Exams, the most stressful time in a student’s calendar. We’ve all experienced those pre-exam mornings when you ask yourself: is it worth all this anxiety? Meeting friends on campus those long days before an exam is the worst. The conversation usually goes like this: You: “How are you doing?” Friend: “Pretty okay actually, I studied all of last week and I’m just heading to the library right now.” You:…
Whether you are new in town, or just too busy with work or studies during the week, the 24/7 Amsterdam lifestyle can get hectic. Are you scratching your head trying to plan something fun? Here’s a list of 10 events worth checking out this weekend. NEMO Science Museum is hosting “Gratis Weekend van de Wetenschap”, which starts this Saturday, October 6 at 10 a.m. The entire weekend is for…
The Amsterdammer comes back on the WOinActie-Week, or Week of Action, with its best pictures from the events that marked a moment of tension and protest in Amsterdam.
Artist Tash Sultana identifies as gender non-binary. The Amsterdammer respects this and henceforth refers to the artist using third person pronouns. If Robert Plant and Joan Jett had a baby they would be born with a fender in its hands and their name would be Tash Sultana. One of the most up-and-coming musicians today, Sultana quickly took a gigantic leap from the streets of Melbourne to the world’s biggest stages.…
The occupation of the P.C. Hoofthuis on the last day of the WOinActie week has drawn a lot of attention to the protest against the budget cuts affecting especially the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences. The occupiers’ goal was primarily to confront the Executive Board of the UvA with their concerns about the cuts’ consequences on the quality of education and to get answers to their more pressing questions…
AH-Tap to go, the new cashless system at Albert Heijn-to go, allows customers to shop and pay without standing in lines at the cash register. The system has been implemented as a trial in two AH-to go’s in Amsterdam. Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, has recently embraced the cashless trend. In two Albert Heijn-to go stores, it is now possible to pay without cash or card.…
