The same in Amsterdam. The 55 square meter apartment that I lived in from ages six to ten is now split into two studios rented out on AirBnB in the hipster neighborhood of 'de Pijp' for a large multiple of what it would fetch in rent (which are already way too high).
This goes for many of the listings on AirBnB in Amsterdam, four stories worth of not-quite-a-hotel instead of room for four families to live are pretty common. And there always was a housing shortage in Amsterdam, now it is much worse than before.
Yes but the difference is that expats in Amsterdam work for companies based in the Netherlands.
They ad to the economy they aren't just here for the weather and cheap housing (nobody comes to the Netherlands for the weather and cheap housing).
This goes for many of the listings on AirBnB in Amsterdam, four stories worth of not-quite-a-hotel instead of room for four families to live are pretty common. And there always was a housing shortage in Amsterdam, now it is much worse than before.