Dec 2025 | Amsterdam news roundup

🎧 2-minute news roundup

Here’s our latest 2-minute audio bulletin of local news, produced as a micro-podcast and shared on all podcast platforms, for listening to short news items on demand. Listen back here and/or follow on your preferred podcast platform.

Selected headlines

• Construction of the city’s largest data center begins in January, will cost more than 1 billion | 17 Dec, AT5
• More people in Amsterdam in poverty after years of decline | 17 Dec, AT5
• Halsema wants King’s Day changes … with clear boundaries in the city center | 16 Dec, Het Parool
• With TikTok channel, Amsterdam seeks connection to the living environment of young people | Gemeente Amsterdam, Dec 10
• Amsterdam hotspot for severe asthma | 10 Dec, AT5
• Buy, don’t set off? How does the fireworks ban in Amsterdam work again? | Het Parool, 10 Dec
• Amsterdam has it’s first ever smoke-free street – Roeterstraat | 5 Dec, AT5
• How Ajax is sinking … no leaders ready to lead the club out of the crisis | Het Parool, 1 Dec

More news stories

These stories are also shared on BRAM RADIO, our 24/7 online radio station at broadcastamsterdam.nl, and via our mobile app. We also cover more local news stories on our weekday Dam Daily radio show.

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Volunteer reporters needed

There were lots more news stories in Amsterdam during this time but we may not have covered them on the station. Maybe you can help us? We’re looking for volunteer community news correspondents for online and radio to help us share hyper-local news. Get in touch with us at info@broadcastamsterdam.nl if you are interested.