The Culture Cut: A Tale of Two Brothers By Maria Clara Santana | Culture | October 14, 2025 Cover Illustration: The Culture Cut, 2025 / Maria Clara Santana Dear readers, It’s here, the very first column of The Amsterdammer by Maria Clara Santana! In her new column, “The Culture Cut,” you’ll find cultural commentary, criticism, and maybe even a few hot takes. We live in a world full of “hear me…
Tulip Season 2025: A Blooming Spectacle Across the Netherlands By Jasmine Lin | Culture | June 06, 2025 Cover Illustration: Keukenhof, Stationsweg, Lisse, Netherlands, 2022. Felicia Varzari / Unsplash Soft-news reporter Jasmine Lin explored this year’s tulip season in the Netherlands, a time of year that never fails to charm and attract visitors from around the world. As the last tulip petals flutter to the ground and neatly lined fields fade…
De Nieuwe Mensa: Student-run Food Takes Over the Roeterseiland Cafeteria By Antonín Tesa? and Luna Lampikoski | Culture | May 28, 2025 Cover Illustration: School Lunch, June 12, 2019. Anton Murygin / Unsplash De Nieuwe Mensa is a student-run food stand at Roeterseiland Camp serving affordable, healthy and plant-based food for and by students at the University of Amsterdam. In this article, the Amsterdammer sits down with the initiative’s board members…
Pope Francis Dies at 88 as Conclave Prepares to Choose Its Next Leader: What Comes Next for the Catholic Church? By Laia Fernandez-Areste | Culture | May 8, 2025 Cover Illustration: Mourners watch quietly from behind barriers during the funeral of Pope Francis. April 26, 2025. Sofia Mestanza Waldron The passing of Pope Francis marks the end of a significant chapter in the history of the Catholic Church. As the world…
Protests in Serbia: Students at the Forefront of a Fight for Democracy By Korina Lorenz | News | May 03, 2025 Cover Illustration: Supportive protest in Amsterdam organised by the Serbian diaspora, January 18, 2025. Jan Arsenovi? / Odoma?eni With Serbia in mass uproar over Vu?i? government corruption, calls for democratic change are only growing. Korina Lorenz reports. 15th for 15 Saturday March 15 saw the biggest protest in modern…
“The Matcha Diaries”: Conversations on Friendship, Podcasting & Navigating Your 20s By Natalie Gal | Culture | April 13, 2025 Cover Illustration: Leo (left) and Clara (right) / 2024 Reporter Natalie Gal sat down with Leo and Cara—the voices behind The Matcha Diaries—to uncover how their conversations evolved into a podcast beloved by thousands. Touching on the complexities of girlhood, the highs and lows of your twenties, and their lives in…
