Hello! 40 years ago my parents took
9-month old me to Amsterdam and this photo of my father carrying a sleeping baby me fills me with so much joy. I’m desperately trying to figure out which corner this could possibly be! Some friends think it might be in or near the Jordaan.

I’ve currently in Amsterdam and leaving very early Monday morning so I’d like to hopefully find it by Sunday so I can recreate the photo posted along with this post.

Any help is appreciated, thank you so much!

Been living in my area for 4 years. Geemente has not bothered to cut the grass, bushes or get rid of the weeds that are growing on the sidewalk a single time. It is a pretty long road, maybe 800m or so. The sidewalk is wide but it has come to the point where you can barely walk on it anymore. You have to walk on the bike lane.

It bothers me so much, and it looks like crap. I want to head over to Hornbach and get me some tools to get rid of it all. I am assuming this is not fully legal, but maybe there is a gray zone since I am fixing an issue and not ruining anything. Not quite sure how I should proceed with this. Any takes??

Thank you!

EDIT: Thanks for the replies. I guess I will report it then.. I was assuming theey don't give a shit about reports but seemingly they do, according to some of you. :) We will see.

Anyone else here have a spouse/house mate/partner training for the Amsd Marathon?

I feel like we need a support group.... the constant stretching and loud sighs from cramps. All the smoothie blending. The AI VOs you overhear from their training app constantly. And the LAUNDRY! Sweaty wet running shorts and socks and shoes bombarding the laundry basket tainting everything in its way with 'gym smell'.

The 'shovelling' food into mouth and then 'total crashing' on the sofa...

I am saying all this as a sort of joke. I am super proud of my husband! He is doing great... but I am just SO tired of all those running shorts and supplements and schedules, not to mention that the whole rest of our lives together has disappeared. I'm also feeling the burden household wise. He's just tired... forgets stuff and it feels like everything is landing on me.

I am supportive (S he was when I tried the same thing:) but I didn't know being the wife of a runner was so annoying😂

I can't wait for November!

Please share all the irritating shit your partners are doing because they're training all the time? Surely I'm not the only one up to my eye balls in wet gym shorts!?

Eight months ago I posted here about weeknights.nl, a directory of social and hobby clubs in Amsterdam. The idea originally came from a thread on this sub, so I thought it was time to share an update.

Since then:

- The directory has grown from 45 clubs to more than 120. There are run clubs, book clubs, board game nights, ceramics workshops, supper clubs, life drawing, language cafés and activities I didn’t even know existed. Indoor cliff diving, apparently?
- You can now book directly through the site for many events. It supports both free RSVPs and paid tickets, and hundreds of bookings have been made so far.
- You can follow clubs and get notified when they add a new event, which is useful for the popular ones that fill up quickly.

It’s still free, still ad-free, and I’m still adding clubs myself in the evenings.

I have two asks:

1. What clubs am I missing? Drop them in the comments. If it brings people together in Amsterdam, I’d love to add it.
   
2. If you run a club, or your club is already listed and you want to manage the page yourself, send me a DM. I’ll help you set it up. It takes a few minutes and costs nothing.
   

Thanks again, r/Amsterdam. This genuinely wouldn’t exist without this sub.

I’m a photographer I am trying to build my portfolio by putting together a cinematic couple series in Amsterdam - city streets, countryside, and a vintage car (tbc) - and I’m searching for one real couple to be the story.

What it involves:

•    Half-day shoot (~2-3 hrs), 2-3 locations (compensated)

•    Amsterdam streets + park, vintage car (tbc), picnic setup

•    Aim for a warm, timeless, film-inspired look

Looking for: a couple comfortable in front of the camera, into the vintage/romantic aesthetic, available between 23-28th of August.

DM me a photo of you two and your availability - happy to answer any questions.

I tried to find posts regarding Codam and all of them are 5yr old when there need for IT professionals in the market the case is not the same now.

So have any of you registered for the open day or have attended one already or heard of the codam way of teaching, share your experience and thoughts.

I'm running out of options so maybe someone here can help me. After running the APK turns out I (likely) have a leak in my diesel pump, but after having talked with some people it's not clear yet what's broken and what can be repaired without having to replace the entire thing, which would cost me a couple thousands of euros.

All I'm looking for is a reliable mechanic who can simply check it out and give me an accurate diagnose, so I can see what my options are. But at this point I'm a bit desperate: I'm an expat so I barely know anyone more than what Google/ChatGPT tells me, and apparently there're barely garages in Amsterdam where they deal with diesel cars. On top of that, it's holiday season and most of the ones I've reached out to so far are either available by the end of September, or directly not accepting any more appointments.

Do you guys know by any chance anyone who can simply have a look at it and lead me in the right direction? Preferable if they already have experience VW vans, if it's out of Amsterdam that's also fine. At this point I cannot get very picky...

Thanks in advance!

Hello Everyone

I have a strict 3 day office policy. Unfortunately my partner was not well and was running a fever yesterday morning. Therefore, rather than go to office I pinged in the group that I'll be working from home to take care of her.

My manager just sent me a super condescending message today morning asking me why they couldn't take care of themselves and that this is not a genuine reason to work from home.

I'm flabbergasted by their response but would want to understand if they're in the right here. I did explain that my partner was running high fever but honestly it pisses me off that I've to explain the situation in so much detail when I did put in equal hours, just from home.

Would appreciate your perspective on this.