardener I found working in my neighbourhood. He had good ratings on Werkspot, which gave me some confidence. We agreed on some paving work in my garden, and I paid him an advance of €1250.

He confirmed he would start the work last Saturday — but he never showed up. Since then, he has blocked me and, before that, sent some abusive and even racist messages. The payment was done online to Bunq account

I’ve already ordered tiles and materials based on our agreement, so I’m now stuck both financially and practically.

At this point, my main concern is getting my advance back. Has anyone dealt with something similar in the Netherlands? What steps should I take — police report, legal action, Werkspot complaint, something else?

Feeling quite helpless, so any advice would really help.

Thanks in advance. #advice #help

I’ve recently become very obsessed with the Netherlands (30 hour documentary on the 80 years war started that lol) - I drew this the other week, can’t wait to visit for the first time this summer!

The concerns center on the proposed acquisition of Dutch IT company Solvinity, which manages DigiD, by U.S.-based Kyndryl. The deal is awaiting approval from Economic Affairs Minister Heleen Herbert. “I cannot put it more simply: the U.S. can switch off DigiD for an extended period and issue secret information requests,” van Oordt said.

According to van Oordt, the takeover would place DigiD and MijnOverheid under U.S. jurisdiction, exposing “detailed personal data of all Dutch citizens” to American authorities. U.S. agencies could request data under laws such as the Cloud Act or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and potentially block access to the provider through sanctions legislation