Sophie Straat

The Dutch folk singer Sophie Straat grew up in the late 1990s in the former working-class neighbourhood, but now gentrified, De Pijp. Nowadays, Straat writes, together with her partner Wieger, about the effects of gentrification in Amsterdam. In her songs you get a glimpse into the lives of the green cargo bike owner, the Zuidas worker and the child who just moved to Amsterdam North. In addition to her iconic role as an interpreter of the song of life, Straat is an artist and creates socially engaged work.