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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themThursday 5 November
The Australian rapper and singer behind the global hit Stay with Justin Bieber, playing a mix of melodic hip-hop and pop.
The Houston rapper and singer, signed to Travis Scott's Cactus Jack label and known for the hit No Idea, plays an arena show.
The young Finnish conductor, who becomes the orchestra's chief conductor in 2027, leads Dvořák's darkest and most dramatic symphony, written under Brahms's influence.
A family musical based on the story of the kidnapped Dalmatian puppies and Cruella de Vil, with songs, puppetry and humour.
A large show by the American artist known for black-and-white paintings, prints and installations built from text, language and fragments of protest history.
Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Club in Weimar-era Berlin.
The veteran Dutch singer, songwriter and clown, also known as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak, performs his show 'Vandaag' ('Today').
The experimental rock project of Maynard James Keenan, singer of Tool and A Perfect Circle, known for its theatrical, electronic-tinged live shows.
Part of PAN Amsterdam, the yearly fair for fine art, antiques and design, where dealers show and sell work.
The New Zealand comedian, known as Murray in Flight of the Conchords and from Our Flag Means Death, performs stand-up.
A dark fairy tale starring Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who has a husband woven out of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
Hands-on art workshops for children aged 6 to 12, held on Saturdays at the museum.
An exhibition looking at the postwar CoBrA artists, such as Karel Appel and Asger Jorn, through themes that go beyond the human figure.
The Hamburg electronic duo behind 'Pogo' and 'Idealistic', known for mixing dance music with indie-rock energy.
A long-running DJ party that plays Fleetwood Mac songs reworked as disco, house and edits.
Public skating and courses at Amsterdam's large outdoor ice rink in Watergraafsmeer.
Steven Isserlis, the eminent British cellist, and French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière play a selection of their favourite sonatas.
Drop-in divination sessions using card reading inside the canal-side museum dedicated to hermetic philosophy and free thought.
A private hands-on pottery class where couples can try wheel throwing together and pick up their fired work later.
An open-mic stand-up night where comedians poke fun at Dutch culture and life in the Netherlands.
Dutch novelist and columnist Arnon Grunberg talks with Palestinian writer Adania Shibli, author of the novel Minor Detail.
A performance by NDT 2, the junior company of Nederlands Dans Theater, made up of young dancers at the start of their careers.
Boom Chicago's long-running improv show, where American and international performers make up scenes and songs on the spot from audience suggestions.
The new film from Martin McDonagh, the writer-director of In Bruges, Three Billboards and The Banshees of Inisherin.
A trio puts its own spin on Beethoven, reworking his music rather than playing it straight.
An intimate concert in a yurt, with the performers kept secret until you arrive.
In a living library, people are the 'books': you sit down with one and talk to them about their life and experiences.
An exhibition at NXT Museum, Amsterdam's museum for new media art, about the early artists who worked with technology and screens.
An open day where teenagers and parents can try out TUMO, a free after-school programme in coding, design, animation and other digital skills.
Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, whose Spanish title means Bitter Christmas, from the director of All About My Mother and Pain and Glory.
British crossover cellist Matthew Barley joins Gambian kora player Dawda Jobarteh, Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale and Hanna Ryynänen for music that crosses traditions.
David Cronenberg's 1983 body-horror classic, with James Woods as a TV executive drawn into a mind-warping broadcast signal and Debbie Harry co-starring.
A visit to a small house that once belonged to the St Ursula convent, rebuilt many times over the centuries and badly tilted before its latest restoration.
The Brazilian singer from Pernambuco, known for mixing frevo, forró and other northeastern rhythms with rock, is touring for his 80th birthday.
A soul double bill in the main hall, pairing American singer David Michael Wyatt with British soul vocalist Josh Barry.
A concert by the act Ão at the former church that is now one of Amsterdam's best-known pop venues.
A phone-free social evening from the Offline Club, with board games and puzzles in a church.
Italian cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima, known for his energetic, genre-crossing playing, performs Bach in a morning concert.
A theatre production whose title takes aim at Lolita, presumably Nabokov's novel and the way it shapes how young girls are seen.
An evening session at the art, antiques and design fair at the RAI, with dealers' stands open after hours.
Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about three cinema ushers, staged by Amsterdam On Stage in the city's oldest cinema, which suits the story.
A stage piece whose title pairs the American rapper with Samuel Beckett, the Irish playwright of Waiting for Godot.
Stand-up comedians perform entirely in English, for expats and for Dutch people who like their comedy in English.
A social Meetup group gathers at Dynamo Atelier 77 so participants can customise and personalise their own clothes.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
At a living library the books are people: you borrow a person for a one-to-one conversation about their life and experiences.
Lukas Dhont's First World War drama about young soldiers, from the Belgian director of Girl and Close.
Cellists Quirine Viersen and Maja Bogdanović and violinist Daniel Rowland join the eastern Netherlands orchestra Phion for a tango-themed programme.
Dutch alto saxophonist Benjamin Herman, known for New Cool Collective, brings his trio to the upstairs hall with Japanese tenor saxophonist Tomoaki Baba.
An art historian guides visitors through the Dutch national museum's essential Golden Age masterpieces and historic treasures.
An exhibition exploring the realities of independence struggles across Africa, Suriname, and the Caribbean.
A monthly Thursday morning storytime and sing-along for toddlers and preschoolers at the specialist children's bookshop.
A two-day festival marking 15 years of Bijlmer Got Talent, the neighbourhood talent show for performers from Amsterdam Southeast.
A painting class for all levels, with drinks, snacks and soft jazz, pitched as a social evening or art date.
An urban safari: an outing that treats the city as ground to explore, looking closely at everyday streets and surroundings, hosted by the VU's cultural centre.
A playful, creative dance class where toddlers from 18 months learn the basics of dance, partly together with a parent.
Music teacher Judith Sijp leads her monthly music workshop for young children and their parents, this time reading from a new picture book.
Amsterdam animator and painter Hisko Hulsing, known for Montage of Heck and the series Undone, talks about using AI in traditional animation.
A discussion session about desire and attraction in contemporary culture, followed by time in the sauna at Badhus in West.
Amsterdam's festival of fantastic and genre cinema presents a programme of new Dutch work in horror, sci-fi and fantasy.
Friday 6 November
The young Finnish conductor, soon to become the orchestra's chief conductor, takes on Dvořák's darkest and most dramatic symphony.
The open-air ice rink is back on Museumplein, with skating in view of the Rijksmuseum, a winter tradition for many Amsterdammers.
The cultural centre's signature Friday night features an open programme of oral storytelling from local and visiting tale-tellers.
An exhibition on the stories and cultures behind well-known games from around the world, where visitors can also play them together.
Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Club in Weimar-era Berlin.
The American author of the Bridgerton novels, the basis for the Netflix series, signs copies of her books.
The veteran Dutch singer, songwriter and clown, also known as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak, performs his show 'Vandaag' ('Today').
Music from Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi's 2013 album In a Time Lapse, known for its minimalist piano and strings, presented under the planetarium dome.
The tech house DJ and producer who founded the Hellbent label; the listing says it is sold out.
A celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights that marks the triumph of light over darkness.
Eline Arbo, ITA's artistic director, stages Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours, which links three women's lives to Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
The American singer and cellist blends art-pop, soul, R&B, classical and electronica, and is known for her album Blood.
The Brabant singer behind "Het Is Een Nacht" and the stadium series Groots met een Zachte G brings his singalong Dutch pop.
A dark fairy tale starring Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who has a husband woven out of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
The Houston stand-up comedian, known for his long storytelling sets, often about his years in prison, and his special The Domino Effect.
Hands-on art workshops for children aged 6 to 12, held on Saturdays at the museum.
Richard Kelly's 2001 cult film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager haunted by a giant rabbit, in Amsterdam's fantastic film festival.
Families can explore 17th-century Amsterdam through a guided tour, a treasure hunt and other activities built around the city archive's Meesterwerk Amsterdam exhibition.
The British cellist, one of the best-known soloists of his generation, coaches young cellists while the audience watches.
Dutch cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas, who plays Hindustani classical music, and her husband, sitar player Shubhendra Rao, join Chinese musicians and an Amsterdam cello octet.
The Amsterdam rock band, big in the Netherlands in the 1980s and 1990s, play the main hall, which is listed as sold out.
A new sketch and improv show from Boom Chicago that pokes fun at life in Amsterdam, performed in English.
A guided walk past the historic Jewish buildings of the old Jewish quarter, including a visit to the 17th-century Portuguese Synagogue.
An interactive English-language session of songs, nursery rhymes, and picture books for young children.
A performance by NDT 2, the junior company of Nederlands Dans Theater, made up of young dancers at the start of their careers.
The new film from Martin McDonagh, the writer-director of In Bruges, Three Billboards and The Banshees of Inisherin.
An intimate concert in a yurt, with the performers kept secret until you arrive.
The Dutch jazz saxophonist, known for reworking pop songs, takes on the music of David Bowie.
The Mexican writer, whose Liliana's Invincible Summer won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for memoir, appears in an event organised with the Instituto Cervantes.
The musical about Charles Addams's macabre cartoon family, in which daughter Wednesday falls for a perfectly normal boy.
A tribute band plays the songs of U2, the Irish rock group behind "With or Without You" and "One", marking the band's fifty years.
The national volunteer day when people of all ages, families included, help maintain local nature areas by pruning, clearing and planting.
Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, whose Spanish title means Bitter Christmas, from the director of All About My Mother and Pain and Glory.
Irish cellist and singer Naomi Berrill leads her trio in her own folk-influenced songs, which she sings while playing cello.
A long-running London club brand devoted to UK garage, the 2-step and speed garage sound of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
In the Friday Bach series, a vocal group and a baroque ensemble put Bach's music next to songs by The Beatles.
An English-language stand-up night at the American comedy theatre in the Jordaan, with several comedians each doing a set.
The Moldovan-born pop singer-songwriter, a big name in Romania, presents Descântatele, her project built on traditional folk charms and incantations.
Close-up magic from Rico Weeland, meaning card and sleight-of-hand tricks done just a few feet from the audience.
A queer party celebrating music and culture from Eastern Europe.
A hands-on cooking class led by a Japanese host, making ramen from scratch, and solo guests are welcome.
Storytellers perform live, spoken tales on the festival theme of the seer, at the city's best-known house for storytelling and comedy.
The John Adams Institute and partners spread short talks across two rooms in a festival-style evening as results of the 2026 US midterm elections come in.
The third Wavemakers party is held aboard the old Radio Veronica pirate broadcasting ship, now a club moored on the IJ.
Het Danspaleis, which runs dance afternoons with live music for older people, celebrates its new partnership with Heineken at the brewery's visitor attraction.
A single-session beginners' pottery workshop where each person makes one handmade piece.
The Dutch-raised R&B singer signed to Drake's OVO Sound label plays songs from her moody, slow-burning soul catalogue.
Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about three cinema ushers, staged by Amsterdam On Stage in the city's oldest cinema, which suits the story.
A music theatre show where seven musicians mix song, poetry and images, performing traditional songs and tarantellas from southern Italy, Albania and Greece.
A theatre production whose title takes aim at Lolita, presumably Nabokov's novel and the way it shapes how young girls are seen.
A screening of the Italian film about two boyhood friends whose bond spans decades in the Alps, adapted from Paolo Cognetti's novel and winner of a Cannes jury prize.
Pergolesi's 1736 setting of the medieval hymn on Mary's grief at the cross, written for soprano, alto and strings and one of the best-loved Baroque sacred works.
The Belgian cartoonist and absurdist comedian brings his surreal, deadpan humour to the stage.
A tribute band playing the songs of U2, from the early rock anthems through to their stadium-era hits.
A warehouse sale in the Western port district offering houseplants, pots, and greenery at steep discounts.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
A hands-on session modelling and sculpting objects from clay, open to beginners.
Lukas Dhont's First World War drama about young soldiers, from the Belgian director of Girl and Close.
German cellist Leonard Elschenbroich conducts the Amsterdam Conservatory's symphony orchestra as the finalists of the cello competition each play a concerto.
German cellist Friedemann Dähn, known for electric cello that crosses classical, jazz and improvisation, appears with his trio as part of Cellofest.
Saturday 7 November
More than 40 museums and institutions stay open from 7pm to 2am with DJs, bands, dance performances, food and drinks.
Museum Night opens museums across Amsterdam late into the night with music, performances and special programmes, and Uitpas holders are pointed towards it here.
Amsterdam's yearly late-night event when dozens of museums stay open into the night with special programmes, all on one ticket.
For Museumnacht, dozens of Amsterdam museums open late into the night with special programmes, and the H'ART Museum on the Amstel is one of them.
Museum Night is the yearly evening when Amsterdam museums stay open late with special programmes, music and activities, mostly for a younger crowd.
The Concertgebouworkest's incoming Finnish chief conductor leads Dvořák's dark, tightly argued Seventh Symphony, often called his finest.
Rederij Lampedusa runs canal trips in boats that once carried refugees across the Mediterranean, with guides telling migration stories; part of Museumnacht.
A family musical based on the story of the kidnapped Dalmatian puppies and Cruella de Vil, with songs, puppetry and humour.
The world's biggest cello festival runs for ten days, from Bach at breakfast to a late-night Cello Club Night, with recitals and the National Cello Competition.
For Museum Night, the botanical garden, one of the oldest in the world, opens its greenhouses and grounds to evening visitors.
A hands-on drawing studio inside the museum inspired by Rembrandt's etching and sketching techniques.
The veteran Dutch singer, songwriter and clown, also known as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak, performs his show 'Vandaag' ('Today').
The New Zealand comedian, known as Murray in Flight of the Conchords and from Our Flag Means Death, brings his physical, sound-effect-heavy stand-up.
One of the museum's regular Saturday children's workshops, this one focused on exploring Van Gogh's work through feeling and the senses.
Julia Wolfe's oratorio Fire in my mouth, about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York that killed 146 mostly young immigrant garment workers.
Part of the touring Candlelight series, where musicians, usually a string quartet, play arrangements of pop hits by candlelight, here songs by Queen and ABBA.
Janzen returns as Sally Bowles in Kander and Ebb's musical set in a 1930s Berlin nightclub, in a new production directed by Daria Bukvić.
The veteran British DJ, a pioneer of progressive house, brings his long-running Bedrock label and club night, known for long, hypnotic sets.
Melkweg, the music and culture venue in a former dairy factory, joins Amsterdam's Museum Night, when cultural institutions open late with special programmes.
ISH, the Amsterdam company known for shows that mix street dance, freerunning, BMX and music, brings its energy to Museumnacht.
Sunday 8 November
The Californian band led by Jonathan Davis, who pioneered nu-metal in the 1990s with heavy downtuned riffs and songs like 'Freak on a Leash'.
An 11-day festival of fantasy, horror, science fiction and thriller films, with talks, workshops, masterclasses, exhibitions and immersive art.
An immersive exhibition about the boy pharaoh, whose tomb Howard Carter found in 1922, taking in pyramids, ancient Egypt and its treasures.
Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Club in Weimar-era Berlin.
The veteran Dutch singer, songwriter and clown, also known as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak, performs his show 'Vandaag' ('Today').
Amsterdam's long-running festival of fantastic cinema, with eleven days of horror, fantasy, sci-fi and thrillers plus talks, workshops, masterclasses and immersive art.
Eline Arbo, ITA's artistic director, stages Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours, which links three women's lives to Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
The Ukrainian pianist, known for a much-watched recording of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, gives a benefit recital for the charity Protect Ukraine.
A dark fairy tale starring Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who has a husband woven out of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
The Amsterdam anarcho-punk band, around since 1979, joins forces with Brass Unbound, a horn section of free-jazz and improvising players.
A design fair where dealers sell vintage furniture and interior pieces from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Hands-on art workshops for children aged 6 to 12, held on Saturdays at the museum.
The New Jersey singer-songwriter, best known as frontman of The Gaslight Anthem, plays the main hall with his Springsteen-influenced backing band.
A children's programme at PAN, the yearly art, antiques and design fair at the RAI, introducing young visitors to the art on show.
A group outing to the Cello Biennale, a festival held every two years in Amsterdam that is devoted entirely to the cello, from baroque to new music.
A look at objects from the collection on the history of ice cream, followed by a tasting.
An interactive show in which the audience serves as the jury in a staged court case, this one about a death involving artificial intelligence.
The Ex, the Amsterdam band that grew out of 1979 punk into experimental rock, play with Brass Unbound, a free-jazz horn section, from 20:30.
A dynamic vinyasa flow yoga session looking out over the IJ.
A family concert for ages six and up in which music brings a parade of strange and wonderful animals to life.
Monday 9 November
The British hard rock veterans behind Smoke on the Water and Highway Star, with special guest Jayler.
The American jazz singer-songwriter, known for her smoky voice and albums such as Worrisome Heart and My One and Only Thrill, plays the main hall.
The Colombian-Canadian singer and producer won the Polaris Prize for La Papessa and mixes cumbia and Afro-Colombian rhythms with electronic pop.
A dark fairy tale starring Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who has a husband woven out of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
The American alto saxophonist, whose Blue Note albums Omega and The 7th Hand made him one of jazz's leading young voices, brings his quartet.
Hands-on art workshops for children aged 6 to 12, held on Saturdays at the museum.
The Houston stand-up comedian is known for long, deadpan stories, many of them about his years in prison.
James Cameron's 1984 science-fiction thriller, with Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg assassin sent back in time, shown in a restored 4K version.
A private hands-on pottery class where couples can try wheel throwing together and pick up their fired work later.
The new film from Martin McDonagh, the writer-director of In Bruges, Three Billboards and The Banshees of Inisherin.
The annual national commemoration of Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom of 9-10 November 1938 against Jews in Germany and Austria.
Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, whose Spanish title means Bitter Christmas, from the director of All About My Mother and Pain and Glory.
An introductory course on stars, planets and the night sky, given at the zoo that houses Amsterdam's planetarium.
The Texas blues guitarist and singer, a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, celebrates her birthday with a night of blues at this Jordaan blues bar.
A screening of Oeke Hoogendijk's documentary following the long and troubled renovation of the Rijksmuseum, with its fights over architecture, cycle paths and budgets.
The Amatis Trio, an international piano trio, plays a programme running from Schubert to Wagner and the English composer Rebecca Clarke.
The American singer-songwriter plays his hazy, psychedelic soul, known from albums such as Green Twins, Will This Make Me Good and Cometa.
An English-language film club screens Martin McDonagh's dark drama, in which Frances McDormand plays a grieving mother who rents billboards to shame the local police.
Juanjo Pereira's documentary uses archive footage to examine the Stroessner dictatorship that ruled Paraguay for 35 years.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
Tuesday 10 November
The Dublin post-punk band, known for albums such as Dogrel, A Hero's Death and Romance, plays an arena show.
A huge multimedia scale model of Amsterdam, billed as the largest of its kind of any city, showing how the city lives and moves.
The open-air ice rink is back on Museumplein, with skating in view of the Rijksmuseum, a winter tradition for many Amsterdammers.
An exhibition on the stories and cultures behind well-known games from around the world, where visitors can also play them together.
Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden, formerly of the New York Philharmonic, joins French cellist Gautier Capuçon in a programme of Dvořák and Berlioz.
The American soul singer known for her raspy voice and the 1999 hit 'I Try', with K.ZIA opening; this show has a waiting list only.
The energetic Dutch comedian returns to the stage with his high-paced, family-friendly stand-up show.
A dark fairy tale starring Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who has a husband woven out of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
Lewis Carroll's story of a girl who falls down a rabbit hole, staged as a family show with dance, music and magic for ages eight and up.
Hands-on art workshops for children aged 6 to 12, held on Saturdays at the museum.
The French string quartet joins Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, winner of the 2010 Chopin Competition, for chamber music by Shostakovich, Ravel and Debussy.
Families can explore 17th-century Amsterdam through a guided tour, a treasure hunt and other activities built around the city archive's Meesterwerk Amsterdam exhibition.
French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky sings Vivaldi's sacred Stabat Mater with Ensemble Artaserse, the baroque ensemble he founded.
The American singer with the instantly recognisable raspy voice, best known for the 1999 hit I Try, on tour with her soul and R&B catalogue.
The new film from Martin McDonagh, the writer-director of In Bruges, Three Billboards and The Banshees of Inisherin.
Demonstrations of 17th-century painting and etching techniques in the restored studio where Rembrandt lived and worked.
A meeting for residents who have run into inaccessible places or felt left out or unheard, to talk about what would help them take part.
Dodgeball played across linked trampolines, organised by a casual social meetup group at the trampoline park.
Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, whose Spanish title means Bitter Christmas, from the director of All About My Mother and Pain and Glory.
An open day where teenagers and parents can try out TUMO, a free after-school programme in coding, design, animation and other digital skills.
Wednesday 11 November
This yearly parade leaves Ambonplein at 18:45 with handmade lanterns, glowing sculptures, Pretvormer's parade animals and local bands playing live.
Welsh brothers Tom and Ed Russell play their UK electronic music, which draws on breakbeat, techno and garage and is known from their album 'Good Lies'.
The French baroque choir and orchestra and its founder-conductor perform Mozart's unfinished Great Mass in C minor, one of his grandest choral works.
A family exhibition on the secrets of stage magic and illusion, from Harry Houdini to the Dutch illusionist Hans Klok.
Will Oldham, the Kentucky singer-songwriter behind 'I See a Darkness', plays his spare, country-tinged folk under his best-known stage name.
Hitchcock's 1959 chase thriller in a new 4K restoration, with Cary Grant as an adman mistaken for a spy, the crop-duster scene and the Mount Rushmore climax.
A dark fairy tale starring Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who has a husband woven out of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
A forest ranger leads families on an evening lantern walk, telling stories and facts about nature, with sweets along the way, so bring a lantern.
Johnny Borrell's London indie rock band, behind mid-2000s hits like 'Somewhere Else' and 'America', bring their guitar-driven catalogue to Amsterdam.
A St Martin's walk through the woods, where children carry lanterns, as is the Dutch custom around 11 November.
The footwork producer from Gary, Indiana, teams up with the Grammy-winning Chicago percussion quartet, combining electronic music with live percussion.
Hands-on art workshops for children aged 6 to 12, held on Saturdays at the museum.
The Belarusian ska-punk band led by Siarhei Mikhalok, known for loud, danceable anthems against authoritarian rule.
A hands-on workshop where you learn to make orecchiette, the ear-shaped pasta from Puglia, and other short pastas, then eat what you make.
Probably a stage version of Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours, about three women in different eras linked by Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
Jlin, the Indiana producer known for experimental footwork, joins the Grammy-winning Chicago percussion quartet with whom she has worked on new music for acoustic percussion.
Young children follow a trail through the museum helping Fiep Westendorp's famous illustrated cats track down a runaway mouse.
The long-running ensemble mixes fast-paced improv games, sketches, and video comedy sparked by audience suggestions.
The new film from Martin McDonagh, the writer-director of In Bruges, Three Billboards and The Banshees of Inisherin.
Free lantern making until 18:00 (sign up first), then a meal, a procession with music and lights, and hot chocolate to finish.
About this calendar and common questions
1,655 events, concerts, exhibitions, markets and things to do in Amsterdam from Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 11 November, gathered from the venues and organisers and refreshed every morning. Pick a day or a type on the side to narrow it down. This guide is in English; some events are in Dutch or other languages.
This weekend: Museum Night (Saturday), Museumnacht Amsterdam Uitpas tip (Saturday) and Museumnacht (Saturday).
Questions about what's on in Amsterdam
What's on in Amsterdam this weekend?
626 events are listed for the weekend. Among the highlights: Museum Night (Saturday), Museumnacht Amsterdam Uitpas tip (Saturday), Museumnacht (Saturday), Museumnacht Amsterdam 2026 at H'ART Museum (Saturday) and Korn at Ziggo Dome (Sunday). Pick Saturday or Sunday on the side to see them all.
Are there free events in Amsterdam this week?
Yes. 48 of the listings this week are free, for example Cello Biennale Amsterdam 2026 at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ and Bimhuis (Saturday), Expats vs Holland: English Stand-up Comedy Amsterdam at Café De Plakhoek (Thursday) and Sint Maarten in Bilderdijkpark at Bilderdijkpark, Kinkerbuurt (Wednesday). Tick "Free only" on the side to see just those, or open Free Things to Do in Amsterdam, a page with only the free events.
What concerts are on in Amsterdam this week?
377 concerts and live music nights are listed, including Korn at Ziggo Dome (Sunday), Deep Purple at Ziggo Dome (Monday) and Fontaines D.C. at Ziggo Dome (Tuesday). Tick Music on the side for the full list.
How often is this calendar updated?
Every morning. The listings are gathered from the venues, organisers and ticket sites, and past events drop off automatically.
Burgers, coffee, pastries and lunch are on offer here, along with dinner and drinks, and the place now has a permanent home on Frederik Hendrikplantsoen.
This Vietnamese-inspired kitchen studio on Moermanskkade serves a market brunch and banh mi sandwiches.
Chefs Bloeme Burema and Gina Verheij run this restaurant on Planciusstraat, which has a pink bar and a terrace.
A stylish all-day bar a short walk from Leidseplein and Museumplein, with a globally inspired menu that runs from breakfast and brunch to evenings with music.
A dinner show at Brasserie De Roode Leeuw on Damrak, where a tiny animated chef and his family appear in 3D projections right on your plate.
A Hunanese restaurant from the team behind FuLu Mandarin and Oriental City, on Oude Doelenstraat, a small side street off the Rokin a few minutes' walk from Central Station.
An Argentine restaurant on Potgieterstraat in Oud-West, set in a small corner spot that aims to feel like home.
The restaurant inside Chin Chin Club on Rozengracht, where chef Julius Nuiten cooks à la minute with French technique, quality produce and clear flavours.
A contemporary restaurant on Czaar Peterstraat that calls its cooking elemental dining.
A Japanese onigiri shop on Ferdinand Bolstraat in De Pijp, making rice balls fresh every day with premium Japanese rice.
A new version of Maxwell has opened on Beukenplein.
Chef Nobu Matsuhisa brings his mix of Japanese cooking and Peruvian ingredients to Zuid.
This cantina on Schaafstraat in Amsterdam Noord is all about agave.
Kai and Nu brought their love of Thai cooking from Bangkok to this family-owned noodle restaurant on the Weteringschans.
This restaurant brings Mediterranean and Japanese cooking together, spread over two floors of a notable building on the Rokin.
This Vietnamese dining bar on the Van Woustraat is inspired by the quán nhậu, the casual spot in Vietnam where friends meet to share plates over drinks.
This Kinkerstraat spot makes sourdough sandwiches.
This revolving restaurant is on the 19th floor of the A'DAM Toren and turns slowly as you eat, so the view of Amsterdam keeps changing.
This restaurant on Weteringschans cooks around good produce, drawing on French tradition, the seasons and an open fire.
A viennoiserie and coffee bar on Burgemeester de Vlugtlaan in Nieuw-West, built around croissants baked fresh every day and craft coffee.
A restaurant and bar at Westerstraat 76, 78 in the Jordaan, opened at the end of May 2025.
A winter pop-up where the cheese fondue restaurant Smelt joins Bar Hout in the Houthavens, open from Thursday 29 October through autumn and winter.
A burger restaurant from Kan Gorgels has opened at Ferdinand Bolstraat 107H, with a loyalty programme for regulars.
A maker of artisan fermented food and drink on Van Hallstraat in Amsterdam-West, producing kimchi, koji, kombucha, apple cider vinegar and more.
A modern Japanese restaurant on Elandsgracht built around ramen and izakaya-style dishes, with a curated selection of sake and Japanese natural wine.
A gastropub and neighbourhood café in De Baarsjes serving affordable Dutch food with a twist, alongside local beers and good wines, with lunch on weekends and kibbeling on the menu.
An all-day café and restaurant on Papaverweg in Amsterdam-Noord with its own in-house bakery, serving Mediterranean-inspired brunch, lunch and dinner.
A seafood restaurant and bar on Van Baerlestraat in Amsterdam-Zuid, serving oysters and a seasonal menu of fresh fish, vegetables and meat, from bouillabaisse and Dover sole meunière to entrecôte.
This Zuidas pizza bar serves handmade pizzas on a signature dough made fresh every day and fermented from organic ancient grains, along with Italian cocktails and aperitivos.
This Mediterranean and French restaurant sits on Gerard Douplein in De Pijp, around the corner from the Albert Cuyp market, in an interior by Jean-Philippe Demeyer.
This ramen restaurant has opened its first Amsterdam location, on the Ruysdaelkade.
A stew kitchen where Jim and Klaas let their dishes simmer for hours, the way home cooks always have.
Yotam Ottolenghi has opened his first restaurant in the Netherlands here, in the glass atrium of the Mandarin Oriental Conservatorium.
The first Cypriot bakery and coffee bar in the Netherlands, run by a young team from Cyprus on Pieter Langendijkstraat in Oud-West.
A beach-style terrace on the roof of Orchid House, with room for 400 guests and views of the Oosterpark on one side and the Tropenmuseum on the other.
An Asian bakery on the Haarlemmerstraat making mochi donuts, fruit sandos, savoury bites, cakes and tiramisu, all fresh and by hand.
A French restaurant on the Overtoom where every dish is carefully built on a classical French base and finished with modern precision.
An eetcafé on the Westergasterrein in Westerpark, open for drinks and dinner, with a large heated terrace.
An ice cream and wine salon on Waterlooplein, between the market and the Stopera, open all day.
A private karaoke and cocktail bar that now has a second Amsterdam location in De Pijp, alongside its branch in the city centre.
A new neighbourhood café and bar on the Zoutkeetsplein.
A restaurant on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal that serves unpretentious French cooking.
A bakery and coffee roastery in the Jordaan, run by three friends at Prinsengracht 158.
A traditional brown café next to Hotel Die Port van Cleve in the city centre, now reopened as a cocktail bar under internationally recognised bartender Milos Stanisic.
A Spanish and Mediterranean cocktail bar on the Linnaeusstraat with panoramic views.
Chef Joris Bijdendijk has opened a new café on the Weesperzijde under the Wils name, which also covers a restaurant and a bakery café.
This cosy café serves Indonesian specialty coffee, including Sunda Arabica bought directly from small farmers, along with drinks such as cold jasmine tea.
A calm neighbourhood café on J.J.
This coffee brand, which runs franchised shops, has opened a small outlet on Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat.
A döner spot on Javastraat in Amsterdam-Oost, serving the meat in sandwiches, wraps, Turkish pizza, boxes and plates.
A sourdough bakery on Bottelarijstraat that sells baked sweets and serves coffee.
An Indonesian specialty coffee bar at De Hallen, on Tollensstraat.
A neighbourhood café on Pretoriusstraat and the little sister of Yusu, serving coffee and matcha during the day and moving on to Brazilian and Surinamese food in the evening.
This bakery café has opened a new branch on Prinsenstraat, and everything on the menu is homemade: cakes baked fresh every day, sandwiches, quiches served with salad, and soups.
A fine dining restaurant in Amstelveen from the Lute team, first opened in 2002 and now reopened after a complete renovation as a smaller, more intimate room for 40 guests.
A wine and beer bar on Admiraal de Ruijterweg in Bos en Lommer.
A toastie spot on Eerste Anjeliersdwarsstraat in the Jordaan, dedicated to cheese toasties on sourdough bread.
A restaurant on Binnen Bantammerstraat near Nieuwmarkt serving Korean and Japanese comfort food.
A specialty coffee bar on Ruysdaelstraat in Oud-Zuid, a few minutes from Museumplein and the Rijksmuseum, set up to feel like a living room where you can settle in and unwind.
A coffee store in a corner premises on Haarlemmerplein, meant as a neighbourhood spot for coffee and conversation.
A small dessert shop on Vijzelgracht making modern Asian sweets inspired by the owners' Moluccan and Filipino roots.
A cafe on the Zeedijk serving iced lattes, matcha drinks, sweet snacks and sandwiches.
A cafe on the Zeedijk devoted to matcha.
This espresso bar has Danish roots.
A gallery, design store and café spread over two floors of a historic canal house on the Singel.
During the day, Yusu now serves its food and drinks at the Contra venue on Oudezijds Achterburgwal.
This Brazilian rodizio grill has opened its second location on Max Euweplein.
The second location of this casual burger and wine spot is on Jacob van Lennepkade.
A Vietnamese café on Kinkerstraat serving bánh mì sandwiches.
A bistro on the first floor of the Heineken Hoek on Leidseplein, with views over the busy city.
A street food restaurant and bar on the Lommerplantsoen in Bos en Lommer, at a hotel.
A bistro and bar on the Reguliersdwarsstraat.
An all-day café and bar on the Jan Pieter Heijestraat serving coffee, sandwiches, vermouth, wine and snacks, with dinner cooked on the grill.
A restaurant and wine bar in Amsterdam-Noord where everything is cooked on a charcoal grill in an open kitchen.
A neighbourhood wine bar in De Pijp that mixes French cooking with subtle Vietnamese influences.
A rooftop bar on the Hekelveld with views over the city.
A bar and restaurant on the Westerstraat that serves shared dishes and natural wines, in an informal setting made for eating together.
This pancake restaurant in Amsterdam Zuid sits on the edge of De Pijp near Museumplein, in the building that was once Le Garage, Joop Braakhekke's restaurant for many years.
A bistro and wine bar in Amsterdam East, close to the Weesperzijde and the Amstel.
A bakery and a restaurant under one roof on the Hekelveld, connected to the Renaissance Hotel.
A new Prinsengracht branch of the all-day brunch spot, serving comfort food in a relaxed, unfussy way.
This all-day restaurant, café and bar sits at Westergas in the heart of Westerpark, with a terrace outside.
The team at the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht hotel created this five-course dinner around a story told with 3D visuals, sound and interactive magic.
This modern French brasserie serving bistro classics is in the former Christus Koningskerk in Amsterdam Oost, a short walk from Amstelstation.
A casual café serving coffee and sandwiches at the Van Gendt Hallen on Zeemagazijnkade.
A small restaurant on Jan Pieter Heijestraat with a long wine list and French-inspired soul food.
This cocktail bar on Stadhouderskade comes from the team behind Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City, who now bring their experience to Amsterdam.
This café on Postjesweg in De Baarsjes works like a restaurant for art.
A brown café and gastropub in the Hamerkwartier with a wide beer list and food to go with it, a place to settle in for a drink.
A bar and restaurant on the Ruysdaelkade in De Pijp, where dinner slowly turns into dancing as the evening goes on.
A corner café on the Mauritskade in the Dapperbuurt, small and cosy inside with lots of green outside.
A French brasserie in the monumental De Kroon building on the Rembrandtplein, relaunched this year in the style of a Parisian bistro.
A wine café in the Staatsliedenbuurt with snacks from local makers, in the spot where The Shamrock used to be.
An all-day neighbourhood café in the Helmersbuurt that gives familiar Dutch dishes a fresh twist, with a long wine list to go with them.
A fine dining restaurant on the Cornelis Krusemanstraat in Oud-Zuid, bringing upscale dining to the neighbourhood south of the centre.
A new branch of the focaccia sandwich shop, now on the Elandsgracht in Oud-West.
A new Indonesian restaurant on the Witte de Withstraat, bringing Southeast Asian flavours and dishes to the city.
The second Bon Burger, this time in Noord, serves dry-aged burgers and dishes cooked over open fire with wine, in a room set up like a listening bar.
This wine bar and brasserie on the Falckstraat opened in September and is styled after a Parisian brasserie of the last century.
A French bistro on the Prinsengracht where Guillaume de Beer of Bar Gui has been given free rein in the kitchen.
A café for coffee, lunch and drinks in A Lab, the handsome former Shell laboratory building at Overhoeks.
A hi-fi listening bar and pool café on the Ten Katestraat in Oud-West, where vinyl comes first and DJs are free to play records they rarely get to play elsewhere.
A small place in the Jordaan with a menu built around potatoes and wine, with separate day and evening menus.
The Molcho family's Eastern Mediterranean restaurant now has a second Amsterdam location, inside the Kimpton De Witt hotel in the city centre.
A Japanese restaurant on the Utrechtsestraat from Kazuya Matsumoto, serving omakase sushi.
The burger place from Haarlem has opened in Amsterdam on the Ferdinand Bolstraat, serving brunch and burgers made fresh.
A Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar in the old catacombs beneath the Beurs van Berlage, with a look inspired by a 19th-century Hong Kong opium house.
A Bologna-inspired aperitivo bar and Italian restaurant in De Pijp, built around the everyday food and drink of that city.
The team behind Maris Piper has started over on the Frans Halsstraat with a completely new concept, a new interior and a new name.
A wagyu and sushi omakase restaurant on the Van Woustraat from the people behind Tewatashi, set up as a chef's table.
After several successful pop-ups, Bennies has settled for good in the Schinkel district, in the spot where its last pop-up ran, after a major renovation.
A pita bar and restaurant on the Moreelsestraat, opened by the owners of Martinot in the same spot after the building's major renovation.
A second Amsterdam branch of the French-style brasserie already well known in Amsterdam-East, now on the Admiraal de Ruijterweg.
A fine dining restaurant in the city centre, also known as Restaurant 21, with a relaxed and casual approach.
Dorus Floris and Lendl Mijnhijmer, who met at Restaurant Bougainville, run this restaurant high up in the Crossover building near the RAI in Amsterdam-Zuid.
A bar, restaurant and club at the heart of the Baggerbeest creative breeding ground, set amid the new Sluisbuurt on Zeeburgereiland.
The brasserie of The Hoxton, Lloyd, the hotel group's second Amsterdam address, in the Eastern Docklands away from the bustle of the centre.
The smaller De Pijp sibling of Otemba's ramen restaurant on Kinkerstraat puts gyoza first, along with snacks, while still serving ramen.
A burger spot in De Pijp devoted to smashburgers, the American style where the beef is pressed flat on the grill for a caramelised, crunchy crust.
A wine bar in Amsterdam-Noord, founded by Richard Dietz and Roderick Meijer, where the food is chosen to suit the wine rather than the other way round.
A traditional Dutch kitchen on the Prinsengracht beside the Westerkerk, open all day from breakfast and built around the story of Aaltje, a kitchen maid from 1828.
Café restaurant on the Amstelveld that runs from breakfast through to dinner and works well for a date night too.
All-day rotisserie restaurant in a former cinema on the Ceintuurbaan in De Pijp, with chef Atti de Moll in the kitchen.
Laundromat and coffee bar in one on the Hazenstraat.
The first Ottolenghi in the Netherlands has opened in Amsterdam, inside the Mandarin Oriental Conservatorium hotel on the Paulus Potterstraat.
Intimate restaurant with just 25 seats inside Hotel TwentySeven on the Dam, set up as the more accessible little sister of Restaurant Bougainville.
Chef Rachid El Mouhandiz has turned 't Stuivertje on the Hazenstraat, a familiar Jordaan address since 1971, into a Moroccan restaurant in tribute to the cooking he grew up with.
Neighbourhood café on the Jan van Galenstraat from the people behind Bar Billie, good for a bitterbal, a beer and a sausage platter from Louman.
All-day café restaurant by the water on the Zeeburgerpad in Oost, open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 for coffee, lunch, drinks and dinner.
An Amsterdam family business since 1974, known for generously filled sandwiches, smoothies and coffee, seven days a week.
A Japanese-inspired lunch room inside Hotel Okura that serves a single signature bento, a modern take on the classic Japanese lunch box, in a room overlooking the hotel's Japanese garden.
Chef Sidney Schutte's new restaurant is moving into the former gymnasium of The College Hotel, offering high-level à la carte cooking without a long tasting menu.
A takeaway spot from the team behind Wonton, the dumpling restaurant at Jan Evertsenstraat 11.
A bakery and lunch room on the Singel from the team behind FYR.
A botanical roast room on the Wibautstraat that serves no meat and no fish.
A new branch of Pizza Beppe on the Keizersgracht, baking Neapolitan pizzas in a stone oven.
Billed as the city's first Thai dessert café, this spot on the Weteringschans is built around mango sticky rice made with Nam Dok Mai mangoes flown in from Thailand and cut in front of you.
A creative cafe where art is on the menu.
An ice cream spot serving gelato made in house to a grandmother's recipe.
Dennis Huwaë has renamed Edel by Dennis to Brons, next to Het Sieraad in West.
This long-standing café-restaurant on the Bosboom Toussaintstraat in the Helmersbuurt has been taken over by Geza Weisz and company from a few doors along, and it stays a neighbourhood bar.
A Japanese soba restaurant on the Ruysdaelstraat from chef Kura, where the noodles are the main event.
A coffee spot and listening cafe on the Bilderdijkstraat.
A cosy sake bar with Japanese food in the Helmersbuurt, between the Leidseplein and the Overtoom.
Lara and Alex, an Italian couple, run this small bakery on the Kinkerstraat.
An Italian pasta bar on the Willemsparkweg, close to the Museumplein and the Concertgebouw.
A fine dining restaurant serving Indian and Nepalese food on the Reguliersdwarsstraat, between the Bloemenmarkt, the Rembrandtplein and the Dam.
A new place on the Sluisstraat built around wine and food, with a focus on pairing dishes with the right wines.
A restaurant and café on the Conradstraat built around the long, late dinners of Southern Europe.
A Mediterranean restaurant and café on the Papaverhoek in Amsterdam Noord, focused on comfort food, with a large terrace by the water.
A new kind of neighbourhood pub on the Lindengracht, good for a quick beer, coffee with the paper or a long dinner of refined dishes and good wines.
A restaurant in the Houthavens on board a 100-year-old ferry, the former GVB Pont 13.
A matcha spot in De Pijp from the people behind Venu, and the kind of place Amsterdam did not have yet.
A sandwich shop on Kinkerstraat in Oud-West that takes the Dutch broodje bal and adds eight toppings inspired by Amsterdam, Tokyo, Seoul and the Mediterranean.
An all-day restaurant beside Oosterpark, open for morning coffee, lunch, dinner and late drinks.
A restaurant on Westerstraat in the Jordaan, a street that gets especially lively at weekends.
A shop in De Pijp that makes sandwiches filled with game, as a stand against factory farming.
A neighbourhood restaurant in De Pijp, in the former Escobar, and the first place from friends Joep Hermans, Tobias Kuijt and Martin de Nes.
An oyster-themed bistro on Albert Cuypstraat in De Pijp, with a bold red interior and a taste for long drinks and festive evenings.
This place in the city centre is now called Lucky Duck, with the same team at the same address on Voetboogstraat.
This toast shop serving matcha and coffee has opened a second location on Spuistraat, in the heart of the city centre.
Chef Jesse Franzen runs this relaxed restaurant in Oud-Zuid, cooking classic, familiar food with the occasional surprising twist.
This pasta spot on the Haarlemmerdijk serves fresh, homemade pasta in glass jars, which you can eat there or take away.
On the corner of the Van Breestraat, this no-nonsense eetcafe from the team behind De Zingende Zwaan and Wijmpje Beukers brings the feel of an English pub to Amsterdam.
This Japanese barbecue restaurant serves Wagyu beef, as the name suggests, and first made its name in Buitenveldert on the southern edge of Amsterdam.
From the people behind Collins and Little Collins, this Italian-influenced restaurant and bar is a few doors down from Little Collins in De Pijp.
This upscale cocktail bar on the Handboogstraat opens at 22:00 for drinks and conversation, and as the night goes on it turns into a club.
This café, restaurant and wine bar sits on both sides of the Haarlemmerpoort and is run by Maarten de Vries and Jamie van der Will, also known for Kopstootbar.
This is the second cafe from Uncommon, the Amsterdam specialty coffee roaster, on the Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat.
This long-running restaurant in the Red Light District now belongs to the owners of Helling7 and Café Verlan.
A specialty coffee bar in Amsterdam Noord and the sibling of YUSU in Amsterdam Oost.
A restaurant in Amsterdam West that opened at the start of May.
A pop-up in The Manor, the hotel on Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam Oost that occupies an 1891 former hospital.
A restobar on the Amstelveenseweg near the Vondelpark, where Amsterdam West meets Oud-Zuid.
A restaurant on the Amstelstraat in the city centre that turns into a club as the night goes on.
The Caron family's newest restaurant is in the former home of De Gouden Reael, on the edge of the Realeneiland.
A Korean restaurant in De Pijp from a Korean-owned team that started out doing takeaway in East and West.
A sourdough bakery on the corner of Pretoriusstraat in Amsterdam East, where Rum Baba used to be.
A Latin American restaurant on the 24th floor of the nhow Amsterdam RAI hotel in Zuid, with a 360-degree view over the city.
A Jordaan shop given over entirely to cheesecake.
A restaurant and listening bar on Utrechtsestraat from the team behind the now closed Vanderveen.
An Italian restaurant on a side street off Rembrandtplein, named after the goddess of grain.
A Mediterranean-style eetcafé on Jan van Galenstraat in West, named after the grandmother of owner Anna Meyer.
This fine dining restaurant on the Nassaukade is the first in the Netherlands to serve West African food.
This restobar on Beukenplein serves brasserie-style food with Greek influences, shaped by the roots of owner and chef Angelo Kremmydas.
This contemporary Japanese kitchen and bar on the Amstelveenseweg has reopened with a new approach.
The Craft Space on Schaafstraat is the home of Oedipus beer, a working brewery where the beer is made on site and the comfort food comes from Sassy's.
Pazzi's newest Amsterdam branch is on Van Limburg Stirumplein, close to the Westerpark, and serves the handcrafted wood-fired pizzas the group has made since 2010.
A newly opened restaurant at C.
This small living room restaurant in Amsterdam-West serves a four-course chef's menu inspired by classic Portuguese cooking and by the owners' grandmothers.
This sushi shop on Beethovenstraat is best known for its crispy sushi sandwich, which took off on TikTok and sometimes draws queues of an hour.
A new spot in De Pijp for coffee, lunch, dinner and cocktails, which opened in October on Tweede Jan Steenstraat.
A premium sushi takeaway and delivery kitchen in De Pijp, run by chef and owner Evert Broer.
This restaurant in the Pillows Hotel on Mauritskade, by the Oosterpark, serves French-Japanese fine dining by chef Floris van Straalen, using local and seasonal ingredients.
An Italian restaurant and bar on Mercatorplein in De Baarsjes, built around antipasti, pizza, pasta and cocktails.
This café has taken over the spot on Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat where the Veganees used to be, before that restaurant moved to Amsterdam East.
Amsterdam wine merchant Bureau Wijn, already in West and East, now has a permanent pop-up in DOOR OPEN SPACE on Tt.
An Italian-Albanian coffee bar and restaurant on Roelof Hartstraat, run by a family who lived in Tirana for ten years.
After a thorough renovation, the former home of club Atelier on Anthony Fokkerweg is now a place for drinks, dinner and dancing.
A neighbourhood bistro with French character in the old village centre of Amstelveen, with colourful flowers at the entrance and the bar.
A café on Lindengracht in the Jordaan that feels as if time has stood still, and a favourite with younger locals.
This neighbourhood bakery made its name on Bilderdijkstraat in Oud-West, where its sourdough bread draws queues.
The newest spot from the Dutch family restaurant Heemelrijck, on Singel in the city centre, opened as the business marks 75 years.
A pizza place on Marnixstraat in the Jordaan from the team behind Mangia Pizza, led by Antonio Cavoto, who comes from near Naples.
A farmhouse-style restaurant on Beethovenstraat inspired by the British countryside, from the team behind Café Garçon and Brasserie Margaux.
A small restaurant in Amsterdam East run by Selin and Steph, who cook whatever they feel like: sometimes Turkish, sometimes not, but always seasonal and made with local ingredients.
The former home of Van 't Spit on Frans Halsstraat is now Juno, a new concept from the same owners, who changed course after a kitchen fire.
A second location for Sam's Koffie, which already has a coffee bar on Welnastraat in Oud-West.
A casual spot on Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat that brings in flavours and ingredients from around the world and combines them freely.
This creative food studio, known for catering events, opened its own restaurant in Amsterdam Noord in early 2025.
A coffee, bakery and lunch spot from the team behind Euro Pizza and Restaurant Europa, now with a second location on Waterlooplein.
A brunch and vinyl bar on Dusartstraat, where records play during the day alongside specialty coffee and dishes such as potato waffles with chicken tenders and hot honey.
The former Venus & Adonis on Prinsengracht has reopened after a renovation as a French bistro, a new direction the owners chose for their tenth anniversary.
A sister restaurant to Toscanini, which is a few doors along Lindengracht, serving an Italian-influenced menu.
Savoury pies from Emily, who grew up in the UK with pies as her comfort food and cooked in Amsterdam restaurants, including De Kas, before starting her own business.
A contemporary skewer bar on Eerste van der Helststraat from the team behind Gitane and Massalia.
Mexico City style street tacos on the Albert Cuyp, made with tortillas pressed fresh every day.
The sandwich shop known for its generous toppings opens a city-centre location.
The vegetarian kebab known from festivals now has a permanent home at NDSM in Amsterdam-Noord.
The team behind Jondani opens a second Rotate near Leidseplein, after the original on Beethovenstraat.
Casual fine dining from chefs Michael Wolf and Jordy Koopmans, with French cooking at its base and subtle Asian and other international influences.
A small restaurant on Nicolaas Beetsstraat from the Café Beurre team, with 28 seats, most of them at the bar facing chef Wes ten Kleij's kitchen.
A German bistro on the Singel where chef Luke de Jong cooks a modern take on new German cuisine, from schweinshaxe, spätzle, pretzels and bratwurst to spaghetti ice cream.
A neighbourhood restaurant and bar on the Schinkel, run by the next generation of the Vooges family.
A second, smaller Bouillon d'Amsterdam, bringing French comfort food to De Pijp with dishes such as oeufs mayo and steak frites, plus affordable wine.
A modern European restaurant in the Van Gendt Hallen where vegetables lead the cooking.
A neighbourhood bar on Jan Pieter Heijestraat built around southern European aperitivo.
A lively grand café that has moved into the Vondelpark Pavilion, in the middle of the park.
A modern Indonesian brasserie on the Ruysdaelkade in De Pijp, giving classic dishes a fresh take, from the kitchens of Java to the coastal cooking of Sulawesi.
This Middle Eastern restaurant in De Pijp opened this summer.
This satay restaurant in the Nine Streets serves freshly made Indonesian satay.
With twelve TruGolf simulators on Pilotenstraat, this is the largest indoor golf venue in the Benelux.
Leonardo Pacenti, chef and owner of Toscanini, has opened this ravioli bar on the busy Van der Helstplein.
This small Japanese omakase bar is part of the speakeasy at Paindemie on Kinkerstraat.
This baked potato spot on Hugo de Grootplein gives an old-fashioned classic a new twist.
This restaurant sits on the NDSM wharf in Noord, in a former industrial building with high ceilings, large windows and views over the IJ.
This Spanish wine and tapas bar on Bilderdijkstraat is open every day.
This Jordaan bakery specialises in canelés, the signature pastry of Bordeaux, made to the traditional recipe and baked fresh every day.
The newest restaurant from the Bouillon d'Amsterdam family is on Stadionweg in Zuid.
This all-day neighbourhood café on Dapperplein has taken over the former Local Dealer spot and serves lunch, drinks and dinner.
Chef Nicolas Aquaa and Bunmi Okolosi run this modern West African restaurant, which is at Prinsengracht 955 for the coming months.
This new bar on Bilderdijkstraat has the classic feel of a brown café and already seems like a long-standing part of the street.
This Mediterranean restaurant is in the De Mirandapaviljoen on the Amstel, the building that used to house Amstel Boathouse.
Two bars share the space at De Ruyterkade 143 and split the week between them.
This new neighbourhood restaurant in Watergraafsmeer is run by two people who have worked at De Kas and Vuurtoreneiland.
Two founders from Reims make pâté en croûte, the savoury meat pie of the Champagne region, in a small open-kitchen shop in West.
A café on Bullewijkpad in Zuidoost, a short walk from Oma Ietje, serving French food with a Mediterranean touch.
A fried chicken spot in the Oedipus Craft Space in Noord, run by the team behind Box Sociaal.
A well-liked ramen restaurant that has reopened on Prins Hendrikkade, serving bowls of Japanese ramen made with a rich broth.
A new restaurant on the water at Pakhuis de Zwijger, cooking diaspora dishes with influences from Indonesia, the Moluccas, China, Europe, Africa and America.
A small wine and charcuterie bar on the Vijzelgracht, next door to Cafe Cenc.
A new café inside Felix Meritis, the monumental cultural house on the Keizersgracht.
The family café at WOPL, a new interactive play space on Stadionplein for children aged one to eight, designed with an educational specialist.
Hotel Okura has turned the waterside terrace of its Serre restaurant into a cocktail pop-up based on omakase, the Japanese practice of leaving the choices to your host.
This Oud-West café on Eerste Helmersstraat comes from the owners of Binnenvisser.
On Utrechtsestraat, this modern barbecue restaurant cooks a changing seasonal menu over a charcoal grill, with meat and fish as well as vegetables.
This specialty coffee bar on Rozengracht is a calm spot on a busy street.
A Spanish tapas and wine bar on Marie Heinekenplein in De Pijp, where Spanish cooks work in an open kitchen.
This affordable eetcafé near the Nieuwmarkt has reopened in a new form.
A new café-restaurant at the NDSM Shipyard, set up as a sort of living room right on the IJ.
An all-day café at Westergas from the people behind Teds and De Willem, which opened on 1 July.
A high-end handroll bar on Utrechtsestraat from the 212 Group.
The first NYX Hotel in the Benelux opened on 25 June at Amstelstraat 17, near Rembrandtplein, in a building that was a sugar refinery in the 17th century.
Bakery Wolf has opened its fourth location, on Arnold Schönberglaan on the Zuidas.
A Spanish restaurant on Parnassusweg in Zuid.
This bakery and deli from De Pijp, founded by French pastry chef Alexandre Scour, now has a second branch in the centre, on Spui.
An Italian restaurant that has opened a new location in Oost, inside The Manor Hotel on Eerste Oosterparkstraat.
A sourdough bagel shop in De Pijp, from a business with four locations in Amsterdam that began with a father and son who shared a love of bagels.
A natural wine bar in Noord, set within the art and design label WDSTCK, where you sit among handmade furniture and design objects beside the water.
A newly renovated brown bar on Ten Katestraat in West, set to open soon.
A café inside de Bijenkorf on Warmoesstraat, which opened on 1 June in the space where the department store's patisserie used to be.
A Japanese-inspired cocktail bar with the warmth of a cosy brown café, which opened in De Pijp on 25 June.
A Korean restaurant on Linnaeusstraat in Oost, serving Korean dishes with a modern, international twist.
A new restaurant in Noord cooking West African and Caribbean food.
An all-day restaurant, bar and music venue among the warehouses of Oostenburg, founded by Tara Bonimbie and Max van Dée.
The second ramen shop near Gelderlandplein from Taka, who has been selling ramen in Amsterdam since 2012 and also cooks at Toko Dun Yong near Nieuwmarkt.
The largest branch of De Japanner, on George Gershwinplein in the Zuidas, a five-minute walk from Amsterdam Zuid station.
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