It is a law of nature: introduce paid parking somewhere, and motorists will simply park their cars just one neighbourhood ...

Safety, accessibility, and housing construction are central to JA21’s election manifesto. The party wants to move away from ...

Ice-cold showers, no internet, and badly needed repairs that never happen. Residents of a housing complex on the Carolina ...

What are the best restaurants in Amsterdam? Food critic Mara Grimm goes on a weekly quest to find the city’s top dining spots ...

Culinary journalist Mara Grimm reviews Amsterdam’s restaurant scene weekly for Het Parool. Veneur and Esra are this year's ...

Panniers are handy and practical, but their contents prove to be a popular target for thieves. The police report that stealing from a pannier or a front crate is becoming increasingly common. ‘You can ...

Truly great hot chocolate doesn’t need bells and whistles; it only needs the deep, velvety taste of real chocolate. At these ...

Which of the tourist attractions in Amsterdam should even a local Amsterdammer experience, and which ones are underwhelming?

As a professor of addiction care, Wim van den Brink was a pioneer in providing prescription heroin to addicts. Now, he is ...

Antique pornography, a stone phallus from the Roman era, saucy booklets: for forty years, these have been on display at the ...

Lying on the mat, balancing in a plank position with one leg in the air on a reformer, or sweating it out in a cabin: the wildly popular practice of pilates takes many forms. Especially in Amsterdam.

Every year, Het Parool looks back at the sandwich selection of the past year. What were the biggest hits between two slices ...