Ik ben al een tijdje op zoek naar eten dat me echt sloopt qua pittigheid. Tot nu toe is een vindaloo meestal het maximum dat ik tegenkom. Maar ik zoek iets waardoor je gaat zweten, je lippen branden en je spijt krijgt van je keuzes.

Heeft iemand een aanrader in Amsterdam waar ze echt niet zuinig zijn met de pepers? Mag elk type keuken zijn zoals Thais, Indiaas, Chinees, Surinaams, alles is welkom, zolang het echt heet is

Hallo allemaal,

Dit is mijn allereerste Reddit post, dus ik hoop dat ik dit niet verkeerd heb geplaatst.

Vandaag met mijn motor geparkeerd op een scootervak (Gustav Mahrerlaan). Dit doe ik al een jaar (vanwege werk) en leek mij heel prima omdat ik dan de stoep (waar het wel toegestaan is om te parkeren, maar wel altijd overvol is met fietsen) niet nog voller maak en er geen scooters geparkeerd staan. Blijkbaar zijn alle scootmobielen ook bekeurd (daar hingen ook een rode kaartjes). Valt dit aan te vechten?

Zo niet dan heb ik in ieder geval iedereen met een motor of scootmobiel gewaarschuwd daar niet te parkeren.

This man and his accomplice are often riding the metro in Amsterdam on different lines. They wait until the doors close before preaching loudly and aggressively to everyone on the train. They accuse people of various things and tell passengers they must choose between hell and their version of heaven, based on their lifestyles.

He then goes into ramblings about women, their role in the household, misogyny, homophobia, and similar topics. He is immediately defensive. If anyone gets close, suggests that he leaves, or gently puts a hand on his shoulder to ask him to stop, he reacts aggressively with “don’t touch me” and escalates. There is no reasoning with him; he only gets louder and more aggressive.

What can we do about this man? His behavior feels borderline abusive to people ride the metro.

Our cats are fighting over space so we are looking into getting a bigger cat tree. If you want a free cat tree and can pick it up from Amsterdam Oud Zuid this weekend or latest Monday, 8 September, please DM me. Thanks!

Dimensions: 55 x 45 x 143cm

UPDATE: The cat tree has been claimed. Thank you for your interest!

Hey all. I've been given permission to link this server here. :)

The weather is more regularly gaining a bit of a chill now and again, and with that comes saying hello to autumn! It's time to fall into many a wonderful opportunity to make new friends outside as well as online!

We are the Amsterdam community, a place for Amsterdam-lovers to find each other. Myself and others use this space to set up hangouts both online and offline like restaurants or game events, and we would love to have you be a part of more! :) Our recent meetups have included heading to a park, going to a music festival, going to the movies, heading to the Rijksmuseum together, having welcoming drinks for a new resident, and devouring bites at a cafe, and were all fantastic fun! 😄

Like the subreddit, the server's main language is English, but there is also a Dutch channel. Only friendly and respectful vibes are allowed. Dutch people and expats alike, welcome!

Here is the invite: https://discord.gg/y6rk7zFB5c Come join us and say hi! 😊

Hi everyone,

I live in Amsterdam and have a well-paid job, but lately I’ve been feeling a lack of accomplishment. I work in ecommerce, and honestly, it often feels like there’s nothing deeper behind it—even though the company loudly claims that X is our mission.

My colleagues often feel robotic: hardly anyone seems interested in anything beyond work, and the only things that seem to “excite” them are work-related (I’m quoting them from meetings here).

I just want to know if anyone else feels like this, or if I’m just an outsider. Sure, I pay my bills and have a comfortable life, but it’s so hard to genuinely get excited about selling stuff on the internet.

Hey all,

Pardon the generic title. Didn't know how else to capture the context.

I've been encountering (who I think is) a homeless person sitting by the side of the pavement next to my office for the past few months.

He asked me for change only once when he initially started sitting in his now usual spot, and after I said I don't carry cash on me (which is true), didn't ask me again since.

As he's sitting at the same spot pretty much every day, we've gotten used to seeing each other in the mornings and recently have been exchanging smiles and "good mornings", in English. I don't think he's Dutch.

Other than sitting on the side of the pavement, I have never seen him bother people. I've encountered a few other homeless people in the area and he is very different from them. His clothes don't seem (very) worn down, and I notice his beard is generally trimmed. He doesn't have bad body-odor (or at least not nearly to the extent of other homeless people), and he doesn't collect trash/bottles/cans either. He just sits in his spot.

He seems fairly young; I'd guess mid to late 20s.

The more I pass by the more I feel for the guy, and the more I'm inclined to talk to him.

I don't think my safety would be an issue if I talk to him, but if I do, I'd like to know what options he may have to improve his situation. Maybe he doesn't have a phone or internet access, and/or doesn't know what services are available to improve his situation.

Calling the police seems a bit overly excessive, as like I said, he doesn't really bother people at all. And I fear it might put him in a worse position.

Does anyone know what I can do here?

This isn’t about getting rid of him. He strikes me as someone that would be able to hold a job and improve his life. So I’d like to know if there’s anything I can provide him with, like information or contact with the right people, so that he would have the opportunity to do that.

I'd like serious, empathic responses please. This is a human being that I've seen to be respectful to others and his surroundings.

Het warme weer is bijna voorbij en suppen lijkt me een leuke ontspannende hobby. Ik ben vast niet de enige. Geen dure lessen, gewoon ouderwets vallen en 'opstaan'. Ik zorg voor een goede lunch, snacks en wat te drinken. Neem gezellig wat vrienden mee. Als je geen board hebt, dan kun je er daar een huren voor €18,- voor 1.5 uur. Als je interesse hebt, laat het even weten https://app.wuddys.com/activity?uid=09w1p5i5dm&invitation_code=odjls3r49w. Hopelijk zie ik je daar 👋.

Tl;dr: Received an additional medical bill long after consultation/testing was complete and insurance plan expired, after being reassured that I wouldn't. Is this common? What are my options (legal, regulatory, etc.?)

I am a non-Dutch person who graduated from a Dutch university recently. While I was a student there, I was covered by health insurance from my home country. This expired once I graduated. I am back in my home country now.

While living in Amsterdam, in January 2025, I went to a GP for some recurring pains, who then referred me to a specialist. The specialist clinic required I pay an advance invoice (close to €1000) to secure my appointment, which I did. At the clinic, the specialist doctor suggested I do a blood test and some medical scans. I was hesitant at first, since I was unsure if these would be additional costs, but the specialist reassured me that the costs would be covered in the advance payment I made, and I double-checked this with the receptionist as well. (Sidenote: These additional tests yielded no new information, and the specialist essentially said "we don't know what's wrong ¯_(ツ)_/¯" so I still have these pains. I was not prescribed any medicines or treatment/pain management.)

After that, I had claimed and received the reimbursements for the GP and specialist appointments from my now ex-insurer, including that hefty ~€1000 payment. (Another relevant piece of context: the insurance company required that I submit claims within 15 days of payment i.e. even if I still had that insurance, the claim period has also long expired.) So, that chapter closed in January - or so I thought.

Fast forward to now (September 2025), and I receive an email from the specialist saying that the advance payment did not encompass everything, and that I owe them another ~€400. This is unusual for me because for the reasons that I stated: (a) I've never heard of new (non-itemized) medical bills taking EIGHT MONTHS to be discovered, (b) at the time of making the advance payment, there was no mention of whether I would have to pay more (if my tests and consultation cost less than €1000, would they have reimbursed me?!) (c) the specialist and receptionist reassured me that I would not have to pay more, and frankly if they had told me otherwise, I would've just sought out a doctor in my home country, (d) both the insurance reimbursement claim period, as well as the insurance itself, has expired, after I received a reimbursement already, (e) this wasn't a case of a prolonged treatment plan with multiple follow-ups: everything from my first GP approach to my post-scans follow-up call wrapped up by January, and neither me nor my insurance company had any reason to believe we would receive new bills months later. The insurance company is super anal tbh and they're unlikely to accept the new claim without a huge fight, if at all.

I guess my questions are, 1. Do I have any form of recourse so that I don't have to pay out-of-pocket, after being misled into believing I wouldn't receive further bills? 2. Is it a common experience in the Netherlands to receive further medical bills so many months after consultations and tests are complete? Surely this creates unnecessary legal and financial challenges, not just for non-Dutch students with insurance plans that have stricter timelines, but also for Dutch people covered by national healthcare?

[FOR THE MODS: The weekly Q&A thread didn't seem appropriate for a lengthy, context-heavy question like this, and I exercised my discretion accordingly. Apologies if that was not the right decision.]

hi everyone i’m a 19 year old living in amsterdam and i want to join a band as a lead vocalist. i’ve been singing in bands as lead since i was 15 so have experience in front of crowds as large as 700. i’m not sure where to start looking as i don’t know anyone musical or where to find people who are. if anyone on here has any advice or wants to form a band please message! i like indie, jazz, r&b and rock but am pretty open to anything if it grows me musically!

thanks :)

EDIT tickets have been gifted, thanks everyone.

Hi hopefully allowed since it’s a gift, not selling or trading. We have 3 tickets to Anne Frank museum tomorrow at 9h45 that we can no longer use. Please let me know if you can use them and I will forward the tickets via email. Thx.

I (M28) really like to cook and especially for others. But I would also like to learn from others! Please send me a dm if you would like to join a cooking club where to meet up every one or two months!

Is it just me or has there been a noticeable rise in 'French' (inspired) cafés, restaurants and general style (espcially in horeca) the last 5 or so years in Amsterdam? Gitane, La Parole, Le French Café, Libertine... ze schieten als paddenstoelen uit de grond heb ik het idee

Also it seems like I hear more French on the streets (tourists I suppose, so a different topic really, but still)

Hello, I recently move to Amsterdam Noord and me and my gf are both looking for a GP.

I was told to NOT get Huisarten praktijk de haas zwart vm as GP, and that asking the insurance usually end up getting you a shitty GP. So far this is all the recommendation we got.

I know it's a tough market for GPs nowadays because there is a shortage, but if anyone in the Noord area has any specific feedback or tip, that would be very helpful.

English speaking is preferred since we are still learning, but we won't be picky on that. Thanks in advance, any feedback is welcome 🤗

[For the mods: I tried to put it in the Q&A section but I failed, apologies]

This time the Sagra deli. What is going on?

De bewoners van de Lindengracht (en nabije omgeving?) ontvingen van de gemeente Amsterdam een brief gedateerd 7 augustus j.l. met o.a. de volgende inhoud:

Op maandag 18 augustus plaatsen we acht bovengrondse containers voor afval op de Lindengracht. Deze zijn voor bewoners en voor ondernemers die reinigingsrecht betalen. (...) Op de Lindengracht worden vier parkeerplekken gebruikt om containers te plaatsen. De containers worden geplaatst op deze plekken: Lindengracht 12, 136, 210 en 280.

De treurige realiteit is dat de beloofde containers vandaag 2 september (nog) niet zijn geplaatst. (Heel even stonden er voor nr. 204 twee mooie grote containers, maar die waren na een week weer weg.) Iemand een idee over wat hier is misgegaan en wat we nog mogen verwachten?

It usually seems to be some sort of drugs or other organised crime thing going on when a business gets blown up. But a Pizzabakkers? What's that all about? As usual, AT5 knows nothing... any decent theories out there? 🤔

https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/234219/weer-explosie-bij-pizzeria-aan-plantage-kerklaan

Have photos from when i went to europe around new years '14-15. This is the photo i took, know it was in the netherlands, and I'm trying to label my pics. Reverse image search says Begijnhof (Begijnhofkapel) Chapel but some images and parts of the church don't match. Obv not sure about renovations in 10 yrs.

Hi all,

Ik ben even benieuwd wie er hier een taalcursus frans heeft gevolgd in Amsterdam, en wat jullie ervaringen zijn?

Ik heb gekeken naar 🥖Taalhuis Amsterdam (de Pijp +-400 euro) 🥖Course francais (centrum +- 300euro) en 🥖Alliance Française (OBA CS +-500euro)

Ik heb denk ik niveau a2.2/3 -elementary haha ouch, ben 42 🤣- kan me redelijk verstaanbaar maken, leuk accentje, maar grammatica laat wel echt te wensen over. Heb franse vrienden en ga elk jaar minimaal een aantal weken naar frankrijk. Voor mij is belangrijk: grammatica, verleden, heden, toekomende tijd, spreekvaardigheid, uitdrukkingen etc. Intensieve maar toch ook wel gezellige sfeer(moet wel leuk blijven ;).

Wat zijn jullie ervaringen met deze scholen? Wat heeft jullie het een of juist de ander doen kiezen?

Ik heb het idee dat de Alliance Française het ‘strengste’ is, en daarnaast de enige die volledig geaccrediteerd is volgens mij. Handig is ook dat zij op vele plekken in de wereld cursussen aanbieden. Course francaise een stuk voordeliger (want korting op dit moment) en Taalhuis lijkt me uberhaupt een stuk minder intensief, gezellig misschien (gemixter publiek?)maar is dat dan wel weer handig voor het uiteindelijke doel..

Nou je begrijpt, graag jullie mening/ervaringen! Dank alvast

taalcursus Frans in Amsterdam, graag tips!