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Event Tags, archives, and graffiti history in the ESSENCE
Drawn from thirty-five years of Dutch Graffiti Library archives, displays chart early New York subways through local movements.

17 September 2026
Event De Kunst van het Zwemmen at NDSM Loods
Eleven artists interpret Franz Kafka through mixed-media assemblages, spatial pieces, and drawings inside an industrial warehouse space.

17 September 2026
Event DE KUNST VAN HET ZWEMMEN inside WUNDERKAMMER
Drawings, spatial installations, and mixed assemblages interpret Franz Kafka's writings inside an industrial shipyard warehouse space.

17 September 2026
Event De Vindplaats connects archaeological finds from city collections
City artifacts explore themes of faith, domestic life, and makers while inviting feedback on archaeological provenance research.

17 September 2026
Event De Vindplaats brings city archaeology finds together
Local artifacts exploring domestic life, faith, and craft traditions sit alongside interactive queries about historical provenance.

17 September 2026
Event Interactive survivor testimonies at Vertel verder…
Voice recognition software lets visitors ask direct spoken questions to life-sized interactive video projections of Holocaust survivors.

17 September 2026
Event Interactive survivor testimonies in Vertel verder…
Life-sized video projections use voice recognition technology so you can pose direct questions to Holocaust survivors.

17 September 2026
Event Sit in the live studio audience for Eva
Audience members take studio seats before broadcast, with an optional soup and sandwich meal available before filming begins.

17 September 2026
Event Tea, homemade soup, and pastries at Theo’s Theetuin
Theo's daughter runs this summer garden cafe serving fresh pumpkin soup, baked goods, juices, and hot tea outdoors.

17 September 2026
Event Join the live studio audience for talk show Eva
Sit in the television gallery for a live evening broadcast, with an optional sandwich supper beforehand.

17 September 2026
Event Franz Kafka explored through assemblage and painting at NDSM
Rotating artists present assemblages, paintings, and spatial works responding directly to the life and writings of Franz Kafka.

17 September 2026
Event Tea, fresh pastries, and garden drinks at Theo’s Theetuin
A quiet summer garden serving coffee, tea, juices, and hot pumpkin soup at outdoor tables.

17 September 2026
Event THE ART OF SWIMMING: Kafka-inspired group art at NDSM FUSE
Assemblages, paintings, and spatial works explore Franz Kafka's life through contributions from a rotating collective of artists.

17 September 2026
Event Postwar urban planning in Parkwijk, wederopbouw van de wederopbouw
Archival displays trace how postwar housing estates were planned, altered over decades, and continually rebuilt by urban planners.

17 September 2026
Event Expressionist paintings and woodcuts at Herman Kruyder exhibition
Vivid, brooding canvases from the Dutch expressionist hang alongside woodcuts and illustrations by his artist wife.

17 September 2026
Event Onderbroken Tijd: twenty-five years after the Volendam cafe fire
Seven personal stories from young survivors anchor a multimedia exhibition on the lasting aftermath of the disaster.

17 September 2026
Event Gentle morning fitness sessions with Team Fit in West
Free, low-barrier exercise classes run in the community centre hall, geared toward women wanting an easy start.

17 September 2026
Event Tour the municipal timber yard and build a birdhouse
Behind locked gates in the forest, twenty adults inspect fallen city timber then assemble nestboxes to keep.

17 September 2026
Event Trampoline play for toddlers at MiniVROG
Toddlers aged two to five jump on giant trampolines alongside a parent under staff supervision.

17 September 2026
Event Restored sixteenth-century altarpiece on view at Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder
A newly conserved Deposition painting from around 1530 hangs on display inside the canal-house attic church.

17 September 2026