You can now listen to a beta version of Broadcast Amsterdam’s new, independent, English-language internet radio station for Amsterdam. So we’re already broadcasting a taster of what you can expect, but there’ll be more soon. For example, we’re working to bring you: up to date news, weather and travel reports a regular guide to what’s on […]
We interviewed local illustrator, Rachelle Meyer, about her sketchbook project ‘Faces on the Ferry’. She told us why she started sketching the people she saw every day on her ferry commute from Amsterdam Noord to her studio in the city centre. “I can just kind of stand here and … intimately doodle on the ferry.” […]
Can a monster romance charm someone who doesn’t like monster films or romance films? Are child actors ever bearable? We’ll see, as our Amsterdam Film Show tips for February are here … David Swatling reviews The Florida Project and The Shape of Water our highlights (low brow and high brow) from the rest of the new cinema […]
In the summer of 2018, the city of Amsterdam completely restructured its tram system. It took effect pretty much all in one go, overnight. To make sense of all these changes, Nick Nugent decided to try out the new tram routes for himself. All of them. In one day. Broadcast Amsterdam joined him for part of the route. […]
A modern missing person thriller, a vengeful lumberjack and some 80s pop nostalgia. The September edition of the Amsterdam Film Show is here. Watch the full show, read the blog notes or find links in our Pinterest board below. The AFS is also broadcast on TV and on our radio station. SHOW NOTES News! […]
Here’s a news roundup for Amsterdam this month Amsterdam intends to enlist municipal officials and refugees to tackle the urgent shortage of teachers in the city. Four officals have a teaching qualification and may teach classes but others will be used as classroom assistants or in administration, in primary and secondary schools. Fifteen qualified refugees […]