News catchup & heads up!

Outdoor pools stay open longer, stories from a long a bike ride and … could you swim the 22km across the IJsselmeer? News and events out of Amsterdam.

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

🎵 Music was pretty much all new, including two fresh 80s covers, and two tracks with midnight feels. Scroll for the playlist.

Stories included:

• the work on the Orange Loper starts, including renovations to seven bridges in West, tram disruption, but leading to improved and safer intersections.
• collecting your statiegeld, an Amsterdam student makes it easier to find a working machine!
• XR demonstrations again cruise ships docking in Amsterdam: the Disney cruise ship cancelled it’s Sept visit and they are now docking in Belgium.
• 19 Sept, “We Are All In This Together” charity film screening + Daniel Troia documentary director Q&A, also rising money for De Regenboog foundation, event link
• Swim4brains.nl, how a group of Amsterdammers organised a hardcore charity swim competition across the IJjselmeer.

Links

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🎧 2-minute news roundup

As well as Dam Daily radio show and the news clips shared on the station throughout the day, we also produce a 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.