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11 inspiring places to work or study in Nijmegen

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11 inspiring places to work or study in Nijmegen

So, you happen to be in the oldest city of the Netherlands, but you don’t know of any good places to work or study in Nijmegen? 

Before you can enjoy the fun Nijmegen offers, you’ll have to deal with the serious side of life: your work.

Whether you’re a freelancer, a student, or a worker from home who needs a change of scenery — look no further because here are the top places to work or study in Nijmegen! 👩‍💻

1. FIKA: A Scandinavian escape

photo of a cinnamon bun and a cup of coffee at Fika, a great place to work or study in Nijmegen
The word “fika” refers to a Swedish coffee break ritual, where you traditionally have a hot drink and a cinnamon bun. Image: Freepik

Step out of Nijmegen and into Sweden at FIKA! If you’re sick of boterhammen and other typical Dutch meals, this is the place for you. This charming cafe serves Sweden-inspired food and delicious coffee. 

FIKA is located in the centre of Nijmegen, just around the corner from the Hertogplein bus stop.

But the best part? Besides a café, FIKA also has a kantoor (office) tailored to all your work and study needs. They offer spacious workplaces with fast WiFi and plenty of power plugs. Best of all? There’s no extra charge!

🏢 Type: Café
💰 Price: €3.60 for a latte macchiato
⏰ Opening hours: FIKA Café: 9 AM until 6 PM, Monday to Sunday,
FIKA office: 9 AM until 6 PM, Monday to Friday 
📍 Location: Van Broeckhuysenstraat 5, 6511 PE Nijmegen

2. De Witwasserij: Kill two birds with one stone

Dutch student getting work done at a laundromat, her favourite place to work or study in Nijmegen
This could be you at de WItwassrij + a delicious cup of coffee. Image: Depositphotos

Whether you’re a freelancer, a remote worker, or a student, one thing is certain: you’re a busy bee. So, why not head over to de Witwasserij to grab a coffee, do your laundry, AND get your work done? 🤯

This unique laundromat-café is located right across from Valkhofpark and is A-OK with people sticking around all day to put their noses to the grindstone (and their dirty laundry in the machine). 🧺 

It’s not just efficient but also sells delicious homemade doughnuts and lekker koffie. Truly an ideal study spot if you ask us!

🏢 Type: Café-Laundromat
💰 Price: €3.40 for a latte macchiato
⏰ Opening hours: Laundromat: 9:00 AM until 5.00 PM, Monday to Sunday,
Café: 9 AM until 6 PM, Wednesday to Sunday
📍 Location: Hertogstraat 5, 6511 RV Nijmegen

3. Kattencafé Balthazar: Cramming between cats and coffee

photo of a cat resting its head on a laptop at a cat café in Nijmegen
Is this the most efficient way of getting work done? Maybe not. But is it the cutest? 100% Image: Depositphotos

You’ll find your favourite new work spot right in the Van Welderenstraat: Kattencafé Balthazar. Why would this place be your favourite, you ask? Because it has seven super schattige cats! 🥹

READ MORE | Having a pet in the Netherlands: all you need to know

At Balthazar, you are welcome to come and work during the week (as long as you are fine with cute cats distracting you). They’ve got plenty of daylight, power outlets, and delicious homemade desserts — making it one of our favourite places to work or study in Nijmegen!

The tables here are on the smaller side, but unless you’re bringing three books, a tablet and a laptop, that should not be an issue. 😉

🏢 Type: Café
💰 Price: €3.80 for a latte macchiato
⏰ Opening hours: 10 AM until 5:30 PM, Tuesday to Saturday, 12 PM until 5:30 PM, Sunday to Monday
📍 Location: Van Welderenstraat 46, 6511 MN Nijmegen

4. Bhalu: The “living room” for everyone

Bhalu is much more than a café with scrumptious vegan food. It’s a place with an outstandingly gezellig atmosphere, where people come together to talk, study, work, and even do yoga! 

READ MORE | Dutch Quirk #41: Call everything “gezellig.” All. The. Time.

While plants keep you grounded, and coffee keeps you energised, Bhalu has many power outlets to make sure your laptop makes it through the day, too. 🔌🪴

Since Bhalu is right in Nijmegen’s city centre, and people are welcome to sit and chat, it might get a little noisy at times. Make sure to bring those noise-cancelling headphones to keep you in the zone. 🎧

🏢 Type: Café
💰 Price: €3.50 for a latte macchiato
⏰ Opening hours: 9 AM until 5 PM, Monday to Tuesday, 9 AM until 10 PM Wednesday to Friday, 10 AM until 10 PM Saturday and Sunday
📍 Location: Bloemerstraat 95, 6511 EG Nijmegen

5. Radboud University Library: For some quiet focus time

Nijmegen is one of the Netherlands’ major student cities — so of course, this list would not be complete without Radboud University Library. And yes, it is open to non-students as well!

READ MORE | Study in the Netherlands: the ultimate guide

If you are looking for a motivating atmosphere to get your work done in Nijmegen, then RU’s bibliotheek is the place to be. It’s a bright and modern building with free WiFi, heaps of power outlets, and privacy screens for your top-secret work endeavours. 

Need a break? Geen probleem, you can wind down in one of the massage chairs or take a power nap in the library’s energy pods. 😴

🏢 Type: Library
💰 Price: Free
⏰ Opening hours: 8:30 AM until 10 PM, Monday until Friday, 9 AM until 8 PM Saturday, 10 AM to 10 PM Sunday.
📍 Location: ​​Erasmuslaan 36, 6525 GG Nijmegen

6. Guesthouse Vertoef: The all-rounder

photo of a young woman sitting with her laptop at a wooden table at her favourite place to work of study in Nijmegen
Being surrounded by other people that are working is a great way to stay focused and motivated. Image: Freepik

Nijmegen’s Guesthouse Vertoef is not only a hotel, bar, and workplace all in one — but also one of the best places to work or study in Nijmegen!

Located just a stone’s throw away from Nijmegen Central Station, this is the perfect spot for anyone wanting to get some focus time in before a commute. 🧠

READ MORE | Public transport in the Netherlands: the complete guide

Underneath the hotel’s lobby, you’ll find a super spacious workplace where long wooden tables are lined with comfy desk chairs. In exchange for a small fee, you can grab a seat and work away all day — without getting back pain. 😉

With their high-speed internet, you’re guaranteed to knock out those deadlines at record speed! 

🏢 Type: Co-working space
💰 Price: €7.50 per day or €25 per week
⏰ Opening hours: 7 AM until 7 PM, Monday to Sunday
📍 Location: Nassausingel 3, 6511 EV Nijmegen

7. Bairro Buro: Escape the city’s hustle and bustle

woman eating food from home over her laptop at a place to work of study in Nijmegen
Bairro Buro lets you save some of your hard-earned pennies by letting you bring lunch from home. Image: Freepik

Hidden behind the busy ‘Grote Markt,’ you’ll find Bairro Alto — a popular café among Nijmegen locals. Want to enjoy their yummy grub while staying focused behind your laptop all day? They’ve got just the solution: Bairro’s Buro!

Bairro’s Buro is right next-door to Bairro Alto and is the inspiring co-working place of our dreams. You can rent a variety of single desks, or brainstorm with up to four people at one of the bigger desks. Upon request, it is even possible to rent the entire space.

READ MORE | Nijmegen: the oldest city in the Netherlands is also one of the nicest!

If you wish to rent a desk at Bairro Buro, you have to pay a low fee per hour. But in return, you are allowed to let out your inner Dutchie and bring food from home. Eet smaakelijk!

🏢 Type: Co-working space
💰 Price: €5 for the first hour, then €2.5 per hour
⏰ Opening hours: 8:30 AM until 5 PM, Monday to Sunday
📍 Location: Kannenmarkt 6, 6511 KC Nijmegen

8. The Lobby: Easy and efficient

Three creative people working together on project at a place to work or study in Nijmegen.
Leaving the house to get some work done can be a great way of meeting new people! Image: Freepik

Welcome to The Lobby, where hard work and good food go together like bitterballen and mustard!

Located in Nijmegen’s city centre, The Lobby shines with a basement that is entirely dedicated to everything students and flex workers could need. Good WiFi? Yep. Outlets? Ja zeker. Printer? Natuurlijk. Lockers? Jawel! 

Wanna bring your co-workers or some study buddies? That’s also geen probleem. Just rent the designated meeting room. It fits up to eight people!

🏢 Type: Café
💰 Price: €3.50 for a latte macchiato
⏰ Opening hours: 9 AM until 5 PM, Monday to Sunday
📍 Location: Mariënburg 72, 6511 PS Nijmegen

9. BCG Nijmegen: Connecting entrepreneurs

If being cooped up in your apartment all day makes you feel lonely, it might be time to meet some fellow flex workers at BCG Nijmegen.

Don’t want to make your way to the busy city centre? Great, BCG is one of the best places to work or study in Nijmegen, away from the hustle and bustle. It is located on the outskirts of the city but is super easily accessible by bike, public transport, and car.

Once there, you can rent exactly what your hardworking heart desires: from a single desk in a shared space to a big private office. Of course, you can also make use of the building’s cafeteria, printers, and of course, the free WiFi.

🏢 Type: Co-working space
💰 Price: €7.50 per hour for a private desk
⏰ Opening hours: 8:30 AM until 5 PM, Monday to Friday
📍 Location:​​ Groenestraat 294, 6531 JC Nijmegen

10. Hotel Credible: For an in-credible experience

Hotel Credible is a Nijmegen hotspot where hotel guests sit side by side with flex workers and students.

The hotel’s location near Valkhofpark is excellent for that sweet mid-day walk, and, thanks to its late opening hours, Hotel Credible is an ideal spot for the night owls among us. You can sit down in their big café and lobby and knock out your work until the late hours. 

So what are you waiting for? Connect to the free WiFi, order a snack, and werkze!

🏢 Type: Hotel
💰 Price: €5 for the first hour, then €2.5 per hour
⏰ Opening hours: 7 AM until 12 AM, Monday to Friday, 8 AM until 1 AM Saturday and Sunday 
📍 Location: Hertogstraat 1, 6511 RV Nijmegen

11. PUCK Specialty Coffee: For the coffee-lovers

Barista making a cappuccino at a place to work or study in nijmegen
Eager to keep learning new things? Sign up for one of PUCK’s barista workshops! Image: Freepik

Do you need that occasional coffee (or five) to get you through the work day? We feel you. And luckily, we’ve got just the spot for you to satisfy that craving: PUCK Specialty Coffee, right in the heart of Nijmegen.

While laptops are a big no-no here on the weekend, PUCK is a great place to work and study during the week. At their designated laptop table, you are welcome to enjoy not only the tasty koffie, but also the free WiFi!

🏢 Type: Café
💰 Price: €3.70 for a latte macchiato
⏰ Opening hours: 9 AM until 5 PM, Monday to Sunday
📍 Location: Van Welderenstraat 132, 6511 MV Nijmegen

Whether you’re cramming for exams or giving 110% on that upcoming work project, these inspiring places to work or study in Nijmegen are guaranteed to give you just the motivation you need!

Did we miss any of your favourite places to work or study in Nijmegen? Share your recommendations in the comments!

It’s official, this Dutch city has the most beautiful wall mural in the WORLD

Liana Risseeuw 🇱🇰
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It’s official, this Dutch city has the most beautiful wall mural in the WORLD

What’s so special about a recycling facility in Tilburg? Oh, just the fact that it’s got the most beautiful wall mural in the world. Ja hoor, the world. 🙌

The title has been awarded by Street Art Cities, which launched a vote among the street art community — the result? “Trashure” proved to be the treasure.

Named “Trashure” in a clever play on the words “treasure” and “trash” by its creators Kaspar van Leek and Niels van Swaeman of Studio Giftig, the mural is a photorealistic image of a woman.

Stunning and topical? We love it!

The woman wears a dress made of recycled paper bags and plastic sheets, with a necklace of measuring spoons encircling her neck.

READ MORE | Magical murals of Tilburg: discovering street art of 013

According to the artists, these are all materials that the recycling plant, CvB Ecologistics, regularly receives.

Leaping into the air in a kind of superheroine stance, the woman also holds a ball of fabric or plastic sheets that emits a bright, glowing light. Trees and a hilly ridge are silhouetted in the background.

READ MORE | 5 top museums in Tilburg to excite and ignite your curiosity 

The artists explain that the glowing globe depicts recycling as the answer we need in times of environmental crisis.

What do you think of “Trashure”? Tell us all about it in the comments below!

Dutch student organisations want to drop internationals due to the “explosive influx”

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Dutch student organisations want to drop internationals due to the “explosive influx”

A Dutch National Student Association has voiced its complaints about the skyrocketing number of international students — indeed, 1 in every 4 students in the Netherlands comes from abroad.

The Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg (ISO), in particular, feels there needs to be a temporary break from the constant stream of international students, reports Nu.nl.

An international student “crisis”

International students have been the hot topic of conversation over the last few months, with more and more Dutchies agreeing that there are just far too many in the country.

READ MORE | The population of the Netherlands is booming (thanks to us internationals)

“Something has to be done, because this influx is at the expense of quality,” says Van der Velden, spokesperson for the ISO, to NU.nl. 

The larger groups of students have increased the workload for teachers, which in turn has contributed to a deterioration of the quality of education in the country.

READ MORE | Not yet: Dutch government won’t regulate intake of international students

ISO thinks that a temporary hold on accepting international students in Dutch universities will create more breathing room for current students and teachers. 

Not an easy decision 

Education Minister Robert Dijkgraad has argued for a permanent hiatus on international students.

At least 40% of students at Dutch Universities come from abroad, leaving less room in classrooms for Dutch nationals.

READ MORE | University of Amsterdam concerned by the rise in international students

However, a spokesperson from the ISO believes that the Dutch “can learn a lot from other cultures in education,” which makes it difficult to refuse entry to foreigners immediately.

What’s the solution?

The main problem is that most internationals go to the same cities. Mainly, Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Rotterdam.

READ MORE | Universities outside the Randstad don’t want to limit the intake of international students

If this number were spread out among the smaller cities, then the Netherlands won’t face as many issues with overcrowding at universities.

What do you think of the international student crisis? Tell us in the comments below!

Fall asleep in Amsterdam, wake up in Barcelona! The NL is getting a new night train in 2023

Liana Risseeuw 🇱🇰
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Fall asleep in Amsterdam, wake up in Barcelona! The NL is getting a new night train in 2023

Fancy falling asleep to the rhythmic chugging of a train and waking up in Spain? Well, you’re in luck, because a new night train will be charging down the tracks to get you there by the end of 2023. 🇪🇸

European Sleeper, the Dutch railway company that will be rolling out a night train to Berlin from Amsterdam, has its eye on a new target destination: Barcelona.

With the European Comission approving plans to create or improve rail services across the EU, European Sleeper has unveiled a new night train.

Intended to ferry passengers from several stations in the Netherlands to Spain’s scenic heart, it’s expected to get here by December 10, 2023. (Early Christmas present, anyone? 😉)

The Netherlands and Spain just got a whole lot closer

Pick up the phone, because mouth-wateringly authentic paella and Rioja are calling! 🥘

According to the Autoriteit Consument & Markt (the Dutch authority for consumers and markets) his brand spanking new train will be stopping at stations Amsterdam Centraal, Den Haag HS, Rotterdam Centraal, and Roosendaal.

Although the exact schedule is still to be determined, the ACM has announced that trains will likely run three times per week — but this may be subject to change based on demand.

Will you be taking the night train to Barcelona this year? Tell us all about it in the comments below!

Editor’s note: Based on new information, we have amended our article.

Happy 2023 y’all: the Netherlands just identified a case of mad cow disease

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Happy 2023 y’all: the Netherlands just identified a case of mad cow disease

Wageningen BioVeterinary researchers discovered a singular case of mad cow disease at a farm in the South of Holland (but there isn’t too much to worry about).

Piet Adema, Minister of Agriculture, announced that the disease was found in the cadaver of a cow on January 30, reports the NOS.

Fortunately, the disease hasn’t entered the food chain and doesn’t pose a threat to food safety. Phew! 😅

Where did the disease come from?

The poor cow developed an atypical form of mad cow disease that usually occurs when they’re older. Since the disease developed internally, there is no need to worry about contamination in your food. 

READ MORE | How Can We Make Room For Housing? Get Rid of the Cows, says Dutch Party

The news would be slightly more alarming if the cow developed a “classic” case, which is caused by eating contaminated animal feed, but thankfully, the situation is under control.

What is mad cow disease?

In humans, mad cow disease is a fatal brain disease that comes from eating the contaminated meat of a cow that’s been infected by it.

Usually, people die within one year of contracting the incurable illness.

What measures are being taken?

Adema says it was “a kind of ‘old-age BSE’” and that the 8-year-old cow has died of natural causes. 

There are also 13 more animals that must be killed for preventative measures, including calves from the cow that contracted it.

To take extra precautions, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has blocked any cattle and manure from leaving the Dutch farm.

What do you think of this discovery? Tell us in the comments below!

The Netherlands has fewer and fewer student rooms available (and prices are only rising)

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The Netherlands has fewer and fewer student rooms available (and prices are only rising)

Sorry students and young professionals, prices for student rooms have gone up and will continue to rise.  

In 2022, the price for an average student room went up by 10%. 🤯

With a decrease in offers and an increasing demand for rental housing, more and more students are struggling to find a place to call home, reports kamernet.nl.

No place to stay 

Dutch rental markets are suffering due to the global pandemic, the war outbreak in Ukraine, the rising of energy prices, and inflation. 

With the return of in-person education, the housing demand from Dutch and international students in larger cities, especially in Amsterdam, The Hague, Haarlem, Utrecht, and Rotterdam, has risen.

READ MORE | 5 things to know about the Dutch student housing crisis 

Prices have gone up significantly for the average rental price of various housing types: a room (+10%), a studio (12%), and an apartment (+5%). 

With no available or affordable accommodation, students and young professionals have had to press pause on their dreams as they haven’t found a place in cities where they want to work, study, or do an internship. Dat is echt slecht. 😔

What happens next?

More and more people are teaming up and jointly looking for housing to pay together with other starters or students. Desperate times call for desperate measures. 

With one-third of municipalities imposing measures on real estate investors and private landlords to increase the supply of start-up homes, it’s still doubtful that these measures will be effective on the housing market. 

READ MORE | 7 things the Dutch government is doing to tackle the Dutch housing crisis

Unfortunately, there is no clear light at the end of the tunnel, just yet. If anything, supply in the rental market will decline further while demand will only increase. 

Have you had trouble finding a room in the Netherlands? Tell us in the comments below!

Taking the train today? Not if you’re in these Dutch regions

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Taking the train today? Not if you’re in these Dutch regions

Ah, the age-old tale! Due to a regional strike by public transport staff, some trains in the east and the north of the Netherlands will not be riding today. (Sorry, passengers!)

As RTL Nieuws reports, Arriva employees from Leeuwarden, Emmen, Mariënberg and Zwolle will not work today. 

The strike is a way of “fighting for less workload and higher wages,” says Wim Eilert, director of the labour union VVMC. 

The wheels on the bus go round

According to Arriva, today’s strike should only affect trains, not buses. 🚌

Translation: Due to a strike on Thursday, 2 February, our train timetable on the Vechtdal lines (Drenthe/Overijssel) and in Friesland may be affected by disruptions. We advise travellers to use other means of transport. For more information, look at: http://arriva.nl/staking

The strike comes after the recent halt of important negotiations for wage increases by the collective labour agreement — just like in December of last year.

Around 1,300 employees are concerned by these negotiations, but it is unknown whether they will all participate in the strike.

Keeping ‘em coming

You better sort out next week’s travel plans ahead of time, because the strikes are far from over.

Next week will see strikes on five consecutive days. Around 13,000 employees from the larger regional transport labour agreement will stop working, affecting mostly buses. Yikes! 

What do you think about the upcoming strikes? Tell us in the comments!

Some regional public transport employees in NL to go on strike this Thursday

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Some regional public transport employees in NL to go on strike this Thursday

Are you planning to commute tomorrow? You might want to check your train schedules before you leave the house. 


According to the labour union, VVMC, the regional transport strike will affect regional rail transport and other public transport in the east and north of the Netherlands, reports RTL Nieuws.

For better working conditions

The regional strike affects multiple bus and train transport companies, such as Arriva and Keolis. 

The third day of the strike includes 1,300 employees, primarily train staff, who “are fighting for less workload and a higher wage,” reports VVMC director Wim Eilert. 

Next week from Monday, the employees of larger public transportation will strike for five days, mainly concerning buses. 

The ultimatum

Edwin Kuiper, director of the largest trade union confederation, FNV, stated that “both collective agreements are about the same problems: people can hardly make ends meet due to high inflation, staff shortages, and high absenteeism.” 

According to Kuiper, public transport companies should take measures to reduce the workload, which will also decrease absenteeism. 

READ MORE | Hundreds of climate activists arrested for blocking the A12 highway

While employees were offered an 8% wage increase for 2023, the unions already stated that they thought this was too little. For this reason, the strike continues. 

WVOV chairman, Fred Kagie, reported that it is important in the short term to see what employers in the sector deem important. 

What do you think about these public transport strikes? Tell us in the comments below!

Eyes to the skies: this green comet will be visible in the Netherlands

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Eyes to the skies: this green comet will be visible in the Netherlands

Last visible during the last Stone Age, Comet ZTF is speeding its way over the Netherlands these days, so you may want to keep your eyes peeled! 💫

Dubbed the “green comet” due to its vibrant blue-green glow, comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will be visible over the next few days, reports RTL Nieuws.

How to see the comet

Despite it speeding overhead in the great expanse of space, you needn’t be in a NASA observatory to see our big green wanderer.

According to amateur astronomer Floris-Jan van der Meulen, a pair of trusty binoculars is enough to catch a glimpse of the comet if you don’t have access to a telescope.

NASA’s skywatching tips add that viewers in the Northern hemisphere will be more likely to spot the comet in the morning sky and that it will be passing closest to the earth on February 2.

If you’re expecting it to be the big and bright spectacle that Comet NEOWISE was, the space authority warns that you may be disappointed.

Unfortunately, the weather is expected to be too cloudy for ideal sky-gazing this week, with a powerful full moon. Buienrader meteorologist William Huizinga suggested February 11, instead.

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Missed checking out our rare visitor? We’re sorry, but you’ll need to wait 50,000 years for your next shot!

This is due to the comet’s elongated oval orbit around the sun, says astronomer Lucas Ellerbroek.

This trajectory takes it far beyond the earth’s orbit into the Oort Cloud, which is believed to be a cloud of icy objects in the most distant region of our solar system.

But… why is it green?

The green glow actually comes from the comet’s gas trail, which contains cyanogen, says van der Meulen.

A colourless, toxic gas, cyanogen burns blue-green when stimulated by the sun’s ultraviolet light.

Will you be keeping your eyes peeled for Comet ZTF? Tell us all about it in the comments below!

Union wins a pay raise of up to 40% for security guards at Schiphol

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Union wins a pay raise of up to 40% for security guards at Schiphol

As of January 1, the security guards of Schiphol are getting their salary with a retroactive increase of 14.5%, and the best part is only coming now!

From the beginning of next year, a 6% increase will follow, plus an increase based on the consumer price index up to 2.5%.

The negotiator on behalf of CNV (Christian National Trade Union), Erik Honkoop, is also happy about the result. 

“This also offers a good perspective for security guards at Schiphol for the long term.” — said Honkoop to De Telegraaf. 

Security shortage

If you remember the drama around Schiphol from last year, the staff shortage was one of the main problems behind the almost dysfunctional airport, especially around security. 

Schiphol now expects to recruit enough security guards to prevent the same problems from happening again. 

READ MORE: Goodbye chaos! Schiphol is officially ditching passenger restrictions

Amsterdam’s airport will also shorten their working hours to make this role more appealing. 

Schiphol proposes shortening the weekly work hours from 38 to 36, and the obligation to work 144 hours in four weeks disappears. 

“Significant, but very deserved”

Honkoop, the negotiator, hopes this will create a collective bargaining agreement to provide peace and dignity in the sector. He described it as a “significant but very deserved wage increase”. 

READ MORE: Missed your flight? Schiphol extends period for compensation claims

Although the short-term collective agreement still has open ends, let’s hope that everything will go smoothly for the security staff of Schiphol airport!

Do you think this is a good solution for the staff storage? Tell us in the comments!

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