Culture trip An Insight into Valencia: the city of sunlight, oranges and fiesta. Mucha fiesta. By LUCIA MASIP | April 25, 2020 Cover photo by @travelnow_or_crylater on Unsplash Born and raised in Valencia, I was (as many locals are to their hometown) unaware of the uniqueness of the city where I came from. After moving from Valencia to Amsterdam about two years ago, I got to experience the city from an almost…
Nature Strikes Back By ANNA LEA JAKOBS | April 24, 2020 Illustration by Anna Lea Jakobs / The Amsterdammer Wild deer walk through the concrete jungle of New York. The Venetian canals have welcomed dolphins again. A puma strides, looking for something to feed on in the conventional residential areas of Santiago, Chile, while donkeys pay a visit to the ICICI Bank in Prayagraj, North India. Animals are defying the formal lines of…
Reportage: COVID-19 Isolation Center By CHARLEY ROUSSET | April 22, 2020 On Monday, April 6, The Amsterdammer visited an Isolation Center in Eindhoven receiving patients suffering from Coronavirus, which was created by a group of GPs and nurses. The GGD GHOR organisation in The Netherlands gives guidelines on how healthcare professionals should receive patients with COVID-19. However, doctor’s offices have to set up their own testing facilities in order to…
My Quarantine Skin Care Routine By Cyrine Ettriki | April 20th, 2020 Cover photo: Photo by Content Pixie on Unsplash. Being in quarantine is by no means easy. Luckily, I have found comfort in creating and maintaining a consistent skin care routine to start and end my day on a good note. I have, therefore, decided to share the products I swear by in helping me maintain my skin healthy despite…
ideo killed the radio Video Calling in Times of Corona By YARA JAKOBS | April 20th, 2020 Due the current ongoing lockdown, people have collectively turned to video calling as an alternative for face-to-face interaction. Naturally, this does not come without its difficulties. Yara Yakoby is a student of Fine Arts and Illustration at Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg and works as a freelance illustrator. In her work she tells stories of…
Launch of the ‘Amsterdam City Doughnut’ Establishing the Sweet Spot of Society By JOSEPHINE SYLVESTRE | April 20th, 2020 Amsterdam canals on a summer day. Elisa Morand / The Amsterdammer. On April 7, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Municipal Executive of Amsterdam decided to adopt British economist Kate Raworth’s Doughnut economic model for sustainable development, making Amsterdam the first city in the world to do so.…
