Storm Boelo Turns Deadly, and Serbia's Students Win

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• Storm Boelo: a death in Amsterdam, a search at sea, chaos at Schiphol: A cyclist was killed by a falling tree in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, and a driver in Noord was seriously hurt. (NL Times, Het Parool)
• Cargo ship adrift off Schiermonnikoog: A 150-meter heavy-lift ship lost anchor hold and engine power north of the island; three of 25 crew were injured. (NL Times, NOS)
• Doctors push back on long covid cuts: GPs and specialists warn Hermans’s plan to swap eight expertise centers for a €1 million-a-year network comes too early. (NOS)
• Court backs school over English-speaking student: A judge rejected a mother’s bid to move her son up to HAVO 2, so he’ll have to change schools. (NL Times)
• Dutch pension funds beat Brussels on startup rule: An EU proposal forcing large pension funds to put 2% of assets into European venture capital failed in negotiations. (NL Times)
• Serbia’s students topple Vucic, and Serbs queue in The Hague: Vucic conceded after projections gave the protest-born Student List about 140 of parliament’s 250 seats, a majority. (NOS, NU.nl)
• Griekspoor wins in Brussels, and has words for his critics: Griekspoor came from a set down to beat Struff, taking his fourth ATP title and returning to the top 50. (NU.nl, NOS)
• Queen Máxima and Princess Alexia hit ADE: The queen and her daughter danced at Tonno Disko’s Zaandam party and met Armin van Buuren on a private night out. (Het Parool, NU.nl)

What’s on in Amsterdam (Monday 26 October 2026)

• Popup Choir: Taylor Swift sing-along: The whole room learns a three-part Taylor Swift arrangement in one evening, no experience needed, and it’s filmed at the end. (Monday 26 October, 20:15–22:30, The Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Oud-Zuid)
• Game On: the video games exhibition: Visitors can play consoles from the Atari 2600 to the PlayStation 5 in an exhibition on how games shape us. (Monday 26 October, 10:00–17:30, NEMO Science Museum, Centrum)
• (De)colonial History Tour: Activists & Fighters: Badass Tours’ new walk through Plantage and Oost covers people who fought colonialism, slavery and racism. (Starts Monday 26 October, at various times (runs until 31 December), Badass Tours, Plantage and Oost)

More on in Amsterdam

• D3LTA: British-Greek musician D3LTA plays emotional indie rock with pop influences at Cinetol. (20:30 - 23:30, Cinetol)
• European Outdoor Film Tour 26/27 - Moving Adventures: The tour marks 25 years with an evening of the year’s best adventure documentaries. (21:00, Meervaart Theatre)
• Sovereign Son: At De Balie, a documentary follows Marcus tracing his late father and getting drawn toward manosphere voices. (12:30 - 13:59, De Balie)
• Clue (4K Restoration): Lab111 shows the restored Cluedo-based comedy whodunit, with Tim Curry playing the butler Wadsworth. (12:05 - 13:39, LAB111)

Also in the news

• Lula re-elected in Brazil as Bolsonaro refuses to concede: Lula won the runoff with about 52 percent, beating Flávio Bolsonaro by roughly 4 million votes. (NOS, NU.nl)
• Fights break out again at Walibi Fright Nights; park says groups of minors came looking for trouble: Riot police were called in after youths fought and caused damage at the Biddinghuizen park; no one was arrested. (NOS)
• Refugees with residence permits want to work, but the language barrier holds them back: Dutch companies want to hire refugees quickly, and local job fairs aim to get past the language problem. (NU.nl)
• Sven Kockelmann wins the Sonja Barend Award for his interview with Schoof: The presenter won the prize for best TV interview of the season for his talk with outgoing prime minister Dick Schoof. (NU.nl, NOS)