Somaye Dehban shares the story of what Amsterdam’s late Mayor, Eberhard van der Laan meant to her family. Her son was stateless, unable to have a nationality, until they “all became Dutch” at a ceremony the Mayor presided over.
To read the letter in full, see Somaye Dehban’s post on LinkedIn.
We interviewed local illustrator, Rachelle Meyer, about her sketchbook project ‘Faces on the Ferry’. She told us why she started sketching the people she saw every day on her ferry commute from Amsterdam Noord to her studio in the city centre.
Short interview (4:53)
“I can just kind of stand here and … intimately doodle on the ferry.”
(Broadcast on Salto 1 TV in ‘Salto Shorts’.)
Extended interview (13:45):
“Starting Therewise Enterprises was … a way of encouraging us to make personal projects important again.”
(Broadcast on Salto TV as part of our ‘Amsterdam Startup Stories‘ series.)
Faces on the Ferry by Rachelle Meyer:
Coming soon, an interview with local illustrator Rachelle Meyer about her Faces on the Ferry project.
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A hammam with history! Our SO DAM LOCAL filmmakers captured the old-time vibe of the Hammam Amsterdam beautifully and the owner tells us their story. #gezelligheid
Filmmakers: Aimilia Mouzaki & Bondo,
On the 12th day of Christmas, Broadcast Amsterdam gives to you … a streetfood story in Staatsliedenbuurt ▶︎
Our community of filmmakers visit one of the new Amsterdam streetfood kiosks in the Staatsliedenbuurt and meet Steff Veldkamp who was raised in the area and now runs Vleesch Noch Visch.
Filmmakers:
David Djindjikhachvili & Aimilia Mouzaki
This feature was first broadcast on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel before our SO DAM LOCAL tv show and is now released online as part of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration.
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On the 9th day of Christmas, Broadcast Amsterdam gives to you … our exclusive chat with pastor-entrepreneur, Ruben van Zwieten ▶︎
An interview with Ruben van Zwieten of De Nieuwe Poort in Amsterdam’s Zuidas district, a community centre for “reflection and meeting”.
This feature was first broadcast on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel on 1.12.16 as part of SO DAM LOCAL tv show, produced by Broadcast Amsterdam, and is now released online as part of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration.
LINKS:
denieuwepoort.org
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© Broadcast Amsterdam 2016
On the 8th day of Christmas, Broadcast Amsterdam gives to you … a young world traveller who likes to give tips ▶︎
Young adventurer, Kim Berghout, tells our SO DAM LOCAL chat show host all about her travels and how she share advice and tips through her blog vrouwopreis.nl and a series of campfire travel workshops in Amsterdam.
(First broadcast on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel on 24.11.16 as part of SO DAM LOCAL tv show, produced by Broadcast Amsterdam, and now released as part of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration.)
LINKS:
vrouwopreis.nl
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On the 7th day of Christmas, Broadcast Amsterdam gives to you … our exclusive interview with a guy who’s at the heart of the smart city roll-out: Tom van Arman of the start-up, Tapp.▶︎
(First broadcast on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel on 24.11.16 as part of SO DAM LOCAL tv show, produced by Broadcast Amsterdam. produced by Broadcast Amsterdam and has been released online as part of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration.
LINKS:
tapp.nl
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On the 6th day of Christmas, Broadcast Amsterdam gives to you … our chat with Net in Nederland about their project that shares Dutch TV with English and Arabic subtitles online.▶︎
A chat with the team behind Net in Nederland, an online project to share Dutch TV with English and Arabic subtitles for refugees and other newcomers.
This feature was first broadcast on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel on 10.11.16 as part of SO DAM LOCAL tv show, produced by Broadcast Amsterdam, and has been released online as part of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration.
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On the 3rd day of Christmas, Broadcast Amsterdam gives to you … our video of a very special local dog walker ▶︎
Our SO DAM LOCAL team met Tessa from Dharma Dog (dharmadog.nl) and got to know why her dog walking service is a little different. And of course, we also joined Tessa and the dogs for a walk around Vondel Park.
This feature was first broadcast on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel on 1.12.16 as part of SO DAM LOCAL tv show, produced by Broadcast Amsterdam, and has been released online as part of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration.
© Broadcast Amsterdam 2016
We released 12 new videos for Amsterdam to celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas …
🎁 On the 1st day of Christmas ▶︎ the Santa Tram video
🎁 On the 2nd day of Christmas ▶︎ a Bloody Mary dumpling demo
🎁 On the 3rd day of Christmas ▶︎ a local dog walker-whisperer
🎁 On the 4th day of Christmas ▶︎ Rhizome House lights up the city
🎁 On the 5th day of Christmas ▶︎ a Holland Festival sneak peak
🎁 On the 6th day of Christmas ▶︎ Dutch TV … in English
🎁 On the 7th day of Christmas ▶︎ Tom van Arman talks smart cities
🎁 On the 8th day of Christmas ▶︎ a world traveller, Vrouw op Reis
🎁 On the 9th day of Christmas ▶︎ a preacher man in Zuidas
🎁 On the 10th day of Christmas ▶︎ a local Luistervink harvest
🎁 On the 11th day of Christmas ▶︎ An Amsterdam rabbit outtake
🎁 On the 12th day of Christmas ▶︎ A Staatsliedenbuurt story
This autumn we invited two Amsterdam-based creators over to Cathy’s house to talk about their recent work …
Jesus de Vega, choreographer (jesusdevega.com)
On his piece, Stigma: “I felt that there was a change in the climate … more homophobic voices … I felt that, as a maker, I wanted to somehow make a stand for the LGBTQ community .”
Emilio Brizzi, photographer (emilio-brizzi.com)
“We are given this beautiful memory … so we can recall the time before we were here … And so maybe … it’s good thing to record a time when we are here , so that your children will eventually look back on these years and find some tangible proof of what it was.”
We chatted with the founder of food pop-up Pinch about starting up a food business in Amsterdam. This film premiered on our SO DAM LOCAL TV show earlier this month but you can now watch it online …
We interviewed the Amsterdam Magic Show guys on our SO DAM LOCAL TV show last week (see here) but they also stayed behind in the studio to perform a mini-magic show. Watch it here and be amazed.
A preview of this week’s SO DAM LOCAL tv show.
SO DAM LOCAL premieres on Thursdays at 21:00 each week on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel (find it on Ziggo Horizon 38 or stream online at salto.nl and remember to select the Salto 2 livestream). Repeats throughout the week on Salto 2.
But if you miss it, there’ll be highlights on our YouTube channel.
© Broadcast Amsterdam 2016
Our interview with Yvonne van Ulden, director KLIK animation festival in Amsterdam from 25-30 October 2016. This feature was first broadcast on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel on 20.10.16 on our So Dam Local TV show.
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Our interview with Theodora Voutsa, director of an international production of Antigone performing in Amsterdam 4 & 25 November. This feature was first broadcast on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel on 13.10.16 on our So Dam Local TV show.
© Broadcast Amsterdam 2016
A preview of this week’s SO DAM LOCAL tv show.
SO DAM LOCAL premieres on Thursdays at 21:00 each week on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel (find it on Ziggo Horizon 38 or stream online at salto.nl and remember to select the Salto 2 livestream). Repeats throughout the week if we’re lucky.
If you miss it, there’ll be highlights on our YouTube channel.
© Broadcast Amsterdam 2016
Here’s a preview of SO DAM LOCAL’s first episode back for an its autumn 2016 season.
SO DAM LOCAL premieres on Thursdays at 21:40 each week on Amsterdam’s Salto 2 TV channel (find it on Ziggo Horizon 38 or stream online at salto.nl and remember to select the Salto 2 livestream). Repeats throughout the week.
If you miss it, there’ll be highlights on our YouTube channel.
© Broadcast Amsterdam 2016
Yes, that’s right. Broadcast Amsterdam has been busy working on new TV and videos to premiere this autumn on local TV and YouTube. Watch this space. (And don’t forget to follow us on social media and subscribe to our YouTube channel or you might miss all the fun … )
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