What's On in Amsterdam on Friday 16 October
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themFriday 16 October
The south London stand-up, known for his Netflix special Momentum and for hosting The Lateish Show, brings his high-energy comedy to Amsterdam.
Kander and Ebb's musical about a seedy club in 1930s Berlin, directed by Daria Bukvic, with Chantal Janzen back on stage after ten years as Sally Bowles.
Nederlands Dans Theater's main company, NDT 1, one of the world's leading contemporary dance companies, performs at the city theatre.
The cultural centre's signature Friday night features an open programme of oral storytelling from local and visiting tale-tellers.
The south London stand-up, known for The Lateish Show and his Netflix special Momentum, brings his high-energy observational comedy to Amsterdam.
A cheerful children's concert in which discarded objects come to life, from a rattling wheelie bin and an old antenna to a radio that starts talking.
The Norwegian band, pioneers of the early 1990s black metal scene, return with the second leg of their Death over Europe tour.
A family concert of music from the Harry Potter films, played in a canal-side church by La Chapelle Sauvage.
An ensemble plays music from Tim Burton's films, much of it by Danny Elfman, including Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Participants make botanical collages and paint with natural pigments, then share a dinner built around low-waste, circular principles.
The British chamber choir founded by Nigel Short, formerly of the King's Singers, performs an evening of English Renaissance vocal music.
About 25 booksellers set up every week with second-hand and antiquarian books, prints, posters and magazines.
A new English-language sketch and improv comedy show about living in Amsterdam, from the theatre whose alumni include Seth Meyers and Jordan Peele.
A young pianist from the Concertgebouw's young talent series plays a programme of Beethoven and Chopin.
An interactive show in which the audience serves as the jury in a staged court case, this one about a death involving artificial intelligence.
Racoon, the pop-rock band from Zeeland known for hits like 'Love You More' and 'Brother', plays the big concert hall.
A behind-the-scenes building tour followed by a free afternoon classical performance.
A guided tour through the 17th-century canal house museum, celebrating a century of the city collection.
A forest ranger leads a dusk walk showing how the woods change at nightfall and which animals become active then.
The British vocal ensemble Tenebrae sings English choral music from the 16th century, a time of religious upheaval.
A hands-on cooking class, led by a Japanese host, in which participants make rich chicken ramen.
The American duo of Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte, known for their YouTube video covers, give a European premiere that is listed as sold out.
Work by the Lebanese photographer Myriam Boulos, known for raw, close-up images of Beirut, its protests, the 2020 port explosion, and women's bodies and desire.
Children aged 6 to 10 work in pairs to build and program a robot using LEGO SPIKE Essential.
Children try outdoor activities and water sports at Jeugdland, the adventure playground and play park in Amsterdam Oost.
Learn to print postcards on a risograph, a stencil-based printer known for its bright, slightly grainy colours.
Families listen to wartime stories built around Marjo's suitcase and talk them through together in the resistance museum's children's section.
Orchestre Partout, an orchestra of musicians with refugee backgrounds, joins the contemporary New European Ensemble for a programme themed on Aleppo.
A children's show for ages eight and up based on Peter Pan: a boy who plays the game Neverland endlessly gets pulled into it by a boy named Pan.
The French electro-pop project of Marseille musician Mathieu Hocine, known for dreamy synth tracks such as Moon (And It Went Like).
OperaRebels retell the fairy tale as a family opera with singing and humour for children aged 8 and up, touring the Netherlands from 16 October.
An advance screening of Belgian director Lukas Dhont's First World War drama, his follow-up to Girl and Close.
A guided tour of the Rijksmuseum collection that looks at women, from legendary heroines to regentesses.
The Ghana-born British soul singer, known for a warm voice and a jazz-inflected, horn-backed sound.
A free drag show hosted by drag performer AJ Heartstone at Lellebel, the long-standing queer bar on the Utrechtsestraat.
Individual intuitive card consultations held in the historic canalside library.
Participants learn bead embroidery techniques to customise and repair second-hand garments.
A choir performs Bach's motets, his short sacred choral works such as Jesu, meine Freude and Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied.
A stand-up comedy evening at ComedyTrain, the Amsterdam comedy club, with several comedians each doing a set, compèred in the club's usual line-up format.
Artworks made of paper on show in the lit-up Wilhelminapark in Wormerveer, as part of the IFIKZ MaakMeeFestival.
The first edition of a gospel music event led by Brandon Delagraentiss, built around the uplifting choral and soul tradition of the Black church.
Two Guardian correspondents, Pjotr Sauer and Shaun Walker, author of The Long Hangover, talk about reporting on Russia.
As the name says, this is 'not Oktoberfest': a party that plays on the Bavarian beer festival.
A do-it-yourself workshop where anyone can fix their own bike, using shared tools and help from others.
A monthly third-Friday night of free dancing to Latin and Afro-Caribbean music at the Henrick de Keijser community building.
Comedy made up on the spot with a British flavour from Pig Pen and Fluff, part of the English-language Funny Amsterdam Festival.
Danspaleis is a dance afternoon for older people in the style of a classic tea dance, with music to dance to and time to socialise.
A tasting of bock, the dark, malty beer brewed for autumn, led by a sommelier at the farm-produce market hall.
Mike Nichols' 1996 comedy with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, a remake of La Cage aux Folles, screened by the Amsterdam Film Group.
A beginners' workshop in baking sourdough bread, covering the starter, kneading and baking, held at a neighbourhood community centre.
A family show for ages eight and up by Theatergroep De Horde about home, resilience and imagination.
The American rapper, signed to Reach Records, known for introspective, faith-driven hip-hop.
Zacharias Mavroeidis's playful Greek comedy about two gay friends on an Athens beach who turn memories of a past summer into a film script.
A guided walk through the Amsterdamse Bos taking in its food forest, a planted woodland of edible species, and the bird island.
An evening of erotic poetry readings, in an edition themed around Berlin.
The Brazilian guitarist and composer, admired for his intricate, harmonically rich songwriting, performs with the singer Anna Paes.
A hands-on workshop where participants mix their own body butter to take home.
Vientos del Sur, Spanish for 'Winds of the South', play upbeat, swinging music from South America.
A guided tour of a museum that brings together art, nature and history.
The Amsterdam University of the Arts, which teaches theatre, dance, music, film, art education and architecture, opens its doors to prospective students.
Comedy Club Haug, the Dutch stand-up collective, brings a line-up of its comedians to Amstelveen.
Kirk Jones's British drama follows John Davidson, a young goalkeeper in 1983 who later became known as a campaigner on Tourette's syndrome.
A big band, the classic jazz line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones and rhythm section, plays in the former KNSM shipping company's departure hall.
Happy Stones means painting pebbles with cheerful designs and leaving them outdoors for others to find and hide again.
A compact twenty-minute performance blending personal storytelling and humour about relocating from southern Italy to the Netherlands.
A stage production whose Dutch title means space debris, the junk from old satellites and rockets left circling the Earth.
Live jazz at the public library to round off the working week.
Philippe Garrel's 1968 wordless black-and-white film about a couple and their child, screened in the Nassaukerk with a live score by Sasha Sykes.
Pianist Marie François plays Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, a cycle of twelve short piano pieces, one for each month of the year.
A theatre show whose title means 'My mother is a HUMAN. Me too', suggesting a personal piece about mothers and children.
An immersive audiovisual screening pairing the British band's music with large-format digital visuals projected across walls and floors.
A show at De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam's historic home of Dutch cabaret and comedy.
A hands-on workshop exploring the modes, rhythms, and performance traditions of Eastern Mediterranean folk music.
A lunchtime concert at the Embassy of the Free Mind, the canal-house museum and library of hermetic and esoteric philosophy.
The opening of an exhibition on film and dreams at the museum devoted to Cornelis van Eesteren's post-war garden cities of Nieuw-West.
The Greek pianist Vassilis Varvaresos gives a recital on a Bösendorfer grand in this 17th-century Walloon church.
From 20 September, the water tower on Watertorenplein in Amsterdam-West hosts a new edition of the neighbourhood art project Buurt Kunst Licht.
A stand-up comedy night with the comedy duo Broers van Arkel and the comedians Maurits Niesink and Fee Oomes.
A pétanque competition, the French game of throwing metal balls towards a small target ball, at the artists' society De Kring.
The Dutch writer and former anti-apartheid activist, known for her book Operation Vula about smuggling arms to the ANC, is the guest.
A panel on what earlier generations handed down to us, how it still affects us today, and what we choose to break for the next generation.
An informal social evening in the Zuidas business district, run by a Meetup group that brings together people with Asian and African connections and anyone else interested.
A live bill of three acts: Kim or Kathleen, Covenant and Atom Park.
The Dutch guitarist and producer JB Meijers plays live.
An after-work session at the central library on Oosterdok for tasting different teas and learning about them.
A music quiz, where teams guess songs, artists and music trivia from clips and questions, in a bar where you can also play pétanque.
A singer-songwriter set of indie folk and acoustic rock in the Torpedo Theater, a small, intimate stage tucked into an alley in the old centre.
Live music at the Waterhole, the Leidseplein bar known for rock and blues bands and jam nights.
Savine performs as part of the extended run of her Little Black Dress Tour.
Work by Sem Kramer is shown at the space run by Droog, the Amsterdam design label known for its conceptual Dutch design.
An evening of readings and conversation at the artists' society De Kring, with this edition devoted to poetry.
A theatre show whose title means 'Satan is tired', at the theatre on the Omval in Diemen.
An outdoor exhibition called The Hands That Heal is officially installed on Museumplein on 16 October.
Stepmother is an avant-rock group with Rotterdam guitarist Lukas Simonis and Bill Gilonis, formerly of the British band The Work; Altijd Regen also plays.
A session for toddlers aged two and up and their parents or carers, with picture books read aloud while children sit on a lap.
Paintings and objects by Robert Prins full of colour, scratched lines, scraps of text and faces that sit between figurative and abstract art.
A book-themed gathering at Nook on Sarphatipark; the punning title suggests choosing or swapping books.
Dutch drummer Joost Lijbaart, known for improvised and jazz-rooted music, plays a duo concert with Chieko Donker Duyvis.
A short midday concert by Duo Lehit, part of the Muziekgebouw's lunchtime series.
A women-only Friday drinks meetup for making new female friends over a glass of wine.
A sound healing session, in which participants lie down and listen to gongs, singing bowls and similar instruments meant to aid deep relaxation.
A morning yoga practice open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike.
A regular volunteer work morning carrying out practical nature management and conservation tasks in the woods.
A community gardening afternoon tending to the shared plots at the self-managed cultural community in Amsterdam-Noord.
A puppet-theatre workshop on an animal theme for four- to six-year-olds.
A theatre performance at Frascati, the Nes venue known for new and experimental theatre and dance.
A live set at Concerto, the Utrechtsestraat record shop that regularly hosts small in-store performances.
An edition of the Canvas Nights series with sets from t:mo and Schusthug.
Students who have finished the third level of an improv theatre course give their graduation show at CREA, the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre.
Roel and Jos Maalderink share the stage in a show whose Dutch title means 'fraternisation', a play on brotherhood.
A calm Friday morning focused on well-being and mindful presence at the community garden.
Gerben Budding and Nanette Mans give a concert at the Orgelpark, a venue for organ music, with a free lunch served beforehand.
A food forest is a planted woodland of edible trees, shrubs and plants that largely sustains itself, a form of farming modelled on natural ecosystems.
An exhibition featuring Arjen Lancel, named after the Cambrian Explosion, the period about 540 million years ago when most major animal groups appeared.
A weekend of drawing from a live model, organised by the Life Drawing Amsterdam meetup group.
A session on using personal storytelling to present yourself with confidence at work, combined with networking among participants.
An evening of ceremonial cacao, gentle yoga, breathwork and setting intentions.
A presentation of work by Farah Coppola, open until 30 October.
Having mostly performed solo until now, Rosa Vendel presents Silhouettes with a small band: an evening about what lies hidden in the dark and about being seen.
The Anastasia Harpa Band plays a live set in this small Amsterdam piano bar.
Double bassist Ines Costa da Silva performs at the Embassy of the Free Mind, a library of mystical and hermetic philosophy in a 17th-century canal house.
Author Wouter Rozema signs copies of his book Ganymedes, whose title is the name of the youth Zeus carried off in Greek myth.
The opening of Cambrian Explosion, a series of sculptures by Arjen Lancel shown by Cleerdin & Hamer Exhibitions.
The Social Corner meetup celebrates its birthday with an informal get-together at a Jordaan café on Bloemgracht.
An event at Droog, the space of the Amsterdam-based Dutch conceptual design label.
A theatre performance whose title is a Dutch phrase meaning roughly 'a little closer to the people'.
Weekly community yoga sessions held in the public library branch in Oost.
The opening of an exhibition by Esmeralda Mlihi Terraneo, showing work that sits between image and movement.
Hester & Stella play a gym hall concert for MidWest Radio.
A women's group run that starts from the MIDI flowers shop.
A live set by Berend van den Berg in the café.
Local residents learn to report on life in Amsterdam Noord, writing and making stories about their own neighbourhood.
A session on brave spaces: settings where people are encouraged to discuss difficult subjects openly, rather than simply being shielded from discomfort.
A performance titled 'Forward', at the Bos en Lommer arts venue in a former church.
Community sessions offering Japanese shiatsu bodywork, working along traditional meridian channels.
An accessible group exercise session designed to get local neighbours moving together.
Local women gather for an informal afternoon of embroidery and social conversation.
An informal get-together where people talk over cups of spiced Indian tea.
An informal weekly gathering for activists, hackers, and the local community to connect over open-source tech.
The neighbourhood cinema screens a selected feature film for its weekly Friday night programme.
A club night dedicated to mainstream pop, R&B, and dance hits for guests twenty and over.
A show that Jacob and Robert started as a small underground night at Café Havelaar on the Voetboogstraat, now staged at the Amrâth hotel.
Part of a series where the university heritage museum shows research in progress, this session focuses on a subject called Louisette.
A community canteen where neighbours share a simple meal at a common table.
Remy Evers gives a reading performance of his text Graag gedaan, which means 'You're welcome'.
A monthly informal meetup for entrepreneurs, professionals and anyone who likes meeting new people, with drinks and conversation.
A night of Russian-language stand-up comedy.
A gathering for researchers and enthusiasts of book history, the study of how books were made, sold and read.
A double bill of live music with the acts Curbside Lambsear and From 2.
A performance at Griffioen, the cultural centre on the Vrije Universiteit campus; the listing gives no further detail.
A stage show at the Plein Theater, the theatre on Sumatraplantsoen in the Indische Buurt.
A reading group where participants read an easy story together at A1–B1 Dutch level and then talk about it, which suits people learning Dutch.
An information session for people interested in volunteering to collect surplus food by bike so it can be redistributed instead of thrown away.
An informal drop-in coffee gathering where local residents meet their neighbours and chat.
An open co-working session at the Institute for Advanced Study, where researchers and others share a workspace and meet across disciplines.
A follow-up course in Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg's method of communicating with a focus on connection with yourself and others.
A social morning gathering tailored for Chinese residents aged fifty and over.
Neighbours gather for an informal morning of hot drinks, sweet treats, and casual chat.
An evening gathering with worship and fellowship at the local church.
A series of group meetings in Ganzenhoef, Zuidoost, about building personal strength and supporting one another.
A drop-in session where volunteers help with Dutch letters, forms and official paperwork at the community space in Oost.
An invitation-only party from Amsterdam running club 020.RC and running-shoe brand Hoka, held at the Leidseplein nightclub Jimmy Woo.
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.
The children's film and media festival brings international premieres, workshops for toddlers and an interactive MediaLab play area for ages 3 to 14.
The monthly open-air design market brings makers, artists and food stalls to the museum lawns.
A month of family activities at the national museum, with a digital game, workshops, guided tours and scavenger hunts.
A family festival inspired by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, with her dot-sticker Obliteration Room, a light installation to dance in and crafts; booking ahead is advised.
A retrospective of the American-born painter who worked in London and Paris, known for his hazy Nocturnes and the famous portrait of his mother.
A month of family activities at the national museum, including Story Rescuers, a new family quest that sends visitors on a secret mission through the collection.
Families explore the Rijksmuseum through riddles, scents and drawing, as an introduction to highlights from its collection.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
A free guided tour of this year's World Press Photo exhibition, which shows the winning images from the international photojournalism contest.
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.
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.
A hands-on drawing studio inside the museum inspired by Rembrandt's etching and sketching techniques.
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.
An autumn-holiday programme for families with drawing, painting and treasure-hunt activities around the museum's Van Gogh collection.
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.
An exhibition about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
The street art museum at NDSM, with huge works by graffiti artists from around the world, tells the stories behind well-known pieces.
This edition honours Lou Lichtveld, also known as Albert Helman, a Dutch-Surinamese writer, composer, organist, politician and resistance fighter.
At this Amersfoort zoo, visitors follow a survival trail past dinosaur models while helping the Dinoranger find a missing baby dinosaur.
Dutch National Opera & Ballet turns the thrilling children's book Lennox into a groovy opera for ages eight and up.
A hands-on studio where visitors of all ages can make their own art, inspired by Van Gogh's techniques and work.
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.
An exhibition of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, known for his series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.
A family exhibition on the secrets of stage magic and illusion, from Harry Houdini to the Dutch illusionist Hans Klok.
A show by the New York-based American artist known for layered black-and-white paintings, silkscreens and text works built around his idea of 'Black Dada'.
NEMO's programme for the autumn school holiday, with hands-on science and technology activities for children and families.
A large LEGO fan event in Utrecht, not Amsterdam, with building areas, big displays and new sets, running from 15 to 21 October.
Leiden's yearly festival of independent and international cinema, with screenings at several venues around the city.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
The national museum displays textiles, costumes, and everyday garments highlighting traces of wear and historical repairs.
Sinfonia Rotterdam plays well-known hits live while 180-degree projected visuals surround the audience.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
The contemporary Spanish-Dutch painter presents new works in dialogue with Francisco de Goya's iconic etchings, Los Disparates.
The Concertgebouw's weekly free 12:30 lunchtime concert, this time marking Black Achievement Month, the October celebration of Black achievement in the Netherlands.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
An upcoming Amsterdam Museum presentation whose title, 'Plantation on the canal', points to links between canal-house wealth and colonial plantations.
Morning yoga session held surrounded by Vincent van Gogh's masterworks.
A 4K restoration of Studio Ghibli's 2010 animated film, adapted from Mary Norton's The Borrowers, about a tiny girl living secretly beneath the floorboards of a house.
A family autumn-holiday programme of nature, adventure and experiments on Pampus, the 19th-century fortress island in the IJmeer.
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.
Children follow the Dinorangers into the zoo's dinosaur woods, visit a dinosaur nesting ground and try forest survival activities.
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 family tour of the Rijksmuseum told as theatre, built around a story about a present.
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.
A free 2.1 km walk through the centre past 34 sculptures by 64 artists, all carved from felled Amsterdam city trees, with a public vote for a favourite.
A hands-on activity at the science museum where visitors try out artificial intelligence and test what it can and cannot do.
A market linked to Amsterdam's Denim Days festival, with jeans brands, makers and vintage sellers in the former tram depot.
Eleven autumn-holiday ideas at the park, including a market, cheese fondue and new exhibitions.
Outdoor art route placing site-specific sculptures and installations along the walking paths of the Amsterdamse Bos.
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.
The trade fair attached to the Amsterdam Marathon, where runners collect their start numbers and browse stands selling running gear and services.
October is the national History Month, with history outings for children across the country, including a dark church, the Boevenbus and the Romans.
An autumn half-term activity on the fortress island of Pampus about how you would get through the winter if a frozen IJmeer left you stranded.
During the half-term, children can print their own etchings on the large etching press in the house where Rembrandt lived and worked.
Katsuhiro Otomo's groundbreaking 1988 cyberpunk anime screens in a crisp 4K restoration.
The city history museum offers a special celebratory programme with free treats for visitors.
An Aqua Race is usually a race across an inflatable obstacle course floating in the swimming pool.
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.
The Anglo-French comedian, known for her online videos about cultural differences, looks at her mother's life choices in a new stand-up show.
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.
Danny Boyle's frenetic 1996 adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows a group of heroin addicts navigating Edinburgh's gritty underbelly.
