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  1. Event Experimenteerdrift exhibition opens at Museum Rembrandthuis

    The museum displays its latest exhibition across the daytime galleries in the artist's former home.

    17 September 2026

  2. Event Step inside 1950s family life at Huis Sloëtjes

    Six visitors at a time watch a short film before exploring this untouched postwar home.

    17 September 2026

  3. Event Step inside an unaltered 1950s family home

    Six visitors at a time sit on the parlour sofa to view preserved mid-century domestic interiors.

    17 September 2026

  4. Event Sew a custom garment at Kimono Workshop in Amsterdam

    Spend five hours picking fabrics, cutting patterns and stitching seams with guidance suited even for total beginners.

    17 September 2026

  5. Event Cut, pin and stitch a wearable kimono

    Step-by-step guidance takes beginners from choosing bolts of fabric to sewing finished garments across five hours.

    17 September 2026

  6. Event Complete Ulrich Seidl retrospective and exhibition at Eye Filmmuseum

    Rare 35mm prints accompany new gallery installations exploring Austrian director Ulrich Seidl's uncompromising views on humanity.

    17 September 2026

  7. Event Ulrich Seidl retrospective and exhibition at Eye

    Archive prints, early footage and themed gallery installations trace the Austrian director's unsparing look at human nature.

    17 September 2026

  8. Event Dutch storytime for young children at Bussum library

    Young children gather around picture books for an informal morning reading session held in the local branch.

    17 September 2026

  9. Event Voorlezen in de bieb morning storytime for toddlers

    Young children gather with library staff for an hour of quiet Dutch storytelling in the branch.

    17 September 2026

  10. Event Hailun Ma’s photography exhibition Hometown at Foam

    A solo photography exhibition hangs in the museum galleries, showing alongside the venue's autumn season programme.

    17 September 2026

  11. Event Hailun Ma’s Hometown photography exhibition at Foam

    Gallery walls show new work exploring the photographer's roots through large-scale portraiture and fashion imagery.

    17 September 2026

  12. Event Nadav Kander’s The Edge Of Things opens at Foam

    Monolithic river landscapes sit alongside portraits of world leaders and artists, curated by New York's David Campany.

    17 September 2026

  13. Event Nadav Kander’s The Edge Of Things at Foam

    Large-scale river landscapes and Chernobyl studies hang alongside intimate portraiture of David Lynch, Rosamund Pike, and Barack Obama.

    17 September 2026

  14. Event Seven industrial rooms of lights and sound at AMAZE

    Walk through seven rooms of club-scale audiovisual installations designed by electronic festival producers inside a former industrial warehouse.

    17 September 2026

  15. Event Walk through seven sound and light chambers at AMAZE

    Festival producers built this hour-long walk through three thousand square metres of warehouse lasers, projections and bass.

    17 September 2026

  16. Event Drop-in family afternoons on the maritime square

    Beanbags fill the museum courtyard, giving families space for drawing, storybooks and relaxed creative downtime.

    17 September 2026

  17. Event Drop-in family afternoons on the maritime museum square

    Families gather on open-air beanbags for drawing, colouring, and reading books together across the museum's covered central courtyard.

    17 September 2026

  18. Event Fresh comedy tryouts at Theater Bellevue’s Bies

    Four comedians take the intimate room's stage in turns, testing unpolished sets with a drink nearby.

    17 September 2026

  19. Event Bies comedy showcase at Theater Bellevue

    Four comedians and cabaret artists test out fresh material during this monthly Thursday try-out with an open bar.

    17 September 2026

  20. Event Self-guided antiquity discovery trail for children

    Young children follow a treasure hunt through ancient collections, deciphering artefacts and old stories together.

    17 September 2026

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