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 Sunday, 20 July 2008
Travel

Europe Travel Guides

Europe
Netherlands
Amsterdam

Periodicals

Het Parool

An Amsterdam evening paper with a 'What's On' Saturday supplement that can be useful even if you don't read Dutch.

Het Financieele Dagblad

The top business and finance paper.

Expats Magazine

This English-language magazine serves up lifestyle, arts and how-to content to the foreign business community.

De Volksrant

A one-time Catholic daily with leftist leanings.

De Telegraaf

The nation's mass broadsheet, sensationalist but vaguely respectable.

The Amsterdam Times

A fledgling English-language newspaper.

Radio stations

Radio de Vrije Keyser
96.2 FM

Proudly rebellious station good for politics, punk music and squat news.

Sky Radio
101.2 FM

News, chat and the latest megahits from Rupert Murdoch's Dutch outpost.

Classic FM
90.7 FM

Plays lightweight classical and opera music all day long.

Radio 2
92.6 FM

Vintage oldies ('60s to '80s) with a smattering of Dutch evergreens.

Radio 538
102.1 FM

Most popular Dutch station thanks to its eclectic mix of Top 40, special events and manic presenters.

Books

My Dam Life
by Sean Condon

Witty true-life tale of three years in the Dutch capital, where the Australian and his wife spend much of their time looking for work and trying to define the Dutch character.

Culture Shock! Netherlands
by Hunt Janin

A very readable, realistic and genuinely humorous appraisal of Dutch customs, attitudes and idiosyncracies.

Amsterdam, A Short History
by Dr Richter Roegholt

A good, concise summary but few insights.

Diary of Anne Frank
by Anne Frank

A young Jewish girl's poignant account of years spent in hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Dutch Painting
by RH Fuchs

A good introduction to the city's art work.

Building Amsterdam
by Herman Janse

A fascinating account, with clear pictures, of Amsterdam's evolution from a swamp to a metropolis.

DVD

DVD Region: Zone 2: Europe, Japan, South Africa, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East

Five-day Weather Forecast:

Amsterdam, NL

20 Jul 2008

Light Rain Late
Temp: 17°C/62°F
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21 Jul 2008

Light Rain/W.
Temp: 15°C/59°F
Wind:   33 km/h

22 Jul 2008

Mostly. Cloudy.
Temp: 20°C/68°F
Wind:   17 km/h

23 Jul 2008

Partly. Cloudy.
Temp: 21°C/70°F
Wind:   11 km/h

24 Jul 2008

Sunny
Temp: 23°C/73°F
Wind:   17 km/h