Dam Daily w/ Chris | 26 July

News out of Amsterdam, local chat and Chris’ music picks.

Listen back on the mixcloud player above to this edition of our Dam Daily show.

📰 Stories included:

• Olympic Games starts today – opening ceremony in Paris this evening from about 7.30pm
• Person stabbed last night on Damrak – police are appealing for witnesses [ad: https://www.ad.nl/112-nieuws-amsterdam/persoon-gewond-na-steekincident-op-damrak-in-amsterdam~a06a762e/ – UPDATE: 19 yr old arrested: https://www.ad.nl/amsterdam/man-gestoken-op-damrak-19-jarige-man-aangehouden~aa928146
• Some Amsterdammers could see their rent almost double under new regulations [tt]
• The city’s public prosecutor is offering an award for information about an explosion: it’s the first time they’ve offered one. More on that later [ad: https://www.ad.nl/amsterdam/om-amsterdam-looft-voor-het-eerst-beloning-uit-voor-gouden-tip-over-explosie-10-000-euro~a0fd708b/
• Berlagebrug reopens to trams. Closed last summer due to roadworks – they ran until November but trams only just started again this week. 
• It’s PRIDE! Walks, Marches and canal parades and a whole lot more going on. [various inc. https://www.ad.nl/amsterdam/terrassen-festival-vroeg-pieken-pride-march-en-meer-weekendtips-voor-26-tot-en-met-28-juli~a517bb37/
• Rail users group, ROVER, says it’s unfair we’re still paying a premium/surcharge for the HSL when it’s slower than the reg route. https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/onbegrip-voor-toeslag-voor-snelle-reis-nu-trein-juist-langzamer-rijdt-niet-eerlijk~aa2f2deb/
• Netherlands needs more wildlife reservations [tt]
• Amsterdammers are a mucky bunch …  details of how much rubbish we produce in the city
• More and more drugs labs in your local neighbourhood 
• Wolf attack: 41 sheep dead and the number of attacks is up too. [tt]
• Cans, tins, blikjes call them what you will – there simply aren’t enough depositories and the likes of Action and Gamma saying they don’t want a recycling point. [tt]

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