Crossroads: Future Development of Amsterdam
Amsterdam is in great shape! Everywhere I attend lectures and seminars of urban professionals this statement is made, before more...
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Feeding Amsterdam: Impressions from a Food Tour
What to do on the coldest Saturday, 24th of March in the history of Holland? You join the ‘Old Amsterdam...
Amsterdam Losing Its Bike Capital Title
Amsterdam's bicycle culture at stake This article was meant as an April Fool’s Day article. Read more at the bottom...
Geography Matters: The Case of Nieuwendammerdijk
Nieuwendammerdijk and Geography This is a tale of geography. It is a tale about space and how important that is...
Book Review: A Millennium of Amsterdam
Usually, I am not a big fan of book reviews. They take away the pleasure of your own interpretation, they...
Balancing Negative Space: Fonts in Amsterdam’s Westerpark
Transforming spaces into places occurs with a huge variety of potential tools: inclusive public squares, gardens, community centres, wayfinding signage,...
Elephants in the Room: VVD-PvdA and Housing Reform
Diedrik Samsom (PvdA) and Mark Rutte (VVD) announce the formation of the current coalition government (Photo: Minister-president Rutte on Flickr)...
Food Deserts: Fat-Makers or Fairy Tales?
In times when an increasing amount of the population in many Western countries is becoming obese, urban scholars came up...
Amsterdam Squatting: Crime or Creative Space Use?
When one door closes, another door opens. Well, that's hardly ever the case, but who gives a shit anyway? Certainly...
Amsterdam: One Square Says it All
Amsterdam goes by many names: One would mention it as the free haven for drugs and sex, with joints and...
