The Ultimate Pho Ranking: Amsterdam Edition By QUYNH (STEPHANIE) BUI | November 10, 2019 Cover photo by As a Vietnamese, being away from home is rough. My foodie soul misses all the Vietnamese delicacies that I know I won’t find exact replicas of. Still, that fear did not stop me from embarking on a 2-month long adventure to determine the best Ph? (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) place in town. Personal…
The Return of the Beauty Guru By LINH NGUYEN | November 10, 2019 Cover photo by Linh Ha / Unsplash The new wave of beauty gurus tend to grow their channels by creating controversies and using clickbait to garner attention. Every day there’s a new problem, leading beauty gurus to attack one another. The dynamics of this community are taking a dark turn, so much that it makes me reminisce of the…
What University Life Really Teaches You By NADIA MURADY | November 9, 2019 Whether you’re doing a degree in business, science or social sciences, university life will teach you more than just the outlines of your programme. This includes heartbreaks, dealing with rejection, being independent and many other essential life skills. University is the place to learn more about yourself and, in some ways, it prepares you for adult life. It’s not…
Winter: The Death of a Closet? By KAELIN BALAGH | November 9, 2019 Cover Photo by Kaelin Balagh / The Amsterdammer Every winter I enter a state of frustration when it comes to my wardrobe, half of the clothing is unwearable or impractical. The crop tops and dresses I could easily wear in the early fall are shunned to the back of my closet. They won’t see the light of day until…
Seven Grocery Shopping Hacks You Never Knew You Needed By QUYNH (STEPHANIE) BUI | November 3, 2019 Cover photo by Pixabay Grocery shopping is no easy task – it seems to entail so many calculations: the number of groceries, the budget, the quality of the products and so on. If you are having trouble sorting out this ordeal, I (like the Beatles, with a little help from my friends) devised a list…
Upcoming Concerts to Keep Your Eye On By FILIP DROZDZ | November 2, 2019 Cover photo by “Hello Amsterdam” Paradiso. Music club with a cult status, it hosts hundreds of events annually. There have been a myriad of interesting concerts in Amsterdam throughout September and October. As much as I consider myself a concert-enthusiast (quite an unconventional asset to build one’s personality on, I know) I somehow managed to miss dozens of…
