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‘We are in a kind of war’: row over viral Amsterdam chip shop lands in court
Publisher description: Neighbours say crowds drawn to Fabel Friet are clogging the picturesque canal street and attracting litter, gulls and rats
The Guardian | Oct 4, 2026 | Senay Boztas in Amsterdam. Photographs by Judith Jockel
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People living in one of Amsterdam’s most exclusive neighbourhoods have taken the city to court for licensing a chip shop that has gone viral on TikTok. ‘It has polluted the whole area’ … Thomas van Leeuwen, who lives near to Fabel Friet. On busy days, the queue for Fabel Friet on Runstraat stretches across a bridge on the Keizersgracht – one of Amsterdam’s three main canals – a court was told last week. The narrow street itself is crowded by tourists waiting for their orders seven days a week.
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