Amsterdam

How to quit your job and make beer for a living
Culture

How to quit your job and make beer for a living

Tips from an all-female brewery — After learning to brew beer as a hobby, sisters Do and Tessel de Heij honed their skills to launch Gebrouwen door Vrouwen – Amsterdam’s first all-woman brewery. Here’s how they did it.

Written by: Tom Coggins

Documenting the ‘afterparty’ culture of young Europeans
Photography

Documenting the ‘afterparty’ culture of young Europeans

Weekend warriors — In her latest book, photographer Gioia de Bruijn gets to grips with the hedonism and sexual freedom of underground Amsterdam, Berlin, and London.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Vintage ’80s Polaroids of Amsterdam’s barflies
Photography

Vintage ’80s Polaroids of Amsterdam’s barflies

Going underground — From gay bars and discos to old-school bruin cafés and red-light district taverns – Marc H. Miller and Bettie Ringma’s portraits capture the hidden soul of the city.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Amsterdam's Milkshake festival is a queer dance party paradise
Music

Amsterdam's Milkshake festival is a queer dance party paradise

No shits given — Queer nightlife is a vital part of the LGBT community, a chance to escape and find freedom in the night. But at Milkshake festival in Amsterdam it ascends from darkness, taking centre stage in all its glistening glory.

Written by: Michael Segalov

The Netherlands is closing down a load of prisons due to a lack of inmates
Activism

The Netherlands is closing down a load of prisons due to a lack of inmates

Could we stand to replicate? — In a climate of rehabilitation, community service and electronic tagging, jail cells in the Netherlands are being left completely vacant – leading to mass closures of prisons around the country. Could it be yet another progressive Dutch stance we could stand to replicate?

Written by: Adam White

Why did Lina Hashim secretly photograph Muslim couples having sex?
Photography

Why did Lina Hashim secretly photograph Muslim couples having sex?

Transgressions in the dark — Iraqi-Danish photographer Lina Hashim’s provocative Unlawful Meetings series explores secret sexual encounters which overstep Islam's boundaries.

Written by: Alex King

Artist Scott Albrecht focusses on the present in a world in flux
Art

Artist Scott Albrecht focusses on the present in a world in flux

Here and Now - Amsterdam — Change is always going to happen, says Scott Albrecht, so his new show is all about embracing it as it comes.

Written by: Alex King

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