Leidseplein

This guide to Leidseplein in Amsterdam centers on a winter evening in 2022, when a twenty-seven-year-old man walked into the Apple Store on this corner with a gun and a demand: two hundred million euros in cryptocurrency and safe passage out of the city. It follows the hours that came after — customers hiding in back rooms, a single hostage held at gunpoint, trams stopped and exits sealed, and a negotiation that stretched toward midnight. A quieter listening spot is one of the square's outdoor terraces, away from the tram lines.