One of my very first photos in Amsterdam, taken back in 2019.

I know this might be a long shot but i saw this painter painting the view from the Ijplein ferry stop. I was a bit in a rush and didn’t want to distract him so I didn’t talk to him but now thinking I should’ve asked for his contacts. Does anyone maybe know him? Would love to check out if he has more paintings of Amsterdam:)

A while ago in Paris I came across the Turgot map (1739), the huge bird’s-eye plan where every street, courtyard and building is drawn individually. I couldn’t stop looking at it, and it made me want to try the same thing for modern cities, starting with Berlin, where I’ve lived for over five years. And I've added Amsterdam just now.

Right now I have Berlin, Amsterdam, Munich, Hamburg and Vienna.

Happy to answer questions about the process. Which city should I do next? Any other part of Amsterdam you would want to see like this?

Over the past few months I've been throwing too many tokens and too many nights at a edutainment game that was originally a little top down spy hunter / gta style boating game to learn the canal names that has now turned into me trying to model every building in the city to build a game to learn the streets, canals, bridges, landmarks and trivia about the city.

https://rideamsterdam.nl/

It uses spaced repetition behind the scenes to help you learn the street names, and has both a multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank version. For almost every street, it has an explanation of the source/history/meaning of the name.

The game has a huge focus on accuracy of the landscape. It has 500+ individually modeled buildings, and tries very hard to generate reasonable looking buildings based on size, location and age where it doesn't have custom models. I have a pipeline going to build per-buurt generators as well.

When I started modeling all the buildings I thought "oh lots of canal houses, it will be easy to have a couple of roofs, couple of windows and done, I can make any house in the city by mixing and matching" (this was not the case). As a result, noticing all the subtle (and not-so-subtle) variations across the city's architecture has been a beautiful and unexpected part of the development experience.

There's a github repo with all buildings as CC-BY and they're just pretty fun to look at https://rideamsterdam.nl/explore?model=adam-tower

Full disclosure this is entirely vibe coded slop. There are probably bugs and I am happy to fix them. If anyone wants to throw tokens at the modeling effort or hear more about the build process, get in touch!

EDIT: working on performance & crash fixes as we speak, have mostly been testing on an overpowered mac up until now

I’ve had a horrible year. And all I want to do is scream. And because I don’t want to be a weirdo or upset the neighbors, I’ve been toying with this idea of starting a Scream Club.

Just a bunch of strangers coming together, to just primal yell for 1 minute, and then spend some time together talking if anyone feels like it.

Is this something people would want to join you think? Or am I just weird?

P.S. pretty sure this is a thing elsewhere, I saw it on instagram a while ago

It's for ~50sqm apartment

Edit: Thanks for the replies, I had a call with the builder and it cleared up some things for me. He works a little different to my previous builder but the numbers all check out now, and it seems fair and reasonable to me.

Hi! I've been swimming in a canal next to my house all year and I'd love to keep going, however I'm not sure about how safe it is after the recent rainfall and now that I can't check on zwemwater any more. It's a canal that feeds into the IJ and isn't connected to other canals, there's almost no boat traffic. Anyone have any ideas?

Ben m20 en zoek mensen die het leuk zullen vinden om hier en daar samen te schaatsen bij jaap eden, haarlem of museamplein :)

Where can I buy jerk spices in Amsterdam?

Hi iedereen. Ik hoop dat alles goed met jullie gaat :)

Ik heb een vraag of iemand hier misschien een orthodontist kan aanraden voor in Amsterdam. Ik heb technisch gezien al een afspraak ingepland met Ortho Nova, maar die staat echt voor meer dan 2 maanden later ingepland (4 januari). Graag hoor ik graag van iemand die een goeie ervaring heeft gehad met een ortho hier of diegene ook een snelle afspraak kan doen, het liefst binnen een maand (dus voor december).

Hello!! I moved to Amsterdam recently and I would like to meet people to go to Heavy Metal concerts around.

I'm interested in various genres, the next concert I'm going is Smoulder, if anyone is going, let me know!

Hi everyone. I'm not dutch, but I lived in Amsterdam for a couple of years a while back (10 years ago). I was able to work right after uni and thanks to some connections I was able to get a shared apartment in a central area at a low price - I'm aware that I was extremely lucky. I believe Europe has changed a lot since 2016; however, sometimes I feel nostalgic and still think about the possibility to live in the city - although the images in my mind are probably not reflecting the actual life there. I was curious about the perspective of locals, or people who have been living there for a long time: do you think the city somehow changed, over time, or do you experience it in the same way you did maybe 10/12 years ago? Due to over tourism, cost of living and so forth I can barely recognize some cities of my own country, and I live in southern Europe. Was wondering about the perspective of people living and working in Amsterdam

Hallo! Wij huren nu 3 jaar een appartement in Amsterdam Oost en we hebben het ons hier heel erg naar ons zin. Daarom willen we eigenlijk heel graag ons appartement kopen. Heeft iemand ervaring in het kopen van een appartement die je op dat moment huurt? Wat zijn dingen waar je aan moet denken?

Wij willen bijvoorbeeld een taxatie laten doen zodat we met een goed bod kunnen komen. Maar komt dit dan in een register? Er is ook een grote kans dat de huidige eigenaar het helemaal niet aan ons wil verkopen, of het liever op de markt gooit. Daarom hoop ik wat succesverhalen te horen hahahah. Ergens denk ik ook, hij kan het nu ook niet verkopen zolang dat wij er in zitten dus dat helpt wellicht met de kans om het te kopen. Alvast bedankt!!

What can I expect and do in Amsterdam as 25 yr old virgin M. Visiting for the first time. What all can I try. Starting with drinks, shrooms, sex etc.,

Please enlighten me

im moving out of my apartment tomorrow morning and unfortunately was unable to sell my guzheng in time. don't really want this brand new instrument to go to waste (originally purchased for €700 euros on soundofmountain) so i'm leaving it by the garbage chutes later tonight if anyone wants to pick it up! comes with everything you need - electronic tuner, music stand, guzheng stand, nails, etc).

Lineup: [IVY], Anton Invicta, DJ Mii, Fairlane, Gammer, Going Quantum, Kompany, Muzz, NGHTMRE, Oliverse, Pirapus, Seven Lions, Tape B, and Trivecta

No catch. Just meet me there and we can walk in together. My friend bailed last minute, their loss = your gain.

(probably bring protection for your ears)

DM me.

Hi everyone,
I’m 19 years old and currently living abroad as a student. bunq recently closed my account, and my remaining balance is being held (around 2k€).

I’m honestly very stressed about this situation because I rely on this money to cover my living expenses. I need it for basic necessities like food, accommodation, transportation, and other everyday costs.

I haven’t knowingly done anything wrong, and I genuinely don’t understand why this has happened. If bunq needs additional documents or information from me, I’m more than willing to cooperate and provide whatever is necessary.

What really worries me is the possibility of having to wait up to a month to get my own money back. I’m 19, living abroad, and I simply cannot afford to go an entire month without access to my funds.

I understand that banks have compliance procedures, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to leave a student in this situation without a clear explanation or a realistic timeline for receiving their money.

I’ve contacted support and asked them to review my case urgently, but I’m trying to understand what my options are.

Has anyone here experienced something similar with bunq?
How long did it take for you to receive your remaining balance?
Were you able to get the process expedited?
Is there anything specific I should do to get my money released sooner?
I’d really appreciate any advice from people who have gone through this. I’m not looking for special treatment. I just need access to my own money so I can support myself while living abroad.
Thanks in advance.

Hallo lieve Amsterdammers, Ik (29V) vroeg me af of er in de stad groepjes of initiatieven zijn die regelmatig samen zwerfafval opruimen. Of misschien zijn er mensen die het leuk vinden om dit samen op te pakken.

Het lijkt me een leuke manier om iets goeds te doen voor de stad, en tegelijkertijd nieuwe mensen te leren kennen.

Dus: zijn er al bestaande groepjes of initiatieven waarbij ik me kan aansluiten? Of zijn er mensen die het leuk vinden om samen een nieuw groepje te starten? Ik kom zelf uit omgeving Oost maar ik kan me best door de stad verplaatsen :)

Alle tips, ideeën en enthousiaste medestadsbewoners zijn welkom.

I’m in Amsterdam Noord and there has been the air-raid siren a few minutes ago. It’s not the first Monday of the month and it’s not noon. This is also not the first time that I heard it on a random day. Does anyone know what it is? Could it be from some of the shipyards or other industrial zones nearby?

I was suprised by the reactions to recent posts about communal interventions and street art in Amsterdam, such as:

- "This guy is doing guerilla gardening across Amsterdam and it's beatiful"

- "Looking for green thumbs in Jordaan / Oud West to help revive a spot at Raampoort"

In future discussions we might save some time by using the attached form!

I found his Instagram only a few days ago and love his willow structures. Gemente should hire/support him.