{"id":7581,"date":"2025-09-25T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=7581"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:29:32","slug":"the-heart-of-the-nieuwmarkt-neighbourhood-arnold-jan-scheer-on-the-unpolished-history-of-the-red-light-district","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/?podcast=het-hart-van-de-nieuwmarktbuurt-arnold-jan-scheer-over-de-ongepolijste-geschiedenis-van-de-wallen","title":{"rendered":"The heart of the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood - Arnold-Jan Scheer on the raw history of the Red Light District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"e-91090-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-gbwXoZ cetDdh\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">Irma and Jim are speaking in <em>House de Pinto<\/em> met Arnold-Jan Scheer: journalist, writer, illusionist and documentary maker.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"e-91090-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-gbwXoZ cetDdh\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">We delve into the unpolished history of the Red Light District, where Arnold-Jan has been filming since 1984 on his documentary <\/span><\/span><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-gbwXoZ cetDdh\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"><em>Heart of Amsterdam<\/em><\/span><\/span><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-gbwXoZ cetDdh\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">. We hear about pen-pushing birds of paradise, wrestling clubs at the Casa Rosso and how an entire neighbourhood changed but never lost its soul.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"e-91090-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\" data-slate-fragment=\"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\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-gbwXoZ cetDdh\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">Arnold-Jan shares colourful anecdotes about Black Joop, Blonde Mien and Jantje Rolex. With love and compassion, he looks back on 40 years of unique life stories, focusing on Amsterdam's frayed edges.<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7512,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-7581","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/7581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}