''Amsterdam Weekly'' (2004–2012) was a free English-language cultural

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from

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

, published every Wednesday.

History and profile

''Amsterdam Weekly'' offered mainly information about cultural topics and events like live

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, visual

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s, and the

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and

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scene in and around Amsterdam. The paper used to be available at bookshops, cinemas, clubs, grocery stores, restaurants and bars and could also be downloaded as a PDF from the website.Amsterdamweekly.nl
''Amsterdam Weekly'' was twice exhibited at the

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, cited as one of 'the most inspiring design innovations to have been developed in

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in the past two years', and was awarded six

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s. Staff members included publisher Todd Savage, editor Steve Korver and arts editor Laura Martz.

References

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