Dammit ! This is all because of Not Just Bikes 😤😂
Amsterdam has had an issue with overtourism long before NJB was making videos.
Yes, I know. The emoji mean it’s a joke.
They should just ban rental companies like AirBnB and ban short term rentals of homes. And if anyone puts a home up for rent on these sites the city should just eminent domain that property and turn it into social housing.
AirBnB is already severly restricted in several parts of Amsterdam (though a court ruling last year did overturn those restrictions in some neighbourhoods)
They should ban it completely, restrictions won’t help when they are easily circumvented
That’s basically impossible because there’s also legitimate good coming out of short-term rentals if done correctly so courts won’t let a total ban stand.
I think Berlin does it right: You can rent out your apartment while you’re away for a maximum of 90 days a year, unlimited if you live there with the guest, otherwise you need a hotel license which you won’t get for a residential apartment if there’s a housing shortage (and there is). In either case you’ll need to register with the city and display that register number in your listing on airbnb or elsewhere so any offering that doesn’t include one can get roflstomped by the authorities.
I did not expect the article to turn into a sales pitch like that
I wonder if other Dutch cities will experience mass tourism after this move.
youve never been to rotterdam it would seem
I’d love to, but… visa restrictions prevent me from doing that.
I imagine. If you restrict the supply the price will go up.
On a personal note I find it a bit sad, since I always wanted to visit there. Have some very distant relatives thought it would be fun to meet in person.
I don’t have relatives from the Netherlands (but I do have one from Belgium and Germany each), and yeah, I wanna come take a visit too. But as I said in another reply, those goddamn visas make it really hard.
You don’t have to stay in a hotel in the city of Amsterdam to visit Amsterdam.
The Netherlands is a small and densely populated country, so you can simply stay a town or city over and the city proper is only a short train or tram ride away.Last year my boyfriend and I visited the city with some friends coming over from America. We stayed in a rental in Amstelveen, and our friends stayed in a hotel in Zaandam.
