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These revolutionary cities are forcing cars to take a back seat

Now could be the perfect time for a sustainable transport revolution.

My Europe Series

Prostitution and the pandemic: Amsterdam's sex workers' struggle to survive under lockdown

Unreported Europe travels to Amsterdam to meet the sex workers struggling to survive under lockdown.

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Restaurant puts small greenhouses around tables to prevent COVID-19

As the Netherlands emerges from coronavirus lockdown, restaurants are trying to find new ways to encourage diners to return to their tables.

Netherlands

Glass half full: Restaurant serves up optimism amid COVID-19 misery

Is this the future of outdoor dining, for the time being, at least?

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Netherlands

Going out on a high? Mayor mulls tourist cannabis ban in Amsterdam

Drug tourists' best-laid plans could go up in smoke if this goes ahead.

Netherlands

Boeing refuses to play ball as Dutch MPs reopen earlier 737 crash case

Two recent accidents involving the 737 Max have led lawmakers in the Netherlands to open a new inquiry into a 2009 disaster that killed nine.

Netherlands

Mobile phone thief in a cell after poor reception from Dutch police

Dutch police say the arrest was made as part of a "targeted action" against pick-pocketing at a gig by Canadian rockers Sum 41.

Netherlands

In pictures: Bright colours in Amsterdam as city gives free flowers

Free flowers were available for visitors to pick in Amsterdam's Dam Square.

Netherlands

Schiphol Airport security scare 'was false alarm', says airline

Air Europa said that a pilot triggered an anti-hijacking alarm by mistake.

World

Post-referendum relocation: meet the people leaving Britain for the EU

The European Medicine Agencies was one of the first organisations to signal it would leave London following the Brexit vote. It took hundreds of employees with them to Amsterdam.

United Kingdom

Hundreds arrested in Extinction Rebellion disruptive action across Eur

The environmental activist group has begun two weeks of protests across Europe and in cities worldwide.

Netherlands

Operations resume at Schiphol airport but delays continue

Operations resume at Schiphol airport but delays continue

Netherlands

KLM and easyJet planes collide at Amsterdam airport

An easyJet flight to London clipped the the back of a Dutch KLM flight at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Tuesday morning.

World

How does a Rembrandt masterpiece get restored?

Watch how Rembrandt's 17th-century large painting ‘The Night Watch’ is being restored in Amsterdam at end of the Gallery of Honour in the Rijksmuseum.

USA

New trove of father's letters released to mark Anne Frank's 90th birthday

New trove of father's letters released to mark Anne Frank's 90th birthday

World

Petition to criminalise buying sex in Netherlands handed to government

“We were trying to tell people what is really happening in prostitution because a lot of Dutch people think it is all really happy people choosing to sell sex. But the reality is that a lot of them are trapped in human trafficking.”

Green News

Cycling in Amsterdam: our guide

Taking in a new city is all the more fun - and eco friendly - on wheels. We took to the saddle and biked around Amsterdam.

Netherlands

Tens of thousands march in Amsterdam against climate change

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Amsterdam on Sunday, demanding the Dutch government take stronger action against climate change

Smart Regions

Sustainable architecture thanks to 3D printers

In partnership with the European Commission

Floors, stairs, entire buildings built by 3D printers. Smart Regions travels to The Netherlands to see how the technology is reshaping the way we construct.

Netherlands

Artist David Hockney rescued from lift in Amsterdam

Firefighters were called to Amsterdam's Conservatorium Hotel on Wednesday evening after artist David Hockney found himself stuck in a lift.

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