The city has a free English-language newspaper, Amsterdam Weekly, which is distributed throughout the city every Wednesday, and can usually be picked up at bars, cafés and cultural establishments. You won't find hard news inside, but instead an interesting and offbeat take on city life, along with details on events taking place. For fuller listings on cultural events, the Uitkrant comes out once a month and, although it's in Dutch, the listings are quite easy to follow for non-speakers. For actual news on Amsterdam and the rest of the country in English, you'll have to resort to the internet: try www.dutchnews.nl and www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl