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• Holiday rentals: platforms must share host data: Since 1 November, Airbnb and Booking.com must send monthly host data that 34 registering municipalities can use for enforcement. (NU.nl)
• Care homes for seriously ill children to close: Villa ExpertCare will shut its last two homes at the end of 2026, though about 25 children still lack places. (NL Times)
• Alarm buttons and the 2G switch-off: Up to 80,000 personal alarms still rely on 2G, and KPN switches it off on 1 December 2027. (NU.nl)
• Antonelli champion, Verstappen wins in Mexico: Mercedes’ 20-year-old Kimi Antonelli became F1’s youngest champion, while Verstappen won from fifth on the grid. (NL Times, NOS)
• A phantom train behind the metro shutdown: Amsterdam’s metro stopped for hours after a train that wasn’t there was detected, which GVB traces to botched maintenance. (NL Times)
• Recalled cars still on the road: Over 400,000 Dutch cars have serious unrepaired recalls, including about 160,000 with dangerous Takata airbags. (NOS)
• Twente’s record nine-nil: FC Twente won 9-0 at ten-man Excelsior, its biggest Eredivisie win, with Wout Weghorst scoring four. (NL Times, NOS)
• Bram the problem wolf goes to the museum: Bram, the wolf shot after biting people on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, is now stuffed and on display at Naturalis. (NOS, NU.nl)

What’s on in Amsterdam (Monday 2 November 2026)

• All Souls’ Day at the Vondelpark: Visitors float hundreds of lit boats on the Vondelpark pond to remember people they miss, a tradition since 2010. (Monday 2 November, 18:30–20:30, Vondelpark, Oud-Zuid)
• Cellofest: The Murakami Songs: A late-night Cello Biennial concert with cellist Benjamin Glorieux and others, inspired by Haruki Murakami’s dreamlike stories. (Monday 2 November, 22:00–23:00, Bimhuis, Oostelijke Eilanden)
• Primetime: Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen in Lance Oppenheim’s A24 drama about making To Catch a Predator. (Opens Monday 2 November, showing at various times through Tuesday 10 November, LAB111, Oud-West)

More on in Amsterdam

• Picture This: The Irish pop-rock band from Athy, who rose to fame with their viral single Take My Hand. (19:00, Melkweg)
• AI in the family: who does what at home?: Just Family launches an AI assistant at Pakhuis de Zwijger on 2 November, with a panel on unequal housework. (20:00 - 22:00, Pakhuis De Zwijger)
• MGNA Crrrta: The electronic duo of Farheen Khan and Ginger Scott plays Cinetol on Monday 2 November from 20:00. (20:00 - 23:30, Cinetol)
• Wey’i Steam presents Bou Palo: A free Monday screening at Pakhuis de Zwijger of stripped-back Caribbean music performances recorded under a tree. (19:00 - 21:00, Pakhuis De Zwijger)

Also in the news

• Reward for tips leading to drug kingpin Jos Leijdekkers rises to €2 million (NL Times)
• 800-year-old Groningen churches cracking in summer droughts: Experts say drought may be damaging Groningen’s medieval churches on top of earthquake damage, with Oostum’s church as the trigger case. (NOS)
• Bulgaria elects pro-Russian president Jotova: Exit polls give interim president Iliana Jotova 56 to 58 percent, making her Bulgaria’s first elected female president. (NOS, NU.nl)
• The Hague’s first marathon in years amid running boom: Nearly 10,000 people ran the sold-out race, which Kenyan Elijah Saurey Kibet won in 2:09:03. (NL Times, NOS)