June 2026 | 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

• More and more Amsterdammers do not feel at home here, particularly newcomers and migrants | 30 June, AT5
• Liander: 784 households and SMEs in Amsterdam on the waiting list for heavier electricity connection | 29 June, Het Parool
• Mismatch on Amsterdam housing market grows | 18 June, Het Parool
• Drug user bus will not be moving to Linnaeusstraat after all, following criticism from local residents | 16 June, AT5
• Feenstra, a company that offers repair and installation services nationwide, is no longer accepting new customers in the center of Amsterdam and part of De Pijp | 17 June, Het Parool
• User bus Oosterpark moves to Linnaeusstraat at the end of June | 8 June, Het Parool
• Coalition agreement: lots of civil servants out, no erotic centre, OZB not rising, parking more expensive | 3 June, AT5
• New Amsterdam-Paris train from €19 will stop in Haarlem, The Hague, Roosendaal & Gent | 30 May, NL Times
• Tourist pressure skips to De Pijp and Grachtengordel-West: neighborhoods officially on the problem list of the municipality of Amsterdam | 29 May, Het Parool

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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Community correspondents 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 correspondents for radio/podcasts to help us share hyper-local news and stories. Get in touch with us at info@broadcastamsterdam.nl if you are interested.