A burger – simple in its parts but so satisfying as a whole if done well. Perfect summer food! And wait, tomorrow it’s International Vegan Burger Day! These days it’s so easy to find all kind of vegan burger patties in the supermarket. But even better, the following restaurants have a vegan burger on the menu! Read more
Spotted at Rijnstraat – this sticker of animal sanctuary Stichting Melief! Started by two vegans at a location close to Rotterdam, they eventually moved to Germany (just over the border at Emmen) to be able to expand. They’re taking care of literally thousands of animals! Melief is open for visitors every Saturday afternoon and at the yearly open day, this year on August 27th.
Spotted at Bilderdijkstraat – support sticker for the Free Sven and Natasha campaign. Sven and Natasha are two animal rights activists from Amsterdam who are being prosecuted for involvement in the SHAC campaign, an animal rights campaign set up to close down notorious animal laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences in the UK. Sven and Natasha are currently awaiting trial in England.
Visit www.freesvenandnatasha.org to learn more.
New – vegan frozen pizza at Ekoplaza! Pizza pesto with vegan cheese and cherry tomato. 😍 First time a pizza like this is readily available in stores in Amsterdam, yay!
This liquorice is just GREAT! Autodrop Pittige Patsers Peper, slightly hot. 🔥 The sour and the salty variant are also vegan (though I didn’t find the salty one anywhere yet).
They sell it at Albert Heijn but not at all of them. Finally found it at Albert Heijn Jan Evertsenstraat. However it said they’re going to take it out of their assortment so hurry up! 🙂
What a time to be alive! This Spring alone three new vegan/vegetarian places will open up in Amsterdam. All within a matter of weeks, and all in the popular Oud-West area. Say whaaat! 😍 Read more
Located at the dried sausage department. 😆 This vegan version of the classic chorizo! At supermarket Jumbo Zeeburg. Not always available since it comes all the way from Portugal, so get yours while you can.
Producer of plant-based dairy products Alpro recently introduced another new product – vegan quark! Although officially called ‘plant-based alternative to quark’ in order not to get sued by evil dairy corporations. They named it Alpro Go On and it’s based on soy. Ideal for yummy desserts or kwarktaart!
In Amsterdam find it at Albert Heijn and Jumbo supermarkets.
Thanks to Gewoon Vegan for the news! Visit this website for an overview of vegan products easily available in Dutch supermarkets. ❤️
Spotted at Nassauplein, Amsterdam West. Poster of Marianne Thieme, for the general election next week. She is parliamentary leader of the Dutch Party for the Animals (‘Partij voor de Dieren’ in Dutch) and also vegan.
She co-founded the political party in 2002, with the aim of representing non-human animals in parliament. At the moment they hold two seats at the House of Representatives. They are the first political party worldwide focused on non-human animals to have achieved a position in parliament!
How can we make people empathise with animals in the meat industry? Animal rights group Ongehoord believes they found the answer with their newest project Dier in Blik 2.0 Build entirely by themselves, it’s a smart and unique project to educate the public, allowing visitors to experience the life of a pig in the meat industry.
Vegan Amsterdam went to have a look at a try-out in Amsterdam and got to ask a few questions to spokesperson Johan Boonstra.
The interview is in Dutch, if you want to switch on/off English subtitles just click in the bottom of the screen to select.
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Check out other inspirational people we interviewed!