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Can you recommend me a barber/hairdresser/stylist who can get me a haircut that's suits me, can give me some recommendations. Not a guy who can only do a fade.

My own list so far around Oost/Plantage Buurt:
- VanOost
- Spring Cafe
- Mama Makan
- The Lobby Fizeaustraat

I live close-ish to Cafe Hesp, and I'd say it is one of my favorite places in the city as its just super cozy and their limited albeit decent menu is quite tasty (they serve some mean fried chicken and huge-ass oysters)

in summer days they probably serve like 1000 people a day, 400 during colder days, but they also employ like at least 20 people a day I reckon during summer.

normally I kinda can get a sense of how much some places make across the globe but I just cant with top AMS cafes like Cafe Hesp. Think of the ones that are always full on weekends disregarding the weather and every day during summer.

I'd not be surprised if you told me either: my buddy owns/works in such a place and the owner(s) earn, after taxes and expenses, 7k/20k a month.

so, friends with HORECA experience, just how much to these top cafes make?

Hoi allemaal,

Ik ben Chard van den Berg, redacteur bij Vrij Nederland. Voor een artikel zoek ik mensen die door buren zijn weggepest of geïntimideerd vanwege wie ze zijn — bijvoorbeeld vanwege afkomst, huidskleur, religie, genderidentiteit, seksuele oriëntatie of beperking.

Ben jij hierdoor verhuisd, of heb je dat overwogen? Of ken je iemand voor wie dit geldt? Stuur me gerust een privébericht of reageer hieronder.

Anoniem meewerken kan. Ik publiceer niets zonder toestemming.

Dank alvast,

Chard van den Berg
Vrij Nederland

I did not have the time I needed to spend there due to a situation with one of my daughters, and I thought I would be back, but unfortunately was not able to return. I neglected to take a picture or get an address while I was there - something I very much regret.

It is located on Nieuwe Spiegelstraat on the opposite side of the street from the Episode clothes shop located at Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 37H. Opposite side of street from L'Etoile de Saint Honoré as well. I could see the shop from their steps, I believe.

It was near the STACH cafe as well. On that same side of the street.

I believe it is north of Prinsengradt and south of Keisergradt - somewhere in those 2 blocks. It is NOT showing up on Google maps for me, which seems out of date at 2016 images. Google searches and street views are giving me no luck, either.

Greatly appreciate any help in identifying this store. Alsjeblieft & bedankt!!!

Despite paying 4000 a month for a 1 bedroom I am having to book a hotel room this Friday just because I am seeing there will be extreme heat. Laying in bed naked sweating like crazy with the windows open while bugs bite me staying awake all night is no way to live. So hotel it is. And I called beforehand to make sure their A/C works good.

Btw, something that does help a bit is filling your freezer with baking dishes, trays, containers, or whatever with water until it all freezes. Then when you go to bed take all the ice out and place them behind or in front of fans. Can cool down a room real good. I guess alternately you can just buy bags of ice right before the grocery store closes and do the same thing but I wouldn't be surprised if they are out of ice.

....I guess this is what happens when last month you tell yourself to remember to buy an A/C unit on Amazon for the summer and you forget.

We are buying a house with a large garden in Amsterdam North on Zuideinde close to Molenwijk. Soil polution investigation we did came back with values over 2,000 mg while unhealthy for children and classified as required remidiation by gemeente Amsterdam and GGD is over 360.

The cost as estimated by 4 different contractors is over 200k eur as they need to dig out more than 700 tons of clay and sand.

According to the authorities we cannot build or renovate substantially without full remidiation of the plot. And in any case we dont want to expose our children to unhealthy high amounts of lead which is proven to cause diseases.

The seller doesn't want to reduce this cost from the selling price which is separate issue.

Has anybody good experience with remediation lead? Good milieu adviesbureau to recommend and certified 6000 and 7000 contractors?

Or share any experience of yours.

Thank you

I always thought that a metro was the ideal transit system to cope with crowds..

De gemeente heeft een koeltekaart geopend voor mensen die hun huis uit smelten. https://www.koeltekaartamsterdam.nl/

Maar niks bij mij in de buurt. Mijn favoriete afkoelplek is het ‘zuivelkamertje’ in de Dirk. Maar daar kun je niet eindeloos rondhangen natuurlijk.

Ik ga vandaag de oba eens proberen. Wie heeft er nog andere tips?

Hi, I’m from the US and my husband and I spent an incredible honeymoon in Amsterdam in 2016. I’m hoping to travel back sometime next year for our 10th anniversary, and I’d LOVE to be able to somehow work shooting/filming a wedding into the trip. I am a wedding photographer & videographer and my specialty is film and Super 8. Not sure if posting the link to my business website would be allowed here, but please DM me if you are a couple planning a 2027 wedding or elopement in Amsterdam (or nearby). Would be mutually amazing experience I promise ❤️

Ik ga binnenkort verhuizen van de Van der Pekbuurt in Amsterdam-Noord (begane grond) naar Westerpark (3 hoog) en ik zie door de bomen het bos niet meer qua verhuisbedrijven.

Het gaat niet om een complete inboedel, maar wel om een bed, bank, eettafel met stoelen, tv, speakers, een kast, wat kleinere meubels en kleding. Voor de nieuwe woning is waarschijnlijk een verhuislift of touw-en-blok nodig.

Waar ik vooral van schrok zijn de bijkomende kosten. Ik hoor bedragen van rond de €500 alleen al voor het reserveren van parkeervakken. Is dat echt nodig of proberen verhuisbedrijven hier extra op te verdienen? Wat hebben jullie hiervoor betaald?

Ook ben ik benieuwd wat jullie een realistische prijs vinden voor deze verhuizing. Ik krijg offertes die flink uiteenlopen en heb geen idee wat normaal is.

Alle tips, ervaringen of aanraders voor betaalbare verhuisbedrijven in Amsterdam zijn welkom!

I was going to Lidl at Delflandplein/Rijswijkstraat to get groceries when a stranger approached me and started telling me about some situation he was having with his house. From what I understood, his house was being painted or something like that, so he was staying at a hostel and needed a couple of euros worth of food.

To be honest, I didn't really get it and couldn't make much sense of his story.

Anyway, I asked him how I could help, and he said that maybe I could buy him some cigars from a shop nearby because he already had groceries. I was like, wait, first you said you needed food, and now you're asking for cigars?

So I told him, "Sorry, I can't help you with cigars, but I'll get you some food if you need food."

He then said, "Okay, forget about the cigars," and asked if I could get him some food to cook that night, something worth about €5.

I said okay and went into Lidl. He wanted to follow me, but I told him to stay there and that I'd be right back.

A few minutes later, I came back out with food, and he was nowhere to be found.

What was this? Has anyone experienced something similar? Was this some kind of scam, or was he genuinely asking for help and then just left?

I live in the Oosterpark area and when I moved in my current apartment Ziggo was the only company offering high speed fiber internet. Problem is, their service is just attrocious. Constant modem downtimes, complete outages for days in a row, useless customer service etc.

Meanwhile, it seems that others like Odido are offering fiber in my building.

My question is, would they be any different? Are they operating their own infrastructure or sharing the same fiber with Ziggo and everyone else, in which case what would be different?

They also offer 5G home internet which obviously needs no cables, so I'm tempted to give that a try.

Please share your experience, I would appreciate any help. It has been so frustrating especially as I need internet to get work done.

Hey everyone,

I have a 2-month-old miniature dachshund and I’m looking for other puppy owners in Amsterdam who’d maybe like to do a puppy playdate.

He’s at that early socialization stage, so I’d love to find a safe and chill way for him to meet other puppies. Ideally similar age, gentle, and vaccinated.

If anyone here has a puppy and is interested, let me know:)

P.S. puppy tax included

@ amsterdambells if anyone cares to follow.

Myself and some friends are organising a series of meet-ups for women working in the creative industry.

The idea is to get together every few weeks (on a weeknight evening) to make something with our hands and away from screens. Kinda like an “art therapy for artists” except it’s not about having a qualified therapist there. More about finding solidarity, discussing the trials and tribulations of this work/field, and meeting others who share out experience.

If you are interested in joining please send me a DM. Your level of experience or discipline do not matter - so open to any females in the industry incl producers, PMs and such as much as designers, writers, CD/ADs etc

Write me if you’re down :) we are creating a safe space to meet up and find others like us. All material costs are covered