Panniers are handy and practical, but their contents prove to be a popular target for thieves. The police report that stealing from a pannier or a front crate is becoming increasingly common. ‘You can ...

Ice-cold showers, no internet, and badly needed repairs that never happen. Residents of a housing complex on the Carolina ...

What are the best restaurants in Amsterdam? Food critic Mara Grimm goes on a weekly quest to find the city’s top dining spots ...

Culinary journalist Mara Grimm reviews Amsterdam’s restaurant scene weekly for Het Parool. Veneur and Esra are this year's ...

Truly great hot chocolate doesn’t need bells and whistles; it only needs the deep, velvety taste of real chocolate. At these ...

Lying on the mat, balancing in a plank position with one leg in the air on a reformer, or sweating it out in a cabin: the wildly popular practice of pilates takes many forms. Especially in Amsterdam.

Which of the tourist attractions in Amsterdam should even a local Amsterdammer experience, and which ones are underwhelming?

As a professor of addiction care, Wim van den Brink was a pioneer in providing prescription heroin to addicts. Now, he is ...

Antique pornography, a stone phallus from the Roman era, saucy booklets: for forty years, these have been on display at the ...

Every year, Het Parool looks back at the sandwich selection of the past year. What were the biggest hits between two slices ...

In the coming years, Amsterdam is going to designate four thousand official collection points for bulk waste, starting with IJburg. The city is not waiting for the new policy requiring bulky waste to ...

With restaurant Esra, chef Selin Kiazim and her partner Steph de Goeijen demonstrate just how rich and diverse Turkish cuisine can be. They not only share the places where they like to eat themselves ...