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Event Hand-stitch a leather bag from scratch
Pick your hide, punch the rivet holes, and assemble a customized everyday bag without using sewing machines.

11 September 2026
Event Luc Tuymans: Silent Music opens at Stedelijk Museum
A major retrospective devoted to the Belgian painter fills the museum galleries with figurative works exploring collective memory.

11 September 2026
Event Oasis reunion documentary screening at Melkweg Cinema
Two hours of rehearsal, backstage footage, and joint interviews tracking the Gallagher brothers on their 2025 reunion tour.

11 September 2026
Event Behind the scenes and birdhouse building at the municipal wood yard
Walk through the city timber depot normally closed to visitors, then build a small nesting box using salvaged local wood.

11 September 2026
Event Adults-only evening session on trampolines and airbags
Super-trampolines, a jump tower, and an airbag open to adults practicing flips without children underfoot.

11 September 2026
Event Ecca Vandal headlines the Melkweg OZ room
Fast drums and loud guitars meet hip hop and electronic sounds, touring off her latest record with Freddy Forbidden opening.

11 September 2026
Event Bevan Agyemang’s Materialising Memories at OSCAM
Personal objects, photography, and community stories shape a ten-piece capsule fashion collection shown alongside live performance work.

11 September 2026
Event See the restored 1530 Descent from the Cross
Fresh conservation work reveals original detail on the sixteenth-century altarpiece inside the historic canal-house attic.

11 September 2026
Event Immersive and digital installations at Moco Museum
Rooms fill with illuminated digital art and interactive projections running daily in the museum basement spaces.

11 September 2026
Event Archaeology and heritage on view in De Vindplaats
A permanent display tracing historical discoveries, research methods, and archival objects from the university's collections.

11 September 2026
Event Onderbroken Tijd commemorates the Volendam cafe fire
Seven survivors reflect on surviving the catastrophic New Year blaze twenty-five years on through personal recollections and multimedia displays.

11 September 2026
Event Design a mosaic tray or mirror using tiles and ceramics
Work with tiles, glass, and ceramics to decorate trays or mirrors, with all tools and materials provided.

11 September 2026
Event Grensverlegger Van Houten museum exhibition
A daytime museum exhibition devoted to the legacy of Van Houten opens for visitors.

11 September 2026
Event Franz Kafka interpreted across media in DE KUNST VAN HET ZWEMMEN
Assemblages, drawings, paintings and spatial pieces explore the life and writing of Franz Kafka in an industrial setting.

11 September 2026
Event Build water confidence in small-group adult swim lessons
Qualified coaches lead three-quarter-hour sessions in the historic indoor pool, geared toward adults seeking safer swimming skills.

11 September 2026
Event Hands-on architectural models of Oosterdok and Marineterrein
Scale models paired with audio stories let visitors explore local waterfront landmarks entirely through touch and sound.

11 September 2026
Event Filmspecial: Nineties at De Filmhallen
Screenings tracing independent cinema and early digital filmmaking, from Quentin Tarantino to the Wachowskis.

11 September 2026
Event Kletsen & Koffie Dutch conversation table
Twelve chairs at a neighborhood café for an informal hour of Dutch practice without any grammar exercises.

11 September 2026
Event Gender diversity through museum objects in Change the world, not us
Three items from separate historical archives trace gender diversity alongside recorded curatorial conversations for World Pride.

11 September 2026
Event Paper pulping with Miquel Hervás Gómez at Reparatie Remise
Miquel Hervás Gómez shows you how to turn old publications and brought-from-home scrap paper into fresh sheets.

11 September 2026