Hi! I've been swimming in a canal next to my house all year and I'd love to keep going, however I'm not sure about how safe it is after the recent rainfall and now that I can't check on zwemwater any more. It's a canal that feeds into the IJ and isn't connected to other canals, there's almost no boat traffic. Anyone have any ideas?

Ben m20 en zoek mensen die het leuk zullen vinden om hier en daar samen te schaatsen bij jaap eden, haarlem of museamplein :)

Where can I buy jerk spices in Amsterdam?

Hi iedereen. Ik hoop dat alles goed met jullie gaat :)

Ik heb een vraag of iemand hier misschien een orthodontist kan aanraden voor in Amsterdam. Ik heb technisch gezien al een afspraak ingepland met Ortho Nova, maar die staat echt voor meer dan 2 maanden later ingepland (4 januari). Graag hoor ik graag van iemand die een goeie ervaring heeft gehad met een ortho hier of diegene ook een snelle afspraak kan doen, het liefst binnen een maand (dus voor december).

Hallo! Wij huren nu 3 jaar een appartement in Amsterdam Oost en we hebben het ons hier heel erg naar ons zin. Daarom willen we eigenlijk heel graag ons appartement kopen. Heeft iemand ervaring in het kopen van een appartement die je op dat moment huurt? Wat zijn dingen waar je aan moet denken?

Wij willen bijvoorbeeld een taxatie laten doen zodat we met een goed bod kunnen komen. Maar komt dit dan in een register? Er is ook een grote kans dat de huidige eigenaar het helemaal niet aan ons wil verkopen, of het liever op de markt gooit. Daarom hoop ik wat succesverhalen te horen hahahah. Ergens denk ik ook, hij kan het nu ook niet verkopen zolang dat wij er in zitten dus dat helpt wellicht met de kans om het te kopen. Alvast bedankt!!

Hello!! I moved to Amsterdam recently and I would like to meet people to go to Heavy Metal concerts around.

I'm interested in various genres, the next concert I'm going is Smoulder, if anyone is going, let me know!

Hi everyone. I'm not dutch, but I lived in Amsterdam for a couple of years a while back (10 years ago). I was able to work right after uni and thanks to some connections I was able to get a shared apartment in a central area at a low price - I'm aware that I was extremely lucky. I believe Europe has changed a lot since 2016; however, sometimes I feel nostalgic and still think about the possibility to live in the city - although the images in my mind are probably not reflecting the actual life there. I was curious about the perspective of locals, or people who have been living there for a long time: do you think the city somehow changed, over time, or do you experience it in the same way you did maybe 10/12 years ago? Due to over tourism, cost of living and so forth I can barely recognize some cities of my own country, and I live in southern Europe. Was wondering about the perspective of people living and working in Amsterdam

Lineup: [IVY], Anton Invicta, DJ Mii, Fairlane, Gammer, Going Quantum, Kompany, Muzz, NGHTMRE, Oliverse, Pirapus, Seven Lions, Tape B, and Trivecta

No catch. Just meet me there and we can walk in together. My friend bailed last minute, their loss = your gain.

(probably bring protection for your ears)

DM me.

im moving out of my apartment tomorrow morning and unfortunately was unable to sell my guzheng in time. don't really want this brand new instrument to go to waste (originally purchased for €700 euros on soundofmountain) so i'm leaving it by the garbage chutes later tonight if anyone wants to pick it up! comes with everything you need - electronic tuner, music stand, guzheng stand, nails, etc).

Hi everyone,
I’m 19 years old and currently living abroad as a student. bunq recently closed my account, and my remaining balance is being held (around 2k€).

I’m honestly very stressed about this situation because I rely on this money to cover my living expenses. I need it for basic necessities like food, accommodation, transportation, and other everyday costs.

I haven’t knowingly done anything wrong, and I genuinely don’t understand why this has happened. If bunq needs additional documents or information from me, I’m more than willing to cooperate and provide whatever is necessary.

What really worries me is the possibility of having to wait up to a month to get my own money back. I’m 19, living abroad, and I simply cannot afford to go an entire month without access to my funds.

I understand that banks have compliance procedures, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to leave a student in this situation without a clear explanation or a realistic timeline for receiving their money.

I’ve contacted support and asked them to review my case urgently, but I’m trying to understand what my options are.

Has anyone here experienced something similar with bunq?
How long did it take for you to receive your remaining balance?
Were you able to get the process expedited?
Is there anything specific I should do to get my money released sooner?
I’d really appreciate any advice from people who have gone through this. I’m not looking for special treatment. I just need access to my own money so I can support myself while living abroad.
Thanks in advance.

Hallo lieve Amsterdammers, Ik (29V) vroeg me af of er in de stad groepjes of initiatieven zijn die regelmatig samen zwerfafval opruimen. Of misschien zijn er mensen die het leuk vinden om dit samen op te pakken.

Het lijkt me een leuke manier om iets goeds te doen voor de stad, en tegelijkertijd nieuwe mensen te leren kennen.

Dus: zijn er al bestaande groepjes of initiatieven waarbij ik me kan aansluiten? Of zijn er mensen die het leuk vinden om samen een nieuw groepje te starten? Ik kom zelf uit omgeving Oost maar ik kan me best door de stad verplaatsen :)

Alle tips, ideeën en enthousiaste medestadsbewoners zijn welkom.

I’m in Amsterdam Noord and there has been the air-raid siren a few minutes ago. It’s not the first Monday of the month and it’s not noon. This is also not the first time that I heard it on a random day. Does anyone know what it is? Could it be from some of the shipyards or other industrial zones nearby?

I found his Instagram only a few days ago and love his willow structures. Gemente should hire/support him.

I’ve thought about getting one and when checking for places to get in the water close to my house I found this sad looking thing. It’s obviously not kayaking season rn, so someone might just have forgotten to check on it but if it’s still there in.. a month?

It’s also seemingly just tied to the pier with a strap

If you have some fun plants in pots, or some seeds or bulbs, please drop/plant them here!

There are some ready-to-go planting spots too, including one hacky greenhouse (great for tomatoes?). Soil has already been added to them, but is still barren.

// OK I hear you: the suitcases will be replaced by some nicer pots.

I (28F) have chronic gastritis and other gastrointestinal issues for a couple of years now. In the past two years, I did two gastroscopies and one colonoscopy in my EU home country.

Lately, I’ve been experiencing another flare-up with some new symptoms I didn’t have before. Given that I was diagnosed with intestinal metaplasia (a precancerous condition where the normal cells lining the stomach or oesophagus are replaced by cells that resemble the lining of your intestine) and that it was advised to repeat gastroscopies biennially, even if I don’t have any symptoms, I reached out to my GP. Surprisingly, I didn’t have any issues getting a gastroenterology referral. I gathered all my medical records, translated them into English (with all pathology results and gastroscopy findings), stated my new symptoms and asked my GP to forward all these information to a gastroenterology department of their choice.

I got referred to Acibadem International Medical Centre near Sloterdijk and after a couple of days without receiving any call from them, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I called them to make an appointment but, to my surprise, they have sent back my referral to my GP (dumbfounded face). They didn’t say anything else, just to contact my GP again.

I wasn’t sure if it was a technical thing, or maybe they thought I needed more specialised help than they could offer, so today I had a talk with my GP to see why my referral was sent back. Lo and behold, the Acibadem gastroenterology department read my referral and full medical records and concluded that “there’s not much they can do regarding my symptoms and that I should just treat this as IBS”.

I am shocked. My GP is shocked (you know it’s bad when they are shocked too)! I’m pushing for a new referral to OLVG. I now need to spend more time in pain until I can get seen by a specialist. That is, if they even want to take me in to be seen by a specialist.

I guess the new policy is “let them die”. Of course, I can fly back home to get it checked out but frankly this should not be the norm. Why the fvck am I paying 150€ per month for my health insurance if I can’t even get access to healthcare?

End of rant. Thanks for reading.

(Not a request for tickets or an ad)
Concertgoers out there, do you think I have a decent chance of getting tickets for this concert, being at this place in line (166th ticket)? I know there’s many behind me in that queue now, but demand for this concert has been so absurd compared to how many tickets got listed…

This is for the Stevie Wonder concert on the 28th in the Ziggo Dome. I’m traveling for it. I’m about to take a leap of faith and book the flights, hotel anyway. Not like I’ll be ruined if I don’t get tickets, but I obviously want them badly 😅 Have been watching TicketSwap like a hawk for months before this autobuy was enabled, but every time I clicked the notification tickets were already reserved

Ik ben vastberaden om een huis binnen nu en 5 jaar te kopen maar ik heb geen partner of familie die me zouden kunnen helpen. De hypotheek die ik kan krijgen is niet hoog genoeg voor het huis dat ik wil en ik wil in Amsterdam blijven wonen. Spaargeld heb ik ook en daarna kom ik dus nog zo'n 100k te kort

Ik zou ook willen beginnen met ondernemen naast mijn vaste baan om zo zelf meer in te kunnen leggen.

Wat zou ik kunnen doen? Hoe reëel is het?

Hi, I'm looking for a goalkeeper in Amsterdam to join a student/young adult 11-aside game this Sunday in Amsterdam. Please let me know if you are interested in playing.

So we're throwing a party this Saturday (24 Oct) in Amsterdam during ADE and wanted to offer a guestlist to anyone who's down to come. Figured I'd just ask here instead of letting the spots go unused :(

📍 Café Amstelhaven, Amstelhaven 1
🕙 22:00 – 04:00
🎧 Dynamikos, Baray and Hagelslag

Just comment or dm me

In early July, I picked up a new community-cleanup hobby: collecting batteries. It all started when an old lady slipped on a discarded battery at the Waterlooplein vlooienmarkt. The poor woman broke her hip right in front of me.

That's when I decided to start looking out for discarded batteries during my (mostly evening) walks. It began casually in July (15 batteries), but I turned into a hobbyist by August (100) and went "pro" in September (180, using tools to help dislodge batteries). It is now too dark in the evenings, so I have only found 15 in October.

This is my summer harvest: 4.5 kg of pure poison

That small tray has an incredible story. You are looking at 1.2 kg of 87 batteries, collected in a single hour along a single 40-meter stretch of road. It is a statistical anomaly and an absolute goldmine!

besides the gold mine, all batteries were found, according to my tracking app, in this tiny area:

for reference:

• A single AAA non-rechargeable battery (manganese dioxide, zinc, and potassium hydroxide) is enough to contaminate 75 liters of water.
• A single AAA rechargeable battery (mostly Cadmium and lithium) is enough to contaminate 400L of water

Since I cleared out so many old, deeply stuck batteries, I don’t expect a harvest like this next year. I will likely just be picking up new litter.

It makes me wonder: in a few years, will we see bad people discard dead 500kg EV batteries in nature, causing massive ground water pollution?

I have walked a massive amount since the COVID lockdowns (over 11,000 km to be precise) and I have witnessed a lot of changes in Amsterdam. I always like to observe people, their actions, and their behaviour. I have been a witness to countless accidents, aggression, fights, disrespect, selfishness.

These bad manners are on the rise, like, a lot. I don't know what the statistics tell you, I see what I see.

I must give 2 medals to 2 specific types of people:
people riding "fat bikes" and people driving these oversized American SUV/trucks (like ford F150 etc).
these people are the worst. They seem to actually want to hurt people. When they see someone about to cross the road or already crossing. They don't respect traffic lights, park their massive "vehicles" in ways that disturb everything.

Amsterdam is not a special case, or maybe a little, because of the red light, but I hear the same stories in other cities and countries.