👋 Dam Daily w/ Annemarie! | 25 Aug
Annemarie & Cathy 25/08/2026
Hoping ParkNext rises from the ashes, a “listening bar”+ pool 🎱 opens, and a special library: Annemarie joins us to share what’s going on in Ams.
Listen back to this episode on the mixcloud player above. 🔗 Scroll for links and show notes and the music playlist.
🎶 Music was mostly indie pop, including Lorenzo Sonego (pro tennis player, good luck in the US Open) and Dutch singer-songwriter, Judy Blank who has relocated to Texas.
Stories included …
- a specific library that Dan Brown once donated 300,000 euros to: https://archive.ph/p9qis#selection-1567.54-1567.88
- a fire in Oost has destroyed a community centre in Flevopark, ParkNest, but they are asking for help to rebuild, here, news story here, https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/buurthuis-parknest-in-flevopark-verwoest-door-brand-we-kunnen-het-hier-niet-bij-laten~b5d69a62/
- There’s a huge fine finally for the big bad gym saints and stars: https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/arbeidsinspectie-legt-nu-echt-boete-van-316-875-euro-op-aan-luxegym-saints-stars~b9e88d36/
- not a bridge but a new tunnel to Noord? https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/tunnel-achter-cs-is-goedkoper-dan-de-oostbrug-en-kan-15-miljoen-per-jaar-besparen~b8721558/
- a new listening bar on Ten Katestraat but this one with a pool table! Spin opens 12 Sept, see https://www.spin-bar.nl/
- 👋 and welcome to Annemarie, joining our radio host team and will bring you a weekly Dam Daily on Thursdays: keep listening!
Image collage includes library photo by PragueGnosis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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