A 'Culture of Fear' at Picnic-PostNL

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• A ‘culture of fear’ at Picnic-PostNL: NOS and In De Waaier spoke with 71 current and former staff, who describe punished criticism and ignored mental-health problems. (DutchNews.nl, NOS)
• Dutch-French talks on nuclear weapons: Dutch and French officials held the first Nuclear Steering Group meeting in Paris, though nothing agreed has been announced. (NOS, NU.nl)
• EU court: banks must refund fraud victims first: Banks must refund unauthorised payments by the next working day, even if they think the customer was grossly negligent. (NU.nl)
• Data centres clog the grid queue: Data centres want about 15 gigawatts, nearly a third of the queue, and grid operators want the cabinet to set limits. (NOS)
• Albert Heijn: shelves restocked, deliveries still off: Stores are getting deliveries again, but home delivery is off until at least Sunday and the website’s still down. (NOS, NU.nl)
• Arrests in Split as Ajax loses: Croatian police arrested 57 people overnight to stop about 500 Ajax and Hajduk fans fighting in central Split. (NOS, Het Parool)
• A looted Kandinsky from the Dam sells for millions: Kandinsky’s Das bunte Leben, once owned by a Jewish Amsterdam couple, fetched about £31.6 million at Christie’s London. (DutchNews.nl, NL Times)
• Goodbye, leap second: Measurement authorities meeting in Versailles voted to scrap the extra second, which has disrupted computer networks since 1972. (NOS, NU.nl)

What’s on in Amsterdam (Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October 2026)

• Allie X live: The Canadian indie-pop artist plays her fourth album, Happiness Is Going to Get You, plus older favourites, in Amsterdam. (Saturday 17 October, doors 19:00, Melkweg, Leidseplein area)
• Oosterkunst open studios and art route: About 35 local artists show their work, and around twelve studios in east Amsterdam open at the weekend. (Friday 16 October opening 17:00–21:00; studios open Saturday and Sunday 12:00–17:00, Plantage Dokzaal plus artists’ studios on the Eastern Islands, Kadijken and around Entrepotdok, Amsterdam-Oost)
• Denim Days: A two-day market for vintage jeans and sustainable fashion, with sashiko mending and indigo sock-dyeing workshops. (Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October, 10:00–18:00, De Hallen Amsterdam, Amsterdam-West)
• French lunch cruise with Bouillon d’Amsterdam: A French-inspired three-course lunch on a 1.5-hour canal cruise, with wine pairing or oysters if you’d like. (Starts Friday 16 October and runs daily until Sunday 1 November; each cruise lasts 1.5 hours, Boarding at Herengracht 124, city centre)
• Harvest festival and apple picking at Landgoed de Olmenhorst: Pick organic apples and pears, then stay for live music, food trucks, a local market and a Ferris wheel. (Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October; festival 10:00–21:00, picking your own fruit 10:00–17:00, Landgoed de Olmenhorst, Lisserbroek (just outside Amsterdam))

Also in the news

• NIOD: thousands of women abused in postwar Dutch internment camps (DutchNews.nl)
• Health budget still lacks a majority over compensation for the chronically ill: MPs want Health Minister Hermans to explain how the chronically ill will be compensated when the care deduction ends in 2028. (NU.nl, NOS)
• Riot police back in Floradorp, five arrested including four teenagers: Officers were pelted with stones, a fire was set and fences were dragged into the road. (Het Parool)
• Floor Jansen leaves Nightwish after 13 years: The Dutch singer, frontwoman of the Finnish symphonic metal band since 2012, wants to focus on her solo career. (NOS, NU.nl)