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Omicron covid variant feared at Amsterdam airport as the Netherlands enters night-time lockdown
Omicron covid variant feared at Amsterdam airport as the Netherlands enters night-time lockdown
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2021
Two planes carrying some 600 passengers from South Africa landed in the Netherlands with 61 people infected with the coronavirus - including some cases believed to be the new omicron variant - Dutch health authorities said Saturday after halting flights from several southern African countries over fears of the new omicron variant of the virus.Large pumpkins appear on Amsterdams streets as Halloween nears
Large pumpkins appear on Amsterdams streets as Halloween nears
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2021
As Halloween is around the corner, pumpkins, one of which weighs more than half a ton and claims to be the largest in Amsterdam and even in the Netherlands, are beginning to appear on the streets in central Amsterdam.Amsterdam wants to restrict tourists from its marijuana shops
Amsterdam wants to restrict tourists from its marijuana shops
FRIDAY, JANUARY 08, 2021
In an effort to clean up its image, Amsterdam aims to restrict a key tourist attraction: its coffee shops.Amsterdam wants nothing to do with Europe's tourism revival
Amsterdam wants nothing to do with Europe's tourism revival
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020
Europeans are free to travel again, but Amsterdam's mayor is anxiously telling visitors to stay away.
Amsterdam to clean up sex-and-drugs tourism in post-virus reboot
Amsterdam to clean up sex-and-drugs tourism in post-virus reboot
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic raged in March and April, the 500-year-old Amsterdam city-center became a ghost town: The scantily clad sex workers in brothel windows in small alleys like Stoofsteeg in the red-light district were gone, as were the hordes of tourists who come there to gawk at them; Coffee shops on historic plazas like Rembrandtplein and Leidseplein didn't get the visitors who descend upon the city by the thousands for the cannabis they sell.
Toasting history with Bangkok, KLM eyes even lower emissions
Toasting history with Bangkok, KLM eyes even lower emissions
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2019
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has invested “aggressively” in a biofuel factory in Europe in a bid to reduce its carbon emissions by 15 per cent by 2030 compared to its 2005 output.
An artist in the kitchen
An artist in the kitchen
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019
Chef Chris Naylor of the Michelin-starred Vermeer restaurant in Amsterdam is bringing his creativity to Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel’s Madison steakhouse for two nights next month.
Double stabbing at Amsterdam station in possible terror attack
Double stabbing at Amsterdam station in possible terror attack
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2018
Dutch police were investigating Saturday a suspected terror attack at Amsterdam's Central Station, in which two people were stabbed before the knifeman was shot by police.