It is 8 am at Zeedijk in Amsterdam. Every day I pass through this area on my way to work, preferring it over the tourist packed road to Dam Square. Yet never had I given thought to one of the small alleys that lead off of Zeedijk. ‘Spook steeg’, or ‘Ghost Alley’, is its name. For years this alley was under lock and key, after having issues with drug dealers and junkies – and, if one is to believe the stories... a ghost.

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