The heart of the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood - Henk de Vries on The Bulldog and his youth

Henk de Vries- The bulldog

Deze keer schuiven Jim en Irma aan bij een echte jongen van de Zeedijk: Henk de Vries, oprichter van The Bulldog. In een ongefilterd gesprek in het Amsterdam House of Arts & Crafts blikt Henk terug op een halve eeuw buurtleven, vol onverwachte wendingen, bijzondere ontmoetingen en momenten die hem gevormd hebben. Hij vertelt hoe een klein keldertje […]

The heart of the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood - Arnold-Jan Scheer on the raw history of the Red Light District

Arnold-jan scheer - podcast newmarket neighbourhood

Irma and Jim speak to Arnold-Jan Scheer in Huis de Pinto: journalist, writer, illusionist and documentary filmmaker. We delve into the unpolished history of the Red Light District, where Arnold-Jan has been filming his documentary Heart of Amsterdam since 1984. We hear about pen-pushing birds of paradise, wrestling clubs in the Casa Rosso and how an entire neighbourhood changed, but his [...]

The heart of the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood - Eva Krammer on Huis de Pinto

In this episode of The Heart of the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood, Irma and Jim talk to Eva Krammer, chairman of Huis de Pinto: a literary and cultural meeting place in the heart of Amsterdam. We hear how one building managed to stop a four-lane highway, why volunteering is so intertwined with the neighbourhood, and how the library of yesteryear transformed [...]

The heart of the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood - Theodoor van Boven on the Condomerie

In this second episode of The Heart of the Nieuwmarkt Neighbourhood, Irma and Jim speak to Theodoor van Boven in museum Rembrandthuis: entrepreneur, local resident and founder of De Condomerie. A conversation about condos, culture, community and the art of getting lost. Theodoor tells how a “joke for six months” grew into a world-famous phenomenon, why [...]

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