nightlife

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A DJ playing in a club
BusinessCultureEntertainment
Dutch live event venues struggling; Half ended 2025 in the red, 14% drop in clubbers
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Hands painted in the rainbow colors of the Pride flag, forming a heart
Business
LGBTQIA+ people feel most unsafe on the street, nightlife, and public transport
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Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam lit orange for women's safety after Abcoude teen Lisa's murder, 26 August 2025
Crime
Minute of silence for Lisa at Abcoude festival; Nightlife lit orange for women's safety
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We claim the night sign against violence against women and girls
Crime
Amsterdam night life fights violence against women as "claim the night" signs appear
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Packed terraces near the Grote Markt in Groningen at night, 7 July 2022
BusinessCultureEntertainment
Young people feel unsafe in Groningen nightlife; Night mayor blames lost knowledge
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A person under arrest
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Three arrested after large fight breaks out in Katwijk’s nightlife district
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Nightclub
PoliticsBusinessCultureLifestyleEntertainment
Amsterdam night mayor launches massive afterparty program for A10 Parade
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People dancing in a nightclub
CrimeCultureEntertainmentWeird
Dutch driver caught in Belgium claims cocaine from kissing nightlife partners
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People waiting on the platform of Tilburg station while a NS intercity enters the station
CultureLifestyle
Women feel unsafe in public transport, stations, parks in the Netherlands
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
Crime
Ede hostage-taker also threatened police; Attorneys: He could not get psychological help
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Cylinders for nitrous oxide or laughing gas on the streets in the Netherlands.
CultureEntertainment
Laughing matter: Nitrous oxide popularity falling as drug users choose ecstasy
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Belgian police
Crime
Rotterdam boy, 17, turns himself in for fatal stabbing at Antwerp nightclub
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Nightclub
PoliticsCultureEntertainment
Amsterdam unveils new measures to support night culture
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A dropper bottle meant for psychedelic microdosing, along side psilocybin mushrooms and capsules of dry psilocybe cubensis
HealthCrimeEntertainment
Magic mushroom droplets increasingly popular recreational drug in Amsterdam's nightlife
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The elevator shaft guests look at as they travel up to the panorama restaurant, bar and rooftop deck at the Adam Toren in Amsterdam. 2018
Business
Amsterdam gives 24-hour operating licenses to nine more clubs, bars, restaurants
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Mark Rutte and Ernst Kuipers during a press conference on 14 January 2022
HealthPolitics
Open nightclubs, fuller football stadiums: Cabinet to relax Covid restrictions next week
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People dancing in a nightclub
Health
Cabinet discussing Covid testing everyone, vaccinated or not, to enter nightclubs
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People dancing in a nightclub
HealthBusiness
Wristbands instead of QR codes prove to be a success
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Nightclub
HealthCultureEntertainment
Gov't failed by letting people party immediately after Janssen vaccine: lawyers
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Exit Cafe on Reguliersdwarsstraat in Amsterdam
HealthBusiness
Clubs choosing to close after Covid outbreaks in nightlife
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Crowded Amsterdam at night
HealthBusiness
Municipalities barely enforcing Covid rules in bars, clubs: Report
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Outdoor music festival
HealthCultureEntertainment
Take care when experimenting with sex & drugs as festivals restart, experts warn young people
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A small amount of visitors view The Night Watch, a celebrated Rembrandt painting
PoliticsCultureArt
Amsterdam’s cultural sector receives 21.4 million euros in support
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People standing in line outside a coffeeshop set to close for coronavirus regulations
Science
Sewer water shows Amsterdam drug use fell during coronavirus lockdown