Skip to content

Essentially Amsterdam

Essentially Amsterdam Staff

Reporting by the Essentially Amsterdam newsroom. We cover the city every day for the people who live in it: transport, housing, policy, money and the things that change how a week in Amsterdam actually goes.

12,008 published pieces Corrections and tips: editorial@essentiallyamsterdam.com

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Event Ontdekkingstocht in de oudheid for children

    Children explore ancient antiquities through a self-guided discovery route laid out through the museum's permanent archaeological galleries.

    17 September 2026

  16. Event Neighbourhood history mapped across thirty street vitrines

    Local after-school children explore heritage and city memories through drawings displayed along Sint Antoniesbreestraat.

    17 September 2026

  17. Event Children’s neighbourhood history project in street vitrines

    Thirty street vitrines display local history and heritage through art created by primary school pupils after school hours.

    17 September 2026

  18. Event Filmspecial: Nineties retrospective at De Filmhallen

    Screenings track the decade's shift toward digital effects alongside independent cinema landmarks like Toy Story and The Matrix.

    17 September 2026

  19. Event Nineties cinema retrospective at De Filmhallen

    Big-screen blockbusters and indie milestones track cinema through its transition from physical models to computer-generated graphics.

    17 September 2026

  20. Event The ESSENCE graffiti exhibition at STRAAT Museum

    Archival pieces, tags and early styles trace the movement from New York underground tunnels through Dutch subcultures.

    17 September 2026

Top [count] Travel Blogs to Follow - OnToplist.com