Of course, Amsterdam has its own home-grown celebs. They compete to feature in the gossip rags Privé, Weekend and Story. All the royals are popular of course, followed by (in no particular order) Estelle Gullit (footballers' wife extraordinaire), Rachel Hazes (widow of torch singer André Hazes), Katja Schuurman (actress and ex soap star), Paul de Leeuw (fat, gay tv host), Vanessa (ex pop star and plastic surgery queen), Patty Brard, (ex pop starlet turned reality tv nightmare), oh yes, we have soapies, pop starlets and footballers galore...... See also BN'ers.

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