The Herald (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
A British tourist drowned after falling from a boat in Amsterdam, police said today.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A 27-year-old Scot has drowned after falling from the deck of a hotel boat in Amsterdam.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
We left the non hustle and bustle of Luxembourg in favour of the hustle and bustle of Amsterdam. On the way we stopped in the train station in Brussels which brought back some good memories from the very beginning of our trip almost two months ago now. We also grabbed lunch and possibly our last Belgian beer of the trip.First stop in Amsterdam The Red Light District.... but it's not what you th
dezeen (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Dutch designer Frank Tjepkema of Tjep. has completed a furniture project at Amstel Station in Amsterdam.
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Photo Mark Stosberg @ flickr. The Dutch are the original designers of the "bakfiets" cargo bikes - though the Danish have a long legacy of their own with the "Long John" variety of cargo bikes . When you cruise the streets of either Copenhagen or Amsterdam you'll see lots of imaginative examples of everything from babies to plants to bags of flour carried around. Cargo bike is made in the U.S.A. Now...
BIGSTEREO (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
No Light’s Down Low isn’t back yet in San Francisco, but we are definately working on a come back and we’re in the process of looking for venues and new party ideas, so keep your eyes and ears open. Our sister club Light’s Down Low Amsterdam is still going strong though. If you are in [...]
gearfuse (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Amsterdam’s Koepelkerk (meaning roughly “domed church” in Dutch) is one of the main landmarks on the city’s skyline. Koepelkerk has been around since the 17th century and it’s been painted by the legendary Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, but today it’s far from your typical church. Since 1975, the Koepelkerk has been rented by the Renaissance [...]
Catwalk Queen (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Over the weekend, Diesel hosted seventeen (yes, you read that right) parties across the world simultaneously to celebrate their 30 years of existence. The xXx festivities kicked off in Tokyo, before steadily making their way around Europe via cities like Athens, Amsterdam and Munich towards London. It was there Mark...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch company Philips Electronics posted a 71 percent fall in third-quarter core profit as a charge for asbestos claims and restructuring costs impacted the group result.
The Next Web (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
On October 17, 2008 we will hold the third edition of The Next Web Salon in Amsterdam. The Next Web Salon is a small and intimate event for people working on, or interested in, the people, ideas and companies powering the Next Web. Our previous salon sold out within 24 hours and we only sold it [...]
Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amsterdam...blur of scrambled memories....arrival....welcome to the flying pig....cafe....how do you set up a backgammon board...drinks...cafe....drinks....I guess there was a meal in there somewhere probably an Italian knowing us....drinks...vibes... head to Leidesplein....more vibes and that's Friday.Another full English for breakfast we are good tourists....drinks...cafe....watch the foot
Celeb Gossipz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives at the Diesel xXx party on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The event was a part of the worldwide spectacular party that took place in 17 cities around the world beginning in Tokyo and including Beijing, Dubai, Athens, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Copenhagen, [...]
On An Overgrown Path (Free subscription) | yesterday
A reader writes to tell me they met the venerable Madame Martin, widow of Frank Martin, at a performance of the composer's opera Der Sturm at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam yesterday. Martin is a neglected figure who was a teacher of Stockhausen for a short period. I wrote about him here last year and singled out his little known Requiem from 1972 for attention. We can only speculate how different...
Fieldhockey.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thief thinks police car is getaway vehicle A 25-year-old thief who stole the cash drawer from a fruit machine in an Amsterdam bar jumped into an unmarked police car to make his getaway. Police arrested the thief and his accomplice. The getaway car was probably a similar type to the police vehicle, said the police. DutchNews.nl
The Agonist (Free subscription) | yesterday
"[I]s there anything worse than stepping out of Amsterdam's central station and being accosted by dirty, American hippies who've taken up residence?" From Lex. I'd submit a tentative "yes," although I've had a few worse one's, this seems to be the most common and most awful one I can imagine. It's a cross between the entitlement complex and party-hardy nature of the perpetual American teen run amok....
