The Latest Breaking News from Amsterdam

Exclusive: Climate-tech startup Brineworks raises $5.5 million

The Amsterdam-based company is eyeing a market-ready product by the end of next year.

Fortune · Sep 19, 2025

Amsterdam’s answer to its rubbish crisis? Remove some of the litter bins

Problems have arisen in Dutch capital since introduction of a deposit scheme for small bottles and cans

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025

Drones, 8k, virtual concerts: All the latest tech from the International Broadcast Convention

At IBC 2025, Amsterdam becomes the beating heart of audiovisual innovation: drones, 8K cameras and virtual reality welcome visitors. At the convention, Fujifilm presented GFX Eterna 55 and the technologies that are transforming the way stories are told

Euronews · Sep 19, 2025

Hacker breaks into on-campus smart washing machines — management eventually disables devices, leaving thousands of students with no reliable laundry service

A hacker breaks into the digital washing machines of a student residence in Amsterdam and makes them free for all to use — but management catches up and deactivates the appliances altogether.

Tom’s Hardware · Sep 14, 2025

Steve McQueen’s 34-hour Occupied City illuminates Amsterdam’s haunted past

Projected onto the museum’s south façade and paired with a sound version indoors, the 34-hour work maps more than 2,000 Amsterdam addresses linked to the Nazi occupation

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2025

Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen win last-leg deciders in Amsterdam

Humphries claimed a 6-5 victory in Amsterdam and set up a last-16 meeting with Kevin Doets on Saturday.

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

Add to playlist: the DIY no wave dub of Devon Rexi and the week’s best new tracks

Amsterdam combo blend funky post-punk, turntablism and ‘miscellaneous objects’ in a giddy mix beguiling a growing cross-genre audience

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025

Steve McQueen’s 34-hour Holocaust doc 'Occupied City' to be projected on Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum

'Occupied City' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 as a 4h28 minute cut. It focuses on the stories of more than 2,000 Amsterdam homes during WWII. Now, it will be shown continuously until the end of January 2026 as the full work of art director Steve McQueen originally…

Euronews · Sep 11, 2025

Boom times and total burnout: three days at Europe’s biggest pornography conference

The crowd that gathers in Amsterdam is exuberant. Pornography use is more common than ever, so earnings for many here are through the roof. But there is trouble afoot, from AI to chronic illness …

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025

Delta Airlines Emergency Landing Raises Alarm — Will Travellers Face More Cancelled or Delayed Flights?

Delta Airlines flight DL161 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam. Are travellers now facing more cancelled or delayed flights across the network?

International Business Times UK · Sep 9, 2025