#amsterdam

#amsterdam

Few things bring the Condé Nast Traveller team much joy as discovering a new city. We're happiest when dipping in and out of Madrid's world-class galleries, ambling along Budapest 's riverside and sampling the wares of Bruges' chocolate shops - and that's just us getting started. While you'll find most of us taking to the streets - via bakeries, bars and attractions, of course - on foot, putting our favourite pair of worn-out trainers to good use.

The festival's approach emphasizes sustainability, where attendees are provided with vials for cigarette butts. This innovative idea highlights a cultural difference in waste management.

The evening sun glints across the quiet marina, and the wooden gable ends of the houses lean gently into a street whose silence is broken only by the trundle of an occasional bicycle.

"With AI House Amsterdam, we are doing what Europe urgently needs: bringing together ambition, talent and capital to shape the future of AI," says Fabricio Bloisi, CEO of Prosus.

The recent laws in Amsterdam to license e-bikes exist in a transportation context that positions bikes and cars on more equal footing, emphasizing safe mixed-use streets.

"This is a beautiful old synagogue, and we try to keep the spirit of the past alive as much as possible and transform it..." Maurits Jan Vink.

At first glance, beer bike Amsterdam might not seem like something out of the ordinary, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

Amsterdam not only stands out for its iconic canals and painters, but has also become crucial to the world of book design, merging art with literature.

Amsterdam, with 1,219 startups, continues to be a European startup hub, despite a minor dip in the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Index, securing crucial funding.

On a surreal night in Amsterdam, a man held a customer hostage in an Apple Store, demanding cryptocurrency, making this bizarre incident remarkable for its rarity in the Netherlands.