Ikram Cakir hands over a multicoloured blue and white blouse and selects a similar item, this time in hot pink. Welcome to Amsterdam’s “fashion library”. Billed as one of the world’s only physical ...

AMSTERDAM - After being closed for three days to recover from the aftermath of an exterior fire, the Amsterdam Free Library will reopen Friday. The building's main floor will be open to the public.

Billed as one of the world's only physical centres for renting used and new clothing, the "big shared wardrobe" in the Dutch capital is a response to clothes waste and fashion industry pollution.

Dan Brown has donated €300,000 (£237,000) to a library in Amsterdam to help make texts on alchemy and mysticism which inspired his novels to be viewable online by the public. The author donated the ...