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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themSunday 4 October
The Radiohead guitarist performs solo material, playing sweeping ambient rock and textured guitar soundscapes.
The Radiohead guitarist and songwriter performs solo material from his EOB project alongside his wider work.
Ben Bridwell's Seattle indie-rock outfit brings their expansive, melodic guitar anthems back to Amsterdam.
The monthly outdoor market brings together local designers, artists, food stalls, and live music in Westerpark.
An open-air creative building area where children can construct huts and woodwork with real tools.
The young Dutch concert pianist tackles one of the most beloved and demanding romantic concertos in the classical repertoire.
A family drawing workshop inspired by the iconic, playful style of Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp.
Artists compete in timed rounds of live painting while the audience votes on the winners.
The fifth edition brings twenty sourdough bakers selling bread, croissants and more, with coffee, charcuterie and wine, at the Noord restaurant in a former garage; entry is free.
A gentle interactive concert of autumn songs designed for toddlers aged two to four.
A hands-on science festival aimed at children aged eight and over, hosted inside the grand historic headquarters of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Eye's regular morning screening programme introduces young children aged two to six to light, sound, and moving images.
IOSIO takes over the open-air club for a 10-hour daytime dance session.
The American indie-folk singer-songwriter performs music from across his catalog, known for hits like Cringe and Hallucinogenics.
The veteran Georgian-Russian pop star brings his long-running repertoire of dramatic, romantic pop hits to the arena stage.
The London-based saxophonist, singer and producer blends jazz phrasing with ambient electronica and spoken word.
After a long renovation, the Westerpark children's farm marks its reopening on World Animal Day with its animals, activities and a look at what has changed.
Family craft activities and celebrations marking the traditional East Asian Mid-Autumn Festival.
An astronomy-themed family event exploring the solar system and planets through hands-on activities for the national science weekend.
Simeon ten Holt's mesmerizing, modular minimalist masterpiece is performed as part of the venue's recurring series.
Sinfonia Rotterdam performs popular hits alongside immersive 180-degree visuals that surround the audience.
A drop-in session exploring plant structures and botanical details up close under microscope lenses.
A slapstick stage adaptation for young children based on the popular animated Czech handymen Pat and Mat.
A community day focused on urban biodiversity and coexistence with city wildlife at the sustainable circular hub in Amsterdam North.
Participants learn the basics of fragrance blending and create their own custom scent from botanical ingredients.
Dutch cheeses from the conveyor belt accompanied by an afternoon jazz session.
A tour of local drinking spots kicking off beneath the historic windmill brewery in Oost.
An interactive live concert designed for young children and their families to sing and dance along together.
Venues across the country open up for a family weekend exploring science, technology, and research.
Children learn the basics of stars, planets, and space science through interactive sessions at the planetarium.
A stage show for children aged eight and up based on Dog Man, Dav Pilkey's comic series about a crime-fighting half-dog, half-police officer.
Part of Afrovibes, a festival of contemporary African and diaspora performance, this workshop teaches tambú, the Afro-Curaçaoan tradition of drumming and call-and-response singing.
A creative craft workshop where participants can glaze and decorate their own stoneware beer mug.
Curated screenings highlighting iconic films, cult favourites, and indie classics from the 1990s.
My Baby frontwoman Cato van Dijck teams up with virtuosic jazz guitarist Anton Goudsmit for an unpredictable cross-genre set.
An early screening, ahead of general release, of the new film version of Jane Austen's novel about the Dashwood sisters, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones.
The Turkish pop singer and songwriter, known for his romantic ballads, performs in concert.
Sara de Monchy gives a short talk on Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist known for polka dots, pumpkins and mirrored infinity rooms.
Children aged about 6 to 12 can explore the fort, look for hidden bats and other animals settling in for winter, make crafts and hear stories.
The acclaimed Dutch soprano performs a selection of 19th- and 20th-century German lieder and French mélodies.
The American pop and alt-rock singer-songwriter, known for his viral hit NUMB, performs live.
An interactive evening where participants share spoken narratives followed by visual or physical interpretations.
An alternative celebration for World Animal Day exploring coexistence with local urban wildlife, biodiversity, and ecology across the site.
A guided walk through the Jewish cemetery founded in 1714, where seventy thousand people are buried and which is now also a nature area.
Curaçaoan percussionist and composer Vernon Chatlein presents a multidisciplinary performance blending Afro-Curaçaoan music, spoken word, and historical narrative.
A hands-on course combining foraging, which is gathering wild food plants, with whittling, which is carving wood by hand with a knife.
A long-running Sunday afternoon tradition of live jazz sessions in a classic literary café on the canal.
Takahide Hori's stop-motion science fiction epic screens as part of the Camera Japan festival.
The Japanese cultural festival screens a feature film in its touring programme.
A walk through Oud-West stopping at several bakeries and cafés to taste pastries and coffee along the way.
An intimate outdoor chamber concert staged in the greenery of an Amsterdam park.
A church service honouring Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment, typically including the blessing of pets brought by attendees.
The Austin psych-rock band brings their textured, reverb-heavy indie pop to the stage.
Hands-on water experiments for children, part of the national Weekend of Science, at the Jeugdland adventure playground; the listing says it is fully booked.
A day of interactive broadcasts, media production workshops, and behind-the-scenes events at Hilversum's national media archives.
For World Animal Day, a professional photographer takes portraits of you and your dog; tickets are EUR 5 and you need to book.
A children's reading and craft session held as part of the nationwide Children's Book Week celebrations.
A massed choir project brings together singers from across the region for an expansive choral performance.
A hands-on workshop exploring traditional Japanese stencil-carving techniques used in textile dyeing.
An art and design exhibition examining perspectives, surveillance, and observation at the renowned design collective's space.
The Turkish pop-arabesque trio performs their emotive, viral ballads driven by acoustic strings and vocals.
A family concert about the sounds hidden inside jazz, where children are invited to listen, sing, clap and move along.
A community plant market offering houseplants, cuttings, and care tips inside the green-filled hotel atrium.
The UK soul vocalist, winner of BBC Introducing's Act of the Year, performs songs from her debut album Heaven Here.
An English-language stand-up night with a line-up of comedians doing their own sets.
A warehouse sale in the Western port district offering houseplants, pots, and greenery at steep discounts.
A theatrical piece exploring toxic masculinity and modern misogyny through the prism of online influencer Andrew Tate.
A hands-on pottery workshop covering basic hand-building and ceramic shaping techniques.
A documentary exploring the life, artistry, and legacy of ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Oi alongside her famous father.
The acclaimed Turkish comedic adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy stars Şevket Çoruh and Günay Karacaoğlu.
The Australian singer-songwriter performs a set of emotive indie-pop and upbeat dance-pop melodies.
Complimentary guided walks through the ethnographic galleries, introducing cultural collections from around the globe.
The Amsterdam contemporary music ensemble Nieuw Amsterdams Peil presents a programme built around Todesfuge, Paul Celan's poem about the Holocaust.
A Sunday evening comedy show whose name nods to Saturday Night Live, from Amsterdam's English-language comedy theatre.
Musicians gather for an informal afternoon of traditional Irish folk tunes at the waterfront pub.
For World Animal Day, Stichting Buurtlicht projects readers' pet photos onto the white water tower in Amsterdam-West, and it is free to watch.
Children bake their own fresh bread rolls at the Amstelveen petting zoo and nature farm.
Toddlers and preschoolers can burn off energy on the trampolines alongside a parent.
A theatre performance for young audiences at the city's main repertory theatre.
A guided architecture tour exploring the landmark Amsterdam School building now operating as the Grand Hotel Amrâth.
An informal, drop-in evening of casual chess matches inside the subterranean cultural centre.
A guided walking tour reflecting on a century of the Amsterdam Museum and the city's evolving history.
An evening of stand-up comedy paired with mixed drinks alongside the IJ.
A children's theatre performance designed for toddlers and young kids at the boutique puppet and story theatre.
Children aged 4 to 13 can join music, dance and theatre workshops, games and crafts, then perform for parents and family at 14:00.
Kon Ichikawa's classic 1976 murder mystery follows detective Kosuke Kindaichi investigating a wealthy family's lethal inheritance battle.
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A talk examining how different spiritual, indigenous, and historical cultures interpret and work with dreams.
A play by Bo Tarenskeen and Esther Scheldwacht about Sukarno, the independence leader who became Indonesia's first president.
Kokomo serves Moluccan and Indonesian comfort food on Sundays, and you order at the kiosk and eat upstairs or in the garden.
The Australian pop singer and songwriter brings his lush, melodic bedroom pop to the stage.
A family film screening following the rescue pups on a prehistoric adventure.
A Weekend of Science workshop with TUMO, the free creative technology programme for teenagers, where you learn to sculpt a digital 3D model.
A gathering for the Brazilian diaspora featuring live music, DJs, and food to mark the national election day.
A guided walking tour exploring the extensive arboretum and monumental trees of Amsterdam's largest cemetery.
The annual gathering organized by journalistic platform OneWorld focuses on climate, intersectional justice, and activism through panels and debates.
Children can get their faces painted as their favourite stage characters or storybook heroes as part of Children's Book Week.
The brewing collective hosts an evening of craft beer tastings and socialising.
Probably David Haig's play about the meteorologist whose disputed weather forecast decided when D-Day would go ahead.
A vinyasa flow class, linking yoga poses to the breath in continuous movement, with a view over the IJ.
A themed daytime brunch party with food, drinks, and DJ sets.
A physical theater production about two grumpy, lonely neighbors whose repetitive routines are upended by an unexpected spark.
The classical ensemble performs works by the two Classical-era masters in the intimate chapel on the Begijnhof.
A classic piano, double bass and drums lineup plays an afternoon session in the brewery taproom.
Two animated shorts exploring fantasy worlds and personal quests screen together at Camera Japan.
An evening dedicated to Japanese avant-garde dance theater, marked by slow, expressive, and ritualistic movement.
A show built around animal noises, a playful format usually made for toddlers and young children.
A dance workshop mixing Bollywood film dance with kathak, the classical dance of northern India known for footwork and spins.
The film adaptation of Annie Ernaux's memoir A Girl's Story, about a young woman's first sexual experience at a 1958 summer camp, shown here with English subtitles.
An open-stage improvisational theater jam where participants take part in unscripted scenes and comedic games.
Henri Duparc's classic 1989 Ivorian comedy screens as part of the city-wide festival celebrating Black history and culture.
Meet fellow internationals for an informal evening of tabletop games at the Moxy hotel.
A group walk hosted by the activewear brand Alo through the Amsterdamse Bos, the large woodland park on the city's southern edge.
A community dining event focused on plant-based food to mark World Animal Day.
A hands-on workshop teaching the basics of brewing and fermenting your own probiotic drinks at home.
Vocalist Yurina Hamano and guitarist Hirosato Ito perform a set of Japanese folk and acoustic arrangements.
Two contemporary Japanese films exploring intimacy, relationships, and modern romance screen together.
The community project serves up a weekend pancake breakfast made in its self-sustaining kitchen.
A preview of a show that uses live music, poetry and storytelling to portray Puglia as a small version of the wider Mediterranean.
Two documentary portraits screen together as part of the Camera Japan festival, exploring traditional farming and winter crafts.
An edition of the Café Palestina talk series on apartheid and structural inequality.
A lighthearted gathering centered around Japanese knotweed, highlighting its unexpected culinary and practical uses by the lake.
A live in-store performance at Amsterdam's long-running independent record shop on the Utrechtsestraat.
Vocalist and pianist Sanna van Vliet leads a full big band through groove-driven arrangements and boogaloo rhythms.
The Dutch theatre duo presents an imaginative performance for children aged six and up, exploring life in an apartment block.
Tunisian producer Ghoula blends North African folk traditions and vinyl crate-digging with contemporary electronic beats.
A theatre show about a little lamb that turns out to be a pig.
A Japanese psychological thriller screening as part of the Camera Japan festival programme.
A Danspaleis afternoon, the dance-to-live-music format first set up for older people, held here in the Nieuwe Kerk and open only to LGBTIQ+ guests.
A monthly neighborhood flea market offering pre-owned clothes, homeware, and bric-a-brac.
Freshly cooked Surinamese home-style meals served to local residents at a community dinner table.
An informal morning meet-up for people wanting to practice and improve their conversational Dutch.
A retrospective examining the Austrian director known for his unflinching, controversial docudramas exploring the darker fringes of European society.
A community running event winding through the paved paths and green spaces of Amsterdam-Noord.
An informal gathering spot with drinks and snacks next to the children's nature playground in Amsterdam-Noord.
An interactive storytelling session designed to introduce children to books and creative tales.
Children get in free until 25 October.
A guided walking tour exploring the history, monumental architecture, and diverse arboretum of the capital's largest historic cemetery.
A documentary screening about overcoming personal challenges through mountaineering, presented as part of the Camera Japan festival.
A music session where Naomi Inez sings songs with toddlers and their parents or carers.
The Russian harpsichordist performs keyboard works and transcriptions by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The American-born, Amsterdam-based saxophonist and clarinetist, a central figure in the Dutch improv scene, joins the long-running Sunday session.
A gallery inside a historic canal house dedicated entirely to vibrant, contemporary animal-themed artwork.
Bring pre-loved garments to exchange with others and use sewing supplies to mend worn items at the off-grid urban farm.
Becky Blomgren runs a 90-minute workshop on using movement to tell stories, based on Laban's effort actions of weight, time, space and flow.
A theatrical piece exploring climate inequality and migration, contrasting those who can buy their way out with those displaced.
Andrew Patterson's crime thriller starring Matthew McConaughey screens in the theatre's cinema room.
Part of the BANGS festival, this is a queer, crip-centred session of lullabies, synthesiser sound bathing, poetry and storytelling, with the invitation to rest or nap.
A film screening night pairing cinema with food, themed around animals.
A night celebrating the Alkmaar punk venue with live sets, documentary screenings, and a Q&A with former The Ex singer G.W. Sok.
Social group The Second Act hosts a group excursion from Amsterdam Centraal to explore the nearby canal city.
A collaborative youth theatre production telling a story of courage and overcoming fear for young audiences.
An interactive puppet performance designed for young children and families.
An art and ecology gathering exploring shared futures and human relationships with natural ecosystems.
The Young Pianist Foundation presents the Belgian talent in a solo recital.
A queer club night celebrating electronic music and local community talent.
A Dutch-dubbed 2D screening of the latest animated adventure for the Spanish explorer character known in English as Tad the Lost Explorer.
A theatrical family performance staged in the historic village church of Buiksloterham.
Max is organising this Amsterdam pub event on 4 October, here at Café Hoppe, a brown café on the Spui that dates back to 1670.
An afternoon of stories read aloud for children at the café in the Westergas park.
The name, Portuguese for 'Brazilian swing', points to an evening of Brazilian music at this piano café.
A documentary exploring the history of the eccentric theatre ship Azart, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.
A live French-accented jazz ensemble plays the canal-side café.
An annual memorial service commemorating the 1992 El Al cargo plane crash in the Bijlmermeer and honoring the victims.
A special Japanese cinema showcase presented as part of the annual Camera Japan festival.
Learn the technique of needle felting wool into small sculptures of woodland creatures like mice, birds, or squirrels.
A theatre performance at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, the city's main repertory stage.
A reading group dedicated to literature from and about Suriname.
The chamber group opens its season playing 19th-century repertoire on historical Érard instruments.
Minne and Frank lead an afternoon of yin yoga, which uses slow, long-held floor poses, together with the resonant tones of singing bowls.
A collaborative evening pairing live music with contemporary dance performance.
A visual and musical presentation celebrating the history, art, and romantic allure of the French capital.
A theatrical music performance delving into the history and folklore of the American blues tradition.
A monthly team trivia night testing general knowledge over drinks.
A hands-on session on building and deploying apps with Google AI Studio, Google's browser-based tool for prototyping with its Gemini models.
The Amsterdam-based ensemble performs classical orchestral repertoire inside the historic Begijnhof church.
The season's last Green Room is a free concert and jam session where musicians can join in and music lovers can listen.
An exhibition at the artists' society on the Rokin, founded in 1839, which runs shows in its own historic galleries.
A guided walk through the urban farm and restaurant built entirely from repurposed shipping containers and recycled materials.
An art auction featuring works by member artists inside the historic private society on the Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen.
A daytime party with DJs on a Sunday at the grand café overlooking Rembrandtplein.
A tribute band recreates the progressive-pop and rock catalogue of the British 1970s and 80s group.
An energetic weekly dance class teaching street dance basics to children aged seven to ten.
An introductory dance and rhythm class tailored for young children aged four to six.
A playful movement and dance session designed for toddlers aged two to four.
Trainers lead a group fitness session combining cardio and bodyweight exercises in Oosterpark.
A community gaming evening of Magic: The Gathering and board games for women, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, trans, and agender players.
A regular walking group for women through the park in Amsterdam-Noord.
A film about Maarten, who takes his incurably ill father on a trip to the Champagne region of France.
A weekly Sunday afternoon gathering for Arabic speakers and anyone interested in Arabic culture to socialise over drinks and snacks.
The Leidseplein rock bar closes out the weekend with live bands playing funk, rock, and soul.
A lecture exploring recent research into transparent glass, crystal, and optical historical artefacts.
A presentation by the Jonge Dromers Collectief, a group of young makers, at MidWest, the arts venue in Nieuw-West.
The vocal group brings their close-harmony singing to the art deco neighbourhood theatre in Tuindorp Oostzaan.
A concert in the Laidback Live series at Pllek, the waterside venue on the NDSM wharf in Noord.
The Amsterdam-based acoustic band plays a mix of bluegrass, country, and folk tunes.
The jazz quintet plays a matinee concert at the museum auditorium.
A show by Burger Koekoek at Theater Bellevue, the Leidsekade theatre for cabaret, comedy and small-scale theatre.
A barefoot, alcohol-free movement session set to an evolving DJ set without talking on the dance floor.
For the second time, the Mercatorstraat holds a street party marking its 100 years, focused on community, diversity and local history.
A night of blues music in Amsterdam West.
A neighbourhood celebration marking the revamped De Pijp streets with the launch of an audio-visual walking tour across 33 local spots.
Local jazz musicians gather for an informal collaborative session.
Local performers, musicians, and poets take turns on stage for an open performance evening.
An open day marking Meneer de Wit's twentieth anniversary, with the doors open to visitors.
A live jazz matinee running through classic standards and swing charts.
A performance reflecting on the various stages, physicalities, and perceptions of growing older.
A chamber choir opera exploring themes around Saint Francis of Assisi.
As the title suggests, a debutants' ball: an evening presenting newcomers making their first appearance.
A reflective community gathering or musical performance inside the historic canal house church.
The piano trio performs classical and chamber repertoire in an intimate community venue.
An afternoon Dutch-language stand-up show; doors open at 15:30.
A relaxed Sunday neighbourhood gathering for locals to meet over drinks and conversation at Het Machinegebouw.
A community theatre afternoon designed to bring IJburg residents together through creative participation.
An exhibition at 4bid Gallery, the art space inside Overtoom 301, the former squat that is now a cultural centre.
A relaxed afternoon session of jazz vocal standards in the neighbourhood bar.
A martial arts class introducing defensive techniques and discipline for children aged eight to ten.
A community walking club setting out across Amsterdam-Noord with both brisk and leisurely pace groups.
The hostel bar hosts a casual evening movie screening.
A local march bringing together women, girls, and allies to highlight community safety and female empowerment in Nieuw-West.
A Sunday gathering featuring live music, reflection, and community fellowship inside the Keizersgracht church.
A duo recital for cello and piano in the community villa's concert space.
A neighborhood chase-and-seek game organized across Hogewey in cooperation with local youth workers and police.
The performer takes the stage for an evening of live theatre and music in this intimate neighbourhood café venue.
A book club session at the Athenaeum bookshop on the Spui, run with Gray Label and led by Iris Enthoven and Karst.
A masterclass and talk on art and cultural entrepreneurship for theatre and arts producers.
A service about Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, held around World Animal Day and also about peace and justice.
An interactive Arabic language class tailored for children.
The local choir performs a concert programme in the historic church in Sloterdijk.
A screening of the documentary exploring the life and work of artist Frans Franciscus.
The waterfront jazz institution offers access to live-streamed concerts and an archive of past performances.
A gathering at Amsterdam's Lutheran church based on a verse from Deuteronomy, where Moses says God's commandment is close at hand, not far away across the sea.
The local theatre troupe presents an evening of Dutch-language drama.
A weekly group fitness class focusing on core strength, flexibility, and controlled breathing.
An advanced Afro-dance rehearsal group open by invitation to experienced dancers aged sixteen and over.
An informational exhibition from the Dutch central bank on the development, function, and privacy aspects of a European digital currency.
A Sunday morning worship gathering with the local church community.
A neighbourhood drop-in meeting offering space to socialise and connect with locals.
A peer support group for women to share experiences and find solidarity in a safe space.
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An informal local gathering for Diemen residents to catch up over coffee or drinks.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays film music by Joe Hisaishi, the Japanese composer best known for Studio Ghibli scores such as Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays music by Joe Hisaishi, the Japanese composer behind Studio Ghibli films such as Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro.
Around 80 works lent by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, including Matisse's La Blouse roumaine, shown alongside paintings by Rothko, Picasso and Barnett Newman.
The rooftop science centre on the Oosterdok opens its doors for free during the national science weekend.
The annual showcase of the world's most compelling award-winning photojournalism and documentary photography returns to Amsterdam.
The annual showcase of the world's most striking and impactful photojournalism, presented inside the historic Gothic church.
A roundup of 109 tips for things to do in Amsterdam this weekend.
A selection of highlights from the national museum's collection of Dutch art and history.
The monthly open-air design market brings makers, artists and food stalls to the museum lawns.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
Stalls selling artisanal produce, hot food and handmade goods rotate through the city's parks on Sundays.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
The national science weekend, when labs, universities and museums open their doors for free activities, this year on the theme 'How does it work?'
A major retrospective by the renowned photographer known for monumental landscapes, portraits and atmospheric explorations of human impact.
Over 150 monumental street art murals, painted on-site by international artists, fill a former shipyard warehouse.
The yearly free science festival, held at locations across the city, with this year's theme 'How does it work?', covering topics from energy to falling in love.
Citywide arts festival staging performances, tours, and special events across various participating Amsterdam museums.
An exhibition showing the commercial textile patterns, garments, and decorative fabrics designed by the pop artist in the 1950s and 1960s.
An exhibition on Henri Matisse, the French painter known for his bold colour, his Fauvist work and his late paper cut-outs.
Hands-on workshops, games, and maritime activities designed for children and families.
A family-friendly Sunday programme of creative workshops and cultural activities for all ages.
A family day celebrating the East Asian harvest tradition with stories, crafts, and activities.
A digital projection show rendering the Dutch master's fantastically detailed depictions of heaven, hell and sin into large-scale animations.
An exhibition for children featuring the intricate, detail-rich illustrations of Dutch picture-book maker Charlotte Dematons.
An animated digital installation bringing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella and its philosophical meditations on life to light.
Dance event pioneers ID&T present a sensory labyrinth of light, sound, and interactive technology in the Elementenstraat warehouse.
An exhibition showcasing the pop artist's commercial textile designs from the 1950s and 1960s before his rise to fame.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's film starring Tom Cruise, the Mexican director's first feature since Bardo.
A guided twilight nature walk for children to spot nocturnal wildlife and dusk-hunting animals.
The yearly national science weekend, when universities, labs and museums around the city put on free activities about research.
This edition honours Lou Lichtveld, also known as Albert Helman, a Dutch-Surinamese writer, composer, organist, politician and resistance fighter.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
Direct conversations and oral histories shared with survivors of the Holocaust.
The festival organisers stage a walkthrough experience using lasers, lights, and electronic soundscapes across several rooms.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
A weekend market offering vintage furniture, design pieces, curiosities, and decorative objects in the historic market hall.
The painter's former home displays etching and drawing techniques to show how Rembrandt pushed the boundaries of his craft.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
Morning yoga session held surrounded by Vincent van Gogh's masterworks.
A family exhibition exploring magic, illusions and ritual in Jewish culture and folklore.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
A practical painting and drawing class focused on composition, colour and expressive brushwork inspired by Vincent van Gogh.
Visitors walk together through a virtual reconstruction of 17th-century Amsterdam, choosing their own route and seeing everyday life of the time; part of History Month.
Dozens of dealers sell vintage furniture, design classics, art, fashion, books, vinyl and curiosities, with tickets at EUR 9.50.
Sculptures by the Dutch modernist, known for his stark geometric forms in steel, leather, and found materials, are installed across the museum's open-air grounds.
The island fortress examines the psychological and physical experience of isolated military life through historical documents and interactive displays.
A festival of Japanese cinema with more than fifty films, plus workshops, food tastings and a Japanese market.
Outdoor art route placing site-specific sculptures and installations along the walking paths of the Amsterdamse Bos.
The contemporary Spanish-Dutch painter presents new works in dialogue with Francisco de Goya's iconic etchings, Los Disparates.
A family-friendly interactive exhibition exploring mythology, nature, and the symbolic wisdom of ravens across different world cultures.
A behind-the-scenes guided tour through the costume departments, stages, and rehearsal halls of the opera house.
Crate-digging market inside the covered passage of De Hallen, featuring independent record vendors selling vinyl across multiple genres.
Daniel Szalai presents 166 hens of the Novogen breed, a commercial egg-laying hen, as 166 individuals, at Droog's space on Staalstraat.
Outdoor cooking activities for children using fresh produce harvested directly from the site.
October is the national History Month, with history outings for children across the country, including a dark church, the Boevenbus and the Romans.
Contemporary dance, theatre, and music by African makers explore themes of land, roots, and belonging under this year's Soil | Soul theme.
The private museum showcases street works, prints, and stencils by the elusive British artist.
Learn the fundamentals of silkscreening and print your own custom design onto t-shirts in this hands-on studio session.
Visitors on the fortress island can observe licensed ornithologists capturing, measuring, and banding wild birds for ongoing scientific research.
A brief, family-friendly Dutch-language opera performance staged on the platform of an Amsterdam metro station.
The idiosyncratic Dutch jazz guitarist and composer plays an intimate set in the historic former stock exchange.
An exhibition marking the city's 750th anniversary, tracing Amsterdam's history through key moments and archival records.
A broad survey of modern and contemporary art, design, and photography from the museum's permanent holdings.
Illusionist Rico Weeland stages an intimate evening of magic, mentalism, and storytelling.
Interactive light and digital installations invite visitors into responsive, mirror-filled rooms.
The presentation examines clothing from 1640 to 1930 that bears physical signs of wear, tailoring, mending, and daily life.
An outdoor and community exhibition presented in collaboration with Middle East Archive, a digital platform documenting everyday life and visual culture across the region.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the concert hall's architecture and acoustics before attending the free midday performance.
A retrospective dedicated to the influential Indonesian-Dutch industrial and interior designer best known for designing Schiphol Airport's original interiors.
DJs play deep house and electronic sets on the twentieth floor of the A'DAM Tower overlooking the city.
Drawing in the Royal Palace on Dam Square as part of October drawing month, inside Jacob van Campen's 17th-century former city hall.
An exhibition celebrating early trailblazers and foundational works in digital and video installation art.
An exhibition tracing decades of LGBTQIA+ community life, activism, pride celebrations, and resilience across Amsterdam.
Explore the Amsterdam School architecture and maritime history of the monumental building, which now operates as a luxury hotel.
An outdoor photography exhibition in Amsterdam West presented by Foam and the digital storytelling platform Middle East Archive.
The exhibition examines the global supply chains of cocoa, sugar, and palm oil behind the beloved Dutch breakfast staple.
A dedicated open session giving young children safe access to the urban sports hall's trampolines.
The Dutch fashion designer and artist known for colorful, subversive textiles and dolls presents an installation celebrating individuality.
A walking tour exploring local bakeries and specialty coffee spots across the city.
A specialist tour through the world's oldest functioning Jewish library, housed in the Portuguese Synagogue complex.
Sightseeing boats navigate the moat and outer waterways surrounding the star-shaped fortress town.
Creative, hands-on craft and play activities for children aged five and up.
The legendary, volunteer-run queer basement bar hosts its long-running Sunday club night.
An exhibition featuring the Congolese artists' cooperative CATPC, exploring post-colonial ecology, labour, and restitution.
A guided tasting session exploring the culinary customs and flavours of the Dutch Renaissance in the castle grounds.
The contemporary art museum's basement level hosts large-scale room projections, light works, and screen-based installations.
A three-part performance that joins Portuguese fado song with Kathak, the classical North Indian storytelling dance.
The acclaimed Dutch children's book illustrator exhibits her intricately detailed drawings.
Organist Ere Lievonen and flautist Raymond Honing explore the Fokker organ, whose 31-tone tuning opens up sounds beyond conventional keyboards.
Sightseeing boat cruises along the scenic Vecht river past historic estates and tea houses.
Historical reenactors demonstrate traditional musket-firing and military drills inside the Naarden fortress museum.
Exhibition dedicated to the people, history, and traditions of Amsterdam's landmark seventeenth-century Portuguese Synagogue.
Charlie Chaplin's 1940 satire, his first full talkie, in which he plays both a Jewish barber and a dictator modelled on Hitler.
Ornithologists demonstrate the process of catching, ringing, and releasing migratory birds stopping over on the fortress island.
A hands-on workshop in cutting and spraying stencils, a classic street art technique, at the street art museum in NDSM.
American photographer Norman Gershman's portraits of Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust, honouring besa, a traditional promise of protection.
Forest biologist Nico leads a guided nature walk through the Amsterdamse Bos.
The American artist examines identity, gender, and celebrity culture through self-portraiture that mimics glossy fashion shoots and consumer advertising.
A weekend of activities exploring how sound, colour and taste cross over in sensory perception.
Toddlers and young children get free-jumping access to the trampolines during a session tailored for little ones.
The exhibition highlights textile designs and fabric works created by artists linked to the mid-century avant-garde Cobra movement.
A hands-on leatherwork workshop where you cut, stitch and finish a leather bag of your own to take home.
A hands-on workshop guiding participants through traditional cold-process soapmaking using natural ingredients.
The Dutch sisters behind De Sekszusjes use a game-show format to discuss sex, challenge myths and share practical information.
A dedicated cinema programme spotlighting seminal films from the 1990s.
A retrospective examining the turbulent life and intensely emotional, colourful paintings of the Dutch modern expressionist.
A hands-on workshop introducing the textiles, dressing traditions and etiquette of the Japanese kimono.
Al Nisa (Arabic for 'the women') is a photography exhibition with Foam, based on Middle East Archive's latest publication.
Akim Moiseenkov creates imaginative concerts designed to engage both children and adults.
A self-guided or organised walking route exploring the historic ramparts, castle and waterways of the fortified town.
An exhibition of outsider art, meaning work by self-taught artists outside the art world, many of whom have experience of psychiatric care.
Audio stops created for the museum's Body Stories research programme, which you can listen to in the Rijksmuseum app as part of History Month.
An indoor jump session on connected trampolines and obstacle courses.
Professional artists set up stalls on the Spui square every Sunday to sell paintings, prints, and ceramics directly to passersby.
Dekmantel co-founder Casper Tielrooij joins long-serving Amsterdam resident Cinnaman for an eclectic club night.
A guided bicycle ride along city canals and neighbourhood streets covering local history and architecture.
Graduating second-year resident artists from the prestigious post-academic institute exhibit their work in the historic Ateliers building.
Showcase spotlighting cutting-edge graduate collections from the Netherlands' top fashion academy alumni.
An interactive, multi-sensory tour of the museum designed specifically for blind and visually impaired visitors.
An exhibition at STRAAT, the large street art and graffiti museum in a former shipyard warehouse on the NDSM wharf in Noord.
Guests share family-style platters prepared with local and sustainable produce at this countryside restaurant venue.
The museum investigates the origins, artist, and identity of the sitter in an enigmatic Golden Age portrait.
A night of fast, hypnotic techno from local selectors and Eerste Communie co-founder MARRØN.
A practical culinary class covering milk curdling, pressing and the fundamentals of home cheesemaking.
A guided session that has you slow down and spend time with a few works, focusing on looking closely rather than rushing through the galleries.
A small-group salon boat tour departs from the five-star hotel along the Amstel river.
Kijk maar eens goed! shows work by Charlotte Dematons, the illustrator known for detailed picture books like The Yellow Balloon that reward close looking.
An exhibition exploring the closely entwined life, thoughts, and literary oeuvre of Franz Kafka.
An afternoon dance party built around classic funk, soul, and disco grooves.
An indoor play space where toddlers, preschoolers and their families play together.
An exhibition exploring personal, artistic, and scientific perspectives on neurodiversity and the human brain inside the historic Waag.
Display of the freshly conserved sixteenth-century altarpiece depicting the descent from the cross in the attic church.
A guided backstage look through the auditoriums, workshops, and history of the city's municipal theatre.
The historic castle estate showcases its botanical gardens and grounds in seasonal bloom.
A hands-on ceramics class teaching throwing and shaping clay on the potter's wheel.
The Dutch fashion photographer presents two decades of imagery documenting the standout graduation show for rising designers.
Large-scale sculptures by the influential Dutch constructivist and modernist are placed throughout the museum's outdoor grounds.
Instructors teach basic clay shaping and texturing techniques to help you sculpt an object, figure, or abstract form.
An informal board game meetup designed to help Dutch language learners practice their speaking skills while playing games.
A free language workshop and informal café where learners practice spoken Dutch together in a relaxed setting.
An introductory walkthrough of the photography museum's current exhibitions led by an in-house guide.
An informal conversation circle where Dutch learners of all levels chat over coffee to build their everyday speaking confidence.
Practice Dutch, English, Spanish, and other languages over drinks in an informal mixer.
An exhibition exploring the complex debates, ethics and practices surrounding the restitution of colonial-era heritage items.
A thematic walkthrough exploring the collection and modern art history through LGBTQIA+ perspectives.
Taxidermy duo Sinke & Van Tongeren present their theatrical, Old Master-inspired arrangements of exotic preserved birds and animals.
Comedian Rami Nima hosts an evening of stand-up comedy featuring up-and-coming and established acts.
A Sunday morning visit inside Amsterdam's premier Amsterdam School monument, built as an ornate shipping headquarters and now a luxury hotel.
The French string quartet, celebrated for their Russian repertoire, performs works by Weinberg, Prokofiev, and Beethoven.
The museum displays patterned skirts and wearable textiles designed by key painters and sculptors of the post-war CoBrA movement.
The celebrated British tenor and his longtime collaborative pianist perform nineteenth-century lieder by Wolf and Schubert.
A hands-on craft session covering the practical techniques, ingredients, and chemistry needed to create natural bar soaps.
An open-air secondhand market selling pre-loved clothes, homeware, and garden finds.
The grassroots archive presents perspectives on colonial history, resistance, and grassroots solidarity movements across the Dutch empire and beyond.
An exhibition about a pioneering Van Houten, probably the Weesp cocoa family whose press and alkalising process changed how chocolate was made.
An exhibition named after hagelslag, the chocolate sprinkles the Dutch eat on bread, built around the idea of building a new world together.
A practical textile workshop teaching mending, customisation, and redesign techniques to revamp old garments.
A combined lecture performance and drawing workshop reflecting on Da Vinci's canonical figure of human proportions.
A creative studio session exploring how everyday chairs can capture a sitter's character, taking cues from Van Gogh’s depictions of his own seat.
A queer club night focused on upbeat pop tracks and electronic dance anthems in the Houthavens.
Children aged eight and up can explore coniferous tree species from around the globe across the botanical garden.
A creative, hands-on weekend art workshop designed for young children and their parents.
The documentary follows Dutch-Caribbean artists who use dominoes as a way to think about life; the evening also includes a game of dominoes.
A record fair where dealers and collectors sell new and second-hand vinyl across genres.
A Sunday concert dedicated to the chamber music and symphonic works of Joseph Haydn.
An architectural model exhibition exploring the extensive future urban development plans for Amsterdam's northern docklands.
The Viennese indie band, fronted by Sophie Lindinger, plays raw-guitar songs that move between grunge, post-punk and pop.
A vocal group from the Dutch TV talent show One & Only, where they finished third after covering Miguel's 'Sure Thing' and Tevin Campbell's 'Can We Talk'.
Composer Kate Moore turns ideas about landscape and long-distance walking into contemporary music, performed here with Herz Ensemble.
The city's largest city farm, in Westerpark, which has recently gone through a lot of changes and renovation.
An exhibition exploring gender transformation, performance, and shifting bodily identity through archaeological artefacts and contemporary culture.
An interactive exhibition space exploring archaeological discovery, material culture, and how finds are catalogued.
A guided behind-the-scenes tour of the striking modern concert hall on the IJ waterfront.
Ceramicist Anita Kluge leads a hands-on clay modelling workshop blending craft and storytelling.
A pop-up preview of outsider art: work by self-taught makers outside the official art world, often people with experience of psychiatric illness.
An exhibition examining how contemporary artists combine photography with collage techniques to construct alternative narratives.
A sip-and-paint evening where you paint with glowing neon colours under UV light over a glass of wine, with no experience needed.
The long-running Amsterdam specialist beer café puts on its own version of the Bavarian autumn beer festival.
Exhibition of photography by the Dutch-Uruguayan artist known for her portraits exploring gender, identity, and memory.
The visual artist presents installations and performances reflecting on post-colonial history, identity and Caribbean heritage.
An interactive audio-visual walking tour around Amsterdam East designed for children aged seven and up.
The South African artist Wim Botha, known for sculptures carved from stacked books, wood and other unlikely materials, shows at Stevenson's Amsterdam space.
Two free Waternet audio tours, one through the city centre and one through the Amsterdam Waterleidingduinen dunes, tell the history behind a glass of tap water.
A shared lunch on Pampus, the fortified island in the IJmeer that is part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
An annual festival in Maastricht that presents a selection of the year's Dutch dance productions.
A self-guided walking route detailing maritime history and architectural landmarks around the Oosterdok docklands.
A guided walk exploring the plant collections and seasonal highlights of the botanical garden.
Photography exhibition exploring personal reflections, tributes, and diverse cultural perspectives on mortality.
A creative workshop designed to introduce young children to looking at and making art.
An exhibition at the museum of funeral culture exploring the relationship between traffic, transit and mortality.
A multi-course dinner highlighting autumn produce and locally sourced seasonal ingredients.
An exhibition exploring the intersection of Lutheran faith, openness, and queer community history in Amsterdam.
The first listed work, Manu Mpasi’s “Le Monologue de l’Aube,” reflects on living between different worlds as part of a three-work performance bill.
Hands-on clay modelling workshop guiding participants through basic sculpting and shaping techniques.
A playful family afternoon combining casual games of bingo with food and entertainment.
An afternoon of live bands from noon, ending with a jam session and vinyl DJs. Entry is 5 euros cash and free for people taking part in the pub parade.
An architectural look at Haven-Stad, Amsterdam’s developing port-city district, which could eventually add up to 70,000 homes.
An evening devoted to fresh oysters and paired drinks at the hotel's bar.
A monthly dance afternoon on the last Sunday, with swing classics and familiar Dutch and international favourites for anyone who likes to dance.
The University of Amsterdam’s archaeology museum displays ancient glassware from Roman, Egyptian, and Mediterranean collections.
A guided walk from the historic Red Light District house highlighting influential women in the city's social history.
A collaborative techno club night running across the former dental school's basement spaces.
Explore the striking Amsterdam School architecture of the historic shipping headquarters, now a luxury hotel, during this regular Sunday package.
The town square fills with stalls offering fresh produce, cheese, fish, clothes and household wares.
A bock beer tour, tasting the dark, malty seasonal beers that appear in Dutch bars every autumn.
The Dutch designer displays playful sculptures and everyday design objects repurposed from obsolete collectables and materials.
A community paper-folding meetup where participants practice traditional and contemporary origami designs together.
Gunther von Hagens's exhibition of plastinated human bodies, focusing on the anatomical science of happiness and wellbeing.
The Dutch-Brazilian net artist, known for using websites as canvases, presents his book-based and printed projects.
Nine contemporary artists of Moluccan descent examine their roots, shared heritage and cultural identity through varied media.
A showcase celebrating contemporary creative voices and heritage across the Moluccan diaspora in the Netherlands.
An exhibition exploring the movement, culture and sensory experience of swimming through contemporary art.
An art exhibition exploring modern self-representation and collective belonging in the converted NDSM shipyard.
The Dutch textile artist is internationally acclaimed for her tactile wool felt works dyed with heritage plants she cultivates herself.
Photographer Tomás Mauro presents a participatory project connecting strangers through portraits and written notes.
An exhibition exploring the history and lived experiences of the Moluccan community in Amsterdam seventy-five years after their arrival in the Netherlands.
An open-air photography exhibition displayed along the boulevard at the Sloterplas.
The university heritage museum displays ancient glassware alongside recent research into classical glassmaking techniques.
A group presentation featuring work by established names of modern and street-influenced art.
The museum surveys the intense, psychological canvases and watercolours of the Dutch Expressionist painter.
The renowned South African visual activist presents photographic portraits documenting Black LGBTQIA+ communities.
Work by South African artist Yonela Makoba that draws on ritual, body and performance, at this Oostpoort platform for contemporary art and decolonial practice.
A retrospective survey dedicated to the Dutch artist best known for his minimalist wire sculptures, drawings, and luminous cityscape silhouettes.
The Vienna-born, Dubai-raised singer-songwriter performs his emotional, classically influenced pop.
The sustainable Amsterdam fashion house hosts a temporary boutique featuring its latest collection alongside discounted archival pieces.
A guided physical movement workshop connecting participants to the natural environment of the Sloterplas lake.
Experimental ensemble Jam With Humans stages an evening of interactive music and improvisation inside an independent bookshop.
The emerging photographer presents work examining memory, personal archives and unseen perspectives of family life.
A retrospective examining the foundational 1970s and 80s work of the seminal Dutch video-art distribution and research platform.
An immersive digital light and projection experience that surrounds visitors with life-sized prehistoric creatures in their ancient habitats.
Artist Miquel Hervás Gómez leads a hands-on workshop transforming publication waste into fresh handmade sheets of paper.
The Dutch pioneer of internet art presents digital works examining how computational materials interact with physical space.
Portraits and personal histories chronicling the community surrounding Amsterdam's Portuguese Synagogue.
Children follow clues through the library in a themed treasure hunt marking Dutch Children's Book Week.
A personal storytelling session recounting experiences and legacies connected to the Holocaust.
Singing and movement classes for children, taught by Tehuta.
An outdoor sculpture garden exhibiting contemporary three-dimensional artworks amidst landscaped grounds.
Artists in the NDSM shipyard explore self-portraiture, digital image manipulation, and narcissism in modern culture.
Practical studio session introducing ceramic glazing techniques, finishes, and colour application for pottery.
A night of live underground music and DJ sets at the historic squatted social centre.
Textile artist Claudy Jongstra pairs her signature felted, raw wool pieces with works by guest artists exploring sustainable material processes.
A nostalgic, travelling dance party designed primarily for older adults, featuring classic ballroom and pop hits.
A guided architectural tour of Jan Duiker's iconic modernist sanatorium complex in Hilversum.
Guided tours exploring the city archives and the monumental 1920s architecture of the former bank building on Vijzelstraat.
A guided walking and sketching excursion exploring the surrounding streets with drawing materials in hand.
A tactile scale model allows visitors to experience the architecture of the waterfront and the Arcam building through touch.
A community creative making session hosted at the contemporary art space in Amsterdam-Noord.
An interactive photography exhibition in which visitors take part rather than only look at the pictures.
A performance about how traditions in Suriname’s Maroon communities continue to change over time.
An exhibition of work by young and emerging artists, presented by SBK, the art rental and sales organisation, at Loods 6 on the eastern docklands.
An exhibition showcasing contemporary visual art and cross-disciplinary projects from the Low Countries.
Contemporary artists explore selfhood and belonging in a collaborative group exhibition.
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An exhibition on how nature and culture relate, at the stacked-container art space on the former NDSM shipyard in Noord, running until 11 October.
An exhibition dedicated to the mid-century rescue and reconstruction of historic wooden windmills and houses along the Zaan.
Three days of racks of second-hand clothing in Amsterdam-Noord.
A weekly club night playing a mix of hip-hop, R&B, and upbeat club anthems.
Retrospective covering the long career of the celebrated Haarlem painter known for his atmospheric still lifes and studio interiors.
A public showing of an art collection housed inside the former mint depository.
The celebrated Dutch sculptor shows expressive works crafted from handblown glass, textile, and ceramics.
An exhibition by Dina Danish, the Cairo-born, Amsterdam-based artist whose playful work deals with language, translation and misunderstanding.
An exhibition at the museum of Lutheran history exploring the heritage and resilience of the queer community.
An interdisciplinary afternoon exploring art publications and cinema at the canal-house art space.
Interactive community project exchanging handwritten postcards with library visitors to explore social connections.
Participants in a four-day training demonstrate and playtest prototype serious games designed to explore urban planning and civic challenges.
A showcase exploring micro-housing, modular design, and efficient urban living solutions at Haarlem's architecture centre.
A visual arts exhibition spotlighting local creative talent and community stories.
A performance by Dizzi Geetha, a queer Sri Lankan artist living in the Netherlands who works as a theatre maker, composer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ.
The knitwear designer leads an in-depth workshop on drafting and constructing custom-fit jumpers.
The Dutch painter and illustrator displays works celebrating female bodies, desire, and bodily vulnerability through soft, vibrant color.
A dance party from the Wolvenroedel ('wolf pack') crew under the name Dagkapers, roughly 'day hijackers'.
An exhibition exploring the modernist architecture and legacy of Willem Marinus Dudok.
The Dutch artist, a co-founder of the Nul movement, is celebrated for his serial assemblages of found and discarded everyday objects.
An exhibition exploring life and permanence through printmaking and graphic arts.
An exhibition reflecting on family, memory loss, and grief at the national museum dedicated to funeral heritage.
An exhibition considering the intersection of natural ecology and human epochs at the NDSM-based art space.
A discussion of the choices and challenges involved in using district heating as a sustainable alternative to individual electric heat pumps.
The Dutch artist displays whimsical ceramic creatures and eccentric character sculptures.
A presentation of work by Philip Lüschen at the museum about Cornelis van Eesteren's post-war garden city plans for Nieuw-West.
A lively night of live soul, funk, and blues covers.
The contemporary art gallery hosts an exhibition exploring myth, memory, and material culture.
A conversation about why people are eating less meat and dairy, from animal welfare and health to climate concerns and food.
Musicians and theatrical friends gather to celebrate what would have been the eightieth birthday of the Dutch singer-songwriter and cabaret artist.
An exhibition focusing on the post-war Dutch avant-garde collective that united artists and architects in search of new functional forms.
The theatre ensemble celebrates the release of their live show's soundtrack with an intimate performance.
A guided public nature walk through the heathland and protected wetland reserve near Hilversum.
Community repair event where volunteers help fix broken household appliances, clothing, electronics, and bicycles.
Artist Elisa van Joolen leads a textile workshop exploring ways to rework, repair, and recontextualize existing clothing.
A guided tour of the town hall building, covering its history and its rooms.
View a private collection of paintings, sculptures, and etchings housed in a historic building beside the Munttoren.
A display of freestyle brushwork on Chinese rice paper, exploring dynamic floral forms and vivid color.
The Dutch-Uruguayan photographer shows portraits exploring identity, gender and cultural belonging in the museum's project space.
Take a self-guided 90-minute walking route exploring the history and architecture around the Oosterdok basin.
The Dutch fine art photographer presents contemplative black-and-white prints examining emotional resonance, ageing, and natural transition.
An exhibition exploring personal roots, collective memory, and future visions through contemporary art and research.
A photography and art exhibition exploring local urban stories and community life around the park and neighbourhood.
The improvising ensemble performs a live set blending free jazz and theatrical elements to launch their new record.
Borrowing Orwell's Animal Farm maxim, this group exhibition gathers contemporary work addressing power structures and human-nonhuman hierarchies.
The Copenhagen-based artist plays melancholic, collage-like pop pieces built from his 2024 debut on Posh Isolation.
French painter Lou Ros and South Korean artist Sanghyuk Kim present expressive mixed-media paintings and figurative works.
Explore the long career of the Haarlem painter and watercolourist through works preserved from his studio on the Spaarne.
Marinka Reuten shows subtle, atmospheric works evoking dappled sunlight filtering through trees.
The Dutch ceramic artist displays his imaginative, brightly colored sculptural creatures.
Koentact opens its doors for free trial lessons, language level assessments, and an introduction to its teaching methods.
The German painter presents atmospheric, layered landscapes that blur the line between real wilderness and internal psychological spaces.
The gallery devoted to outsider, neurodivergent, and non-normative artists presents a collaborative mixed-media exhibition.
The Beijing-born visual artist and designer exhibits work engaging with physical exercise, discipline, and historical iconography.
Dutch artist Ineke Oostveen presents personal figurative work exploring adulthood and maturity.
Polish artist Mikołaj Sobczak presents work interrogating historical narratives, queer resistance, and national mythmaking.
The university gallery explores how artists and scientists interpret different dimensions of perception and truth.
A museum docent leads a walk through the photography exhibition highlighting young creative talent.
The annual graduation show brings together standout fine art graduates from art academies across the Netherlands.
Lady Marmalade hosts an open-mic and spoken-word night inviting audiences to listen and speak up.
The veteran Dutch conceptual artist and biologist displays poetic works assembled from dried leaves, earth, and found natural elements.
The Dutch artist presents vividly coloured, apocalyptic drawings and paintings populated by sci-fi, occult, and cosmic imagery.
The Cuban artist presents conceptual work examining digital culture and alternative distribution networks outside formal online systems.
Pakistani contemporary artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil show work questioning gender, ritual, and societal norms.
An exhibition exploring the design, social life, and evolution of public pavement space in post-war Amsterdam.
An exhibition exploring ideas of refuge, space, and belonging through contemporary visual art at the Flemish cultural centre.
A group exhibition engaging with queer identity, memory and imagined futures in dialogue with the museum's historic religious setting.
A group nature walk through the city's vast park south of Amsterdam.
The Dutch artist exhibits her monumental, intricately detailed charcoal drawings inspired by untamed nature and human psychology.
An animal-themed walking trail, the kind of route set out for families to follow at their own pace.
A joint exhibition pairing Lou Ros's deconstructed figurative painting with Sanghyuk Kim's contemporary artistic practice.
Comedian Reinier van Harten, performing as Reindier, brings his show Monomaan, Dutch for 'monomaniac'.
A theatre piece made in-house by Scala, a venue that combines a food bar with a small theatre.
The Dutch chamber group marks Valentine's Day with an intimate classical performance.
An audio-guided walking tour exploring the neighbourhood through women's voices, personal histories and urban memories.
Step inside the historic 17th-century town hall in the fortified town of Naarden.
The historic artists' society mounts a group exhibition centered on green themes, ecology, and nature.
A group art exhibition exploring the messy, uncertain transition into adulthood.
The neighbourhood light-art initiative opens its latest run of community-focused installations.
Contemporary artists challenge the rigid botanical classification systems established by 18th-century taxonomist Carl Linnaeus.
A programme about rest and slowing down at W139, the long-running artist-run space on the Warmoesstraat.
A period exhibition showcasing daily family life, interiors and traditions of historic regional residents.
A visual arts exhibition reflecting on ruins, aftermath, and rebuilding.
Leo Vroegindeweij and Ruth Meijer present sculpture and painting exploring form, memory, and perspective along the canal.
A historical presentation tracing traditional women's clothing, headwear, and customs of Volendam.
An outdoor community arts and gardening project situated on the new sand-spit development of Strandeiland.
The Dutch co-founder of the Nul movement displays his signature assemblages made from discarded mass-produced everyday objects.
The Dutch artist shows her large-scale, intricate charcoal drawings exploring the intersections of lush vegetation and urban human presence.
Annemarie Libbers facilitates an intimate creative writing and lyrical composition session.
The Dutch sculptor shows new geometric, spatial works fashioned from industrial iron and steel.
Riverside bar and restaurant on the Amstel hosting regular community drinks, food, and social events.
The Croatian contemporary artist re-examines modernist heritage, institutional memory, and collective history through painting and display structures.
A visual art exhibition exploring botanical forms and verdant textures on view near Oosterdok.
A contemporary art exhibition exploring personal, collective, and sensory representations of memory.
A solo theatre show weaving together storytelling and personal narrative in the venue's intimate cabaret space.
A small display on how the smelly, unhealthy 19th-century city gave rise to the belief that nature and fresh air are good for body and mind.
An intimate visual art exhibition staged inside the quirky local church venue.
The cast of the touring show Music, Part Two present an album that turns their stage performance into a recording.
A local networking evening and speed-dating session organised for city-centre residents.
A close-up narrative cabaret performance centred on rumour, conversation, and storytelling in the venue's bite-sized theatre format.
The French artist exhibits delicate ceramic sculptures alongside drawings that blend organic shapes with architectural forms.
An exhibition of work by Tino Rademaker in Helicopter's art café.
A high-intensity interval training session outdoors in the Amsterdamse Bos.
A portrait exhibition showcasing the varied history and residents of Haarlem across the centuries.
An exhibition at a small contemporary art gallery on the Lijnbaansgracht, near the Leidseplein end of the canal belt.
Artists Mia Weiner and Johnny Mae Hauser explore physical form and connection through collaborative contemporary works.
An exhibition on local history reflecting on everyday village life and disrupted heritage.
An informal creative writing meetup where writers of all levels gather to work on prompts and share drafts.
An exhibition of artwork depicting the historic defensive gates that once guarded the perimeter of Haarlem.
Swimming classes tailored for children and adults with physical disabilities or chronic conditions.
A three-day workshop exploring voice, movement, and collaborative performance techniques.
Visual artist Leroy Berger presents new work engaging with Siberian indigenous language, memory and landscape.
The Italian artist installs a project drawing on dystopian fiction, linguistic shifts, and alternative historical narratives in the gallery's project space.
An exhibition tracing the environmental and economic histories of petroleum extraction and cotton farming.
Sculptor Gaston Bannier presents works at this studio and outdoor display space.
A library exhibition tracing local histories and personal memories through shared narratives.
A retrospective exhibition celebrating the life and creative output of the artist at the cultural hub named for the Dutch singer.
An exhibition spotlighting twelve community-led neighbourhood projects from across Amsterdam.
Members of the local Nieuw-West photography club present their recent observational and community work.
Founders, investors, and policymakers gather for rooftop drinks and discussion on European artificial intelligence strategy.
A two-person dialogue between painter Han Schuil and installation-focused artist Ricardo van Eyk.
Emerging artist Klaartje van Essen presents new sculptural and installation work developed during her De Ateliers residency.
The central bank showcases pieces from its corporate art collection exploring unexpected perspectives and hidden details.
A critical exhibition revisiting how social background and class privilege shape the careers and institutions of the contemporary art world.
A development programme for Zuidoost residents under 30 looking to build practical skills and professional networks.
Dutch abstract painter Paul Drissen shows geometric, collage-based paintings that balance modernist order with playful, provisional forms.
Entrepreneurs, tech talent, and early-stage investors connect at an informal startup networking evening.
A gallery group show probing land, material, and ecological uncertainties through contemporary painting and sculpture.
The artist-run space presents a collaborative exhibition exploring how personal and collective trauma are held and recalled.
The project room hosts a companion contemporary installation focused on transformation and growth.
Artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil present works exploring history, memory, and how objects outlive their original functions.
A community storytelling workshop focusing on sharing and illuminating personal narratives.
Prints and drawings by the Dutch artist exploring mortality and the human body, displayed in the funeral museum's cafe.
An art dealership presents works by female artists, available with trial home placements.
A dual exhibition pairing sculptural earthworks with folded textile compositions.
An exhibition of surviving drawings, crafts, and memorabilia by the two sisters from the well-known regional industrial family.
A group exhibition examining how human presence, touch, and collective memory reverberate across material objects.
An art exhibition focused on luminous and colourful visual works.
A club night held in Primo's, one of the rooms inside Toekomstmuziek.
The third chapter, “Making the Wave,” completes a three-part series preceded by “Floating on the Wave” and “Riding the Wave.”
An artist-led tour exploring the exhibition through personal stories and creative insights.
An exhibition exploring the varied artistic output of four creators from a single family.
Open outdoor play sessions for children at the local Erfgooiers playground.
An architectural exhibition examining post-war reconstruction urbanism and its contemporary renovations in Haarlem's Parkwijk.
A professional development workshop focused on career direction and leadership strategies for women.
Banned Books Week is an annual US campaign, started in 1982, that draws attention to attempts to censor or remove books from libraries and schools.
A pavement-facing window exhibition space hosts an open-ended art installation.
The second music-themed part of a performance called Trials And Errors, described as a jam with humans, which suggests live improvisation with people.
The independent project space hosts a contemporary visual art exhibition.
A neighbourhood library presents an exhibition of work by the artist.
Anne Cappendijk presents an artistic exploration of public grief rituals, commemoration and everyday losses.
A business conference bringing together entrepreneurs, founders, and investors for keynotes, workshops, and networking.
The historic waterfront venue is closed to the public today.
Monday 5 October
The Congolese-French rapper and singer, formerly of Sexion d'Assaut, is known for hits like "Bella" and "Sapés comme jamais".
The veteran Brazilian trio bring their pioneering blend of jazz, funk, and samba to Melkweg.
The bilingual comedian, known for her viral sketches dissecting the cultural quirks and linguistic clashes between France and Britain, performs stand-up.
An accessible classical concert with Bach favourites, followed by tea and apple pie.
The city history museum offers a special celebratory programme with free treats for visitors.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's gripping 2000 breakout drama weaves together three interconnected lives in Mexico City after a tragic car crash.
Carista's label United Identities partners with queer club night ...IsBurning for a dance party spanning house, techno, and electronic cuts.
A Children's Book Week theatrical production for kids aged four and up about a ravenous book-eating hero.
An immersive visual exploration or exhibition held on the grounds of the historic zoo.
The singer-songwriter performs a set of intimate indie-folk and melodic songwriting.
The New York artist and producer performs their experimental blend of avant-garde R&B, poetry, and electronic soundscapes.
A creative craft and technology session where children design and build their own adventure island models.
A communal dinner cooked with seasonal produce harvested from local urban gardens.
Professional comics and up-and-coming talent test out new material at this weekly English-language comedy night.
The quirky venue pairs an indie film screening with a social textile craft night.
A community cooking session preparing meals with locally harvested, seasonal produce.
The all-female garage-rock outfit from Phoenix deliver fuzzy Farfisa organ riffs and vintage garage punk.
A hands-on music and movement session designed for toddlers aged 18 months to four years.
Audience seating for the recording of Eva Jinek's current affairs talkshow at De Hallen.
The acclaimed Dutch photojournalist discusses his work documenting climate change, rising sea levels, and environmental conflicts worldwide.
A chamber performance dedicated to the rediscovery of Dutch-Jewish composer Daniël Belinfante, who died in Auschwitz.
The popular Argentine stand-up comedian and content creator brings his observational humour and energetic stage presence to Amsterdam.
The American author and editor discusses his work examining how social movements, radical ideas, and political revolutions spread.
A circus show at the theatre, with the kind of acrobatics and physical performance the genre usually brings.
Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska's drama about the young Mother Teresa in Calcutta, starring Noomi Rapace.
The singer-songwriter performs a set of intimate, guitar-driven pop and indie material.
Toronto drum-and-bass producer Gremlinz headlines the venue's long-running weekly bass night.
A second-hand book sale held at the arts university, featuring titles spanning art, design, performance, and general literature.
The electronic music collective stages a club night built around immersive beats and bass.
Children aged 8 to 12 write their own stories or poems and turn them into art at OBA Osdorp.
An informal conversation gathering where people learning Dutch can practice speaking with native volunteers over coffee.
A design thinking and making workshop encouraging youth to create creative solutions for their local neighbourhood.
An experimental choral performance exploring vocal harmonies and celestial, ambient soundscapes.
A lecture on the 1990s 'digital cities', such as Amsterdam's pioneering De Digitale Stad, which were early local online communities and forerunners of social media.
Bring broken electronics, clothes, and household goods to repair collaboratively with anarchist activists.
A hands-on session where you write, draw and put together your own small book.
An open stage night at the café of CREA, the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre, where performers take turns at the microphone.
A Dutch family film in which the Pieten have to save Pakjesavond, the Sinterklaas present night, after a huge snowstorm brings the country to a halt.
A practical session focused on identifying and mitigating the hidden ethical, social, and environmental costs when developing artificial intelligence products.
A panel exploring the history, trauma, and evolving identity of the Moluccan community in the Netherlands over the past 75 years.
A drop-in language café for Dutch learners from beginner to intermediate levels looking to practice conversational skills.
An academic session on how law and society should deal with quantum technologies, including speculation about them and their treatment as a security matter.
A practical workshop on the hidden costs of AI products, including environmental, social and ethical ones, and how to build them more responsibly.
A discussion about where energy supply and the energy transition are heading, hosted by the University of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research institute.
The emerging singer-songwriter plays an intimate set of melodic indie folk.
An informal community gathering for local parents to connect and share experiences over coffee.
Casual sports, games, and exercise sessions organised specifically for girls in West.
Singing lessons led by the Dutch jazz singer and theatre maker Astrid Seriese.
An open studio day where visitors can meet resident artists and see their works in progress.
Outdoor sports and activity sessions tailored for boys aged eight to thirteen.
An open-level yoga class hosted at the Dapperbuurt community centre.
A guided Buddhist meditation session open to newcomers and experienced practitioners without advance booking.
An informal evening of backgammon, the old two-player board game of dice and strategy, aimed at meeting other players as much as winning.
A guided philosophical dialogue based on the Socratic method, hosted at the community pavilion.
An informal evening designed for French speakers and learners to practice their conversational skills over drinks.
A high-energy dance fitness class set to Latin and world rhythms, held at the community pavilion in Noord.
An evening or event kicking off creative proceedings at the NDSM cultural hub.
An exhibition by I Genovesi about the feeling of being at home, shown at the creative hub in Amsterdam-Noord.
A communal singing session welcoming vocalists of all skill levels to sing together in an intimate studio space.
A live political and cultural debate evening hosted by De Balie's resident panel.
A beginners' course on the ukulele, the small four-string instrument, for people with no previous experience.
A panel discussion addressing postcolonial Indonesian-Dutch historical memory, accountability, and reconciliation.
A panel discussion examining alternative economic models and how finance can better serve society and the environment.
An exhibition of work by IMA AMU at A Lab, the creative workspace in Amsterdam-Noord's former Shell laboratory buildings.
A discussion questioning traditional Western perspectives by examining cultural representations and narratives from the reverse angle.
A free, community-led outdoor fitness workout open to all ages and fitness levels.
A morning kickboxing session for University of Amsterdam graduates, part of the alumni week programme.
Casual dining and drinks served at the community venue at Het Groene Veld.
A monthly community drinks gathering bringing together residents of De Pijp for casual conversation and neighbourhood connections.
A programme at De Balie, the Amsterdam venue for film, debate and journalism on current social and political issues.
A talk examining how architectural practices can respond to climate change through sustainable, carbon-conscious design.
A holistic bodywork and plant medicine session focused on physical recovery and relaxation.
An outdoor fitness session tailored for older adults looking to build strength, mobility, and stamina.
A weekly creative craft and art session designed to support mental well-being and meet neighbours.
Participants combine dance movements and cognitive exercises designed to keep both body and mind active.
A weekly board games afternoon hosted by local students, open to neighbours for tea and games.
Eighth session of Klik & Tik, a beginners' course in basic computer and internet skills for people with little or no digital experience.
An informal orientation session providing practical business and career advice for emerging artists and creative graduates.
A practical networking and advice session for emerging creatives on building a professional digital presence and online portfolio.
Stichting Kantlijn runs a weekly writing workshop, open to anyone who writes or wants to learn.
A feature film screening in the cinema's current programme of arthouse releases.
An experience café, an informal gathering where people share and talk through their own lived experiences.
The Amsterdam Java User Group gathers for tech talks and networking hosted at the payment provider's office.
A double bill at the small De Wittenstraat venue known for jazz, improvised and experimental music.
A yoga class at the neighbourhood community centre.
Second session of DigiVitaler, a course that teaches you to use online health services such as patient portals, health apps and DigiD.
Local youth and neighborhood justice workers stage a mock trial to show how community courts operate.
Tai chi, the slow, flowing Chinese martial art practised as gentle exercise, at a neighbourhood community centre.
A workshop focused on guiding participants through the process of recording personal memories and shaping them into written memoirs.
!WOON, the foundation that gives tenants free advice on rent, repairs and landlord problems, is holding an extra drop-in session this month.
A walk-in health check offering free blood pressure and basic cardiovascular screenings in the neighbourhood library.
Essentrics is a Canadian full-body technique by Miranda Esmonde-White that combines gentle movement to music with stretching and strengthening exercises.
University students read stories aloud to local children to foster a love of reading.
A casual community walking group leading forty-five-minute walks around Osdorp.
A weekly drop-in offering health measurements and nutritional advice for women from a neighbourhood dietician.
An exercise class aimed at people aged 55 and over, held at the neighbourhood community centre.
A self-study lab offering computers and resources to practice Dutch language, digital skills, or study for exams.
Aspiring musicians can book one-on-one consultation time with producer George in the library's studio.
Drop-in guidance offering information and support regarding schools, education options, and youth tutoring.
Local children gather to watch a film together at the neighbourhood library.
Help with computers, smartphones and other digital questions, at the neighbourhood community centre.
An academic session on Kawasaki disease, a childhood inflammation of the blood vessels, and how it relates to a wider spectrum of hyperinflammatory conditions.
A cooked midday meal served at the neighbourhood community centre.
A series of structured peer discussions for local older adults in Oud-West.
A walk-in consultation where library staff help visitors with basic questions about computers, smartphones, and navigating online public services.
An information meeting for researchers planning to apply for an NWO Vidi grant, the Dutch Research Council's award for experienced postdoctoral researchers.
A mobile outreach bus visits local schools during Safety Week to host discussions with teenagers.
Drop-in technical support offering free guidance on using laptops, tablets, and smartphones.
An informal open session providing walk-in help with everyday computer, tablet, and smartphone queries.
A weekly neighbourhood food-bank initiative providing free surplus groceries to local residents.
A digital design workshop where kids plan and build worlds using digital Lego modelling tools.
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition hosts foundational preliminary practices and graded path teachings.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
Around 80 works lent by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, including Matisse's La Blouse roumaine, shown alongside paintings by Rothko, Picasso and Barnett Newman.
The annual showcase of the world's most compelling award-winning photojournalism and documentary photography returns to Amsterdam.
The annual showcase of the world's most striking and impactful photojournalism, presented inside the historic Gothic church.
A selection of highlights from the national museum's collection of Dutch art and history.
The monthly open-air design market brings makers, artists and food stalls to the museum lawns.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
Stalls selling artisanal produce, hot food and handmade goods rotate through the city's parks on Sundays.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
A major retrospective by the renowned photographer known for monumental landscapes, portraits and atmospheric explorations of human impact.
Over 150 monumental street art murals, painted on-site by international artists, fill a former shipyard warehouse.
Citywide arts festival staging performances, tours, and special events across various participating Amsterdam museums.
An exhibition showing the commercial textile patterns, garments, and decorative fabrics designed by the pop artist in the 1950s and 1960s.
An exhibition on Henri Matisse, the French painter known for his bold colour, his Fauvist work and his late paper cut-outs.
Hands-on workshops, games, and maritime activities designed for children and families.
A digital projection show rendering the Dutch master's fantastically detailed depictions of heaven, hell and sin into large-scale animations.
An exhibition for children featuring the intricate, detail-rich illustrations of Dutch picture-book maker Charlotte Dematons.
An animated digital installation bringing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella and its philosophical meditations on life to light.
Dance event pioneers ID&T present a sensory labyrinth of light, sound, and interactive technology in the Elementenstraat warehouse.
An exhibition showcasing the pop artist's commercial textile designs from the 1950s and 1960s before his rise to fame.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's film starring Tom Cruise, the Mexican director's first feature since Bardo.
A guided twilight nature walk for children to spot nocturnal wildlife and dusk-hunting animals.
This edition honours Lou Lichtveld, also known as Albert Helman, a Dutch-Surinamese writer, composer, organist, politician and resistance fighter.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
Direct conversations and oral histories shared with survivors of the Holocaust.
The festival organisers stage a walkthrough experience using lasers, lights, and electronic soundscapes across several rooms.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
A weekend market offering vintage furniture, design pieces, curiosities, and decorative objects in the historic market hall.
The painter's former home displays etching and drawing techniques to show how Rembrandt pushed the boundaries of his craft.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
Morning yoga session held surrounded by Vincent van Gogh's masterworks.
A family exhibition exploring magic, illusions and ritual in Jewish culture and folklore.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
A practical painting and drawing class focused on composition, colour and expressive brushwork inspired by Vincent van Gogh.
Visitors walk together through a virtual reconstruction of 17th-century Amsterdam, choosing their own route and seeing everyday life of the time; part of History Month.
Sculptures by the Dutch modernist, known for his stark geometric forms in steel, leather, and found materials, are installed across the museum's open-air grounds.
The island fortress examines the psychological and physical experience of isolated military life through historical documents and interactive displays.
Outdoor art route placing site-specific sculptures and installations along the walking paths of the Amsterdamse Bos.
The contemporary Spanish-Dutch painter presents new works in dialogue with Francisco de Goya's iconic etchings, Los Disparates.
A family-friendly interactive exhibition exploring mythology, nature, and the symbolic wisdom of ravens across different world cultures.
A behind-the-scenes guided tour through the costume departments, stages, and rehearsal halls of the opera house.
Crate-digging market inside the covered passage of De Hallen, featuring independent record vendors selling vinyl across multiple genres.
Daniel Szalai presents 166 hens of the Novogen breed, a commercial egg-laying hen, as 166 individuals, at Droog's space on Staalstraat.
Outdoor cooking activities for children using fresh produce harvested directly from the site.
October is the national History Month, with history outings for children across the country, including a dark church, the Boevenbus and the Romans.
The private museum showcases street works, prints, and stencils by the elusive British artist.
Learn the fundamentals of silkscreening and print your own custom design onto t-shirts in this hands-on studio session.
Visitors on the fortress island can observe licensed ornithologists capturing, measuring, and banding wild birds for ongoing scientific research.
A brief, family-friendly Dutch-language opera performance staged on the platform of an Amsterdam metro station.
The idiosyncratic Dutch jazz guitarist and composer plays an intimate set in the historic former stock exchange.
An exhibition marking the city's 750th anniversary, tracing Amsterdam's history through key moments and archival records.
A broad survey of modern and contemporary art, design, and photography from the museum's permanent holdings.
Illusionist Rico Weeland stages an intimate evening of magic, mentalism, and storytelling.
Interactive light and digital installations invite visitors into responsive, mirror-filled rooms.
The presentation examines clothing from 1640 to 1930 that bears physical signs of wear, tailoring, mending, and daily life.
An outdoor and community exhibition presented in collaboration with Middle East Archive, a digital platform documenting everyday life and visual culture across the region.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the concert hall's architecture and acoustics before attending the free midday performance.
A retrospective dedicated to the influential Indonesian-Dutch industrial and interior designer best known for designing Schiphol Airport's original interiors.
DJs play deep house and electronic sets on the twentieth floor of the A'DAM Tower overlooking the city.
Drawing in the Royal Palace on Dam Square as part of October drawing month, inside Jacob van Campen's 17th-century former city hall.
An exhibition celebrating early trailblazers and foundational works in digital and video installation art.
An exhibition tracing decades of LGBTQIA+ community life, activism, pride celebrations, and resilience across Amsterdam.
An outdoor photography exhibition in Amsterdam West presented by Foam and the digital storytelling platform Middle East Archive.
The exhibition examines the global supply chains of cocoa, sugar, and palm oil behind the beloved Dutch breakfast staple.
A specialist tour through the world's oldest functioning Jewish library, housed in the Portuguese Synagogue complex.
Sightseeing boats navigate the moat and outer waterways surrounding the star-shaped fortress town.
Creative, hands-on craft and play activities for children aged five and up.
The legendary, volunteer-run queer basement bar hosts its long-running Sunday club night.
An exhibition featuring the Congolese artists' cooperative CATPC, exploring post-colonial ecology, labour, and restitution.
A guided tasting session exploring the culinary customs and flavours of the Dutch Renaissance in the castle grounds.
The contemporary art museum's basement level hosts large-scale room projections, light works, and screen-based installations.
A three-part performance that joins Portuguese fado song with Kathak, the classical North Indian storytelling dance.
Mikhail Kalatozov's visually breathtaking 1964 Soviet-Cuban propaganda drama is celebrated for its virtuosic, long-take mobile camera work.
The acclaimed Dutch children's book illustrator exhibits her intricately detailed drawings.
Organist Ere Lievonen and flautist Raymond Honing explore the Fokker organ, whose 31-tone tuning opens up sounds beyond conventional keyboards.
Sightseeing boat cruises along the scenic Vecht river past historic estates and tea houses.
Historical reenactors demonstrate traditional musket-firing and military drills inside the Naarden fortress museum.
Exhibition dedicated to the people, history, and traditions of Amsterdam's landmark seventeenth-century Portuguese Synagogue.
Charlie Chaplin's 1940 satire, his first full talkie, in which he plays both a Jewish barber and a dictator modelled on Hitler.
Ornithologists demonstrate the process of catching, ringing, and releasing migratory birds stopping over on the fortress island.
A hands-on workshop in cutting and spraying stencils, a classic street art technique, at the street art museum in NDSM.
American photographer Norman Gershman's portraits of Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust, honouring besa, a traditional promise of protection.
Forest biologist Nico leads a guided nature walk through the Amsterdamse Bos.
The American artist examines identity, gender, and celebrity culture through self-portraiture that mimics glossy fashion shoots and consumer advertising.
A weekend of activities exploring how sound, colour and taste cross over in sensory perception.
Toddlers and young children get free-jumping access to the trampolines during a session tailored for little ones.
The exhibition highlights textile designs and fabric works created by artists linked to the mid-century avant-garde Cobra movement.
A hands-on leatherwork workshop where you cut, stitch and finish a leather bag of your own to take home.
A hands-on workshop guiding participants through traditional cold-process soapmaking using natural ingredients.
The Dutch sisters behind De Sekszusjes use a game-show format to discuss sex, challenge myths and share practical information.
A dedicated cinema programme spotlighting seminal films from the 1990s.
A retrospective examining the turbulent life and intensely emotional, colourful paintings of the Dutch modern expressionist.
A hands-on workshop introducing the textiles, dressing traditions and etiquette of the Japanese kimono.
Al Nisa (Arabic for 'the women') is a photography exhibition with Foam, based on Middle East Archive's latest publication.
Akim Moiseenkov creates imaginative concerts designed to engage both children and adults.
A self-guided or organised walking route exploring the historic ramparts, castle and waterways of the fortified town.
An exhibition of outsider art, meaning work by self-taught artists outside the art world, many of whom have experience of psychiatric care.
Audio stops created for the museum's Body Stories research programme, which you can listen to in the Rijksmuseum app as part of History Month.
An indoor jump session on connected trampolines and obstacle courses.
Professional artists set up stalls on the Spui square every Sunday to sell paintings, prints, and ceramics directly to passersby.
A guided bicycle ride along city canals and neighbourhood streets covering local history and architecture.
Graduating second-year resident artists from the prestigious post-academic institute exhibit their work in the historic Ateliers building.
Showcase spotlighting cutting-edge graduate collections from the Netherlands' top fashion academy alumni.
An interactive, multi-sensory tour of the museum designed specifically for blind and visually impaired visitors.
An exhibition at STRAAT, the large street art and graffiti museum in a former shipyard warehouse on the NDSM wharf in Noord.
Guests share family-style platters prepared with local and sustainable produce at this countryside restaurant venue.
The museum investigates the origins, artist, and identity of the sitter in an enigmatic Golden Age portrait.
A night of fast, hypnotic techno from local selectors and Eerste Communie co-founder MARRØN.
A practical culinary class covering milk curdling, pressing and the fundamentals of home cheesemaking.
A hands-on, three-day workshop covering pattern cutting, denim construction, and sewing techniques to produce a custom pair of trousers.
A guided session that has you slow down and spend time with a few works, focusing on looking closely rather than rushing through the galleries.
An experimental debate on artificial intelligence that opens World AI Week 2026.
A small-group salon boat tour departs from the five-star hotel along the Amstel river.
Kijk maar eens goed! shows work by Charlotte Dematons, the illustrator known for detailed picture books like The Yellow Balloon that reward close looking.
An exhibition exploring the closely entwined life, thoughts, and literary oeuvre of Franz Kafka.
An indoor play space where toddlers, preschoolers and their families play together.
A decentralised festival bringing together tech companies, researchers, and startups for panels and workshops on artificial intelligence.
Display of the freshly conserved sixteenth-century altarpiece depicting the descent from the cross in the attic church.
A guided backstage look through the auditoriums, workshops, and history of the city's municipal theatre.
The historic castle estate showcases its botanical gardens and grounds in seasonal bloom.
A hands-on ceramics class teaching throwing and shaping clay on the potter's wheel.
The Dutch fashion photographer presents two decades of imagery documenting the standout graduation show for rising designers.
Large-scale sculptures by the influential Dutch constructivist and modernist are placed throughout the museum's outdoor grounds.
Instructors teach basic clay shaping and texturing techniques to help you sculpt an object, figure, or abstract form.
An informal board game meetup designed to help Dutch language learners practice their speaking skills while playing games.
A free language workshop and informal café where learners practice spoken Dutch together in a relaxed setting.
An introductory walkthrough of the photography museum's current exhibitions led by an in-house guide.
An informal conversation circle where Dutch learners of all levels chat over coffee to build their everyday speaking confidence.
Practice Dutch, English, Spanish, and other languages over drinks in an informal mixer.
An exhibition exploring the complex debates, ethics and practices surrounding the restitution of colonial-era heritage items.
A thematic walkthrough exploring the collection and modern art history through LGBTQIA+ perspectives.
Taxidermy duo Sinke & Van Tongeren present their theatrical, Old Master-inspired arrangements of exotic preserved birds and animals.
Comedian Rami Nima hosts an evening of stand-up comedy featuring up-and-coming and established acts.
The French string quartet, celebrated for their Russian repertoire, performs works by Weinberg, Prokofiev, and Beethoven.
The museum displays patterned skirts and wearable textiles designed by key painters and sculptors of the post-war CoBrA movement.
The celebrated British tenor and his longtime collaborative pianist perform nineteenth-century lieder by Wolf and Schubert.
A hands-on craft session covering the practical techniques, ingredients, and chemistry needed to create natural bar soaps.
An open-air secondhand market selling pre-loved clothes, homeware, and garden finds.
The grassroots archive presents perspectives on colonial history, resistance, and grassroots solidarity movements across the Dutch empire and beyond.
An exhibition about a pioneering Van Houten, probably the Weesp cocoa family whose press and alkalising process changed how chocolate was made.
An exhibition named after hagelslag, the chocolate sprinkles the Dutch eat on bread, built around the idea of building a new world together.
A practical textile workshop teaching mending, customisation, and redesign techniques to revamp old garments.
A queer club night focused on upbeat pop tracks and electronic dance anthems in the Houthavens.
Children aged eight and up can explore coniferous tree species from around the globe across the botanical garden.
A creative, hands-on weekend art workshop designed for young children and their parents.
The documentary follows Dutch-Caribbean artists who use dominoes as a way to think about life; the evening also includes a game of dominoes.
An architectural model exhibition exploring the extensive future urban development plans for Amsterdam's northern docklands.
The Viennese indie band, fronted by Sophie Lindinger, plays raw-guitar songs that move between grunge, post-punk and pop.
A vocal group from the Dutch TV talent show One & Only, where they finished third after covering Miguel's 'Sure Thing' and Tevin Campbell's 'Can We Talk'.
Composer Kate Moore turns ideas about landscape and long-distance walking into contemporary music, performed here with Herz Ensemble.
A jam session where musicians take turns playing together on stage at Waterhole, the rock and blues bar near Leidseplein.
The city's largest city farm, in Westerpark, which has recently gone through a lot of changes and renovation.
An exhibition exploring gender transformation, performance, and shifting bodily identity through archaeological artefacts and contemporary culture.
An interactive exhibition space exploring archaeological discovery, material culture, and how finds are catalogued.
A guided behind-the-scenes tour of the striking modern concert hall on the IJ waterfront.
Ceramicist Anita Kluge leads a hands-on clay modelling workshop blending craft and storytelling.
A pop-up preview of outsider art: work by self-taught makers outside the official art world, often people with experience of psychiatric illness.
An exhibition examining how contemporary artists combine photography with collage techniques to construct alternative narratives.
A sip-and-paint evening where you paint with glowing neon colours under UV light over a glass of wine, with no experience needed.
Exhibition of photography by the Dutch-Uruguayan artist known for her portraits exploring gender, identity, and memory.
The visual artist presents installations and performances reflecting on post-colonial history, identity and Caribbean heritage.
An interactive audio-visual walking tour around Amsterdam East designed for children aged seven and up.
The South African artist Wim Botha, known for sculptures carved from stacked books, wood and other unlikely materials, shows at Stevenson's Amsterdam space.
Two free Waternet audio tours, one through the city centre and one through the Amsterdam Waterleidingduinen dunes, tell the history behind a glass of tap water.
A shared lunch on Pampus, the fortified island in the IJmeer that is part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
An annual festival in Maastricht that presents a selection of the year's Dutch dance productions.
A self-guided walking route detailing maritime history and architectural landmarks around the Oosterdok docklands.
A guided walk exploring the plant collections and seasonal highlights of the botanical garden.
Photography exhibition exploring personal reflections, tributes, and diverse cultural perspectives on mortality.
A creative workshop designed to introduce young children to looking at and making art.
An exhibition at the museum of funeral culture exploring the relationship between traffic, transit and mortality.
A multi-course dinner highlighting autumn produce and locally sourced seasonal ingredients.
An exhibition exploring the intersection of Lutheran faith, openness, and queer community history in Amsterdam.
The first listed work, Manu Mpasi’s “Le Monologue de l’Aube,” reflects on living between different worlds as part of a three-work performance bill.
Hands-on clay modelling workshop guiding participants through basic sculpting and shaping techniques.
A playful family afternoon combining casual games of bingo with food and entertainment.
An afternoon of live bands from noon, ending with a jam session and vinyl DJs. Entry is 5 euros cash and free for people taking part in the pub parade.
An architectural look at Haven-Stad, Amsterdam’s developing port-city district, which could eventually add up to 70,000 homes.
An evening devoted to fresh oysters and paired drinks at the hotel's bar.
A monthly dance afternoon on the last Sunday, with swing classics and familiar Dutch and international favourites for anyone who likes to dance.
The University of Amsterdam’s archaeology museum displays ancient glassware from Roman, Egyptian, and Mediterranean collections.
A guided walk from the historic Red Light District house highlighting influential women in the city's social history.
Explore the striking Amsterdam School architecture of the historic shipping headquarters, now a luxury hotel, during this regular Sunday package.
The town square fills with stalls offering fresh produce, cheese, fish, clothes and household wares.
A bock beer tour, tasting the dark, malty seasonal beers that appear in Dutch bars every autumn.
The Dutch designer displays playful sculptures and everyday design objects repurposed from obsolete collectables and materials.
Gunther von Hagens's exhibition of plastinated human bodies, focusing on the anatomical science of happiness and wellbeing.
The Dutch-Brazilian net artist, known for using websites as canvases, presents his book-based and printed projects.
Nine contemporary artists of Moluccan descent examine their roots, shared heritage and cultural identity through varied media.
A showcase celebrating contemporary creative voices and heritage across the Moluccan diaspora in the Netherlands.
An exhibition exploring the movement, culture and sensory experience of swimming through contemporary art.
An art exhibition exploring modern self-representation and collective belonging in the converted NDSM shipyard.
The Dutch textile artist is internationally acclaimed for her tactile wool felt works dyed with heritage plants she cultivates herself.
Photographer Tomás Mauro presents a participatory project connecting strangers through portraits and written notes.
An exhibition exploring the history and lived experiences of the Moluccan community in Amsterdam seventy-five years after their arrival in the Netherlands.
An open-air photography exhibition displayed along the boulevard at the Sloterplas.
A discussion exploring themes of identity, displacement, and community.
The university heritage museum displays ancient glassware alongside recent research into classical glassmaking techniques.
A group presentation featuring work by established names of modern and street-influenced art.
The museum surveys the intense, psychological canvases and watercolours of the Dutch Expressionist painter.
The renowned South African visual activist presents photographic portraits documenting Black LGBTQIA+ communities.
A retrospective survey dedicated to the Dutch artist best known for his minimalist wire sculptures, drawings, and luminous cityscape silhouettes.
The Vienna-born, Dubai-raised singer-songwriter performs his emotional, classically influenced pop.
A guided physical movement workshop connecting participants to the natural environment of the Sloterplas lake.
Experimental ensemble Jam With Humans stages an evening of interactive music and improvisation inside an independent bookshop.
The emerging photographer presents work examining memory, personal archives and unseen perspectives of family life.
A retrospective examining the foundational 1970s and 80s work of the seminal Dutch video-art distribution and research platform.
An immersive digital light and projection experience that surrounds visitors with life-sized prehistoric creatures in their ancient habitats.
Artist Miquel Hervás Gómez leads a hands-on workshop transforming publication waste into fresh handmade sheets of paper.
The Dutch pioneer of internet art presents digital works examining how computational materials interact with physical space.
Portraits and personal histories chronicling the community surrounding Amsterdam's Portuguese Synagogue.
Children follow clues through the library in a themed treasure hunt marking Dutch Children's Book Week.
A personal storytelling session recounting experiences and legacies connected to the Holocaust.
Singing and movement classes for children, taught by Tehuta.
An outdoor sculpture garden exhibiting contemporary three-dimensional artworks amidst landscaped grounds.
An open jam session where local musicians and visitors join the house host on stage for blues, funk, and soul.
Artists in the NDSM shipyard explore self-portraiture, digital image manipulation, and narcissism in modern culture.
Practical studio session introducing ceramic glazing techniques, finishes, and colour application for pottery.
Textile artist Claudy Jongstra pairs her signature felted, raw wool pieces with works by guest artists exploring sustainable material processes.
A nostalgic, travelling dance party designed primarily for older adults, featuring classic ballroom and pop hits.
A guided architectural tour of Jan Duiker's iconic modernist sanatorium complex in Hilversum.
Guided tours exploring the city archives and the monumental 1920s architecture of the former bank building on Vijzelstraat.
A guided walking and sketching excursion exploring the surrounding streets with drawing materials in hand.
Italian hip-hop stalwart Tormento teams up with DJ Fastcut for a night of classic boom-bap rap.
A tactile scale model allows visitors to experience the architecture of the waterfront and the Arcam building through touch.
A community creative making session hosted at the contemporary art space in Amsterdam-Noord.
An interactive photography exhibition in which visitors take part rather than only look at the pictures.
A performance about how traditions in Suriname’s Maroon communities continue to change over time.
An exhibition showcasing contemporary visual art and cross-disciplinary projects from the Low Countries.
Contemporary artists explore selfhood and belonging in a collaborative group exhibition.
An exhibition on how nature and culture relate, at the stacked-container art space on the former NDSM shipyard in Noord, running until 11 October.
An exhibition dedicated to the mid-century rescue and reconstruction of historic wooden windmills and houses along the Zaan.
A weekly club night playing a mix of hip-hop, R&B, and upbeat club anthems.
Retrospective covering the long career of the celebrated Haarlem painter known for his atmospheric still lifes and studio interiors.
A public showing of an art collection housed inside the former mint depository.
The celebrated Dutch sculptor shows expressive works crafted from handblown glass, textile, and ceramics.
An exhibition by Dina Danish, the Cairo-born, Amsterdam-based artist whose playful work deals with language, translation and misunderstanding.
An exhibition at the museum of Lutheran history exploring the heritage and resilience of the queer community.
An interdisciplinary afternoon exploring art publications and cinema at the canal-house art space.
Interactive community project exchanging handwritten postcards with library visitors to explore social connections.
Participants in a four-day training demonstrate and playtest prototype serious games designed to explore urban planning and civic challenges.
A showcase exploring micro-housing, modular design, and efficient urban living solutions at Haarlem's architecture centre.
A visual arts exhibition spotlighting local creative talent and community stories.
A performance by Dizzi Geetha, a queer Sri Lankan artist living in the Netherlands who works as a theatre maker, composer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ.
The knitwear designer leads an in-depth workshop on drafting and constructing custom-fit jumpers.
The Dutch painter and illustrator displays works celebrating female bodies, desire, and bodily vulnerability through soft, vibrant color.
An exhibition exploring the modernist architecture and legacy of Willem Marinus Dudok.
The Dutch artist, a co-founder of the Nul movement, is celebrated for his serial assemblages of found and discarded everyday objects.
An exhibition exploring life and permanence through printmaking and graphic arts.
An exhibition reflecting on family, memory loss, and grief at the national museum dedicated to funeral heritage.
An exhibition considering the intersection of natural ecology and human epochs at the NDSM-based art space.
A discussion of the choices and challenges involved in using district heating as a sustainable alternative to individual electric heat pumps.
The Dutch artist displays whimsical ceramic creatures and eccentric character sculptures.
A lively night of live soul, funk, and blues covers.
The contemporary art gallery hosts an exhibition exploring myth, memory, and material culture.
A conversation about why people are eating less meat and dairy, from animal welfare and health to climate concerns and food.
Musicians and theatrical friends gather to celebrate what would have been the eightieth birthday of the Dutch singer-songwriter and cabaret artist.
An exhibition focusing on the post-war Dutch avant-garde collective that united artists and architects in search of new functional forms.
A guided public nature walk through the heathland and protected wetland reserve near Hilversum.
Community repair event where volunteers help fix broken household appliances, clothing, electronics, and bicycles.
Artist Elisa van Joolen leads a textile workshop exploring ways to rework, repair, and recontextualize existing clothing.
A guided tour of the town hall building, covering its history and its rooms.
Special programming highlighting physical and sensory accessibility across cultural spaces, hosted at the canal heritage museum.
View a private collection of paintings, sculptures, and etchings housed in a historic building beside the Munttoren.
A display of freestyle brushwork on Chinese rice paper, exploring dynamic floral forms and vivid color.
The Dutch-Uruguayan photographer shows portraits exploring identity, gender and cultural belonging in the museum's project space.
Take a self-guided 90-minute walking route exploring the history and architecture around the Oosterdok basin.
The Dutch fine art photographer presents contemplative black-and-white prints examining emotional resonance, ageing, and natural transition.
An exhibition exploring personal roots, collective memory, and future visions through contemporary art and research.
A photography and art exhibition exploring local urban stories and community life around the park and neighbourhood.
The improvising ensemble performs a live set blending free jazz and theatrical elements to launch their new record.
Borrowing Orwell's Animal Farm maxim, this group exhibition gathers contemporary work addressing power structures and human-nonhuman hierarchies.
The Copenhagen-based artist plays melancholic, collage-like pop pieces built from his 2024 debut on Posh Isolation.
French painter Lou Ros and South Korean artist Sanghyuk Kim present expressive mixed-media paintings and figurative works.
Explore the long career of the Haarlem painter and watercolourist through works preserved from his studio on the Spaarne.
Marinka Reuten shows subtle, atmospheric works evoking dappled sunlight filtering through trees.
The Dutch ceramic artist displays his imaginative, brightly colored sculptural creatures.
Koentact opens its doors for free trial lessons, language level assessments, and an introduction to its teaching methods.
The German painter presents atmospheric, layered landscapes that blur the line between real wilderness and internal psychological spaces.
The gallery devoted to outsider, neurodivergent, and non-normative artists presents a collaborative mixed-media exhibition.
The Beijing-born visual artist and designer exhibits work engaging with physical exercise, discipline, and historical iconography.
Polish artist Mikołaj Sobczak presents work interrogating historical narratives, queer resistance, and national mythmaking.
The university gallery explores how artists and scientists interpret different dimensions of perception and truth.
A museum docent leads a walk through the photography exhibition highlighting young creative talent.
Lady Marmalade hosts an open-mic and spoken-word night inviting audiences to listen and speak up.
The veteran Dutch conceptual artist and biologist displays poetic works assembled from dried leaves, earth, and found natural elements.
The Dutch artist presents vividly coloured, apocalyptic drawings and paintings populated by sci-fi, occult, and cosmic imagery.
The Cuban artist presents conceptual work examining digital culture and alternative distribution networks outside formal online systems.
Pakistani contemporary artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil show work questioning gender, ritual, and societal norms.
An exhibition exploring the design, social life, and evolution of public pavement space in post-war Amsterdam.
An exhibition exploring ideas of refuge, space, and belonging through contemporary visual art at the Flemish cultural centre.
A group exhibition engaging with queer identity, memory and imagined futures in dialogue with the museum's historic religious setting.
The Dutch artist exhibits her monumental, intricately detailed charcoal drawings inspired by untamed nature and human psychology.
An animal-themed walking trail, the kind of route set out for families to follow at their own pace.
A joint exhibition pairing Lou Ros's deconstructed figurative painting with Sanghyuk Kim's contemporary artistic practice.
The artists' society hosts a fluor-themed gathering of the Painters Club.
A theatre piece made in-house by Scala, a venue that combines a food bar with a small theatre.
The Dutch chamber group marks Valentine's Day with an intimate classical performance.
An audio-guided walking tour exploring the neighbourhood through women's voices, personal histories and urban memories.
Step inside the historic 17th-century town hall in the fortified town of Naarden.
The historic artists' society mounts a group exhibition centered on green themes, ecology, and nature.
The neighbourhood light-art initiative opens its latest run of community-focused installations.
Contemporary artists challenge the rigid botanical classification systems established by 18th-century taxonomist Carl Linnaeus.
A programme about rest and slowing down at W139, the long-running artist-run space on the Warmoesstraat.
A period exhibition showcasing daily family life, interiors and traditions of historic regional residents.
Leo Vroegindeweij and Ruth Meijer present sculpture and painting exploring form, memory, and perspective along the canal.
A historical presentation tracing traditional women's clothing, headwear, and customs of Volendam.
The Dutch co-founder of the Nul movement displays his signature assemblages made from discarded mass-produced everyday objects.
The Dutch artist shows her large-scale, intricate charcoal drawings exploring the intersections of lush vegetation and urban human presence.
Annemarie Libbers facilitates an intimate creative writing and lyrical composition session.
The Dutch sculptor shows new geometric, spatial works fashioned from industrial iron and steel.
Riverside bar and restaurant on the Amstel hosting regular community drinks, food, and social events.
The Croatian contemporary artist re-examines modernist heritage, institutional memory, and collective history through painting and display structures.
A visual art exhibition exploring botanical forms and verdant textures on view near Oosterdok.
A contemporary art exhibition exploring personal, collective, and sensory representations of memory.
A solo theatre show weaving together storytelling and personal narrative in the venue's intimate cabaret space.
A small display on how the smelly, unhealthy 19th-century city gave rise to the belief that nature and fresh air are good for body and mind.
An intimate visual art exhibition staged inside the quirky local church venue.
The cast of the touring show Music, Part Two present an album that turns their stage performance into a recording.
A local networking evening and speed-dating session organised for city-centre residents.
A close-up narrative cabaret performance centred on rumour, conversation, and storytelling in the venue's bite-sized theatre format.
The French artist exhibits delicate ceramic sculptures alongside drawings that blend organic shapes with architectural forms.
An exhibition of work by Tino Rademaker in Helicopter's art café.
A high-intensity interval training session outdoors in the Amsterdamse Bos.
A portrait exhibition showcasing the varied history and residents of Haarlem across the centuries.
An exhibition at a small contemporary art gallery on the Lijnbaansgracht, near the Leidseplein end of the canal belt.
Artists Mia Weiner and Johnny Mae Hauser explore physical form and connection through collaborative contemporary works.
An exhibition on local history reflecting on everyday village life and disrupted heritage.
An informal creative writing meetup where writers of all levels gather to work on prompts and share drafts.
An exhibition of artwork depicting the historic defensive gates that once guarded the perimeter of Haarlem.
Swimming classes tailored for children and adults with physical disabilities or chronic conditions.
The Italian artist installs a project drawing on dystopian fiction, linguistic shifts, and alternative historical narratives in the gallery's project space.
An exhibition tracing the environmental and economic histories of petroleum extraction and cotton farming.
Sculptor Gaston Bannier presents works at this studio and outdoor display space.
A library exhibition tracing local histories and personal memories through shared narratives.
Members of the local Nieuw-West photography club present their recent observational and community work.
Founders, investors, and policymakers gather for rooftop drinks and discussion on European artificial intelligence strategy.
A two-person dialogue between painter Han Schuil and installation-focused artist Ricardo van Eyk.
Emerging artist Klaartje van Essen presents new sculptural and installation work developed during her De Ateliers residency.
The central bank showcases pieces from its corporate art collection exploring unexpected perspectives and hidden details.
A critical exhibition revisiting how social background and class privilege shape the careers and institutions of the contemporary art world.
A development programme for Zuidoost residents under 30 looking to build practical skills and professional networks.
Dutch abstract painter Paul Drissen shows geometric, collage-based paintings that balance modernist order with playful, provisional forms.
Entrepreneurs, tech talent, and early-stage investors connect at an informal startup networking evening.
A gallery group show probing land, material, and ecological uncertainties through contemporary painting and sculpture.
The artist-run space presents a collaborative exhibition exploring how personal and collective trauma are held and recalled.
The project room hosts a companion contemporary installation focused on transformation and growth.
Artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil present works exploring history, memory, and how objects outlive their original functions.
A community storytelling workshop focusing on sharing and illuminating personal narratives.
Prints and drawings by the Dutch artist exploring mortality and the human body, displayed in the funeral museum's cafe.
An art dealership presents works by female artists, available with trial home placements.
A dual exhibition pairing sculptural earthworks with folded textile compositions.
An exhibition of surviving drawings, crafts, and memorabilia by the two sisters from the well-known regional industrial family.
A group exhibition examining how human presence, touch, and collective memory reverberate across material objects.
An interactive workshop focusing on communication skills, active listening, and bridging divides in difficult conversations.
An art exhibition focused on luminous and colourful visual works.
The third chapter, “Making the Wave,” completes a three-part series preceded by “Floating on the Wave” and “Riding the Wave.”
An academic session on how the algorithms used in health and social care should be regulated and overseen.
An exhibition exploring the varied artistic output of four creators from a single family.
Open outdoor play sessions for children at the local Erfgooiers playground.
An architectural exhibition examining post-war reconstruction urbanism and its contemporary renovations in Haarlem's Parkwijk.
A professional development workshop focused on career direction and leadership strategies for women.
Banned Books Week is an annual US campaign, started in 1982, that draws attention to attempts to censor or remove books from libraries and schools.
A pavement-facing window exhibition space hosts an open-ended art installation.
The independent project space hosts a contemporary visual art exhibition.
A neighbourhood library presents an exhibition of work by the artist.
Anne Cappendijk presents an artistic exploration of public grief rituals, commemoration and everyday losses.
A business conference bringing together entrepreneurs, founders, and investors for keynotes, workshops, and networking.
The historic waterfront venue is closed to the public today.
Tuesday 6 October
A retrospective of the Rotterdam-born abstract expressionist, famous for his Woman paintings, with more than 120 drawings alongside sculptures and paintings.
A guided visit through the world's oldest functioning Jewish library, housed beside the Portuguese Synagogue.
The Korean-American rapper and singer, formerly of 2PM and founder of the labels AOMG and H1GHR, performs with LNGSHOT, a boy group from his label.
The London R&B and soul singer, Grammy-nominated for "Collide" with EarthGang from the Queen & Slim soundtrack, performs her smooth, jazz-inflected songs.
A Second World War drama about the weather forecasters whose predictions decided the timing of D-Day, with Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser as Eisenhower.
Stanley Kubrick's razor-sharp Cold War satire follows a frantic bid to stop an unhinged US general from triggering nuclear armageddon.
A guided walk past the historic Jewish buildings of the old Jewish quarter, including a visit to the 17th-century Portuguese Synagogue.
The French electronic project behind 1990s hits like 'Sweet Lullaby', known for mixing ambient beats with samples of music from around the world.
The London singer-songwriter makes R&B and soul with a jazz-influenced sound, and was Grammy-nominated for 'Collide' with EARTHGANG.
A fire jam is an informal session where fire performers practise and play together with flaming props such as poi and staffs.
A birthday celebration held at the museum that tells the story of Amsterdam's history and its people.
An evening of storytelling at Mezrab, Amsterdam's storytelling house, where tellers retell myths and old legends from many different cultures.
A Kabul-set drama by Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat, which opened the 2026 Berlin Film Festival.
A children's show for ages four and up, part of Kinderboekenweek, the Netherlands' annual celebration of children's books, about Donnie, who wants the lead role.
A restored copy of Babeth VanLoo's documentary about Keith Richards, then Abel Ferrara's 1998 cyberpunk thriller with Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe, followed by a Q&A with VanLoo.
Matthew C Whitaker, the blind American jazz pianist and organist who started out as a child prodigy, shares the bill with Fabienne Julie and Hanne.
The Australian group led by Iranian tar player Hamed Sadeghi, blending Persian classical music with jazz, plays at this community centre in Nieuw-West.
The Sydney band mixes laid-back soul, funk and hip-hop, and is known for tracks like 'Be About You'.
A conference on vibe coding, meaning building software by prompting AI, aimed at a mixed crowd of developers, product people and domain experts.
Young children listen to stories read aloud in English.
A hands-on workshop for children combining creativity, art, and early coding principles.
Children build and sculpt imaginative creatures using craft materials and technology.
Youth workshops focusing on creative technology, coding, and digital design skills.
An informal evening of tabletop and board games inside the hostel's public cafe.
A performance at the Amsterdam University of the Arts; 'Een jihad van liefde' is also the title of Mohamed El Bachiri's memoir about losing his wife in the 2016 Brussels attacks.
The weekly film-industry gathering screens Dutch short films followed by filmmaker Q&As.
A screening by the Dutch historian and filmmaker behind the Holocaust documentary Three Minutes: A Lengthening, who also produced Steve McQueen's Occupied City.
The French duo known for Sweet Lullaby, who mix field recordings and vocal samples from around the world into ambient electronic music.
Herbert Ross's 1989 comedy-drama about women friends at a Louisiana beauty salon, starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine and Julia Roberts, shown in a 4K restoration.
A Children's Book Week storytime where scents are added to the story to bring it to life for young listeners.
Audience seating for the recording of Eva Jinek's current affairs talkshow at De Hallen.
A film based on Capcom's survival-horror video game series, shown in 4DX, where seats move and effects like wind and water are synced to the screen.
A Scottish comedy starring Domhnall Gleeson as an official sent to a remote island whose last residents do not want to leave.
A talk on the strange hand gestures in old paintings and manuscripts, such as a stretched index finger over a bent middle finger, and what they meant.
A vintage rock 'n' roll dance workshop focusing on classic footwork and partnering skills.
A do-it-yourself bike workshop where people fix their own bikes with shared tools and help from volunteers, held at the Vrankrijk squat.
A quiz night named after Mokum, the old Yiddish-derived nickname for Amsterdam, held at a 17th-century canal house on the Sint Antoniesbreestraat.
The band from Minsk, Belarus, plays warm, retro indie pop with touches of psychedelia and Brazilian-style grooves.
A free session on housing cooperatives, where residents jointly build or manage their homes, at the museum devoted to Amsterdam School social housing.
A quiz about Amsterdam, or Mokum, held in the 17th-century merchant's house on Sint Antoniesbreestraat that now serves as a library and cultural space.
The American author of the Plated Prisoner fantasy romance series, which begins with Gild, talks about her book The Sweetest Fiend and signs copies.
The Ukrainian singer-songwriter performs her Ukrainian-language pop songs.
A conference on 'vibe coding', building software by describing it to AI tools, aimed at people with or without a programming background.
Probably Riccardo Milani's 2025 Italian comedy-drama about a Sardinian shepherd who refuses to sell his land to developers building a seaside resort.
A talk on how quantum computers could simulate molecules and chemical reactions that are too complex for conventional computers.
A public forum examining media consumption, propaganda, and navigating truth in modern political discourse.
A weekly social gathering for the local LGBTQ+ community to meet and connect.
Student instructors lead playful outdoor movement and introduce basic sports skills to children.
A practical visual arts course covering core drawing and painting techniques to help develop your personal style.
A sing-along show led by Astrid Akse, in which the audience joins in on the songs.
The opening night of a new show at the small canal-side theatre, one of Amsterdam's oldest stages for cabaret and comedy.
Musicians gather for an open improvisation session on the city's premier jazz stage.
A discussion about healthcare in 2040, asking whether AI and new technology will include everyone or leave some patients behind.
The first half of a French two-part film about Charles de Gaulle, covering his wartime years leading the Free French resistance from London.
A workshop on researching your family's history and turning the stories into a podcast.
A show by De Warme Winkel, the Amsterdam theatre collective known for chaotic, self-mocking performances that blur fiction and the makers' own lives.
A talk on the less visible contest over land, housing and control in Jerusalem.
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A midweek techno club night with Dexon, Inez Akker and Jayzo on the decks.
A talk and discussion on how artificial intelligence went from promised technology of the future to a contested political issue.
A social padel session for founders and engineers to meet; padel is a doubles racket sport played on a small walled court.
A session for making placards to carry at a Woonprotest, one of the Dutch demonstrations against the housing crisis.
A storytelling session at the library where a story is read aloud to children aged five and up, usually with a creative activity.
A documentary screening about exploring and embracing your cultural heritage and family background.
A creative session where people combine different materials and techniques to make mixed-media artwork.
A talk on central bank independence, asking how free a central bank really is from political pressure when it sets monetary policy.
A casual gathering where non-native speakers can practise their conversational Dutch in a supportive group setting.
A sustainability-themed fair on the Vrije Universiteit campus.
A sneak preview, meaning the film is kept secret until it starts, linked to the PAFF festival and the Amongst Friends programme.
A discussion on how to make the city's buildings and public spaces truly accessible to everyone.
Musician Sem Kramer marks his birthday and the release of a new album with a concert in this canal-side church.
A duo recital pairing violin with the viola da gamba, a bowed string instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Named after The Who's 1965 anthem, probably an evening of rock and pop from earlier decades at Amstelveen's pop venue.
A programme on the biblical Book of Joshua, whose account of the conquest of Canaan remains one of scripture's most debated stories.
A live beginners' session on investing from Peaks, the Dutch investment app.
An open participatory singing gathering held at the Jordaan neighbourhood theatre cafe.
A stand-up comedy showcase featuring a lineup of Dutch-language comedians.
A community gardening session where volunteers can tend vegetables and help maintain the site.
Free short legal consultations with certified lawyers offering initial advice on personal or legal matters.
An informal Dutch practice table hosted in partnership with student community mentors.
Adults can work on self-directed craft and design projects at their own pace with available guidance.
A guided morning session of gentle meditative movement and breathwork.
A free weekly fitness and movement group in Amsterdam-West for anyone wanting to get active and meet neighbours.
A creative arts and crafts gathering held alongside community food at the alternative cultural hub in Amsterdam-Noord.
A regular walking group in West for staying active and meeting local neighbours.
A Tuesday afternoon crafting meetup for needlework, embroidery, and painting.
An informal session playing the traditional French boules game outdoors.
Affordable community dining organised by the Dutch charity to bring local neighbours together over a warm meal.
A gentle moving-meditation session based on the simplified discipline of nineteen movements and one pose.
An informal rooftop gathering for local tech entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists to network.
An informal jazz café evening with live jazz in a relaxed, café-style setting.
A free, guided group walk through the park designed to encourage light outdoor exercise and informal neighbourhood socialising.
A concert programme on the theme of late-summer haikus, the short Japanese poems that often capture a season.
A media literacy session exploring how disinformation spreads and how to evaluate online sources critically.
The monthly rehearsal of a choir that practises protest songs to sing at climate actions and other events.
A theatre performance whose Arabic subtitle means roughly "are you at ease?", staged at Frascati, which presents new and emerging theatre makers.
A talk by the NVVE, the Dutch right-to-die association, about euthanasia, advance directives and making your own choices about the end of life.
A try-out, meaning a preview before the official premiere, of a comedy show whose title translates as The Raging Hormones Show.
A touring stage production visiting Amstelveen's main theatre, which programmes drama, comedy, dance and music.
A meetup of the UXDX community, which brings together designers, developers and product people to talk about building digital products.
A free walk-in health check where visitors can have basic heart indicators such as blood pressure measured.
A local information session on what attracts rats to a neighbourhood and what residents can do to keep them away.
A talk and discussion from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences on hybrid realities, where physical and digital worlds such as virtual and augmented reality blend.
A Dutch theatre production exploring power, bureaucracy, and modern office dynamics.
A reading group's third meeting on Hermann Hesse's 1927 novel about Harry Haller, a lonely intellectual torn between bourgeois life and his wilder self.
A networking evening for women, organised by Femme Palette, a platform that supports women's career development.
A guided 75-minute session of breathwork, chakra activation and energy work, meant to help you relax and rebalance.
A launch for a book on women's labour activism in Eastern Europe and further afield, hosted by the International Institute of Social History.
A monthly UX gathering, this time about finding design work in a tight and uncertain job market.
A concert by a musical duo in the Oosterkerk, a 17th-century church on Wittenburg in the eastern islands.
A theatre performance at Frascati, the Nes theatre that presents work by new and emerging makers.
A monthly drawing get-together where people sit down with pencils and sketch in company in the bar.
During Safety Week, a container on the square explains the signs of labour and other forms of exploitation, and what to do if you spot them.
Gentle meditative exercises drawing on yoga, Pilates and the Alexander technique, for over-65s who live in De Pijp; you need to register.
A holistic bodywork and plant medicine session focused on physical recovery and relaxation.
A women's walking group meets every Tuesday for brisk exercise and social conversation.
A drop-in consultation for advice on local Dutch language courses, tutoring, and self-study resources.
Young children gather for an informal story session at the local branch.
A gentle Tuesday walking group for women through Sloterpark.
A modified, therapeutic yoga class tailored for people dealing with ongoing pain, mobility limits, or injuries.
A seminar exploring the intersection of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, cognitive function, and contemporary neuroscience.
A solo classical guitar recital in the AMC hospital's quiet room, which is open to patients, visitors and staff.
A gathering for founders of software-as-a-service companies, organised by the SaaS Founder AMS community.
A day-long gathering at a canal house for people who use Figma, the collaborative interface design tool.
A social get-together at the local library for older residents of Slotermeer.
A talk over the lunch hour at the Vrije Academie, on a different subject each week.
A shared reading group where participants read along with Dutch texts to practise comprehension and language skills.
Parents and students can drop in without an appointment to ask questions about schooling, education options and local support services.
An informal community dance session covering line dancing and country steps for local residents of all levels.
A feature film screening at the Westerpark arthouse cinema, which shows Dutch and international independent films.
An information market on Buikslotermeerplein for people aged 60 and over in Noord about the help and services that let them stay living at home.
A free information session helping homeowners' associations save energy and get their buildings ready to come off natural gas.
A postpartum support group for new mothers getting through sleepless nights, drawing on attachment theory and holistic approaches.
An open session at the theatre, which suggests an open-stage or try-out format where visitors can drop in.
During Safety Week, a neighbourhood bus and coffee cart stop in the area so residents can drop by, have a coffee and raise their concerns.
An informal programming talk on refactoring, which means restructuring messy, tangled code into clean layers without changing what it does.
The foundation Nisa4Nisa and QueerHub Nieuw-West host a facilitated conversation for Nieuw-West residents.
The city's collection service picks up removed garden paving slabs for residents replacing them with green planting.
A health support group in the Dapperbuurt designed for women with a migration background who are managing psychosomatic symptoms.
Local women gather for an informal morning meal and informational talks on neighbourhood life and health.
Drop in for coffee, tea, and informal conversation with local neighbours.
A drop-in study centre offering assistance with basic digital skills, reading, and language practice.
A free consultation session offering guidance with personal finances, budgeting, and debt management.
Guided homework and tutoring support for primary and secondary school students.
Neighbourhood children gather for a film screening at the local library workshop space.
The second session in a student skills series, on building and presenting arguments during class discussions.
Going by the title, an event built around letters written to or about animals.
Residents of the H-buurt in Zuidoost meet each other and the area's new neighbourhood brokers to talk about local life.
A listening group is a small circle where participants take turns to speak and be heard, so people feel less alone with what they carry.
An evening for graduates of the arts academy's master's programme in Art Education, held together with KennisMakers.
A listening group is a small circle where participants take turns to speak and be heard, so people feel less alone with what they carry.
A regular meeting of Amsterdam.pm, the local user group for programmers who work with the Perl language.
Neighbours drop in for an informal coffee morning and a chat at the library.
The private club's resident choir meets for their weekly rehearsal.
A weekly advice surgery offering practical and legal support for local squatters and housing activists.
Scientology's Oxford Capacity Analysis personality test is offered to passers-by from their Wibautstraat headquarters.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
Around 80 works lent by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, including Matisse's La Blouse roumaine, shown alongside paintings by Rothko, Picasso and Barnett Newman.
The annual showcase of the world's most compelling award-winning photojournalism and documentary photography returns to Amsterdam.
The annual showcase of the world's most striking and impactful photojournalism, presented inside the historic Gothic church.
A selection of highlights from the national museum's collection of Dutch art and history.
The monthly open-air design market brings makers, artists and food stalls to the museum lawns.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
Stalls selling artisanal produce, hot food and handmade goods rotate through the city's parks on Sundays.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
A major retrospective by the renowned photographer known for monumental landscapes, portraits and atmospheric explorations of human impact.
Over 150 monumental street art murals, painted on-site by international artists, fill a former shipyard warehouse.
Citywide arts festival staging performances, tours, and special events across various participating Amsterdam museums.
An exhibition showing the commercial textile patterns, garments, and decorative fabrics designed by the pop artist in the 1950s and 1960s.
An exhibition on Henri Matisse, the French painter known for his bold colour, his Fauvist work and his late paper cut-outs.
Hands-on workshops, games, and maritime activities designed for children and families.
A digital projection show rendering the Dutch master's fantastically detailed depictions of heaven, hell and sin into large-scale animations.
An exhibition for children featuring the intricate, detail-rich illustrations of Dutch picture-book maker Charlotte Dematons.
An animated digital installation bringing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella and its philosophical meditations on life to light.
Dance event pioneers ID&T present a sensory labyrinth of light, sound, and interactive technology in the Elementenstraat warehouse.
An exhibition showcasing the pop artist's commercial textile designs from the 1950s and 1960s before his rise to fame.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's film starring Tom Cruise, the Mexican director's first feature since Bardo.
A guided twilight nature walk for children to spot nocturnal wildlife and dusk-hunting animals.
This edition honours Lou Lichtveld, also known as Albert Helman, a Dutch-Surinamese writer, composer, organist, politician and resistance fighter.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
Direct conversations and oral histories shared with survivors of the Holocaust.
The festival organisers stage a walkthrough experience using lasers, lights, and electronic soundscapes across several rooms.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
A weekend market offering vintage furniture, design pieces, curiosities, and decorative objects in the historic market hall.
The painter's former home displays etching and drawing techniques to show how Rembrandt pushed the boundaries of his craft.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
Morning yoga session held surrounded by Vincent van Gogh's masterworks.
A family exhibition exploring magic, illusions and ritual in Jewish culture and folklore.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
A practical painting and drawing class focused on composition, colour and expressive brushwork inspired by Vincent van Gogh.
Visitors walk together through a virtual reconstruction of 17th-century Amsterdam, choosing their own route and seeing everyday life of the time; part of History Month.
Sculptures by the Dutch modernist, known for his stark geometric forms in steel, leather, and found materials, are installed across the museum's open-air grounds.
The island fortress examines the psychological and physical experience of isolated military life through historical documents and interactive displays.
Outdoor art route placing site-specific sculptures and installations along the walking paths of the Amsterdamse Bos.
The contemporary Spanish-Dutch painter presents new works in dialogue with Francisco de Goya's iconic etchings, Los Disparates.
A family-friendly interactive exhibition exploring mythology, nature, and the symbolic wisdom of ravens across different world cultures.
A behind-the-scenes guided tour through the costume departments, stages, and rehearsal halls of the opera house.
Crate-digging market inside the covered passage of De Hallen, featuring independent record vendors selling vinyl across multiple genres.
Daniel Szalai presents 166 hens of the Novogen breed, a commercial egg-laying hen, as 166 individuals, at Droog's space on Staalstraat.
Outdoor cooking activities for children using fresh produce harvested directly from the site.
October is the national History Month, with history outings for children across the country, including a dark church, the Boevenbus and the Romans.
Alan J. Pakula's gripping 1976 political thriller stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as the Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal.
The private museum showcases street works, prints, and stencils by the elusive British artist.
Learn the fundamentals of silkscreening and print your own custom design onto t-shirts in this hands-on studio session.
Visitors on the fortress island can observe licensed ornithologists capturing, measuring, and banding wild birds for ongoing scientific research.
A brief, family-friendly Dutch-language opera performance staged on the platform of an Amsterdam metro station.
The idiosyncratic Dutch jazz guitarist and composer plays an intimate set in the historic former stock exchange.
An exhibition marking the city's 750th anniversary, tracing Amsterdam's history through key moments and archival records.
A broad survey of modern and contemporary art, design, and photography from the museum's permanent holdings.
Illusionist Rico Weeland stages an intimate evening of magic, mentalism, and storytelling.
Interactive light and digital installations invite visitors into responsive, mirror-filled rooms.
The presentation examines clothing from 1640 to 1930 that bears physical signs of wear, tailoring, mending, and daily life.
An outdoor and community exhibition presented in collaboration with Middle East Archive, a digital platform documenting everyday life and visual culture across the region.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the concert hall's architecture and acoustics before attending the free midday performance.
A retrospective dedicated to the influential Indonesian-Dutch industrial and interior designer best known for designing Schiphol Airport's original interiors.
Drawing in the Royal Palace on Dam Square as part of October drawing month, inside Jacob van Campen's 17th-century former city hall.
An exhibition celebrating early trailblazers and foundational works in digital and video installation art.
An exhibition tracing decades of LGBTQIA+ community life, activism, pride celebrations, and resilience across Amsterdam.
An outdoor photography exhibition in Amsterdam West presented by Foam and the digital storytelling platform Middle East Archive.
The exhibition examines the global supply chains of cocoa, sugar, and palm oil behind the beloved Dutch breakfast staple.
A specialist tour through the world's oldest functioning Jewish library, housed in the Portuguese Synagogue complex.
Sightseeing boats navigate the moat and outer waterways surrounding the star-shaped fortress town.
Creative, hands-on craft and play activities for children aged five and up.
An exhibition featuring the Congolese artists' cooperative CATPC, exploring post-colonial ecology, labour, and restitution.
A guided tasting session exploring the culinary customs and flavours of the Dutch Renaissance in the castle grounds.
The contemporary art museum's basement level hosts large-scale room projections, light works, and screen-based installations.
A three-part performance that joins Portuguese fado song with Kathak, the classical North Indian storytelling dance.
Mikhail Kalatozov's visually breathtaking 1964 Soviet-Cuban propaganda drama is celebrated for its virtuosic, long-take mobile camera work.
The acclaimed Dutch children's book illustrator exhibits her intricately detailed drawings.
Organist Ere Lievonen and flautist Raymond Honing explore the Fokker organ, whose 31-tone tuning opens up sounds beyond conventional keyboards.
Sightseeing boat cruises along the scenic Vecht river past historic estates and tea houses.
Historical reenactors demonstrate traditional musket-firing and military drills inside the Naarden fortress museum.
Exhibition dedicated to the people, history, and traditions of Amsterdam's landmark seventeenth-century Portuguese Synagogue.
Charlie Chaplin's 1940 satire, his first full talkie, in which he plays both a Jewish barber and a dictator modelled on Hitler.
Ornithologists demonstrate the process of catching, ringing, and releasing migratory birds stopping over on the fortress island.
A hands-on workshop in cutting and spraying stencils, a classic street art technique, at the street art museum in NDSM.
A tech meetup introducing agent harnesses and managed AI agents, with Harrison Chase, co-founder and CEO of LangChain.
American photographer Norman Gershman's portraits of Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust, honouring besa, a traditional promise of protection.
Forest biologist Nico leads a guided nature walk through the Amsterdamse Bos.
The American artist examines identity, gender, and celebrity culture through self-portraiture that mimics glossy fashion shoots and consumer advertising.
A weekend of activities exploring how sound, colour and taste cross over in sensory perception.
Toddlers and young children get free-jumping access to the trampolines during a session tailored for little ones.
The exhibition highlights textile designs and fabric works created by artists linked to the mid-century avant-garde Cobra movement.
A hands-on leatherwork workshop where you cut, stitch and finish a leather bag of your own to take home.
A hands-on workshop guiding participants through traditional cold-process soapmaking using natural ingredients.
A weekly Tuesday market where farmers and small producers sell fresh vegetables, bread, cheese and other food directly to shoppers.
The Dutch sisters behind De Sekszusjes use a game-show format to discuss sex, challenge myths and share practical information.
A dedicated cinema programme spotlighting seminal films from the 1990s.
A retrospective examining the turbulent life and intensely emotional, colourful paintings of the Dutch modern expressionist.
A hands-on workshop introducing the textiles, dressing traditions and etiquette of the Japanese kimono.
Al Nisa (Arabic for 'the women') is a photography exhibition with Foam, based on Middle East Archive's latest publication.
Akim Moiseenkov creates imaginative concerts designed to engage both children and adults.
A self-guided or organised walking route exploring the historic ramparts, castle and waterways of the fortified town.
An exhibition of outsider art, meaning work by self-taught artists outside the art world, many of whom have experience of psychiatric care.
Audio stops created for the museum's Body Stories research programme, which you can listen to in the Rijksmuseum app as part of History Month.
An indoor jump session on connected trampolines and obstacle courses.
Professional artists set up stalls on the Spui square every Sunday to sell paintings, prints, and ceramics directly to passersby.
A guided bicycle ride along city canals and neighbourhood streets covering local history and architecture.
Graduating second-year resident artists from the prestigious post-academic institute exhibit their work in the historic Ateliers building.
Showcase spotlighting cutting-edge graduate collections from the Netherlands' top fashion academy alumni.
An interactive, multi-sensory tour of the museum designed specifically for blind and visually impaired visitors.
An exhibition at STRAAT, the large street art and graffiti museum in a former shipyard warehouse on the NDSM wharf in Noord.
Guests share family-style platters prepared with local and sustainable produce at this countryside restaurant venue.
The museum investigates the origins, artist, and identity of the sitter in an enigmatic Golden Age portrait.
A practical culinary class covering milk curdling, pressing and the fundamentals of home cheesemaking.
A hands-on, three-day workshop covering pattern cutting, denim construction, and sewing techniques to produce a custom pair of trousers.
A guided session that has you slow down and spend time with a few works, focusing on looking closely rather than rushing through the galleries.
A small-group salon boat tour departs from the five-star hotel along the Amstel river.
Kijk maar eens goed! shows work by Charlotte Dematons, the illustrator known for detailed picture books like The Yellow Balloon that reward close looking.
An exhibition exploring the closely entwined life, thoughts, and literary oeuvre of Franz Kafka.
An indoor play space where toddlers, preschoolers and their families play together.
A decentralised festival bringing together tech companies, researchers, and startups for panels and workshops on artificial intelligence.
Display of the freshly conserved sixteenth-century altarpiece depicting the descent from the cross in the attic church.
A guided backstage look through the auditoriums, workshops, and history of the city's municipal theatre.
The historic castle estate showcases its botanical gardens and grounds in seasonal bloom.
A hands-on ceramics class teaching throwing and shaping clay on the potter's wheel.
The Dutch fashion photographer presents two decades of imagery documenting the standout graduation show for rising designers.
Large-scale sculptures by the influential Dutch constructivist and modernist are placed throughout the museum's outdoor grounds.
Instructors teach basic clay shaping and texturing techniques to help you sculpt an object, figure, or abstract form.
An informal board game meetup designed to help Dutch language learners practice their speaking skills while playing games.
A free language workshop and informal café where learners practice spoken Dutch together in a relaxed setting.
An introductory walkthrough of the photography museum's current exhibitions led by an in-house guide.
An informal conversation circle where Dutch learners of all levels chat over coffee to build their everyday speaking confidence.
Practice Dutch, English, Spanish, and other languages over drinks in an informal mixer.
An exhibition exploring the complex debates, ethics and practices surrounding the restitution of colonial-era heritage items.
A thematic walkthrough exploring the collection and modern art history through LGBTQIA+ perspectives.
Taxidermy duo Sinke & Van Tongeren present their theatrical, Old Master-inspired arrangements of exotic preserved birds and animals.
Comedian Rami Nima hosts an evening of stand-up comedy featuring up-and-coming and established acts.
The French string quartet, celebrated for their Russian repertoire, performs works by Weinberg, Prokofiev, and Beethoven.
The museum displays patterned skirts and wearable textiles designed by key painters and sculptors of the post-war CoBrA movement.
The celebrated British tenor and his longtime collaborative pianist perform nineteenth-century lieder by Wolf and Schubert.
A hands-on craft session covering the practical techniques, ingredients, and chemistry needed to create natural bar soaps.
An open-air secondhand market selling pre-loved clothes, homeware, and garden finds.
The grassroots archive presents perspectives on colonial history, resistance, and grassroots solidarity movements across the Dutch empire and beyond.
An exhibition about a pioneering Van Houten, probably the Weesp cocoa family whose press and alkalising process changed how chocolate was made.
An exhibition named after hagelslag, the chocolate sprinkles the Dutch eat on bread, built around the idea of building a new world together.
A practical textile workshop teaching mending, customisation, and redesign techniques to revamp old garments.
A queer club night focused on upbeat pop tracks and electronic dance anthems in the Houthavens.
Children aged eight and up can explore coniferous tree species from around the globe across the botanical garden.
A creative, hands-on weekend art workshop designed for young children and their parents.
The Soap Girls are sisters Noemie and Camille Debray, a loud, provocative South African alternative rock and punk duo.
The documentary follows Dutch-Caribbean artists who use dominoes as a way to think about life; the evening also includes a game of dominoes.
An architectural model exhibition exploring the extensive future urban development plans for Amsterdam's northern docklands.
The Viennese indie band, fronted by Sophie Lindinger, plays raw-guitar songs that move between grunge, post-punk and pop.
A vocal group from the Dutch TV talent show One & Only, where they finished third after covering Miguel's 'Sure Thing' and Tevin Campbell's 'Can We Talk'.
Composer Kate Moore turns ideas about landscape and long-distance walking into contemporary music, performed here with Herz Ensemble.
A jam session where musicians take turns playing together on stage at Waterhole, the rock and blues bar near Leidseplein.
The city's largest city farm, in Westerpark, which has recently gone through a lot of changes and renovation.
An exhibition exploring gender transformation, performance, and shifting bodily identity through archaeological artefacts and contemporary culture.
An interactive exhibition space exploring archaeological discovery, material culture, and how finds are catalogued.
A guided behind-the-scenes tour of the striking modern concert hall on the IJ waterfront.
Ceramicist Anita Kluge leads a hands-on clay modelling workshop blending craft and storytelling.
A pop-up preview of outsider art: work by self-taught makers outside the official art world, often people with experience of psychiatric illness.
An exhibition examining how contemporary artists combine photography with collage techniques to construct alternative narratives.
A sip-and-paint evening where you paint with glowing neon colours under UV light over a glass of wine, with no experience needed.
Exhibition of photography by the Dutch-Uruguayan artist known for her portraits exploring gender, identity, and memory.
The visual artist presents installations and performances reflecting on post-colonial history, identity and Caribbean heritage.
An interactive audio-visual walking tour around Amsterdam East designed for children aged seven and up.
The South African artist Wim Botha, known for sculptures carved from stacked books, wood and other unlikely materials, shows at Stevenson's Amsterdam space.
Two free Waternet audio tours, one through the city centre and one through the Amsterdam Waterleidingduinen dunes, tell the history behind a glass of tap water.
A shared lunch on Pampus, the fortified island in the IJmeer that is part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
An annual festival in Maastricht that presents a selection of the year's Dutch dance productions.
A self-guided walking route detailing maritime history and architectural landmarks around the Oosterdok docklands.
A guided walk exploring the plant collections and seasonal highlights of the botanical garden.
Photography exhibition exploring personal reflections, tributes, and diverse cultural perspectives on mortality.
A creative workshop designed to introduce young children to looking at and making art.
An exhibition at the museum of funeral culture exploring the relationship between traffic, transit and mortality.
A multi-course dinner highlighting autumn produce and locally sourced seasonal ingredients.
An exhibition exploring the intersection of Lutheran faith, openness, and queer community history in Amsterdam.
The first listed work, Manu Mpasi’s “Le Monologue de l’Aube,” reflects on living between different worlds as part of a three-work performance bill.
Hands-on clay modelling workshop guiding participants through basic sculpting and shaping techniques.
A playful family afternoon combining casual games of bingo with food and entertainment.
An architectural look at Haven-Stad, Amsterdam’s developing port-city district, which could eventually add up to 70,000 homes.
An evening devoted to fresh oysters and paired drinks at the hotel's bar.
A monthly dance afternoon on the last Sunday, with swing classics and familiar Dutch and international favourites for anyone who likes to dance.
The University of Amsterdam’s archaeology museum displays ancient glassware from Roman, Egyptian, and Mediterranean collections.
A guided walk from the historic Red Light District house highlighting influential women in the city's social history.
Explore the striking Amsterdam School architecture of the historic shipping headquarters, now a luxury hotel, during this regular Sunday package.
The town square fills with stalls offering fresh produce, cheese, fish, clothes and household wares.
A bock beer tour, tasting the dark, malty seasonal beers that appear in Dutch bars every autumn.
The Dutch designer displays playful sculptures and everyday design objects repurposed from obsolete collectables and materials.
Gunther von Hagens's exhibition of plastinated human bodies, focusing on the anatomical science of happiness and wellbeing.
The Dutch-Brazilian net artist, known for using websites as canvases, presents his book-based and printed projects.
Nine contemporary artists of Moluccan descent examine their roots, shared heritage and cultural identity through varied media.
A showcase celebrating contemporary creative voices and heritage across the Moluccan diaspora in the Netherlands.
An exhibition exploring the movement, culture and sensory experience of swimming through contemporary art.
An art exhibition exploring modern self-representation and collective belonging in the converted NDSM shipyard.
The Dutch textile artist is internationally acclaimed for her tactile wool felt works dyed with heritage plants she cultivates herself.
Photographer Tomás Mauro presents a participatory project connecting strangers through portraits and written notes.
An exhibition exploring the history and lived experiences of the Moluccan community in Amsterdam seventy-five years after their arrival in the Netherlands.
An open-air photography exhibition displayed along the boulevard at the Sloterplas.
A discussion exploring themes of identity, displacement, and community.
The university heritage museum displays ancient glassware alongside recent research into classical glassmaking techniques.
A group presentation featuring work by established names of modern and street-influenced art.
The museum surveys the intense, psychological canvases and watercolours of the Dutch Expressionist painter.
The renowned South African visual activist presents photographic portraits documenting Black LGBTQIA+ communities.
A retrospective survey dedicated to the Dutch artist best known for his minimalist wire sculptures, drawings, and luminous cityscape silhouettes.
The Vienna-born, Dubai-raised singer-songwriter performs his emotional, classically influenced pop.
A guided physical movement workshop connecting participants to the natural environment of the Sloterplas lake.
Experimental ensemble Jam With Humans stages an evening of interactive music and improvisation inside an independent bookshop.
The emerging photographer presents work examining memory, personal archives and unseen perspectives of family life.
A retrospective examining the foundational 1970s and 80s work of the seminal Dutch video-art distribution and research platform.
An immersive digital light and projection experience that surrounds visitors with life-sized prehistoric creatures in their ancient habitats.
Artist Miquel Hervás Gómez leads a hands-on workshop transforming publication waste into fresh handmade sheets of paper.
The Dutch pioneer of internet art presents digital works examining how computational materials interact with physical space.
Portraits and personal histories chronicling the community surrounding Amsterdam's Portuguese Synagogue.
Children follow clues through the library in a themed treasure hunt marking Dutch Children's Book Week.
A personal storytelling session recounting experiences and legacies connected to the Holocaust.
An outdoor sculpture garden exhibiting contemporary three-dimensional artworks amidst landscaped grounds.
An open jam session where local musicians and visitors join the house host on stage for blues, funk, and soul.
Artists in the NDSM shipyard explore self-portraiture, digital image manipulation, and narcissism in modern culture.
Practical studio session introducing ceramic glazing techniques, finishes, and colour application for pottery.
A weekly open jam night where musicians get up and play rock 'n' roll together at this long-running Leidseplein-area music bar.
Textile artist Claudy Jongstra pairs her signature felted, raw wool pieces with works by guest artists exploring sustainable material processes.
A nostalgic, travelling dance party designed primarily for older adults, featuring classic ballroom and pop hits.
A guided architectural tour of Jan Duiker's iconic modernist sanatorium complex in Hilversum.
Guided tours exploring the city archives and the monumental 1920s architecture of the former bank building on Vijzelstraat.
A guided walking and sketching excursion exploring the surrounding streets with drawing materials in hand.
Italian hip-hop stalwart Tormento teams up with DJ Fastcut for a night of classic boom-bap rap.
A tactile scale model allows visitors to experience the architecture of the waterfront and the Arcam building through touch.
A community creative making session hosted at the contemporary art space in Amsterdam-Noord.
A talk on how AI, robotics and new data systems are changing climate research, including foundation models that produce high-resolution forecasts in minutes.
An interactive photography exhibition in which visitors take part rather than only look at the pictures.
A performance about how traditions in Suriname’s Maroon communities continue to change over time.
An exhibition showcasing contemporary visual art and cross-disciplinary projects from the Low Countries.
Contemporary artists explore selfhood and belonging in a collaborative group exhibition.
An exhibition on how nature and culture relate, at the stacked-container art space on the former NDSM shipyard in Noord, running until 11 October.
An exhibition dedicated to the mid-century rescue and reconstruction of historic wooden windmills and houses along the Zaan.
A library display of plates and food stories from people in Nieuw-West, showing the cooking traditions found across the neighbourhood.
Retrospective covering the long career of the celebrated Haarlem painter known for his atmospheric still lifes and studio interiors.
A public showing of an art collection housed inside the former mint depository.
The celebrated Dutch sculptor shows expressive works crafted from handblown glass, textile, and ceramics.
An international trade fair for the instruments, systems and software used in weather observation, measurement and forecasting.
An exhibition by Dina Danish, the Cairo-born, Amsterdam-based artist whose playful work deals with language, translation and misunderstanding.
An exhibition at the museum of Lutheran history exploring the heritage and resilience of the queer community.
An interdisciplinary afternoon exploring art publications and cinema at the canal-house art space.
Interactive community project exchanging handwritten postcards with library visitors to explore social connections.
The design software company takes over a canal house to show off its newest features, including AI and agent tools for getting from idea to production.
Participants in a four-day training demonstrate and playtest prototype serious games designed to explore urban planning and civic challenges.
A showcase exploring micro-housing, modular design, and efficient urban living solutions at Haarlem's architecture centre.
A visual arts exhibition spotlighting local creative talent and community stories.
A performance by Dizzi Geetha, a queer Sri Lankan artist living in the Netherlands who works as a theatre maker, composer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ.
The knitwear designer leads an in-depth workshop on drafting and constructing custom-fit jumpers.
The Dutch painter and illustrator displays works celebrating female bodies, desire, and bodily vulnerability through soft, vibrant color.
An exhibition exploring the modernist architecture and legacy of Willem Marinus Dudok.
The Dutch artist, a co-founder of the Nul movement, is celebrated for his serial assemblages of found and discarded everyday objects.
An exhibition exploring life and permanence through printmaking and graphic arts.
Four young performers sing Dutch and French songs in an intimate cabaret-style concert.
An exhibition reflecting on family, memory loss, and grief at the national museum dedicated to funeral heritage.
An exhibition considering the intersection of natural ecology and human epochs at the NDSM-based art space.
A discussion of the choices and challenges involved in using district heating as a sustainable alternative to individual electric heat pumps.
The Dutch artist displays whimsical ceramic creatures and eccentric character sculptures.
The contemporary art gallery hosts an exhibition exploring myth, memory, and material culture.
A conversation about why people are eating less meat and dairy, from animal welfare and health to climate concerns and food.
An exhibition focusing on the post-war Dutch avant-garde collective that united artists and architects in search of new functional forms.
A guided public nature walk through the heathland and protected wetland reserve near Hilversum.
Community repair event where volunteers help fix broken household appliances, clothing, electronics, and bicycles.
Artist Elisa van Joolen leads a textile workshop exploring ways to rework, repair, and recontextualize existing clothing.
A guided tour of the town hall building, covering its history and its rooms.
Special programming highlighting physical and sensory accessibility across cultural spaces, hosted at the canal heritage museum.
View a private collection of paintings, sculptures, and etchings housed in a historic building beside the Munttoren.
A display of freestyle brushwork on Chinese rice paper, exploring dynamic floral forms and vivid color.
The Dutch-Uruguayan photographer shows portraits exploring identity, gender and cultural belonging in the museum's project space.
Take a self-guided 90-minute walking route exploring the history and architecture around the Oosterdok basin.
The Dutch fine art photographer presents contemplative black-and-white prints examining emotional resonance, ageing, and natural transition.
An exhibition exploring personal roots, collective memory, and future visions through contemporary art and research.
A photography and art exhibition exploring local urban stories and community life around the park and neighbourhood.
The improvising ensemble performs a live set blending free jazz and theatrical elements to launch their new record.
Borrowing Orwell's Animal Farm maxim, this group exhibition gathers contemporary work addressing power structures and human-nonhuman hierarchies.
The Copenhagen-based artist plays melancholic, collage-like pop pieces built from his 2024 debut on Posh Isolation.
French painter Lou Ros and South Korean artist Sanghyuk Kim present expressive mixed-media paintings and figurative works.
Guided walk-in tours providing deeper context on the modern and contemporary post-war art in the collection.
Explore the long career of the Haarlem painter and watercolourist through works preserved from his studio on the Spaarne.
Marinka Reuten shows subtle, atmospheric works evoking dappled sunlight filtering through trees.
The Dutch ceramic artist displays his imaginative, brightly colored sculptural creatures.
Koentact opens its doors for free trial lessons, language level assessments, and an introduction to its teaching methods.
The German painter presents atmospheric, layered landscapes that blur the line between real wilderness and internal psychological spaces.
The gallery devoted to outsider, neurodivergent, and non-normative artists presents a collaborative mixed-media exhibition.
The Beijing-born visual artist and designer exhibits work engaging with physical exercise, discipline, and historical iconography.
Polish artist Mikołaj Sobczak presents work interrogating historical narratives, queer resistance, and national mythmaking.
The university gallery explores how artists and scientists interpret different dimensions of perception and truth.
A museum docent leads a walk through the photography exhibition highlighting young creative talent.
Lady Marmalade hosts an open-mic and spoken-word night inviting audiences to listen and speak up.
The veteran Dutch conceptual artist and biologist displays poetic works assembled from dried leaves, earth, and found natural elements.
The Dutch artist presents vividly coloured, apocalyptic drawings and paintings populated by sci-fi, occult, and cosmic imagery.
The Cuban artist presents conceptual work examining digital culture and alternative distribution networks outside formal online systems.
Pakistani contemporary artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil show work questioning gender, ritual, and societal norms.
An exhibition exploring the design, social life, and evolution of public pavement space in post-war Amsterdam.
An exhibition exploring ideas of refuge, space, and belonging through contemporary visual art at the Flemish cultural centre.
A group exhibition engaging with queer identity, memory and imagined futures in dialogue with the museum's historic religious setting.
The Dutch artist exhibits her monumental, intricately detailed charcoal drawings inspired by untamed nature and human psychology.
An animal-themed walking trail, the kind of route set out for families to follow at their own pace.
A joint exhibition pairing Lou Ros's deconstructed figurative painting with Sanghyuk Kim's contemporary artistic practice.
The artists' society hosts a fluor-themed gathering of the Painters Club.
A theatre piece made in-house by Scala, a venue that combines a food bar with a small theatre.
The Dutch chamber group marks Valentine's Day with an intimate classical performance.
An audio-guided walking tour exploring the neighbourhood through women's voices, personal histories and urban memories.
Step inside the historic 17th-century town hall in the fortified town of Naarden.
The historic artists' society mounts a group exhibition centered on green themes, ecology, and nature.
A summit for start-up founders, organised by Connect.
The neighbourhood light-art initiative opens its latest run of community-focused installations.
Contemporary artists challenge the rigid botanical classification systems established by 18th-century taxonomist Carl Linnaeus.
A networking event for startup founders and engineers built around padel, a doubles racket sport played on a small enclosed court.
A programme about rest and slowing down at W139, the long-running artist-run space on the Warmoesstraat.
A period exhibition showcasing daily family life, interiors and traditions of historic regional residents.
A club night from the Phantom Group collective with SUKA on the decks.
Leo Vroegindeweij and Ruth Meijer present sculpture and painting exploring form, memory, and perspective along the canal.
A historical presentation tracing traditional women's clothing, headwear, and customs of Volendam.
The Dutch co-founder of the Nul movement displays his signature assemblages made from discarded mass-produced everyday objects.
The Dutch artist shows her large-scale, intricate charcoal drawings exploring the intersections of lush vegetation and urban human presence.
Annemarie Libbers facilitates an intimate creative writing and lyrical composition session.
A live set at the late-night Leidseplein-area music bar known for blues, rock and soul bands.
The Dutch sculptor shows new geometric, spatial works fashioned from industrial iron and steel.
Riverside bar and restaurant on the Amstel hosting regular community drinks, food, and social events.
The Croatian contemporary artist re-examines modernist heritage, institutional memory, and collective history through painting and display structures.
A visual art exhibition exploring botanical forms and verdant textures on view near Oosterdok.
A contemporary art exhibition exploring personal, collective, and sensory representations of memory.
A solo theatre show weaving together storytelling and personal narrative in the venue's intimate cabaret space.
A small display on how the smelly, unhealthy 19th-century city gave rise to the belief that nature and fresh air are good for body and mind.
An intimate visual art exhibition staged inside the quirky local church venue.
A local networking evening and speed-dating session organised for city-centre residents.
A close-up narrative cabaret performance centred on rumour, conversation, and storytelling in the venue's bite-sized theatre format.
The French artist exhibits delicate ceramic sculptures alongside drawings that blend organic shapes with architectural forms.
An exhibition of work by Tino Rademaker in Helicopter's art café.
A high-intensity interval training session outdoors in the Amsterdamse Bos.
A portrait exhibition showcasing the varied history and residents of Haarlem across the centuries.
An exhibition at a small contemporary art gallery on the Lijnbaansgracht, near the Leidseplein end of the canal belt.
Artists Mia Weiner and Johnny Mae Hauser explore physical form and connection through collaborative contemporary works.
An exhibition on local history reflecting on everyday village life and disrupted heritage.
An informal creative writing meetup where writers of all levels gather to work on prompts and share drafts.
A live introductory session on investing basics, run by the Dutch investment app Peaks.
An exhibition of artwork depicting the historic defensive gates that once guarded the perimeter of Haarlem.
Swimming classes tailored for children and adults with physical disabilities or chronic conditions.
The Italian artist installs a project drawing on dystopian fiction, linguistic shifts, and alternative historical narratives in the gallery's project space.
An exhibition tracing the environmental and economic histories of petroleum extraction and cotton farming.
Sculptor Gaston Bannier presents works at this studio and outdoor display space.
A library exhibition tracing local histories and personal memories through shared narratives.
Founders, investors, and policymakers gather for rooftop drinks and discussion on European artificial intelligence strategy.
A two-person dialogue between painter Han Schuil and installation-focused artist Ricardo van Eyk.
Emerging artist Klaartje van Essen presents new sculptural and installation work developed during her De Ateliers residency.
The central bank showcases pieces from its corporate art collection exploring unexpected perspectives and hidden details.
A critical exhibition revisiting how social background and class privilege shape the careers and institutions of the contemporary art world.
A development programme for Zuidoost residents under 30 looking to build practical skills and professional networks.
Dutch abstract painter Paul Drissen shows geometric, collage-based paintings that balance modernist order with playful, provisional forms.
Entrepreneurs, tech talent, and early-stage investors connect at an informal startup networking evening.
A gallery group show probing land, material, and ecological uncertainties through contemporary painting and sculpture.
The artist-run space presents a collaborative exhibition exploring how personal and collective trauma are held and recalled.
The project room hosts a companion contemporary installation focused on transformation and growth.
Artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil present works exploring history, memory, and how objects outlive their original functions.
A community storytelling workshop focusing on sharing and illuminating personal narratives.
A guided walking group for seniors looking to stay active and meet neighbours in the park.
Prints and drawings by the Dutch artist exploring mortality and the human body, displayed in the funeral museum's cafe.
An art dealership presents works by female artists, available with trial home placements.
A dual exhibition pairing sculptural earthworks with folded textile compositions.
An exhibition of surviving drawings, crafts, and memorabilia by the two sisters from the well-known regional industrial family.
A group exhibition examining how human presence, touch, and collective memory reverberate across material objects.
An interactive workshop focusing on communication skills, active listening, and bridging divides in difficult conversations.
An art exhibition focused on luminous and colourful visual works.
The third chapter, “Making the Wave,” completes a three-part series preceded by “Floating on the Wave” and “Riding the Wave.”
An academic session on how the algorithms used in health and social care should be regulated and overseen.
An exhibition exploring the varied artistic output of four creators from a single family.
Open outdoor play sessions for children at the local Erfgooiers playground.
An architectural exhibition examining post-war reconstruction urbanism and its contemporary renovations in Haarlem's Parkwijk.
A professional development workshop focused on career direction and leadership strategies for women.
Banned Books Week is an annual US campaign, started in 1982, that draws attention to attempts to censor or remove books from libraries and schools.
A pavement-facing window exhibition space hosts an open-ended art installation.
The independent project space hosts a contemporary visual art exhibition.
A neighbourhood library presents an exhibition of work by the artist.
Anne Cappendijk presents an artistic exploration of public grief rituals, commemoration and everyday losses.
A business conference bringing together entrepreneurs, founders, and investors for keynotes, workshops, and networking.
Wednesday 7 October
A free guided tour of this year's World Press Photo exhibition, which shows the winning images from the international photojournalism contest.
An evening of piano music in the Concertgebouw, the famous 19th-century concert hall.
A hands-on music-making session where children and beginners can experiment with unusual electronic and acoustic instruments.
Amateur and experienced performers take to the stage for an open-mic evening of personal tales, folklore, and spoken word.
Two pianists play romantic classics and neoclassical favourites in the Concertgebouw's Main Hall.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's new film, starring Tom Cruise.
Aardman's wordless clay-animated sheep (Shaun the Sheep in English) causes chaos on the farm again in this family screening, suitable from age six.
Stanley Kubrick's razor-sharp Cold War satire follows a frantic bid to stop an unhinged US general from triggering nuclear armageddon.
A guided walking tour visiting the secluded courtyard almshouses tucked behind the streets of the Jordaan.
An outdoor nature workshop showing children how food travels from seed to plate through gardening and cooking activities.
A scripted and improvised sketch comedy show about life ruled by algorithms and technology, from Amsterdam's long-running English-language comedy theatre.
The Amsterdam string orchestra teams up with Dutch violinist Liza Ferschtman for a programme built around the theme of intimate letters.
The new project of Cameron Picton, former bassist and singer of the London experimental rock band black midi.
Drag queen Shae G'Day hosts a free night of drag at Lellebel, Amsterdam's long-running drag bar on Utrechtsestraat.
One of the Concertgebouw's free lunchtime concerts, this time marking Black Achievement Month, the October celebration of Black achievement in the Netherlands.
Annemarie Jacir's historical drama, set during the 1936 Arab revolt against British rule in Mandate Palestine.
A children's workshop for Children's Book Week based on Het Muizenhuis, Karina Schaapman's picture books set in a hand-built mouse house.
Heather Lenz's documentary about Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, from her struggle for recognition in 1960s New York to her fame for polka dots and infinity rooms.
A French film from Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, the directing duo behind The Intouchables.
A theatrical piece exploring toxic masculinity and modern misogyny through the prism of online influencer Andrew Tate.
Organ and classical musicians give daytime performances beneath the vaulted ceiling of the historic canal-side church.
A hands-on craft session on colouring fabric with plant-based dyes made from flowers, leaves and other botanical materials.
The Dutch singer, known for her Dutch-language versions of Jacques Brel's songs, returns with another programme of his chansons.
The maritime museum's programme for Children's Book Week, the annual Dutch celebration of children's books held each October.
My New Band Believe is the project of Cameron Picton, formerly of the London experimental rock band black midi, with geo opening.
An evening about television culture, from the 1980s oil-dynasty soap Dallas to HBO's media-empire drama Succession.
An exhibition exploring the realities of independence struggles across Africa, Suriname, and the Caribbean.
A wood-fired mobile sauna session set up for relaxation and community warming.
A workshop series inviting musicians of all levels to play and improvise together.
A community kitchen evening serving Indonesian home-cooked food.
A stand-up comedy night with several comedians taking turns on stage.
A children's theatre performance designed for toddlers and young kids at the boutique puppet and story theatre.
A Dutch-dubbed outing for Aardman's stop-motion sheep, in which Shaun and the flock face a mysterious creature on the farm.
Creative Wednesday-afternoon workshops for children aged five and up, run by Motherhood Amsterdam.
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Nicotine Dolls are an American indie rock band known for big, emotional anthems that found a wide audience through social media.
The Dutch piano trio of Hannes Minnaar, Maria Milstein and Gideon den Herder plays Romantic chamber music alongside a work by Scottish composer James MacMillan.
An autumn boat trip through the waterways of the large park and woodland on Amsterdam's southern edge.
Audience seating for the recording of Eva Jinek's current affairs talkshow at De Hallen.
Taste Before You Waste, the Amsterdam food-rescue group, hosts a weekly communal meal cooked from surplus food saved from going to waste.
An English-language comedy show from Derek Mitchell, looking at Dutch habits and life in the Netherlands through an outsider's eyes.
A relaxed, neighbourly concert served with coffee and Dutch apple pie.
The title is Indonesian for 'young coconut'; the venue is a Zuidoost theatre known for community-rooted performances.
A free staging of Rostand's 1897 play about the big-nosed poet who woos Roxane with love letters on behalf of a handsome cadet.
The Amsterdam-based Slovenian pianist and composer, known for her mix of improvisation, jazz and contemporary composition, plays alone.
A dance piece by the Serbian-born, Amsterdam-based choreographer Dunja Jocić, made with the dance company Orbita | Spellbound.
A concert by Evelyn Dupuy at the former church on the Weteringschans that is one of the city's main pop venues.
A dinner with philosophical discussion that uses Plato's allegory of the cave to think about robots and artificial intelligence.
The singer-songwriter from Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India plays his gentle folk-pop, sung in Nyishi, Hindi and English.
A talk on narcissism: how it works, how to recognise it and how it affects the people around a narcissist.
A storytime for children aged two and up, with stories read aloud and brought to life with music by a performer called the TofProf.
An activity for children about learning from nature and turning into a shape-shifting ninja, run by the children's programme at the OCCII squat venue.
Tales from the Magical Garden is a gentle stop-motion film in which three siblings make up stories with their grandfather after their grandmother dies. Suitable from age six.
Despite the Amsterdam name, this tasting tour is held in Zaandam, the town just north-west of the city known for its green wooden Zaan houses.
Dutch novelist and columnist Alma Mathijsen reads and performs her work at this musician-run venue in the Oosterpark area.
A French film adaptation of Annie Ernaux's memoir A Girl's Story, about her first sexual experience at a summer camp in 1958 and its long aftermath.
A hands-on workshop where you make your own skincare and personal care products from natural ingredients.
A guided tour of the museum's storage depot, showing parts of the collection that are not on display; it is listed as sold out.
Two acts share the bill on a joint tour that, going by its name, centres on roots music and rhythm.
A talk and debate on how tourism affects everyday life in Amsterdam and what the city's visitor economy should look like in future.
The 17th-century church on the Eastern Islands opens its doors to visitors as part of a programme of special buildings open to the public.
A community life drawing session where you draw from a live nude model, usually without an instructor, so all levels are welcome.
A discussion of how streets built around cars limit people's freedom of movement, and what a city designed differently could look like.
An open community workshop day where locals can use shared tools and get help with their DIY repair or craft projects.
An informal meetup for non-native speakers to practise everyday Dutch conversation over coffee.
A hands-on workshop exploring communication, postal history, and creative design.
An interactive theatre piece about what happens when someone who thinks or lives very differently suddenly becomes your neighbour.
An evening of making collages by cutting up and gluing together magazines, paper and found images, usually with materials shared at the table.
An informal weekly drinks meetup brings expats, locals, and newcomers together for casual conversation.
An open creative studio session where you choose a medium and work at your own pace with hands-on materials.
A live set of cabaret, theater, or song in the venue's intimate tapassalon.
Midweek drinks near Vijzelgracht for expats and long-term residents who want to meet people and make friends.
A Brazilian drummer leads his group at Splendor, the musicians' collective housed in a former bathhouse.
A show by De Warme Winkel, the Amsterdam theatre collective known for chaotic, self-mocking performances that blur fiction and the makers' own lives.
The second half of a French two-part film about Charles de Gaulle, who led the Free French during the Second World War and later became president.
Participants make their own scrubs, serums and deodorant from oils, butters and ordinary kitchen-cupboard ingredients.
This session is fully booked: a challenge in the library's makerspace where participants combine art and technology to build something of their own.
An open social evening at Technologia Incognita, Amsterdam's hackerspace, where members and visitors meet, chat and tinker with projects.
Relaxed evenings of modern light-strategy board games in the Oostenburg neighbourhood room on the first and third Monday, with beginners welcome.
The September pub quiz at this Amsterdam-Noord brewery's taproom has been moved to 7 October.
A morning of reading aloud for toddlers and their parents, based on the Howtotalk approach to talking with children.
Named after a Dutch nursery rhyme, this is a session for children aged two and up, with rhymes, songs and clapping games alongside a parent or carer.
De Ceuvel asks volunteers to help look after its purifying park, where plants are used to clean the polluted soil of this former shipyard in Noord.
An informal creative workshop where young children learn basic painting and drawing techniques using various art materials.
A games café, an informal evening of playing board and card games with whoever turns up.
A Dutch language lesson followed by an informal café session where learners practise speaking Dutch.
A gong bath is a sound meditation in which participants lie down while gongs are played around them; this one focuses on balancing the chakras.
A relaxed, queer-friendly evening of making things, with no rules or expectations, as a break from busy everyday life.
A quieter evening in a living-room-style café, for people who find ordinary bars too loud and busy and would like to meet new people.
A relaxed creative session that combines painting on canvas with conversation, hosted by the hotel together with the NOCKNOCK studio.
A Friday club night at Paradiso.
Dutch stand-up comedian Nienke Plas performs a show whose title is Dutch slang for 'a piece of cake'.
Two comedians share the bill for a stand-up show whose title means 'double'.
A programme at the Amsterdam centre for debate, film and journalism, which usually pairs a screening or presentation with discussion.
An introductory evening on the Embassy's Ritman Library, the collection of hermetic, mystical and esoteric books housed in this Keizersgracht canal house.
An open jam session at Amstelveen's pop venue, where musicians can bring their instruments and join in.
A story hour for young children, with books read aloud at the neighbourhood second-hand shop.
A shared neighbourhood dinner where local residents eat together at this community centre in Slotermeer.
An open stage where amateur and professional musicians take turns playing chamber music, from duos to small ensembles, for an informal audience.
An informal shared brunch where people from the community meet over food.
A library session for children aged six and up that uses games and play to encourage reading.
A pub quiz in a restaurant, with teams answering rounds of general-knowledge questions over drinks.
A series of workshops at Biko where you gather and share personal stories about life in Amsterdam Oost.
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An exhibition at the historic artists' society on the Rokin, with a Dutch title that roughly means 'tree beings'.
The title means 'The Metabolism of Loss', which points to work about how grief and loss are absorbed and processed over time.
A children's film, part of the cinema's family programme.
A chance to meet the Dutch illustrator and children's author Milja Praagman, whose picture books include Heel de wereld.
A networking event for engineering managers on a canal boat, with talk about project-tracking tools other than Atlassian's Jira.
A stage show at the Leidseplein theatre, whose programme mixes cabaret, comedy, musicals and drama.
A relaxed daytime lunch service inside the alternative cultural centre on the Overtoom.
Participants bring old family photographs and embellish them with decorative embroidery stitches.
A regular club gathering to play matches on traditional Dutch shuffleboards.
An open-level yoga class hosted at the Dapperbuurt community centre.
Early-stage founders present their business concepts directly to an audience of venture investors and get immediate feedback.
An informal evening dedicated to playing tabletop and board games over drinks.
A stage show at Amstelveen's municipal theatre whose title plays on the English phrase for gibberish and the skipping-rope game.
A lecture examining the Canon of the Netherlands, the official list of key topics in Dutch history, and asking who decides what counts as history.
A night at the Oud-West bar and small venue known for indie, punk, experimental gigs and cult film screenings.
An evening built around the spritz, the Italian aperitif made with prosecco, a bitter liqueur such as Aperol, and soda water.
A matchmaking event that introduces AI startup founders to venture investors.
A children's film in Dutch, part of the cinema's family programme.
A monthly shared meal at the Keizersgrachtkerk, where people from the neighbourhood and congregation eat together.
A joint night between Doka's own culture programme and Muziekkring, mixing the two groups' music programmes.
A networking event that pairs AI startups with investors looking for companies to fund.
An exhibition sharing community stories, recycled treasures and sustainable making from the neighbourhood hub.
A guided mindfulness session at the local library, with simple meditation and attention exercises for reducing stress.
A drop-in session where visitors can bring questions about local or family history and get help looking into the past.
A long-running Amsterdam meetup where people interested in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency meet for talks and networking.
A drop-in session where you can bring questions, photos or family stories about the history of Amsterdam-Oost to the neighbourhood library.
Dutch horn player and scholar Herman Jeurissen teaches a horn masterclass at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and also presents a book.
An anniversary party celebrating PACT+, marking its milestone with a festive gathering at PACT Amsterdam.
A theatre show at Diemen's riverside theatre, named for a couple's planned evening out together.
A programme of cultural activities from the Cultuurbouwers initiative at Post Oost, the neighbourhood community centre in a former post office.
A guided meditation session at the library, focused on breathing, attention and relaxation.
A story-reading session for children aged five and up at the library.
A group conversation over high tea about following your own dreams, the choices along the way, and daring to be truly visible.
A quiet café at billiard café Hermes on Ceintuurbaan where people can meet and play games without shouting over the noise.
An anniversary event marking 25 years of Pact+.
Team Laika play a live show at Scala; the listing gives no further detail about the act.
A session for partners and others close to someone with dementia, about small practical ways to keep everyday life pleasant.
Story time at the library, where young children listen to picture books read aloud.
A regular weekly yoga class led by Claudia.
A shared reading group where a story or poem is read aloud together, then discussed informally by the group.
A free, informal café-style meetup for practising spoken English and meeting new people.
A free neighbourhood fitness and gentle exercise class for women looking to stay active and meet others.
An informal drop-in gathering offering coffee, conversation, and a warm community welcome.
An informal morning gathering for locals to drop in for a free cup of coffee and conversation.
An accessible yoga session led by Fabio, focusing on stretching, breath, and relaxation.
A regular shared meal connecting founders, researchers, and campus residents over casual conversation.
French speakers and learners gather for an informal conversational practice session.
The second session of Klik & Tik, a basic course for people with little or no experience of using a computer or the internet.
A casual neighbourhood social with tea, coffee, and open conversation in the local social centre.
A quiet drop-in session for children and learners to choose a book from the shelves and practice reading.
An informal after-work drinks evening for people in marketing, run by the Amsterdam networking group better known for its breakfast meetings.
A weekly community gathering focusing on neurodiversity, co-regulation, and mental health through guided shared exercises.
A multi-week introductory course introducing basic Kadampa Buddhist meditation practices for mental clarity.
The Marketing Breakfast Club Amsterdam's monthly after-work drinks for marketing professionals, held at Café de Geit on Wolvenstraat.
An event that matches AI startups and spin-offs looking for seed, Series A or corporate funding with investors and corporate investment teams.
A slow yoga class in which poses are held for several minutes, at the museum and library of mystical and hermetic texts in the Huis met de Hoofden.
The second session of a beginners' course covering the basics of Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel and Outlook.
A peaceful, guided mindfulness walk focusing on sensory awareness, breathing, and experiencing nature at an unhurried pace.
A feature film screening in the cinema's regular programme of Dutch and international independent releases.
A feature film screening in the cinema's regular programme of arthouse and independent releases.
An outdoor community fitness session offering low-impact group exercise routines suitable for local residents of all fitness levels.
An evening in De Kring's in-house programme at the long-running members' club for artists and creative professionals.
The launch of a book whose title translates as 1000 Days, 1000 Questions, held at an independent neighbourhood bookshop.
Local volunteers gather to cultivate vegetables, share gardening knowledge, and support community food production in the park.
A regular get-together for people living with dementia, their families and carers, with a talk on a theme and time for conversation.
The title presumably refers to 7 October 2023, the date of the Hamas-led attack on Israel; the listing gives no further detail.
Going by the name, a radio-style programme at the waterfront centre for debate and culture, possibly recorded or broadcast live.
A casual Wednesday afternoon drop-in for neighbourhood residents to stop by for tea, coffee, and a chat.
A political education session examining the uprisings, political dynamics, and aftershocks of the 2011 Arab Spring.
A monthly drop-in session at the city archives on open government, which means more than just sharing documents, held first Wednesdays from 10.00 to 12.30.
A specialist symposium on using GPUs and other accelerators in scientific computing workflows, hosted by SURF, the Dutch IT cooperative for education and research.
A weekly social knitting circle where neighbours bring their current needlework projects to craft and chat together.
A free, confidential walk-in session offering practical advice and guidance on personal budgeting and financial admin.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
Around 80 works lent by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, including Matisse's La Blouse roumaine, shown alongside paintings by Rothko, Picasso and Barnett Newman.
The annual showcase of the world's most compelling award-winning photojournalism and documentary photography returns to Amsterdam.
The annual showcase of the world's most striking and impactful photojournalism, presented inside the historic Gothic church.
A selection of highlights from the national museum's collection of Dutch art and history.
The monthly open-air design market brings makers, artists and food stalls to the museum lawns.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
Stalls selling artisanal produce, hot food and handmade goods rotate through the city's parks on Sundays.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
A major retrospective by the renowned photographer known for monumental landscapes, portraits and atmospheric explorations of human impact.
Over 150 monumental street art murals, painted on-site by international artists, fill a former shipyard warehouse.
Citywide arts festival staging performances, tours, and special events across various participating Amsterdam museums.
An exhibition showing the commercial textile patterns, garments, and decorative fabrics designed by the pop artist in the 1950s and 1960s.
An exhibition on Henri Matisse, the French painter known for his bold colour, his Fauvist work and his late paper cut-outs.
Hands-on workshops, games, and maritime activities designed for children and families.
A digital projection show rendering the Dutch master's fantastically detailed depictions of heaven, hell and sin into large-scale animations.
An exhibition for children featuring the intricate, detail-rich illustrations of Dutch picture-book maker Charlotte Dematons.
An animated digital installation bringing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella and its philosophical meditations on life to light.
Dance event pioneers ID&T present a sensory labyrinth of light, sound, and interactive technology in the Elementenstraat warehouse.
An exhibition showcasing the pop artist's commercial textile designs from the 1950s and 1960s before his rise to fame.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's film starring Tom Cruise, the Mexican director's first feature since Bardo.
A guided twilight nature walk for children to spot nocturnal wildlife and dusk-hunting animals.
This edition honours Lou Lichtveld, also known as Albert Helman, a Dutch-Surinamese writer, composer, organist, politician and resistance fighter.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
Direct conversations and oral histories shared with survivors of the Holocaust.
The festival organisers stage a walkthrough experience using lasers, lights, and electronic soundscapes across several rooms.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
A weekend market offering vintage furniture, design pieces, curiosities, and decorative objects in the historic market hall.
The painter's former home displays etching and drawing techniques to show how Rembrandt pushed the boundaries of his craft.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
Morning yoga session held surrounded by Vincent van Gogh's masterworks.
A family exhibition exploring magic, illusions and ritual in Jewish culture and folklore.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
A practical painting and drawing class focused on composition, colour and expressive brushwork inspired by Vincent van Gogh.
Visitors walk together through a virtual reconstruction of 17th-century Amsterdam, choosing their own route and seeing everyday life of the time; part of History Month.
Sculptures by the Dutch modernist, known for his stark geometric forms in steel, leather, and found materials, are installed across the museum's open-air grounds.
The island fortress examines the psychological and physical experience of isolated military life through historical documents and interactive displays.
Outdoor art route placing site-specific sculptures and installations along the walking paths of the Amsterdamse Bos.
The contemporary Spanish-Dutch painter presents new works in dialogue with Francisco de Goya's iconic etchings, Los Disparates.
A family-friendly interactive exhibition exploring mythology, nature, and the symbolic wisdom of ravens across different world cultures.
A behind-the-scenes guided tour through the costume departments, stages, and rehearsal halls of the opera house.
Crate-digging market inside the covered passage of De Hallen, featuring independent record vendors selling vinyl across multiple genres.
Daniel Szalai presents 166 hens of the Novogen breed, a commercial egg-laying hen, as 166 individuals, at Droog's space on Staalstraat.
Outdoor cooking activities for children using fresh produce harvested directly from the site.
October is the national History Month, with history outings for children across the country, including a dark church, the Boevenbus and the Romans.
Alan J. Pakula's gripping 1976 political thriller stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as the Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal.
The private museum showcases street works, prints, and stencils by the elusive British artist.
Learn the fundamentals of silkscreening and print your own custom design onto t-shirts in this hands-on studio session.
Visitors on the fortress island can observe licensed ornithologists capturing, measuring, and banding wild birds for ongoing scientific research.
A brief, family-friendly Dutch-language opera performance staged on the platform of an Amsterdam metro station.
The idiosyncratic Dutch jazz guitarist and composer plays an intimate set in the historic former stock exchange.
An exhibition marking the city's 750th anniversary, tracing Amsterdam's history through key moments and archival records.
A broad survey of modern and contemporary art, design, and photography from the museum's permanent holdings.
Illusionist Rico Weeland stages an intimate evening of magic, mentalism, and storytelling.
Interactive light and digital installations invite visitors into responsive, mirror-filled rooms.
The presentation examines clothing from 1640 to 1930 that bears physical signs of wear, tailoring, mending, and daily life.
An outdoor and community exhibition presented in collaboration with Middle East Archive, a digital platform documenting everyday life and visual culture across the region.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the concert hall's architecture and acoustics before attending the free midday performance.
A retrospective dedicated to the influential Indonesian-Dutch industrial and interior designer best known for designing Schiphol Airport's original interiors.
Drawing in the Royal Palace on Dam Square as part of October drawing month, inside Jacob van Campen's 17th-century former city hall.
An exhibition celebrating early trailblazers and foundational works in digital and video installation art.
An exhibition tracing decades of LGBTQIA+ community life, activism, pride celebrations, and resilience across Amsterdam.
An outdoor photography exhibition in Amsterdam West presented by Foam and the digital storytelling platform Middle East Archive.
The exhibition examines the global supply chains of cocoa, sugar, and palm oil behind the beloved Dutch breakfast staple.
A large AI conference where tech companies launch AI products and services and startups and investors meet.
Sightseeing boats navigate the moat and outer waterways surrounding the star-shaped fortress town.
Creative, hands-on craft and play activities for children aged five and up.
An exhibition featuring the Congolese artists' cooperative CATPC, exploring post-colonial ecology, labour, and restitution.
A guided tasting session exploring the culinary customs and flavours of the Dutch Renaissance in the castle grounds.
The contemporary art museum's basement level hosts large-scale room projections, light works, and screen-based installations.
A three-part performance that joins Portuguese fado song with Kathak, the classical North Indian storytelling dance.
Mikhail Kalatozov's visually breathtaking 1964 Soviet-Cuban propaganda drama is celebrated for its virtuosic, long-take mobile camera work.
The acclaimed Dutch children's book illustrator exhibits her intricately detailed drawings.
Organist Ere Lievonen and flautist Raymond Honing explore the Fokker organ, whose 31-tone tuning opens up sounds beyond conventional keyboards.
Sightseeing boat cruises along the scenic Vecht river past historic estates and tea houses.
Historical reenactors demonstrate traditional musket-firing and military drills inside the Naarden fortress museum.
Exhibition dedicated to the people, history, and traditions of Amsterdam's landmark seventeenth-century Portuguese Synagogue.
Charlie Chaplin's 1940 satire, his first full talkie, in which he plays both a Jewish barber and a dictator modelled on Hitler.
Ornithologists demonstrate the process of catching, ringing, and releasing migratory birds stopping over on the fortress island.
A hands-on workshop in cutting and spraying stencils, a classic street art technique, at the street art museum in NDSM.
American photographer Norman Gershman's portraits of Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust, honouring besa, a traditional promise of protection.
Forest biologist Nico leads a guided nature walk through the Amsterdamse Bos.
The American artist examines identity, gender, and celebrity culture through self-portraiture that mimics glossy fashion shoots and consumer advertising.
A weekend of activities exploring how sound, colour and taste cross over in sensory perception.
Toddlers and young children get free-jumping access to the trampolines during a session tailored for little ones.
The exhibition highlights textile designs and fabric works created by artists linked to the mid-century avant-garde Cobra movement.
A hands-on leatherwork workshop where you cut, stitch and finish a leather bag of your own to take home.
A hands-on workshop guiding participants through traditional cold-process soapmaking using natural ingredients.
The Dutch sisters behind De Sekszusjes use a game-show format to discuss sex, challenge myths and share practical information.
A dedicated cinema programme spotlighting seminal films from the 1990s.
A retrospective examining the turbulent life and intensely emotional, colourful paintings of the Dutch modern expressionist.
A hands-on workshop introducing the textiles, dressing traditions and etiquette of the Japanese kimono.
Al Nisa (Arabic for 'the women') is a photography exhibition with Foam, based on Middle East Archive's latest publication.
Akim Moiseenkov creates imaginative concerts designed to engage both children and adults.
A self-guided or organised walking route exploring the historic ramparts, castle and waterways of the fortified town.
An exhibition of outsider art, meaning work by self-taught artists outside the art world, many of whom have experience of psychiatric care.
Audio stops created for the museum's Body Stories research programme, which you can listen to in the Rijksmuseum app as part of History Month.
An indoor jump session on connected trampolines and obstacle courses.
A large international conference on artificial intelligence that brings together tech companies, researchers and policymakers.
Professional artists set up stalls on the Spui square every Sunday to sell paintings, prints, and ceramics directly to passersby.
A guided bicycle ride along city canals and neighbourhood streets covering local history and architecture.
Graduating second-year resident artists from the prestigious post-academic institute exhibit their work in the historic Ateliers building.
Showcase spotlighting cutting-edge graduate collections from the Netherlands' top fashion academy alumni.
An interactive, multi-sensory tour of the museum designed specifically for blind and visually impaired visitors.
An exhibition at STRAAT, the large street art and graffiti museum in a former shipyard warehouse on the NDSM wharf in Noord.
Guests share family-style platters prepared with local and sustainable produce at this countryside restaurant venue.
The museum investigates the origins, artist, and identity of the sitter in an enigmatic Golden Age portrait.
A practical culinary class covering milk curdling, pressing and the fundamentals of home cheesemaking.
A hands-on, three-day workshop covering pattern cutting, denim construction, and sewing techniques to produce a custom pair of trousers.
A guided session that has you slow down and spend time with a few works, focusing on looking closely rather than rushing through the galleries.
A small-group salon boat tour departs from the five-star hotel along the Amstel river.
A hands-on school-holiday workshop where children pair up with a friend or sibling to build their own piece of electronic music.
Kijk maar eens goed! shows work by Charlotte Dematons, the illustrator known for detailed picture books like The Yellow Balloon that reward close looking.
An exhibition exploring the closely entwined life, thoughts, and literary oeuvre of Franz Kafka.
An indoor play space where toddlers, preschoolers and their families play together.
A decentralised festival bringing together tech companies, researchers, and startups for panels and workshops on artificial intelligence.
Display of the freshly conserved sixteenth-century altarpiece depicting the descent from the cross in the attic church.
A guided backstage look through the auditoriums, workshops, and history of the city's municipal theatre.
The historic castle estate showcases its botanical gardens and grounds in seasonal bloom.
A hands-on ceramics class teaching throwing and shaping clay on the potter's wheel.
The Dutch fashion photographer presents two decades of imagery documenting the standout graduation show for rising designers.
Large-scale sculptures by the influential Dutch constructivist and modernist are placed throughout the museum's outdoor grounds.
Instructors teach basic clay shaping and texturing techniques to help you sculpt an object, figure, or abstract form.
An informal board game meetup designed to help Dutch language learners practice their speaking skills while playing games.
A free language workshop and informal café where learners practice spoken Dutch together in a relaxed setting.
An introductory walkthrough of the photography museum's current exhibitions led by an in-house guide.
An informal conversation circle where Dutch learners of all levels chat over coffee to build their everyday speaking confidence.
Practice Dutch, English, Spanish, and other languages over drinks in an informal mixer.
Musician Iris Oltheten introduces young children to rhythm, singing, and instruments through play.
An exhibition exploring the complex debates, ethics and practices surrounding the restitution of colonial-era heritage items.
A thematic walkthrough exploring the collection and modern art history through LGBTQIA+ perspectives.
Taxidermy duo Sinke & Van Tongeren present their theatrical, Old Master-inspired arrangements of exotic preserved birds and animals.
Comedian Rami Nima hosts an evening of stand-up comedy featuring up-and-coming and established acts.
The French string quartet, celebrated for their Russian repertoire, performs works by Weinberg, Prokofiev, and Beethoven.
The museum displays patterned skirts and wearable textiles designed by key painters and sculptors of the post-war CoBrA movement.
The celebrated British tenor and his longtime collaborative pianist perform nineteenth-century lieder by Wolf and Schubert.
A hands-on craft session covering the practical techniques, ingredients, and chemistry needed to create natural bar soaps.
An open-air secondhand market selling pre-loved clothes, homeware, and garden finds.
The grassroots archive presents perspectives on colonial history, resistance, and grassroots solidarity movements across the Dutch empire and beyond.
An exhibition about a pioneering Van Houten, probably the Weesp cocoa family whose press and alkalising process changed how chocolate was made.
An exhibition named after hagelslag, the chocolate sprinkles the Dutch eat on bread, built around the idea of building a new world together.
A practical textile workshop teaching mending, customisation, and redesign techniques to revamp old garments.
A queer club night focused on upbeat pop tracks and electronic dance anthems in the Houthavens.
Children aged eight and up can explore coniferous tree species from around the globe across the botanical garden.
A creative, hands-on weekend art workshop designed for young children and their parents.
The Dutch alto saxophonist, known for the New Cool Collective and his own groups, plays jazz at the private arts club on Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen.
The Soap Girls are sisters Noemie and Camille Debray, a loud, provocative South African alternative rock and punk duo.
The documentary follows Dutch-Caribbean artists who use dominoes as a way to think about life; the evening also includes a game of dominoes.
An architectural model exhibition exploring the extensive future urban development plans for Amsterdam's northern docklands.
The Viennese indie band, fronted by Sophie Lindinger, plays raw-guitar songs that move between grunge, post-punk and pop.
A festival of talks and discussions about tourism that benefits residents and places rather than overwhelming them, a hot topic in Amsterdam.
A vocal group from the Dutch TV talent show One & Only, where they finished third after covering Miguel's 'Sure Thing' and Tevin Campbell's 'Can We Talk'.
Composer Kate Moore turns ideas about landscape and long-distance walking into contemporary music, performed here with Herz Ensemble.
The city's largest city farm, in Westerpark, which has recently gone through a lot of changes and renovation.
An exhibition exploring gender transformation, performance, and shifting bodily identity through archaeological artefacts and contemporary culture.
An interactive exhibition space exploring archaeological discovery, material culture, and how finds are catalogued.
A guided behind-the-scenes tour of the striking modern concert hall on the IJ waterfront.
Ceramicist Anita Kluge leads a hands-on clay modelling workshop blending craft and storytelling.
A pop-up preview of outsider art: work by self-taught makers outside the official art world, often people with experience of psychiatric illness.
An exhibition examining how contemporary artists combine photography with collage techniques to construct alternative narratives.
A sip-and-paint evening where you paint with glowing neon colours under UV light over a glass of wine, with no experience needed.
Exhibition of photography by the Dutch-Uruguayan artist known for her portraits exploring gender, identity, and memory.
The visual artist presents installations and performances reflecting on post-colonial history, identity and Caribbean heritage.
An interactive audio-visual walking tour around Amsterdam East designed for children aged seven and up.
The South African artist Wim Botha, known for sculptures carved from stacked books, wood and other unlikely materials, shows at Stevenson's Amsterdam space.
Two free Waternet audio tours, one through the city centre and one through the Amsterdam Waterleidingduinen dunes, tell the history behind a glass of tap water.
A shared lunch on Pampus, the fortified island in the IJmeer that is part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
An annual festival in Maastricht that presents a selection of the year's Dutch dance productions.
A self-guided walking route detailing maritime history and architectural landmarks around the Oosterdok docklands.
A guided walk exploring the plant collections and seasonal highlights of the botanical garden.
Photography exhibition exploring personal reflections, tributes, and diverse cultural perspectives on mortality.
A creative workshop designed to introduce young children to looking at and making art.
An exhibition at the museum of funeral culture exploring the relationship between traffic, transit and mortality.
A multi-course dinner highlighting autumn produce and locally sourced seasonal ingredients.
An exhibition exploring the intersection of Lutheran faith, openness, and queer community history in Amsterdam.
The first listed work, Manu Mpasi’s “Le Monologue de l’Aube,” reflects on living between different worlds as part of a three-work performance bill.
Hands-on clay modelling workshop guiding participants through basic sculpting and shaping techniques.
A playful family afternoon combining casual games of bingo with food and entertainment.
An architectural look at Haven-Stad, Amsterdam’s developing port-city district, which could eventually add up to 70,000 homes.
An evening devoted to fresh oysters and paired drinks at the hotel's bar.
A monthly dance afternoon on the last Sunday, with swing classics and familiar Dutch and international favourites for anyone who likes to dance.
The University of Amsterdam’s archaeology museum displays ancient glassware from Roman, Egyptian, and Mediterranean collections.
A guided walk from the historic Red Light District house highlighting influential women in the city's social history.
Explore the striking Amsterdam School architecture of the historic shipping headquarters, now a luxury hotel, during this regular Sunday package.
The town square fills with stalls offering fresh produce, cheese, fish, clothes and household wares.
A bock beer tour, tasting the dark, malty seasonal beers that appear in Dutch bars every autumn.
The Dutch designer displays playful sculptures and everyday design objects repurposed from obsolete collectables and materials.
Gunther von Hagens's exhibition of plastinated human bodies, focusing on the anatomical science of happiness and wellbeing.
The Dutch-Brazilian net artist, known for using websites as canvases, presents his book-based and printed projects.
Nine contemporary artists of Moluccan descent examine their roots, shared heritage and cultural identity through varied media.
A showcase celebrating contemporary creative voices and heritage across the Moluccan diaspora in the Netherlands.
An exhibition exploring the movement, culture and sensory experience of swimming through contemporary art.
An art exhibition exploring modern self-representation and collective belonging in the converted NDSM shipyard.
The Dutch textile artist is internationally acclaimed for her tactile wool felt works dyed with heritage plants she cultivates herself.
Photographer Tomás Mauro presents a participatory project connecting strangers through portraits and written notes.
An exhibition exploring the history and lived experiences of the Moluccan community in Amsterdam seventy-five years after their arrival in the Netherlands.
An open-air photography exhibition displayed along the boulevard at the Sloterplas.
A discussion exploring themes of identity, displacement, and community.
The university heritage museum displays ancient glassware alongside recent research into classical glassmaking techniques.
A group presentation featuring work by established names of modern and street-influenced art.
The museum surveys the intense, psychological canvases and watercolours of the Dutch Expressionist painter.
The renowned South African visual activist presents photographic portraits documenting Black LGBTQIA+ communities.
A retrospective survey dedicated to the Dutch artist best known for his minimalist wire sculptures, drawings, and luminous cityscape silhouettes.
The Vienna-born, Dubai-raised singer-songwriter performs his emotional, classically influenced pop.
A guided physical movement workshop connecting participants to the natural environment of the Sloterplas lake.
Experimental ensemble Jam With Humans stages an evening of interactive music and improvisation inside an independent bookshop.
The emerging photographer presents work examining memory, personal archives and unseen perspectives of family life.
A retrospective examining the foundational 1970s and 80s work of the seminal Dutch video-art distribution and research platform.
An immersive digital light and projection experience that surrounds visitors with life-sized prehistoric creatures in their ancient habitats.
Artist Miquel Hervás Gómez leads a hands-on workshop transforming publication waste into fresh handmade sheets of paper.
The Dutch pioneer of internet art presents digital works examining how computational materials interact with physical space.
Portraits and personal histories chronicling the community surrounding Amsterdam's Portuguese Synagogue.
Children follow clues through the library in a themed treasure hunt marking Dutch Children's Book Week.
A personal storytelling session recounting experiences and legacies connected to the Holocaust.
Billed as a tasting tour, this event moves through a series of short samplings on the theme of agents.
An outdoor sculpture garden exhibiting contemporary three-dimensional artworks amidst landscaped grounds.
Artists in the NDSM shipyard explore self-portraiture, digital image manipulation, and narcissism in modern culture.
Practical studio session introducing ceramic glazing techniques, finishes, and colour application for pottery.
Textile artist Claudy Jongstra pairs her signature felted, raw wool pieces with works by guest artists exploring sustainable material processes.
A nostalgic, travelling dance party designed primarily for older adults, featuring classic ballroom and pop hits.
A karaoke night at CREA, the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre, where anyone can take the mic and sing.
An open jam session where musicians bring their instruments and join in on stage, at the Leidseplein rock and blues bar.
A guided architectural tour of Jan Duiker's iconic modernist sanatorium complex in Hilversum.
Guided tours exploring the city archives and the monumental 1920s architecture of the former bank building on Vijzelstraat.
A guided walking and sketching excursion exploring the surrounding streets with drawing materials in hand.
A tactile scale model allows visitors to experience the architecture of the waterfront and the Arcam building through touch.
A community creative making session hosted at the contemporary art space in Amsterdam-Noord.
An interactive photography exhibition in which visitors take part rather than only look at the pictures.
A performance about how traditions in Suriname’s Maroon communities continue to change over time.
An exhibition showcasing contemporary visual art and cross-disciplinary projects from the Low Countries.
The weekly queer night at this long-running squat bar has no people's kitchen dinner this time, and a WTF meeting takes its place.
Contemporary artists explore selfhood and belonging in a collaborative group exhibition.
An exhibition on how nature and culture relate, at the stacked-container art space on the former NDSM shipyard in Noord, running until 11 October.
An exhibition dedicated to the mid-century rescue and reconstruction of historic wooden windmills and houses along the Zaan.
A library display of plates and food stories from people in Nieuw-West, showing the cooking traditions found across the neighbourhood.
Retrospective covering the long career of the celebrated Haarlem painter known for his atmospheric still lifes and studio interiors.
A public showing of an art collection housed inside the former mint depository.
The celebrated Dutch sculptor shows expressive works crafted from handblown glass, textile, and ceramics.
An international trade fair for the instruments, systems and software used in weather observation, measurement and forecasting.
An exhibition by Dina Danish, the Cairo-born, Amsterdam-based artist whose playful work deals with language, translation and misunderstanding.
An exhibition at the museum of Lutheran history exploring the heritage and resilience of the queer community.
An interdisciplinary afternoon exploring art publications and cinema at the canal-house art space.
Interactive community project exchanging handwritten postcards with library visitors to explore social connections.
The design software company takes over a canal house to show off its newest features, including AI and agent tools for getting from idea to production.
Participants in a four-day training demonstrate and playtest prototype serious games designed to explore urban planning and civic challenges.
A showcase exploring micro-housing, modular design, and efficient urban living solutions at Haarlem's architecture centre.
A visual arts exhibition spotlighting local creative talent and community stories.
A performance by Dizzi Geetha, a queer Sri Lankan artist living in the Netherlands who works as a theatre maker, composer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ.
The knitwear designer leads an in-depth workshop on drafting and constructing custom-fit jumpers.
The Dutch painter and illustrator displays works celebrating female bodies, desire, and bodily vulnerability through soft, vibrant color.
A regular Wednesday-night music session hosted by Herres at Maloe Melo, the small blues and roots bar in the Jordaan.
An exhibition exploring the modernist architecture and legacy of Willem Marinus Dudok.
The Dutch artist, a co-founder of the Nul movement, is celebrated for his serial assemblages of found and discarded everyday objects.
An exhibition exploring life and permanence through printmaking and graphic arts.
Four young performers sing Dutch and French songs in an intimate cabaret-style concert.
An exhibition reflecting on family, memory loss, and grief at the national museum dedicated to funeral heritage.
An exhibition considering the intersection of natural ecology and human epochs at the NDSM-based art space.
A discussion of the choices and challenges involved in using district heating as a sustainable alternative to individual electric heat pumps.
The Dutch artist displays whimsical ceramic creatures and eccentric character sculptures.
The contemporary art gallery hosts an exhibition exploring myth, memory, and material culture.
A conversation about why people are eating less meat and dairy, from animal welfare and health to climate concerns and food.
An exhibition focusing on the post-war Dutch avant-garde collective that united artists and architects in search of new functional forms.
A guided public nature walk through the heathland and protected wetland reserve near Hilversum.
Community repair event where volunteers help fix broken household appliances, clothing, electronics, and bicycles.
Artist Elisa van Joolen leads a textile workshop exploring ways to rework, repair, and recontextualize existing clothing.
A guided tour of the town hall building, covering its history and its rooms.
An evening built around the spritz, the Italian aperitivo cocktail of prosecco, bitter liqueur and soda.
Special programming highlighting physical and sensory accessibility across cultural spaces, hosted at the canal heritage museum.
View a private collection of paintings, sculptures, and etchings housed in a historic building beside the Munttoren.
A display of freestyle brushwork on Chinese rice paper, exploring dynamic floral forms and vivid color.
The Dutch-Uruguayan photographer shows portraits exploring identity, gender and cultural belonging in the museum's project space.
Take a self-guided 90-minute walking route exploring the history and architecture around the Oosterdok basin.
The Dutch fine art photographer presents contemplative black-and-white prints examining emotional resonance, ageing, and natural transition.
An exhibition exploring personal roots, collective memory, and future visions through contemporary art and research.
A photography and art exhibition exploring local urban stories and community life around the park and neighbourhood.
The improvising ensemble performs a live set blending free jazz and theatrical elements to launch their new record.
Borrowing Orwell's Animal Farm maxim, this group exhibition gathers contemporary work addressing power structures and human-nonhuman hierarchies.
The Copenhagen-based artist plays melancholic, collage-like pop pieces built from his 2024 debut on Posh Isolation.
French painter Lou Ros and South Korean artist Sanghyuk Kim present expressive mixed-media paintings and figurative works.
Guided walk-in tours providing deeper context on the modern and contemporary post-war art in the collection.
Explore the long career of the Haarlem painter and watercolourist through works preserved from his studio on the Spaarne.
Marinka Reuten shows subtle, atmospheric works evoking dappled sunlight filtering through trees.
A live booking at Bourbon Street, the late-opening music bar off the Leidseplein that has bands on most nights, mainly blues, rock and soul.
The Dutch ceramic artist displays his imaginative, brightly colored sculptural creatures.
Koentact opens its doors for free trial lessons, language level assessments, and an introduction to its teaching methods.
The German painter presents atmospheric, layered landscapes that blur the line between real wilderness and internal psychological spaces.
The gallery devoted to outsider, neurodivergent, and non-normative artists presents a collaborative mixed-media exhibition.
The Beijing-born visual artist and designer exhibits work engaging with physical exercise, discipline, and historical iconography.
Polish artist Mikołaj Sobczak presents work interrogating historical narratives, queer resistance, and national mythmaking.
The university gallery explores how artists and scientists interpret different dimensions of perception and truth.
A museum docent leads a walk through the photography exhibition highlighting young creative talent.
Lady Marmalade hosts an open-mic and spoken-word night inviting audiences to listen and speak up.
The veteran Dutch conceptual artist and biologist displays poetic works assembled from dried leaves, earth, and found natural elements.
The Dutch artist presents vividly coloured, apocalyptic drawings and paintings populated by sci-fi, occult, and cosmic imagery.
The Cuban artist presents conceptual work examining digital culture and alternative distribution networks outside formal online systems.
Pakistani contemporary artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil show work questioning gender, ritual, and societal norms.
An exhibition exploring the design, social life, and evolution of public pavement space in post-war Amsterdam.
An exhibition exploring ideas of refuge, space, and belonging through contemporary visual art at the Flemish cultural centre.
A group exhibition engaging with queer identity, memory and imagined futures in dialogue with the museum's historic religious setting.
The Dutch artist exhibits her monumental, intricately detailed charcoal drawings inspired by untamed nature and human psychology.
An animal-themed walking trail, the kind of route set out for families to follow at their own pace.
A joint exhibition pairing Lou Ros's deconstructed figurative painting with Sanghyuk Kim's contemporary artistic practice.
The artists' society hosts a fluor-themed gathering of the Painters Club.
MarxismNL's conference of talks and debates on Marxist politics, its title taken from Walter Benjamin's image of revolution as pulling the emergency brake.
A theatre piece made in-house by Scala, a venue that combines a food bar with a small theatre.
A party night at DB55 going by the name STOMP.
The Dutch chamber group marks Valentine's Day with an intimate classical performance.
An audio-guided walking tour exploring the neighbourhood through women's voices, personal histories and urban memories.
Step inside the historic 17th-century town hall in the fortified town of Naarden.
The historic artists' society mounts a group exhibition centered on green themes, ecology, and nature.
A printmaking exhibition presented by the Grafein foundation showcasing diverse contemporary relief, intaglio, and screen-printing techniques.
The neighbourhood light-art initiative opens its latest run of community-focused installations.
Contemporary artists challenge the rigid botanical classification systems established by 18th-century taxonomist Carl Linnaeus.
A programme about rest and slowing down at W139, the long-running artist-run space on the Warmoesstraat.
A period exhibition showcasing daily family life, interiors and traditions of historic regional residents.
A club night from the Phantom Group collective with SUKA on the decks.
Leo Vroegindeweij and Ruth Meijer present sculpture and painting exploring form, memory, and perspective along the canal.
A historical presentation tracing traditional women's clothing, headwear, and customs of Volendam.
The opening of a new exhibition of work by artist Daniel Jacoby.
The Dutch co-founder of the Nul movement displays his signature assemblages made from discarded mass-produced everyday objects.
The Dutch artist shows her large-scale, intricate charcoal drawings exploring the intersections of lush vegetation and urban human presence.
Annemarie Libbers facilitates an intimate creative writing and lyrical composition session.
A live set at the late-night Leidseplein-area music bar known for blues, rock and soul bands.
The Dutch sculptor shows new geometric, spatial works fashioned from industrial iron and steel.
Riverside bar and restaurant on the Amstel hosting regular community drinks, food, and social events.
The Croatian contemporary artist re-examines modernist heritage, institutional memory, and collective history through painting and display structures.
A visual art exhibition exploring botanical forms and verdant textures on view near Oosterdok.
A contemporary art exhibition exploring personal, collective, and sensory representations of memory.
A solo theatre show weaving together storytelling and personal narrative in the venue's intimate cabaret space.
A theatre production whose title comes from Cain's reply in Genesis when he is asked where his brother Abel is.
A small display on how the smelly, unhealthy 19th-century city gave rise to the belief that nature and fresh air are good for body and mind.
An intimate visual art exhibition staged inside the quirky local church venue.
A local networking evening and speed-dating session organised for city-centre residents.
A close-up narrative cabaret performance centred on rumour, conversation, and storytelling in the venue's bite-sized theatre format.
In this hosting series, Rozenstraat hands its space to artist Daniel Jacoby, whose practice centres on video, animation and installation.
The French artist exhibits delicate ceramic sculptures alongside drawings that blend organic shapes with architectural forms.
An exhibition of work by Tino Rademaker in Helicopter's art café.
A high-intensity interval training session outdoors in the Amsterdamse Bos.
A portrait exhibition showcasing the varied history and residents of Haarlem across the centuries.
An exhibition at a small contemporary art gallery on the Lijnbaansgracht, near the Leidseplein end of the canal belt.
Artists Mia Weiner and Johnny Mae Hauser explore physical form and connection through collaborative contemporary works.
An exhibition on local history reflecting on everyday village life and disrupted heritage.
An informal creative writing meetup where writers of all levels gather to work on prompts and share drafts.
An exhibition of artwork depicting the historic defensive gates that once guarded the perimeter of Haarlem.
Swimming classes tailored for children and adults with physical disabilities or chronic conditions.
The Italian artist installs a project drawing on dystopian fiction, linguistic shifts, and alternative historical narratives in the gallery's project space.
An exhibition tracing the environmental and economic histories of petroleum extraction and cotton farming.
Sculptor Gaston Bannier presents works at this studio and outdoor display space.
A library exhibition tracing local histories and personal memories through shared narratives.
Founders, investors, and policymakers gather for rooftop drinks and discussion on European artificial intelligence strategy.
A two-person dialogue between painter Han Schuil and installation-focused artist Ricardo van Eyk.
Emerging artist Klaartje van Essen presents new sculptural and installation work developed during her De Ateliers residency.
The central bank showcases pieces from its corporate art collection exploring unexpected perspectives and hidden details.
A critical exhibition revisiting how social background and class privilege shape the careers and institutions of the contemporary art world.
A development programme for Zuidoost residents under 30 looking to build practical skills and professional networks.
Dutch abstract painter Paul Drissen shows geometric, collage-based paintings that balance modernist order with playful, provisional forms.
Entrepreneurs, tech talent, and early-stage investors connect at an informal startup networking evening.
A weekly student-focused club night spanning hip-hop, house and R&B on Leidseplein.
A gallery group show probing land, material, and ecological uncertainties through contemporary painting and sculpture.
The artist-run space presents a collaborative exhibition exploring how personal and collective trauma are held and recalled.
The project room hosts a companion contemporary installation focused on transformation and growth.
Artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil present works exploring history, memory, and how objects outlive their original functions.
A community storytelling workshop focusing on sharing and illuminating personal narratives.
A guided walking group for seniors looking to stay active and meet neighbours in the park.
Prints and drawings by the Dutch artist exploring mortality and the human body, displayed in the funeral museum's cafe.
An art dealership presents works by female artists, available with trial home placements.
A dual exhibition pairing sculptural earthworks with folded textile compositions.
An exhibition of surviving drawings, crafts, and memorabilia by the two sisters from the well-known regional industrial family.
A group exhibition examining how human presence, touch, and collective memory reverberate across material objects.
An interactive workshop focusing on communication skills, active listening, and bridging divides in difficult conversations.
An art exhibition focused on luminous and colourful visual works.
The third chapter, “Making the Wave,” completes a three-part series preceded by “Floating on the Wave” and “Riding the Wave.”
A screening at the Westerpark cinema best known for championing Dutch film.
An exhibition exploring the varied artistic output of four creators from a single family.
Open outdoor play sessions for children at the local Erfgooiers playground.
An architectural exhibition examining post-war reconstruction urbanism and its contemporary renovations in Haarlem's Parkwijk.
A professional development workshop focused on career direction and leadership strategies for women.
Banned Books Week is an annual US campaign, started in 1982, that draws attention to attempts to censor or remove books from libraries and schools.
A show by a performer called Meester Alex, 'meester' being what Dutch children call their male primary-school teacher.
A pavement-facing window exhibition space hosts an open-ended art installation.
The independent project space hosts a contemporary visual art exhibition.
A neighbourhood library presents an exhibition of work by the artist.
Anne Cappendijk presents an artistic exploration of public grief rituals, commemoration and everyday losses.
A business conference bringing together entrepreneurs, founders, and investors for keynotes, workshops, and networking.
Thursday 8 October
Thomas Acda and Paul de Munnik, the Dutch duo known for their wistful Dutch-language songs about everyday life, play an arena show.
The American jazz pianist and composer, known for his trio The Bandwagon and his score for Selma, plays a solo recital.
The English indie band whose 2000 demo CD was rediscovered online decades later, which led them to reunite and release new music.
French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a leading performer of Messiaen and Ligeti, is paired with British composer George Benjamin, known for the opera Written on Skin.
The harp-led indie-folk project known for songs set in its own fantasy storyworld, with support from Canadian theatrical folk singer Ben Caplan.
A large-scale dance party; 'bal' is the Dutch word for a ball or dance night.
A chance to hear the new record by the Dublin post-punk band Fontaines D.C. played in full at the Utrechtsestraat record shop.
Improvised comedy built from audience suggestions, from the English-language theatre founded in 1993 whose alumni include Seth Meyers and Jordan Peele.
The Manchester soul and R&B singer-songwriter, known for her warm, unhurried voice and the album Call Me When You're Sober.
Shostakovich's satirical 1959 operetta, also known as Cheryomushki, about Muscovites scheming to get flats in a new housing estate.
A staging for ages ten and up of Shostakovich's satirical operetta about Moscow residents trying to get new flats in a housing estate.
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Drop-in divination sessions using card reading inside the canal-side museum dedicated to hermetic philosophy and free thought.
Masayuki Suo's acclaimed 1996 comedy-drama follows a buttoned-up Tokyo accountant who secretly takes up ballroom dancing.
The French saxophonist, known for viral videos playing live sax over house and electronic tracks, plays the music venue by Amstel station.
A guided evening walk to look for moths, which are usually drawn in with lamps and white sheets, in the city's large woodland park.
The German-Dutch cabaret singer and performer, known for his flamboyant David Bowie tribute Starman and his take on Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
A quieter, low-stimulus visit to Artis's museum of microbes, meant for people who find noise and crowds overwhelming.
A phone-free social gathering using the venue's rooftop, pool and sauna, aimed at meeting people away from screens.
The American TikTok personality turned pop singer brings her camp, queer-leaning dance-pop to the stage.
The London trio known for brooding, slow-building indie rock, sharing the bill with Everett Dolphin.
Argentine digital artist Andrés Reisinger, known for surreal, soft-toned 3D interiors and his pink fluffy Hortensia chair, shows dreamlike digital worlds.
A public session on whether humans could ever live on Mars, and what science says about the obstacles.
Stand-up from Mike Rice, hosted by Comedytrain, Amsterdam's long-running stand-up comedy collective.
The French saxophonist, known for playing live sax over house and electronic tracks, brings his European tour here; the listing says it has moved to another location.
The Frisian band, signed to Sub Pop, plays angular, inventive post-punk and indie rock.
Heather Lenz's documentary about Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, from her struggle for recognition in 1960s New York to her fame for polka dots and infinity rooms.
The opening night of the week: a film screening, then a panel on the Stolen Generations, the Aboriginal children forcibly taken from their families in Australia.
The electronic music duo, known for melodic, cinematic house and downtempo productions, performs live.
Namibian-Dutch singer-songwriter Shishani performs as a duo with Ernst Vranckx, in a programme titled Family Affair.
The Dutch post-punk band from Dokkum, signed to the American label Sub Pop, known for their sharp, energetic guitar songs.
A theatrical piece exploring toxic masculinity and modern misogyny through the prism of online influencer Andrew Tate.
Jeffrey Babcock, the Amsterdam film programmer known for screening obscure and eccentric cinema, presents a film night under his own invented title.
Iranian-Dutch storyteller Sahand Sahebdivani, a founder of Mezrab, shares a storytelling show with Raphael Rodan.
A guided walk through the city to places connected with objects in the Amsterdam Museum's collection.
The British soul singer-songwriter from Manchester, known for her warm, mellow voice, plays a Paradiso-programmed show away from its main hall.
A welcoming fundamentals class focusing on boxing basics and self-defence for the queer community.
A 90-minute workshop for any level in which William Sutton teaches how to perform Shakespeare.
A discussion on who decides what makes AI safe, covering risk, accountability and whose voices are represented.
A show by V.I.C at the former church that is now one of Amsterdam's best-known concert halls.
Mike Leigh's bleak, darkly funny film follows David Thewlis as an articulate drifter roaming London, a role that won him Best Actor at Cannes.
A workshop on the psychology of phishing, looking at why even well-informed people fall for fraudulent emails and messages.
Audience seating for the recording of Eva Jinek's current affairs talkshow at De Hallen.
Michigan's Wolf Eyes, veterans of the US underground noise scene, headline a noise bill with Cuntroaches and THOHH.
The Brazilian accordionist and singer Nonato Lima plays Brazilian music at this Brazilian-Dutch theatre.
A voku, short for Volksküche, is a cheap communal vegan dinner, followed here by a live set from Moukliomos Drom.
A stand-up comedy set by Kostya Pushkin at this English-language comedy venue.
A hands-on workshop in castanet playing and sevillanas, the lively Andalusian folk dance closely related to flamenco.
A bonus screening in a Brazilian film series: a documentary about Ouvidor 63, a São Paulo high-rise occupied by artists.
The Volkskrant journalist and columnist, best known for his cycling novel Ventoux, talks about his writing.
A double bill of indie acts, billed as enchanting and melancholy but with a glittering edge.
A children's show for ages one to five about the world of butterflies.
A live set by Kiss Facility at Paradiso, the former church on the Weteringschans that is now a major concert venue.
Four lectures on Muslim-ruled medieval Spain, from an introduction to its architecture and music, which can be attended singly or as a series.
A film screening followed by a conversation about colonialism, slavery and restorative justice.
Free after-work drinks for expat women, organised by AIC at the bar inside the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel.
The Dutch artist explores textiles, flags and the industries behind political symbols, here taking the United Nations as his subject.
A new performance at Frascati, the Nes theatre that presents new and experimental theatre and dance by emerging makers.
An ethical hacking exercise in which participants try to break into the systems of a mock school or university, run by the Dutch IT cooperative for education and research.
An edition of the ArtiShock series about henna, the plant dye used for body art in South Asian, Middle Eastern and North African traditions.
An evening at the Nes theatre, which focuses on new and experimental performance by young makers.
Dutch newspaper Trouw presents its annual ranking of the country's most sustainable initiatives in an evening-long programme, ending with this year's number one.
An immersive audiovisual screening pairing the British band's music with large-format digital visuals projected across walls and floors.
A book signing for Lucy en Donker, which won the Gouden Penseel, the Dutch prize for the best illustrated children's book.
An audio walking tour of De Pijp exploring public space through the perspectives and stories of local women.
A dynamic flowing yoga class held at the circular cultural hub in Amsterdam Noord.
A film quiz from Cineville, the Dutch arthouse cinema pass, testing teams on their film knowledge as part of Paff.
The Dutch comedian brings a solo stand-up and cabaret show, performed in Dutch.
A show by De Warme Winkel, the Amsterdam theatre collective known for chaotic, self-mocking performances that blur fiction and the makers' own lives.
A talk about finding your personal style, and your identity, between Caribbean and Dutch cultures.
A jazz evening built around improvisation, featuring Graziella Hunsel Rivero, at the cultural centre on the VU University campus.
A double bill, with two acts sharing the stage at the cultural venue in the gardens behind the former Shell building in Noord.
A discussion about people who have been refused the right to stay but cannot be deported.
A book talk built around Dit is AI, a Dutch-language book on artificial intelligence.
A collage workshop about living between different places and the memories that come with them.
A light-hearted theatre performance meant to leave the audience in a good mood, at the creative community hub on the NDSM wharf.
A performance by LOE. at the cultural venue and garden behind the EYE film museum in Noord.
A talk series on classic philosophers, this time Tocqueville, the French political thinker and historian best known for Democracy in America.
A guided walking tour through the neighbourhood with an audio narrative highlighting women's voices and histories.
A performance about grief that, going by its title, takes a wry, humorous angle on loss.
A jazz night led by Graziella Hunsel Rivero, held at a venue on the VU university campus.
A talk by her biographer on Charley Toorop, the Dutch painter known for stark, realist portraits and daughter of the Symbolist Jan Toorop.
A residency series featuring the trio of Avishai Darash, the Israeli-born jazz pianist and composer.
The Dutch comedian and cabaret performer brings his stage show to the small theatre in the Uilenstede student housing complex in Amstelveen.
An Amsterdam-based duo singing Irish, Scottish and American folk songs in close two-part harmony.
A session on how generative AI tools such as chatbots are changing studying, teaching and learning.
A talk on metal-organic frameworks, porous crystalline materials that can capture gases, and whether they could help cut nitrogen emissions.
A tech session about collecting and using data from the physical world, such as readings from sensors and connected devices.
A monthly life drawing evening, sketching from a live human model.
Nina Rompa presents her new release Hoog in concert, joined by the string ensemble 3Violas.
A conversation between the three named guests about where art and science meet, held at the VU's gallery for exactly that kind of crossover work.
Informal networking drinks for startup founders at Café de Jaren, the large grand café beside the Amstel.
An after-work drinks gathering for expat women who want to meet new people and make friends in Amsterdam.
An exhibition or workshop exploring the intersection of neurological research, brain function, and creative visual expression.
A community dinner cooked and served at the long-running Westerpark neighbourhood cultural centre.
An interactive workshop focused on refining public speaking technique, stage presence, and personal storytelling.
Neighbours cook and eat soup together, with performances including one by an IJburg saxophone quartet.
The rainbow flag is raised at the entrance of the district office for Coming Out Day, and everyone is welcome.
A presentation of work by students at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, which trains dancers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and architects.
A programme in Outline's series of contemporary and experimental music.
A live music night at Amstelveen's pop venue.
An introduction to Gyrokinesis, Juliu Horvath's movement method of flowing, rhythmic spinal exercises done seated and standing, with a two-for-one offer.
A session on 'shadow work', the Jungian idea of facing repressed parts of yourself, at the museum and library of esoteric and Hermetic texts.
A try-out, meaning an early preview of a new music show before its official premiere, at the musician-run venue Splendor.
A theatre lecture, a talk delivered as a performance, in which Jeroen Hendrikse looks at comedy that has something to say.
A discussion about whether health can be the main driver for changing how food is produced and eaten.
A mixed evening of live performances.
An open mic night where new and aspiring comedians try out material; doors open at 19:30.
A meetup for Amsterdam's database community, with talks on database technology followed by time to chat.
A performance by Gijs Gedraaid, a singer-songwriter who writes and sings in Dutch.
A children's book quiz for pupils in group 5 and up (around age eight), held during the 2026 Children's Book Week.
A gig on the moored ship in Noord that hosts small concerts and club nights.
A showcase performance; a signature show is usually the piece a company considers most typical of its style.
A meetup at The Book Nook that seems aimed at people building their life in the city.
The launch of a jazz book collection at the Bijlmerplein public library branch, linked to ZOJazz, Amsterdam Southeast's local jazz programme.
Team Laika play a live show at Scala; the listing gives no further detail about the act.
A live music performance at Soop, a neighbourhood cultural centre.
A try-out, meaning an early preview of a show still being developed, from the duo Joey & Dave; the title means 'keep it light'.
Community clinic appointments offering traditional acupuncture and cupping therapy.
A group Nordic walking session through Amsterdam-Noord's central park.
A community writing course offering guidance and exercises for participants looking to develop their creative writing skills.
A women's peer support circle for open conversation and shared experiences.
A chamber music recital for cello and piano.
A practical workshop covering essential personal development and daily life management strategies at the public library.
A quiet group session dedicated to mindfulness and guided relaxation practice.
An eclectic live music evening featuring local experimental ensemble Oktopedians.
A club night with a line-up of acts.
A night of live pop and rock covers at the Leidseplein music bar.
A seminar on foresight, the methods organisations use to explore possible futures and plan for them, hosted by the Dutch IT cooperative for education and research.
A photo session for professional portrait headshots of the kind used on LinkedIn and company websites.
Language Corner Amsterdam runs a free one-hour English conversation session led by one of its teachers, open to all levels.
A library book discussion about Dit is AI, a Dutch book explaining artificial intelligence, where readers talk through the book together.
A themed club night at the Leidseplein nightclub.
A neighbourhood session on diet, exercise and staying healthy as you age, held in a local buurtkamer, a community living room for residents.
A stage performance whose title is the phrase theatre people use to wish performers good luck.
A course on steering your career, finding a work-life balance that suits you, and understanding what holds you back when making choices.
A conference asking whether Dutch and European law is slowing the energy transition, with legal and climate specialists discussing the question.
A networking meetup where startup founders swap experiences and make contacts.
The Amsterdam running club 020.RC and the bone-conduction headphone brand Shokz hold a group session on running form and technique.
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Members of the historic artists' society Arti et Amicitiae meet for informal drinks, with a lecture.
Author Kelly van Kempen signs copies of her latest book, 'Hotel Zweefkees', at the children's bookshop Casperle.
A talk at the bookshop about Gestolen Geluk, held in Dutch.
A weekly community lunch in De Pijp serving toasties, homemade soup, and a place to meet neighbours.
A talk by Herinarivo Rakotomanana on directing, part of the Film Academy's series of lectures by working artists.
A guitar duo recital in a church in Haarlem-Schalkwijk.
A research team presents early results from its COMCRIM project at the University of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research institute.
Artist Daniel Jacoby talks about his work with Dana Linssen, the Dutch film critic and former editor of De Filmkrant.
An evening of bridge and board games held by Stadsdorp Slotervaart Noord, a neighbourhood network of older residents who organise activities together.
A stage show at the small theatre in Amsterdam Zuid.
An event for people looking for work or further training, where you can meet a range of employers.
A group outing to visit the Gerardus Majellakerk, organised under the Caravan of Love name.
An over-18s night; the title is the French word for 'memory'.
An informal drinks gathering, or borrel, around the Proxy Choir.
An afternoon open house where visitors can drop in, look around and ask about what PACT Amsterdam offers.
A community-focused afternoon of practical workshops and discussions aimed at personal development and career planning.
An open weekly surgery with the local community police officer and municipal neighbourhood team.
A discounted food or drink offer at the neighbourhood café and bar in Amsterdam Oost.
Students provide free homework support and a quiet study space for local children.
A mutual aid and legal support drop-in hour held at the historic anarchist social centre.
An informal drinks evening for newcomers and prospective members at the long-standing members' club for artists and creatives.
A Dutch-language theatre show at the theatre in Diemen; the title is a casual Dutch way of complaining about a lot of fuss.
A networking meeting for anyone running, or planning, an initiative to make Amsterdam-Noord a better and more enjoyable place.
A live music gig in a neighbourhood café.
An information evening for people thinking of training as secondary school teachers through the University of Amsterdam's programmes.
Zuidas's area brokers, the municipality's neighbourhood contacts, hold a drop-in session at the market for questions about the area or to share ideas.
A drop-in session where the municipality's area broker answers residents' questions about the neighbourhood or helps them with problems.
A drop-in consultation for local residents to ask questions or share ideas about the neighbourhood.
A meeting of the church council, the body that runs the affairs of this Keizersgracht congregation.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
Around 80 works lent by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, including Matisse's La Blouse roumaine, shown alongside paintings by Rothko, Picasso and Barnett Newman.
The annual showcase of the world's most compelling award-winning photojournalism and documentary photography returns to Amsterdam.
The annual showcase of the world's most striking and impactful photojournalism, presented inside the historic Gothic church.
A selection of highlights from the national museum's collection of Dutch art and history.
The monthly open-air design market brings makers, artists and food stalls to the museum lawns.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
Stalls selling artisanal produce, hot food and handmade goods rotate through the city's parks on Sundays.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
A major retrospective by the renowned photographer known for monumental landscapes, portraits and atmospheric explorations of human impact.
Over 150 monumental street art murals, painted on-site by international artists, fill a former shipyard warehouse.
Citywide arts festival staging performances, tours, and special events across various participating Amsterdam museums.
An exhibition showing the commercial textile patterns, garments, and decorative fabrics designed by the pop artist in the 1950s and 1960s.
An exhibition on Henri Matisse, the French painter known for his bold colour, his Fauvist work and his late paper cut-outs.
Hands-on workshops, games, and maritime activities designed for children and families.
A digital projection show rendering the Dutch master's fantastically detailed depictions of heaven, hell and sin into large-scale animations.
An exhibition for children featuring the intricate, detail-rich illustrations of Dutch picture-book maker Charlotte Dematons.
An animated digital installation bringing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella and its philosophical meditations on life to light.
Dance event pioneers ID&T present a sensory labyrinth of light, sound, and interactive technology in the Elementenstraat warehouse.
An exhibition showcasing the pop artist's commercial textile designs from the 1950s and 1960s before his rise to fame.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's film starring Tom Cruise, the Mexican director's first feature since Bardo.
A guided twilight nature walk for children to spot nocturnal wildlife and dusk-hunting animals.
This edition honours Lou Lichtveld, also known as Albert Helman, a Dutch-Surinamese writer, composer, organist, politician and resistance fighter.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
Direct conversations and oral histories shared with survivors of the Holocaust.
The festival organisers stage a walkthrough experience using lasers, lights, and electronic soundscapes across several rooms.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
A weekend market offering vintage furniture, design pieces, curiosities, and decorative objects in the historic market hall.
The painter's former home displays etching and drawing techniques to show how Rembrandt pushed the boundaries of his craft.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
Morning yoga session held surrounded by Vincent van Gogh's masterworks.
A family exhibition exploring magic, illusions and ritual in Jewish culture and folklore.
Shostakovich's 1959 comic operetta, originally Moscow, Cheryomushki, about a housing shortage, speculators and love, sung in English and suitable for ages 10 and up.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
A practical painting and drawing class focused on composition, colour and expressive brushwork inspired by Vincent van Gogh.
Visitors walk together through a virtual reconstruction of 17th-century Amsterdam, choosing their own route and seeing everyday life of the time; part of History Month.
Sculptures by the Dutch modernist, known for his stark geometric forms in steel, leather, and found materials, are installed across the museum's open-air grounds.
The island fortress examines the psychological and physical experience of isolated military life through historical documents and interactive displays.
Outdoor art route placing site-specific sculptures and installations along the walking paths of the Amsterdamse Bos.
The contemporary Spanish-Dutch painter presents new works in dialogue with Francisco de Goya's iconic etchings, Los Disparates.
A family-friendly interactive exhibition exploring mythology, nature, and the symbolic wisdom of ravens across different world cultures.
A behind-the-scenes guided tour through the costume departments, stages, and rehearsal halls of the opera house.
Crate-digging market inside the covered passage of De Hallen, featuring independent record vendors selling vinyl across multiple genres.
An introduction to graffiti and the stories behind well-known street art, at the street art museum in a former NDSM shipyard hall.
Daniel Szalai presents 166 hens of the Novogen breed, a commercial egg-laying hen, as 166 individuals, at Droog's space on Staalstraat.
October is the national History Month, with history outings for children across the country, including a dark church, the Boevenbus and the Romans.
Alan J. Pakula's gripping 1976 political thriller stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as the Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal.
The private museum showcases street works, prints, and stencils by the elusive British artist.
Learn the fundamentals of silkscreening and print your own custom design onto t-shirts in this hands-on studio session.
Visitors on the fortress island can observe licensed ornithologists capturing, measuring, and banding wild birds for ongoing scientific research.
A brief, family-friendly Dutch-language opera performance staged on the platform of an Amsterdam metro station.
The idiosyncratic Dutch jazz guitarist and composer plays an intimate set in the historic former stock exchange.
An exhibition marking the city's 750th anniversary, tracing Amsterdam's history through key moments and archival records.
A broad survey of modern and contemporary art, design, and photography from the museum's permanent holdings.
Illusionist Rico Weeland stages an intimate evening of magic, mentalism, and storytelling.
Interactive light and digital installations invite visitors into responsive, mirror-filled rooms.
The presentation examines clothing from 1640 to 1930 that bears physical signs of wear, tailoring, mending, and daily life.
An outdoor and community exhibition presented in collaboration with Middle East Archive, a digital platform documenting everyday life and visual culture across the region.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the concert hall's architecture and acoustics before attending the free midday performance.
A retrospective dedicated to the influential Indonesian-Dutch industrial and interior designer best known for designing Schiphol Airport's original interiors.
Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Tim Curry star in this musical 1996 Muppets adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel.
Drawing in the Royal Palace on Dam Square as part of October drawing month, inside Jacob van Campen's 17th-century former city hall.
An exhibition celebrating early trailblazers and foundational works in digital and video installation art.
An exhibition tracing decades of LGBTQIA+ community life, activism, pride celebrations, and resilience across Amsterdam.
An outdoor photography exhibition in Amsterdam West presented by Foam and the digital storytelling platform Middle East Archive.
The exhibition examines the global supply chains of cocoa, sugar, and palm oil behind the beloved Dutch breakfast staple.
A large AI conference where tech companies launch AI products and services and startups and investors meet.
Sightseeing boats navigate the moat and outer waterways surrounding the star-shaped fortress town.
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Children learn about life in space through hands-on experiments, surrounded by more than 100 aircraft and helicopters at the aviation museum in Lelystad.
Creative, hands-on craft and play activities for children aged five and up.
An exhibition featuring the Congolese artists' cooperative CATPC, exploring post-colonial ecology, labour, and restitution.
A guided tasting session exploring the culinary customs and flavours of the Dutch Renaissance in the castle grounds.
The contemporary art museum's basement level hosts large-scale room projections, light works, and screen-based installations.
A three-part performance that joins Portuguese fado song with Kathak, the classical North Indian storytelling dance.
The acclaimed Dutch children's book illustrator exhibits her intricately detailed drawings.
Actor and singer Maarten Heijmans, known for playing Ramses Shaffy, teams up with musician Xander Vrienten on a music theatre show whose title means 'Waiting for Death'.
Organist Ere Lievonen and flautist Raymond Honing explore the Fokker organ, whose 31-tone tuning opens up sounds beyond conventional keyboards.
Sightseeing boat cruises along the scenic Vecht river past historic estates and tea houses.
Historical reenactors demonstrate traditional musket-firing and military drills inside the Naarden fortress museum.
Exhibition dedicated to the people, history, and traditions of Amsterdam's landmark seventeenth-century Portuguese Synagogue.
Charlie Chaplin's 1940 satire, his first full talkie, in which he plays both a Jewish barber and a dictator modelled on Hitler.
Ornithologists demonstrate the process of catching, ringing, and releasing migratory birds stopping over on the fortress island.
A hands-on workshop in cutting and spraying stencils, a classic street art technique, at the street art museum in NDSM.
American photographer Norman Gershman's portraits of Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust, honouring besa, a traditional promise of protection.
Forest biologist Nico leads a guided nature walk through the Amsterdamse Bos.
A talk on the Big Bang and how universes can come into being, by Jan Pieter van der Schaar, a theoretical physicist at the University of Amsterdam.
The American artist examines identity, gender, and celebrity culture through self-portraiture that mimics glossy fashion shoots and consumer advertising.
A weekend of activities exploring how sound, colour and taste cross over in sensory perception.
Toddlers and young children get free-jumping access to the trampolines during a session tailored for little ones.
The exhibition highlights textile designs and fabric works created by artists linked to the mid-century avant-garde Cobra movement.
A hands-on leatherwork workshop where you cut, stitch and finish a leather bag of your own to take home.
A hands-on workshop guiding participants through traditional cold-process soapmaking using natural ingredients.
The Dutch sisters behind De Sekszusjes use a game-show format to discuss sex, challenge myths and share practical information.
A dedicated cinema programme spotlighting seminal films from the 1990s.
A retrospective examining the turbulent life and intensely emotional, colourful paintings of the Dutch modern expressionist.
A hands-on workshop introducing the textiles, dressing traditions and etiquette of the Japanese kimono.
Al Nisa (Arabic for 'the women') is a photography exhibition with Foam, based on Middle East Archive's latest publication.
Akim Moiseenkov creates imaginative concerts designed to engage both children and adults.
A self-guided or organised walking route exploring the historic ramparts, castle and waterways of the fortified town.
An exhibition of outsider art, meaning work by self-taught artists outside the art world, many of whom have experience of psychiatric care.
Audio stops created for the museum's Body Stories research programme, which you can listen to in the Rijksmuseum app as part of History Month.
An indoor jump session on connected trampolines and obstacle courses.
A large international conference on artificial intelligence that brings together tech companies, researchers and policymakers.
Professional artists set up stalls on the Spui square every Sunday to sell paintings, prints, and ceramics directly to passersby.
A guided bicycle ride along city canals and neighbourhood streets covering local history and architecture.
Graduating second-year resident artists from the prestigious post-academic institute exhibit their work in the historic Ateliers building.
Showcase spotlighting cutting-edge graduate collections from the Netherlands' top fashion academy alumni.
An interactive, multi-sensory tour of the museum designed specifically for blind and visually impaired visitors.
An exhibition at STRAAT, the large street art and graffiti museum in a former shipyard warehouse on the NDSM wharf in Noord.
Guests share family-style platters prepared with local and sustainable produce at this countryside restaurant venue.
The museum investigates the origins, artist, and identity of the sitter in an enigmatic Golden Age portrait.
A practical culinary class covering milk curdling, pressing and the fundamentals of home cheesemaking.
A guided session that has you slow down and spend time with a few works, focusing on looking closely rather than rushing through the galleries.
A small-group salon boat tour departs from the five-star hotel along the Amstel river.
A hands-on school-holiday workshop where children pair up with a friend or sibling to build their own piece of electronic music.
Kijk maar eens goed! shows work by Charlotte Dematons, the illustrator known for detailed picture books like The Yellow Balloon that reward close looking.
An exhibition exploring the closely entwined life, thoughts, and literary oeuvre of Franz Kafka.
An indoor play space where toddlers, preschoolers and their families play together.
A decentralised festival bringing together tech companies, researchers, and startups for panels and workshops on artificial intelligence.
Display of the freshly conserved sixteenth-century altarpiece depicting the descent from the cross in the attic church.
Leiden's annual international film festival, screening new feature films from around the world at venues across the city.
A guided backstage look through the auditoriums, workshops, and history of the city's municipal theatre.
The historic castle estate showcases its botanical gardens and grounds in seasonal bloom.
A hands-on ceramics class teaching throwing and shaping clay on the potter's wheel.
The Dutch fashion photographer presents two decades of imagery documenting the standout graduation show for rising designers.
Large-scale sculptures by the influential Dutch constructivist and modernist are placed throughout the museum's outdoor grounds.
Instructors teach basic clay shaping and texturing techniques to help you sculpt an object, figure, or abstract form.
An informal board game meetup designed to help Dutch language learners practice their speaking skills while playing games.
A free language workshop and informal café where learners practice spoken Dutch together in a relaxed setting.
An introductory walkthrough of the photography museum's current exhibitions led by an in-house guide.
Musicians are invited to bring their instruments and sit in with the blues club's house band.
An informal conversation circle where Dutch learners of all levels chat over coffee to build their everyday speaking confidence.
Practice Dutch, English, Spanish, and other languages over drinks in an informal mixer.
An exhibition exploring the complex debates, ethics and practices surrounding the restitution of colonial-era heritage items.
A thematic walkthrough exploring the collection and modern art history through LGBTQIA+ perspectives.
Taxidermy duo Sinke & Van Tongeren present their theatrical, Old Master-inspired arrangements of exotic preserved birds and animals.
Comedian Rami Nima hosts an evening of stand-up comedy featuring up-and-coming and established acts.
The French string quartet, celebrated for their Russian repertoire, performs works by Weinberg, Prokofiev, and Beethoven.
The museum displays patterned skirts and wearable textiles designed by key painters and sculptors of the post-war CoBrA movement.
The celebrated British tenor and his longtime collaborative pianist perform nineteenth-century lieder by Wolf and Schubert.
A hands-on craft session covering the practical techniques, ingredients, and chemistry needed to create natural bar soaps.
An open-air secondhand market selling pre-loved clothes, homeware, and garden finds.
The grassroots archive presents perspectives on colonial history, resistance, and grassroots solidarity movements across the Dutch empire and beyond.
An exhibition about a pioneering Van Houten, probably the Weesp cocoa family whose press and alkalising process changed how chocolate was made.
An exhibition named after hagelslag, the chocolate sprinkles the Dutch eat on bread, built around the idea of building a new world together.
A practical textile workshop teaching mending, customisation, and redesign techniques to revamp old garments.
A queer club night focused on upbeat pop tracks and electronic dance anthems in the Houthavens.
Children aged eight and up can explore coniferous tree species from around the globe across the botanical garden.
A creative, hands-on weekend art workshop designed for young children and their parents.
The Dutch alto saxophonist, known for the New Cool Collective and his own groups, plays jazz at the private arts club on Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen.
A festival of music for two pianists, held in De Duif, a former church on the Prinsengracht that is now used for concerts.
An overnight gong ceremony in which gongs are played for hours while listeners lie down and let the sound wash over them.
The documentary follows Dutch-Caribbean artists who use dominoes as a way to think about life; the evening also includes a game of dominoes.
An architectural model exhibition exploring the extensive future urban development plans for Amsterdam's northern docklands.
The Viennese indie band, fronted by Sophie Lindinger, plays raw-guitar songs that move between grunge, post-punk and pop.
A festival for piano duos, two pianos and four hands, playing Bach, Schubert, Philip Glass, Steve Reich and new work at venues around the city.
A festival of talks and discussions about tourism that benefits residents and places rather than overwhelming them, a hot topic in Amsterdam.
A vocal group from the Dutch TV talent show One & Only, where they finished third after covering Miguel's 'Sure Thing' and Tevin Campbell's 'Can We Talk'.
Composer Kate Moore turns ideas about landscape and long-distance walking into contemporary music, performed here with Herz Ensemble.
The city's largest city farm, in Westerpark, which has recently gone through a lot of changes and renovation.
An exhibition exploring gender transformation, performance, and shifting bodily identity through archaeological artefacts and contemporary culture.
An interactive exhibition space exploring archaeological discovery, material culture, and how finds are catalogued.
A guided behind-the-scenes tour of the striking modern concert hall on the IJ waterfront.
Ceramicist Anita Kluge leads a hands-on clay modelling workshop blending craft and storytelling.
A pop-up preview of outsider art: work by self-taught makers outside the official art world, often people with experience of psychiatric illness.
An exhibition examining how contemporary artists combine photography with collage techniques to construct alternative narratives.
A sip-and-paint evening where you paint with glowing neon colours under UV light over a glass of wine, with no experience needed.
Exhibition of photography by the Dutch-Uruguayan artist known for her portraits exploring gender, identity, and memory.
The visual artist presents installations and performances reflecting on post-colonial history, identity and Caribbean heritage.
An interactive audio-visual walking tour around Amsterdam East designed for children aged seven and up.
The South African artist Wim Botha, known for sculptures carved from stacked books, wood and other unlikely materials, shows at Stevenson's Amsterdam space.
Two free Waternet audio tours, one through the city centre and one through the Amsterdam Waterleidingduinen dunes, tell the history behind a glass of tap water.
A shared lunch on Pampus, the fortified island in the IJmeer that is part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
An annual festival in Maastricht that presents a selection of the year's Dutch dance productions.
A self-guided walking route detailing maritime history and architectural landmarks around the Oosterdok docklands.
A guided walk exploring the plant collections and seasonal highlights of the botanical garden.
Photography exhibition exploring personal reflections, tributes, and diverse cultural perspectives on mortality.
A creative workshop designed to introduce young children to looking at and making art.
An exhibition at the museum of funeral culture exploring the relationship between traffic, transit and mortality.
A multi-course dinner highlighting autumn produce and locally sourced seasonal ingredients.
An exhibition exploring the intersection of Lutheran faith, openness, and queer community history in Amsterdam.
The first listed work, Manu Mpasi’s “Le Monologue de l’Aube,” reflects on living between different worlds as part of a three-work performance bill.
Hands-on clay modelling workshop guiding participants through basic sculpting and shaping techniques.
A playful family afternoon combining casual games of bingo with food and entertainment.
An architectural look at Haven-Stad, Amsterdam’s developing port-city district, which could eventually add up to 70,000 homes.
An evening devoted to fresh oysters and paired drinks at the hotel's bar.
A monthly dance afternoon on the last Sunday, with swing classics and familiar Dutch and international favourites for anyone who likes to dance.
The University of Amsterdam’s archaeology museum displays ancient glassware from Roman, Egyptian, and Mediterranean collections.
A guided walk from the historic Red Light District house highlighting influential women in the city's social history.
Explore the striking Amsterdam School architecture of the historic shipping headquarters, now a luxury hotel, during this regular Sunday package.
The town square fills with stalls offering fresh produce, cheese, fish, clothes and household wares.
A bock beer tour, tasting the dark, malty seasonal beers that appear in Dutch bars every autumn.
The Dutch designer displays playful sculptures and everyday design objects repurposed from obsolete collectables and materials.
Gunther von Hagens's exhibition of plastinated human bodies, focusing on the anatomical science of happiness and wellbeing.
The Dutch-Brazilian net artist, known for using websites as canvases, presents his book-based and printed projects.
Nine contemporary artists of Moluccan descent examine their roots, shared heritage and cultural identity through varied media.
A showcase celebrating contemporary creative voices and heritage across the Moluccan diaspora in the Netherlands.
An exhibition exploring the movement, culture and sensory experience of swimming through contemporary art.
An art exhibition exploring modern self-representation and collective belonging in the converted NDSM shipyard.
The Dutch textile artist is internationally acclaimed for her tactile wool felt works dyed with heritage plants she cultivates herself.
Photographer Tomás Mauro presents a participatory project connecting strangers through portraits and written notes.
An exhibition exploring the history and lived experiences of the Moluccan community in Amsterdam seventy-five years after their arrival in the Netherlands.
An open-air photography exhibition displayed along the boulevard at the Sloterplas.
The university heritage museum displays ancient glassware alongside recent research into classical glassmaking techniques.
A group presentation featuring work by established names of modern and street-influenced art.
The museum surveys the intense, psychological canvases and watercolours of the Dutch Expressionist painter.
The renowned South African visual activist presents photographic portraits documenting Black LGBTQIA+ communities.
A retrospective survey dedicated to the Dutch artist best known for his minimalist wire sculptures, drawings, and luminous cityscape silhouettes.
The Vienna-born, Dubai-raised singer-songwriter performs his emotional, classically influenced pop.
An informal session offering a chance to meet artists and bio-designers currently working in the waterfront lab's studios.
A guided physical movement workshop connecting participants to the natural environment of the Sloterplas lake.
Experimental ensemble Jam With Humans stages an evening of interactive music and improvisation inside an independent bookshop.
The emerging photographer presents work examining memory, personal archives and unseen perspectives of family life.
A retrospective examining the foundational 1970s and 80s work of the seminal Dutch video-art distribution and research platform.
An immersive digital light and projection experience that surrounds visitors with life-sized prehistoric creatures in their ancient habitats.
Artist Miquel Hervás Gómez leads a hands-on workshop transforming publication waste into fresh handmade sheets of paper.
The Dutch pioneer of internet art presents digital works examining how computational materials interact with physical space.
Portraits and personal histories chronicling the community surrounding Amsterdam's Portuguese Synagogue.
Children follow clues through the library in a themed treasure hunt marking Dutch Children's Book Week.
A personal storytelling session recounting experiences and legacies connected to the Holocaust.
An outdoor sculpture garden exhibiting contemporary three-dimensional artworks amidst landscaped grounds.
Artists in the NDSM shipyard explore self-portraiture, digital image manipulation, and narcissism in modern culture.
Practical studio session introducing ceramic glazing techniques, finishes, and colour application for pottery.
Textile artist Claudy Jongstra pairs her signature felted, raw wool pieces with works by guest artists exploring sustainable material processes.
A nostalgic, travelling dance party designed primarily for older adults, featuring classic ballroom and pop hits.
The Milanese rapper, a long-standing name in Italian hip-hop, performs live.
A karaoke night at CREA, the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre, where anyone can take the mic and sing.
An open jam session where musicians bring their instruments and join in on stage, at the Leidseplein rock and blues bar.
A guided architectural tour of Jan Duiker's iconic modernist sanatorium complex in Hilversum.
Guided tours exploring the city archives and the monumental 1920s architecture of the former bank building on Vijzelstraat.
A guided walking and sketching excursion exploring the surrounding streets with drawing materials in hand.
A tactile scale model allows visitors to experience the architecture of the waterfront and the Arcam building through touch.
A community creative making session hosted at the contemporary art space in Amsterdam-Noord.
As the title suggests, a piece that looks at grief and loss through humour.
An interactive photography exhibition in which visitors take part rather than only look at the pictures.
A performance about how traditions in Suriname’s Maroon communities continue to change over time.
An exhibition showcasing contemporary visual art and cross-disciplinary projects from the Low Countries.
Contemporary artists explore selfhood and belonging in a collaborative group exhibition.
An exhibition on how nature and culture relate, at the stacked-container art space on the former NDSM shipyard in Noord, running until 11 October.
An exhibition dedicated to the mid-century rescue and reconstruction of historic wooden windmills and houses along the Zaan.
A library display of plates and food stories from people in Nieuw-West, showing the cooking traditions found across the neighbourhood.
Retrospective covering the long career of the celebrated Haarlem painter known for his atmospheric still lifes and studio interiors.
A public showing of an art collection housed inside the former mint depository.
The celebrated Dutch sculptor shows expressive works crafted from handblown glass, textile, and ceramics.
An international trade fair for the instruments, systems and software used in weather observation, measurement and forecasting.
An exhibition by Dina Danish, the Cairo-born, Amsterdam-based artist whose playful work deals with language, translation and misunderstanding.
An exhibition at the museum of Lutheran history exploring the heritage and resilience of the queer community.
A run of neighbourhood restaurant evenings on four dates at The Beach, Notweg 38, in the Tuinen van West area.
Amsterdam running club 020.RC teams up with the bone-conduction headphone brand Shokz for a session on improving your running form.
An interdisciplinary afternoon exploring art publications and cinema at the canal-house art space.
Interactive community project exchanging handwritten postcards with library visitors to explore social connections.
A performance by theatre maker Ehsan Hemat about the body, at the Flemish cultural centre in the city centre.
Participants in a four-day training demonstrate and playtest prototype serious games designed to explore urban planning and civic challenges.
A showcase exploring micro-housing, modular design, and efficient urban living solutions at Haarlem's architecture centre.
A visual arts exhibition spotlighting local creative talent and community stories.
A performance by Dizzi Geetha, a queer Sri Lankan artist living in the Netherlands who works as a theatre maker, composer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ.
The knitwear designer leads an in-depth workshop on drafting and constructing custom-fit jumpers.
The Dutch painter and illustrator displays works celebrating female bodies, desire, and bodily vulnerability through soft, vibrant color.
Karaoke night at the old Zeedijk café, long known as a jazz bar, with an emphasis on classic songs.
An exhibition exploring the modernist architecture and legacy of Willem Marinus Dudok.
The Dutch artist, a co-founder of the Nul movement, is celebrated for his serial assemblages of found and discarded everyday objects.
An exhibition exploring life and permanence through printmaking and graphic arts.
An exhibition reflecting on family, memory loss, and grief at the national museum dedicated to funeral heritage.
An exhibition considering the intersection of natural ecology and human epochs at the NDSM-based art space.
A discussion of the choices and challenges involved in using district heating as a sustainable alternative to individual electric heat pumps.
The Dutch artist displays whimsical ceramic creatures and eccentric character sculptures.
The contemporary art gallery hosts an exhibition exploring myth, memory, and material culture.
A conversation about why people are eating less meat and dairy, from animal welfare and health to climate concerns and food.
An exhibition focusing on the post-war Dutch avant-garde collective that united artists and architects in search of new functional forms.
A guided public nature walk through the heathland and protected wetland reserve near Hilversum.
Community repair event where volunteers help fix broken household appliances, clothing, electronics, and bicycles.
Artist Elisa van Joolen leads a textile workshop exploring ways to rework, repair, and recontextualize existing clothing.
A guided tour of the town hall building, covering its history and its rooms.
Special programming highlighting physical and sensory accessibility across cultural spaces, hosted at the canal heritage museum.
View a private collection of paintings, sculptures, and etchings housed in a historic building beside the Munttoren.
A display of freestyle brushwork on Chinese rice paper, exploring dynamic floral forms and vivid color.
The Dutch-Uruguayan photographer shows portraits exploring identity, gender and cultural belonging in the museum's project space.
Take a self-guided 90-minute walking route exploring the history and architecture around the Oosterdok basin.
The Dutch fine art photographer presents contemplative black-and-white prints examining emotional resonance, ageing, and natural transition.
An exhibition exploring personal roots, collective memory, and future visions through contemporary art and research.
A photography and art exhibition exploring local urban stories and community life around the park and neighbourhood.
The improvising ensemble performs a live set blending free jazz and theatrical elements to launch their new record.
Borrowing Orwell's Animal Farm maxim, this group exhibition gathers contemporary work addressing power structures and human-nonhuman hierarchies.
The Copenhagen-based artist plays melancholic, collage-like pop pieces built from his 2024 debut on Posh Isolation.
French painter Lou Ros and South Korean artist Sanghyuk Kim present expressive mixed-media paintings and figurative works.
Guided walk-in tours providing deeper context on the modern and contemporary post-war art in the collection.
Explore the long career of the Haarlem painter and watercolourist through works preserved from his studio on the Spaarne.
Marinka Reuten shows subtle, atmospheric works evoking dappled sunlight filtering through trees.
A live booking at Bourbon Street, the late-opening music bar off the Leidseplein that has bands on most nights, mainly blues, rock and soul.
The Dutch ceramic artist displays his imaginative, brightly colored sculptural creatures.
Koentact opens its doors for free trial lessons, language level assessments, and an introduction to its teaching methods.
The German painter presents atmospheric, layered landscapes that blur the line between real wilderness and internal psychological spaces.
The gallery devoted to outsider, neurodivergent, and non-normative artists presents a collaborative mixed-media exhibition.
The Beijing-born visual artist and designer exhibits work engaging with physical exercise, discipline, and historical iconography.
Polish artist Mikołaj Sobczak presents work interrogating historical narratives, queer resistance, and national mythmaking.
The university gallery explores how artists and scientists interpret different dimensions of perception and truth.
A museum docent leads a walk through the photography exhibition highlighting young creative talent.
A weekly club night spotlighting driving underground techno and electronic DJs on Rembrandtplein.
Lady Marmalade hosts an open-mic and spoken-word night inviting audiences to listen and speak up.
The veteran Dutch conceptual artist and biologist displays poetic works assembled from dried leaves, earth, and found natural elements.
The Dutch artist presents vividly coloured, apocalyptic drawings and paintings populated by sci-fi, occult, and cosmic imagery.
The Cuban artist presents conceptual work examining digital culture and alternative distribution networks outside formal online systems.
Pakistani contemporary artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil show work questioning gender, ritual, and societal norms.
An exhibition exploring the design, social life, and evolution of public pavement space in post-war Amsterdam.
An exhibition exploring ideas of refuge, space, and belonging through contemporary visual art at the Flemish cultural centre.
A group exhibition engaging with queer identity, memory and imagined futures in dialogue with the museum's historic religious setting.
The Dutch artist exhibits her monumental, intricately detailed charcoal drawings inspired by untamed nature and human psychology.
An animal-themed walking trail, the kind of route set out for families to follow at their own pace.
A joint exhibition pairing Lou Ros's deconstructed figurative painting with Sanghyuk Kim's contemporary artistic practice.
The artists' society hosts a fluor-themed gathering of the Painters Club.
MarxismNL's conference of talks and debates on Marxist politics, its title taken from Walter Benjamin's image of revolution as pulling the emergency brake.
The second edition of Ruimschoots, held at Het Vrijpaleis, a self-organised cultural free space run by artists and activists.
A theatre piece made in-house by Scala, a venue that combines a food bar with a small theatre.
A funk band plays live at the Leidseplein-area music bar, which has bands on most nights.
The Dutch chamber group marks Valentine's Day with an intimate classical performance.
An audio-guided walking tour exploring the neighbourhood through women's voices, personal histories and urban memories.
Step inside the historic 17th-century town hall in the fortified town of Naarden.
The historic artists' society mounts a group exhibition centered on green themes, ecology, and nature.
A printmaking exhibition presented by the Grafein foundation showcasing diverse contemporary relief, intaglio, and screen-printing techniques.
The neighbourhood light-art initiative opens its latest run of community-focused installations.
Contemporary artists challenge the rigid botanical classification systems established by 18th-century taxonomist Carl Linnaeus.
A programme about rest and slowing down at W139, the long-running artist-run space on the Warmoesstraat.
A period exhibition showcasing daily family life, interiors and traditions of historic regional residents.
Leo Vroegindeweij and Ruth Meijer present sculpture and painting exploring form, memory, and perspective along the canal.
A historical presentation tracing traditional women's clothing, headwear, and customs of Volendam.
The opening of a new exhibition of work by artist Daniel Jacoby.
The Dutch co-founder of the Nul movement displays his signature assemblages made from discarded mass-produced everyday objects.
The Dutch artist shows her large-scale, intricate charcoal drawings exploring the intersections of lush vegetation and urban human presence.
Herinarivo Rakotomanana gives a talk about their practice and how they approach directing work whose outcome cannot be fully controlled.
Annemarie Libbers facilitates an intimate creative writing and lyrical composition session.
The Dutch sculptor shows new geometric, spatial works fashioned from industrial iron and steel.
Riverside bar and restaurant on the Amstel hosting regular community drinks, food, and social events.
The Croatian contemporary artist re-examines modernist heritage, institutional memory, and collective history through painting and display structures.
A visual art exhibition exploring botanical forms and verdant textures on view near Oosterdok.
A contemporary art exhibition exploring personal, collective, and sensory representations of memory.
A solo theatre show weaving together storytelling and personal narrative in the venue's intimate cabaret space.
A theatre production whose title comes from Cain's reply in Genesis when he is asked where his brother Abel is.
A small display on how the smelly, unhealthy 19th-century city gave rise to the belief that nature and fresh air are good for body and mind.
A guest night featuring MUZUNGU, an act named after the Swahili word for a foreigner.
An intimate visual art exhibition staged inside the quirky local church venue.
A local networking evening and speed-dating session organised for city-centre residents.
A close-up narrative cabaret performance centred on rumour, conversation, and storytelling in the venue's bite-sized theatre format.
In this hosting series, Rozenstraat hands its space to artist Daniel Jacoby, whose practice centres on video, animation and installation.
The French artist exhibits delicate ceramic sculptures alongside drawings that blend organic shapes with architectural forms.
An exhibition of work by Tino Rademaker in Helicopter's art café.
A high-intensity interval training session outdoors in the Amsterdamse Bos.
A portrait exhibition showcasing the varied history and residents of Haarlem across the centuries.
An exhibition at a small contemporary art gallery on the Lijnbaansgracht, near the Leidseplein end of the canal belt.
Artists Mia Weiner and Johnny Mae Hauser explore physical form and connection through collaborative contemporary works.
An exhibition on local history reflecting on everyday village life and disrupted heritage.
An informal creative writing meetup where writers of all levels gather to work on prompts and share drafts.
An exhibition of artwork depicting the historic defensive gates that once guarded the perimeter of Haarlem.
Swimming classes tailored for children and adults with physical disabilities or chronic conditions.
The Italian artist installs a project drawing on dystopian fiction, linguistic shifts, and alternative historical narratives in the gallery's project space.
An exhibition tracing the environmental and economic histories of petroleum extraction and cotton farming.
A club night playing urban, Latin and party tracks in the city centre.
Sculptor Gaston Bannier presents works at this studio and outdoor display space.
A library exhibition tracing local histories and personal memories through shared narratives.
Founders, investors, and policymakers gather for rooftop drinks and discussion on European artificial intelligence strategy.
A two-person dialogue between painter Han Schuil and installation-focused artist Ricardo van Eyk.
Emerging artist Klaartje van Essen presents new sculptural and installation work developed during her De Ateliers residency.
The central bank showcases pieces from its corporate art collection exploring unexpected perspectives and hidden details.
A critical exhibition revisiting how social background and class privilege shape the careers and institutions of the contemporary art world.
A development programme for Zuidoost residents under 30 looking to build practical skills and professional networks.
Dutch abstract painter Paul Drissen shows geometric, collage-based paintings that balance modernist order with playful, provisional forms.
DJs play an upbeat mix of hip-hop, R&B and chart hits on Rembrandtplein.
Entrepreneurs, tech talent, and early-stage investors connect at an informal startup networking evening.
A weekly student-focused club night spanning hip-hop, house and R&B on Leidseplein.
A gallery group show probing land, material, and ecological uncertainties through contemporary painting and sculpture.
The artist-run space presents a collaborative exhibition exploring how personal and collective trauma are held and recalled.
A mid-week club night spinning R&B, hip-hop and house in the main hall of the Rembrandtplein venue.
The project room hosts a companion contemporary installation focused on transformation and growth.
Artists Amra Khan, Naira Mushtaq, and Sehr Jalil present works exploring history, memory, and how objects outlive their original functions.
A community storytelling workshop focusing on sharing and illuminating personal narratives.
A guided walking group for seniors looking to stay active and meet neighbours in the park.
Prints and drawings by the Dutch artist exploring mortality and the human body, displayed in the funeral museum's cafe.
An art dealership presents works by female artists, available with trial home placements.
A dual exhibition pairing sculptural earthworks with folded textile compositions.
An exhibition of surviving drawings, crafts, and memorabilia by the two sisters from the well-known regional industrial family.
A group exhibition examining how human presence, touch, and collective memory reverberate across material objects.
An interactive workshop focusing on communication skills, active listening, and bridging divides in difficult conversations.
An art exhibition focused on luminous and colourful visual works.
The third chapter, “Making the Wave,” completes a three-part series preceded by “Floating on the Wave” and “Riding the Wave.”
A screening at the Westerpark cinema best known for championing Dutch film.
An exhibition exploring the varied artistic output of four creators from a single family.
Open outdoor play sessions for children at the local Erfgooiers playground.
An architectural exhibition examining post-war reconstruction urbanism and its contemporary renovations in Haarlem's Parkwijk.
A professional development workshop focused on career direction and leadership strategies for women.
Banned Books Week is an annual US campaign, started in 1982, that draws attention to attempts to censor or remove books from libraries and schools.
A show by a performer called Meester Alex, 'meester' being what Dutch children call their male primary-school teacher.
A pavement-facing window exhibition space hosts an open-ended art installation.
The independent project space hosts a contemporary visual art exhibition.
A neighbourhood library presents an exhibition of work by the artist.
Anne Cappendijk presents an artistic exploration of public grief rituals, commemoration and everyday losses.
Digital startups and scale-ups pitch their businesses to prospective investors at the World Trade Center.
A business conference bringing together entrepreneurs, founders, and investors for keynotes, workshops, and networking.
Friday 9 October
The Canadian pop-punk band, known for 2000s hits like Welcome to My Life and I'm Just a Kid, play live.
Visitors are invited to sit and sketch inside the monumental seventeenth-century royal palace on Dam Square.
The cultural centre's signature Friday night features an open programme of oral storytelling from local and visiting tale-tellers.
An exhibition about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
The zoo marks Purple Friday, the Dutch day when people wear purple to support LGBTQ+ young people, with a celebration of love in all its forms.
Richard Gadd's true story of being stalked, which started as a one-man stage show before it became the hit Netflix series.
The string orchestra pairs Janáček's passionate 'Intimate Letters' with Stravinsky's Suite Italienne, joined by violinist Liza Ferschtman and double bassist Rick Stotijn.
A concert exploring tango and how far it can be stretched, from its traditional roots to more contemporary forms.
The American band best known for their 1998 hit 'Kiss Me', fronted by singer Leigh Nash.
An interactive English-language session of songs, nursery rhymes, and picture books for young children.
A guided tour through the 17th-century canal house museum, celebrating a century of the city collection.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2001 Paris fairy tale, with Audrey Tautou as a shy café waitress who secretly meddles in the lives of the people around her.
A new English-language comedy show from Boom Chicago, with a title that puns on Sweet Home Alabama and points to life in Amsterdam.