It’s like clockwork. The GVB’s new schedule includes new routes and changes to existing ones. Het Parool runs a story against it, quoting older people who never like change. The reporters can never seem to find people whose lives will be improved by the change, because those riders are not standing at…

Nothing makes Amsterdammers madder than ‘TikTok lines.’ That’s when dumb tourists are tricked into thinking something is worth waiting in line for. But ice cream lines? Well those are a normal part of summer. What’s the difference? Uh, hard to say…

It has been accepted by every journalist and many residents that Amsterdam is full of tourists; TOO FULL! And like the Louvre in Paris, the center of Barcelona and all of Venice, Amsterdam is no fun anymore because there are just TOO MANY TOURISTS! Everyone says it. Het Parool won’t stop writing…

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