In the Press


LOTS OF DIFFERENT MEDIA HAVE COVERED DE CEUVEL. HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS.

VOLKSKRANT

NOVEMBER 2021

Landscape architect Steven Delva, one of the architects of De Ceuvel, has been elected Architect of the Year.

MISSET HORECA

SEPTEMBER 2021

Café de Ceuvel winner of the Gaia Green Awards 2021 in the restaurant category.

NRC

SEPTEMBER 2021

Café de Ceuvel employees discovered that their pension premiums were being invested in fossil energy. Action group Vies Pensioen successfully took up arms.

METROPOLIS

FEBRUARY 2021

According to Metropolis, De Ceuvel is one of the projects that makes the Netherlands the world capital of adaptive reuse.

HET PAROOL

FEBRUARY 2021

Café de Ceuvel organises a pub crawl of closed bars in Amsterdam Noord during the lockdown.

HET PAROOL

JANUARY 2021

The exhibition ‘After Us The Deluge’ by Kadir van Lohuizen at De Ceuvel is named as weekend tip in Het Parool.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

JULY 2020

National Geographic names Hotel Asile Flottant at De Ceuvel in top 10 alternative hotels of Amsterdam.

HET PAROOL

JUNE 2020

Article about the shelter of the Mandela Kids, a group of undocumented refugees, on De Ceuvel during the pandemic.

AMSTERDAM ECONOMIC BOARD

JUNE 2020

The Living Labs series focuses on De Ceuvel as a playground for innovation and sustainability.

PAKHUIS DE ZWIJGER

FEBRUARY 2020

Presentation by one of the Café de Ceuvel founders, Toon Maassen, about the campaign Jij Hebt Een Vies Pensioen.

FD

JUNE 2019

Photographer Marjory Haringa portrayed Cafe De Ceuvel’s team and was published in the Financial Times

COLLEGE VAN RIJKSADVISEURS

JUNE 2019

The national government discusses the case of de Ceuvel in this lengthy report on fostering new innovations

TECHNIEK NEDERLAND

MAY 219

Chander from Metabolic discusses the history and future of innovative techniques on ‘Cleantech playground’ De Ceuvel.

HET PAROOL

APRIL 2019

Interview with Huib and Esther, Ceuvelaars from the very beginning, owners of Hotel Asile Flotant and shipbuilders on the NDSM wharf.

WDR RADIO

APRIL 2019

A German radio discussed Amsterdam’s tourism issues and De Ceuvel’s sustainable solutions

TRAVELING FOODCAST

APRIL 2019

The podcast ‘The Travelling Foodcast’ chats with our programme manager Tycho Hellinga

THE INDEPENDENT

MARCH 2019

British paper The Independent showcases the most important developments in Amsterdam North!

RTL NIEUWS

JULY 2018

An article discussing how Cafe de Ceuvel became a forerunner in sustainable hospitality

TEDX AMSTERDAM

JULY 2018

TEDx Amsterdam covered our ideas on how to create a cleaner, greener future for everyone

OH MY NEWS: KOREA

JUNE 2018

Reporters from Korea are taking inspiration from our experimental approach

RTS SWISSE

DECEMBER 2018

Swiss radio discusses our circular experiments and problems with gentrification in the Buiksloterham area

NRC

AUGUST 2018

Together with Trashless.Earth we show how waste collection can be made fun at Trashlesstival

ARTE

JUNE 2018

We’re included in ARTE’s documentary on life on Amsterdam’s canals

WATT IF? BY MAKESENSE

SEPTEMBER 2018

The Watt If? documentary by MakeSense questions our energy production and consumption in an interview with chairman Chandar van der Zande

GRENZENLOS

MAY 2018

Jesse Jorg from We The City being interviewed by German TV.

TF1

MARCH 2018

French TV discovered us! Chandar and Joey show them around De Ceuvel.

EARTHER – GIZMODO

MARCH 2018

According to Earther we might be “the greenest place in Europe”!

NU.NL

FEBRUARY 2018

“So many iniatives on one location, that gives inspiration and a great opportunity to learn.”

LE MONDE

JANUARY 2018

Le Monde published an article about De Ceuvel and our sustainable technologies. (French)

NPO

DECEMBER 2017

‘De Kennis van Nu’ made an episode (‘In de blockchain bubble’) about the blockchain and De Ceuvel’s newest initiative: the Jouliette.

HET PAROOL

NOVEMBER 2017

“The former Ceuvel-Harding shipyard is a great newcomer in hip and green Amsterdam.” (Dutch)

NHK JAPAN

OCTOBER 2017

Japanese media discovered us too!

HET PAROOL

SEPTEMBER 2017

An article in Het Parool about the Jouliette. (Dutch)

DUTCH – THE MAGAZINE

AUGUSTUS 2017

Lovely illustrations about De Ceuvel.

NTR

JULY 2017

“Make the world great again”, a short documentary about Café de Ceuvel. (Dutch)

ZOOMINTV

SEPTEMBER 2017

A short film by ZoominTV: “Why these Dutch youth are redesigning productivity”

INTERMEDIAIR

AUGUST 2017

“De Ceuvel describes itself as ‘one of the most unique and sustainable urban developments in Europe’, and they might not be exaggerating.” (Dutch)

AAT VOS – 3RD4ALL

JULY 2017

Aat Vos has written a wonderful book: 3rd4ALL, which has an extensive review of De Ceuvel.

THE ECONOMIST

JANUARY 2017

Eva Gladek gives a tour of De Ceuvel in the short documentary The Earth Circle: making environmentalism pay its way by The Economist.

HET PAROOL

DECEMBER 2016

An article in Het Parool about Boeren & Buren. (Dutch)

ZDNET JAPAN

NOVEMBER 2016

A short article on a Japanese news website about the biogas boat.

ARCHITECTUURNL

JANUARY 2017

An article by ArchitectuurNL about the asphalt for the biogas boat. (Dutch)

CHINA TIMES

SEPTEMBER 2016

The mayor of Taichung has also visited De Ceuvel.

LET IT GROW

AUGUST 2016

A short film about our aquaponics system

NACHTBRAKERS

JUNE 2016

According to Nachtbrakers we are “king in the north”! (Dutch)

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

MAY 2016

De Ceuvel in The Wall Street Journal as one of four One-of-a-Kind Experiences in Amsterdam.

ECHAPPÉES BELLES

MAY 2016

French TV discovered us too! In this documentary Wouter Valkenier talks about the vision behind De Ceuvel.

TAIWANESE TV

APRIL 2016

De Ceuvel on Taiwanese TV in a programme about the Netherlands, we assume. From 22:30 Eva Gladek explains some of our sustainable technologies.

CITISCOPE

MARCH 2016

An in-depth article in Citiscope about the circular urban development in Buiksloterham and the role that De Ceuvel plays.

ALGEMEEN DAGBLAD

DECEMBER 2015

Our cafe “is a great place to spend the afternoon; reading, chatting or wokring behind your laptop.”

SOKOTO

NOVEMBER 2015

An article with beautiful photos from the Japanese magazine “Sotokoto”.

DEUTSCHE WELLE

AUGUST 2015

Guus gives Deutsch Welle a tour of de Ceuvel and shows off our Cleantech Playground.

AT5

APRIL 2015

The AT5 programme De Straten van Amsterdam pays us a visit in their episode about our Wubbo Ockelsplein. (Dutch)

RADIO 1

APRIL 2015

Radio 1 reporter Reinout Meijer came to De Ceuvel and made a report for Dit is de Dag. (Dutch)

DE TIJD

JANUARY 2015

An article in the Belgian newspaper De Tijd about De Ceuvel with photos by Jan Rosseel. (Dutch)

HET PAROOL

DECEMBER 2014

A nice interview in Het Parool with the daredevils from Café de Ceuvel. (Dutch)

THE NEW YORK TIMES

NOVEMBER 2014

Even The New York Times has published an article about De Ceuvel.

FRAME

OCTOBER 2014

De Ceuvel won the Frame Design Public Award in 2014!

DE VOLKSKRANT

AUGUST 2014

“What a view”. Eva Hoeke explores the best outdoor drinking spots in the Netherlands. (Dutch)

ELLE

JULY 2014

“While you are relaxing in a hammock, your kitchenwaste is being digested into biogas and your pee is being transformed into nutrients for the greenhouse.”

ACADEMIC MEDIA INSTITUTE

JUNE 2014

‘Botenland de Ceuvel’ (‘Boat Country De Ceuvel’) is a video made by students about the project. (Dutch)

TEGENLICHT

MARCH 2014

De Ceuvel featured in the Tegenlicht documentary “De Kracht van Water”, which features Eva Gladek from Metabolic from 07:30. (Dutch)

DE TELEGRAAF

APRIL 1994

An article in De Telegraaf from 14th May 1994: an interview with the last owners and residents of the Ceuvel-Volharding shipyard.