What's On in Amsterdam on Sunday 18 October
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themSunday 18 October
The South Korean K-pop girl group, formed in 2022 under HYBE, are known for hits like "Antifragile", "Unforgiven" and "Perfect Night".
The city's big autumn road race, with a full marathon plus shorter distances, takes runners through Amsterdam's streets, parks and along the Amstel.
Amsterdam's annual October marathon starts and finishes in the 1928 Olympic Stadium, on a flat course through the city and along the Amstel.
The young Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut takes on Vivaldi's four baroque violin concertos depicting spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Beirut band led by singer Sandy Chamoun, mixing Arabic poetry and tarab traditions with experimental rock, psychedelia and free improvisation.
Children can try their hand at juggling, balancing, and acrobatics with hands-on activities led by a traveling circus school.
Berlin-based techno producer and DJ Dasha Rush, founder of the Fullpanda label, presents an audiovisual project as part of Amsterdam Dance Event.
Beethoven's compact, good-humoured Eighth Symphony is paired with Shostakovich's taut First Cello Concerto, written in 1959 for Mstislav Rostropovich.
Children aged 4 to 12 run short races on marathon day at three locations, with a bouncy castle, music and prizes; entry is 2 euros per child.
Beethoven's compact, witty Eighth Symphony alongside Shostakovich's taut First Cello Concerto, written for Mstislav Rostropovich.
The 21.1-kilometre race run alongside the full Amsterdam Marathon, through the city's streets.
The South Korean rapper, who rose to fame by winning the TV rap contest Show Me The Money, performs hip hop live.
Beirut band led by singer Sandy Chamoun, mixing Arabic poetry and tarab traditions with experimental rock, psychedelia and free improvisation.
A group train trip to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week, the large annual design festival with installations in old industrial spaces, plus street food.
The Utrecht youth arts festival brings performances for children and families to the Flemish arts centre during the autumn school holiday.
A cheerful family concert for ages six and up, where music brings a parade of strange and wonderful animals to life.
Participants learn the basics of fragrance blending and create their own custom scent from botanical ingredients.
An accessible musical performance designed specifically for children and families.
The long-running ensemble mixes fast-paced improv games, sketches, and video comedy sparked by audience suggestions.
Short children's races in Oost on the day of the 51st TCS Amsterdam Marathon.
A dynamic vinyasa flow session taught indoors with wide glass views across the IJ waterfront.
Visitors can watch dancers of the Dutch National Ballet go through their daily training class, the warm-up and exercises behind every performance.
A stage adaptation of Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen's memoirs about growing up, writing, addiction and mental illness in Copenhagen.
Swap clothes, fix them with others at a shared repair table, eat vegan pancakes and tour the building, which runs off the grid.
The singer once known as Terence Trent D'Arby, of 'Wishing Well' and 'Sign Your Name', performs under the name he has used since the early 2000s.
You climb the tower of Cuypers' 19th-century church, then take a walk on the area's history of wealthy merchants, poor workers and trade.
Sarod player Ranajit Sengupta, a leading name in Hindustani classical music, performs with family members and Kousik Banerjee.
A show built around Surinamese popular music; "bigi" means big in Sranan, and "poku" means music.
The English-language improv company, based in Amsterdam since 1993, makes up a comedy show on the spot from improvised scenes.
Autumn holiday activities that invite visitors to explore the shared history of Suriname and the Netherlands.
Actor and storyteller Frank Groothof tells, sings and dances Ibsen's tale of the boastful wanderer Peer Gynt, a family favourite known through Grieg's music.
A day of R&B, slow jams and sing-along songs on Sunday 18 October.
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.
A yoga session held inside the museum that houses the world's largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings.
The Surinamese-Dutch comedian and TV presenter, known for his talk show Raymann is Laat and his character Tante Es, performs stand-up.
A treasure-hunt tour of the city theatre for children, finding out who has performed on its stages.
Comedians read the script of Twilight, the teen vampire romance film starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, aloud as a live comedy table read.
The autumn school-holiday programme of children's shows at the youth theatre in Westerpark.
A hands-on making and building session for children at the adventure playground.
A Belgian magic theatre company plays a dreamer who opens up his imagination and makes everything around him float, for children aged four and up.
The Brighton singer-songwriter, who built his following through busking and online videos, brings his soulful, big-voiced pop to the Melkweg.
The Malian singer and guitarist, a former protégé of Ali Farka Touré, plays hypnotic desert blues rooted in the music of northern Mali.
A hands-on pottery workshop covering basic hand-building and ceramic shaping techniques.
A mixed bill of comedy, poetry and music led by Shariff Simmons of The Last Poets, the American spoken-word group that helped pave the way for hip hop.
The premiere of a theatre show by Dutch journalist and broadcaster Margriet van der Linden, with a title taken from Michael Jackson's 'Smooth Criminal'.
A guide takes you around the De Ceuvel site to find edible wild plants and see how they get through the winter.
Musicians gather for an informal afternoon of traditional Irish folk tunes at the waterfront pub.
A family show using dance, play and song to tell a story about family and slowly starting to forget.
A guided architecture tour exploring the landmark Amsterdam School building now operating as the Grand Hotel Amrâth.
Artists and makers around the Nieuwmarkt open their studios to visitors, a chance to see work where it is made and talk to the makers.
An informal, drop-in evening of casual chess matches inside the subterranean cultural centre.
A children's theatre performance designed for toddlers and young kids at the boutique puppet and story theatre.
A chance to look inside the Posthoornkerk, the 19th-century Catholic church on Haarlemmerstraat designed by Pierre Cuypers, architect of the Rijksmuseum and Centraal Station.
A Dutch baroque choir and ensemble sings Bach's motets, his intricate sacred choral works, several of them for double choir.
A party for runners and supporters to celebrate after the Amsterdam Marathon; the organisers say details are still to come.
A family stage version of the English legend of the outlaw who robs the rich to give to the poor, for children aged four and up.
A hands-on craft session where you make your own bar of soap, held in a café that serves waffles and coffee.
An open-air Sunday market on the Rokin in the city centre, at the Oude Turfmarkt end, and free to enter.
The Amsterdice board games group meets ahead of Essen Spiel, the huge annual board game fair in Germany, to play and discuss new titles.
A programme of short films by West African filmmakers, part of October's Dutch celebration of Black history, culture and achievement.
The Amsterdam-based Turkish oud player leads a quartet playing his own compositions, combining jazz musicians with instruments from different musical traditions.
A running club and outdoor brand Salomon set up a supporters' spot along the route to cheer on marathon runners.
Freek de Jonge, one of the best-known Dutch cabaret comedians and satirists, gives a speech at the artists' village of Ruigoord.
A young ensemble founded by the Peruvian musicians Edilsa Samanez and Jose Huamani plays 18th-century Latin American Baroque music.
A dance performance for children aged 5 to 12 in which three characters wander through a landscape of doors, each with something different behind it.
Family theatre for ages eight and up about family history; the title pairs the Indonesian and Dutch words for grandfather.
A brunch served alongside a musical show of singing and swing, with the title also hinting at a round of bingo.
A comedy show by Rosalind Anketell, part of the Funny Amsterdam Festival.
An afternoon stand-up show at ComedyTrain whose title means "it really happened"; doors open at 15:00.
A weekly Sunday-afternoon family workshop at the national film museum, where children aged six and up learn the tricks behind film.
A spot along the marathon route where the running shop gathers supporters to cheer runners on.
A hands-on art workshop themed on Indian heritage and how it is reinterpreted, held inside the 19th-century Cuypers church.
A drawing session with a live model, usually without an instructor, at the artist-run gallery in the OT301 building on the Overtoom; places must be booked.
The Peruvian-founded ensemble plays 18th-century Latin American Baroque music in the church's concert series.
The Scottish singer-songwriter from Leith plays Americana-tinged roots songs with his band.
Children's theatre for ages five and up about journeys, asking how long you have to be away before you arrive somewhere.
A dance performance for children in which three characters wander through a landscape full of doors.
The TV presenter reads aloud from the gift book handed out free during the national Children's Book Week.
A hands-on workshop in Amsterdam West where you learn to make Japanese sushi yourself at home.
A children's puppet show at Poppentheater Koos Kneus, a small puppet theatre.
The community project serves up a weekend pancake breakfast made in its self-sustaining kitchen.
A children's theatre show about anger: the pounding heart, shaking legs and red face when your temper finally boils over.
A group outing to Betondorp, the 1920s garden village built from experimental concrete houses, gathering at its community centre.
A concert by the Brazilian musician Raul Misturada at Munganga, a small theatre run by Brazilians in Amsterdam.
Stories are read aloud to children aged three and up in a range of languages, so young listeners may hear their home language.
A social padel session, combining the fast doubles racket sport played in a walled court with a chance to meet new people.
A Sunday jazz session in a canal-side brown café, with Dutch saxophonist Sjoerd Dijkhuizen as featured guest.
Two punk bands from France, We Are Plomb and Mogz, play the DIY venue inside an old bunker beneath a Vondelpark bridge.
A hands-on workshop guiding musicians through listening techniques, spontaneous composition, and collaborative playing.
A one-hour hands-on workshop introducing basic tools and beginner techniques for making your own jewellery.
An interactive storytelling session designed to introduce children to books and creative tales.
A programme of English music running from intimate songs with lute, in the tradition of Dowland, to darker, more visionary works.
Eli performs as Stage Girl, a pop act full of Y2K nostalgia, on a European and UK tour.
A children's show for ages three and up, part of a family programme that turns the venue upside down.
The library's monthly screening of a book adaptation, here a film of Michael Ende's children's story about Jim Button and Luke the engine driver.
An afternoon concert in the 17th-century mansion of the Portuguese-Jewish De Pinto family, now a public library and cultural venue.
A family concert pitched at children aged eight and older and the adults who bring them.
Trio Scala performs as part of a chamber music series built around new notes and contemporary repertoire.
An interactive puppet performance designed for young children and families.
A concert launching a new CD that mixes jazz pieces with classical repertoire, as the title's pairing of jewels and pearls suggests.
An evening of stand-up comedy, usually with several comedians doing short sets one after another.
An art history lecture exploring the life, polka dots, infinity rooms, and vibrant motifs of the Japanese avant-garde artist.
A one-day drawing course that teaches close observation of nature, using insects as the subject.
An afternoon crafting session at the library, led by Sam Tsang, where you make things by hand together.
The Amsterdam Culture Group visits Amsterdam's first photography museum, which is housed in two 17th-century canal houses on the Keizersgracht.
A hands-on painting workshop using texture paste, a thick acrylic medium that builds raised, sculptural surfaces on canvas.
An informal meetup where people bring their own art supplies and draw or paint together at a restaurant.
A concert of Romantic-era music in a museum devoted to the pianola, the self-playing piano, and historic keyboard instruments.
First edition of a Sunday rhythm-focused music series at the Zuidoost jazz stage, presented in partnership with Rabobank.
A table football competition in the bar, where players face off at the foosball table in a knockout or league format.
A guide takes visitors around the botanical garden and talks about its plants and collections.
A writing workshop whose title is Papiamentu for "our language", held at the literary venue on the Da Costakade.
A live French-accented jazz ensemble plays the canal-side café.
Learners of Dutch practise the words and tune of a Dutch song before a group sing-along.
A live jazz trio with piano, bass and drums, led by Jochem Braat, at the brewery's tasting room.
Alain Resnais's Cannes prize-winner weaves three French lives together with biologist Henri Laborit's theories of human behaviour, shown by the Cinema Derive film club.
A club night teaming two collectives; "akelarre" is the Basque word for a witches' gathering.
Vintani and Manuela perform a show that combines live music and dance.
Historian and biographer Tineke van Loosbroek talks about the life of the eye doctor Marie du Saar, a pioneer in many respects, as part of History Month.
A chamber concert by Duo Pleyel offering previews of a programme on free thinking, held at the museum of Lutheran history.
A night whose name points to classic Latin music, held at the community-run culture venue in Oost.
Visitors can watch the exhibition Forever Friends being installed at the museum devoted to outsider art and mental health.
A saxophone quartet, the classic soprano, alto, tenor and baritone line-up, plays a concert in the central public library.
A discussion of Hyperpolitics, Belgian historian Anton Jager's book about today's intense but short-lived political engagement without lasting mass organisations.
A guided walk through the urban farm and restaurant built entirely from repurposed shipping containers and recycled materials.
A bingo night at De Vorstin, the pop music venue in Hilversum.
Trainers lead a group fitness session combining cardio and bodyweight exercises in Oosterpark.
A classical music concert held at the public library on a Sunday.
A walking tour of the historic cemetery along the Amstel, known for its notable Dutch burials and garden architecture.
A read-aloud afternoon for children aged four to seven, built around the picture book Zachter dan zout.
An organ recital themed around mirroring in music, the composers' games of echoes, inversions and reflections.
An open mic for acoustic performers, where anyone can sign up to play or sing without amplification.
A weekly Sunday afternoon gathering for Arabic speakers and anyone interested in Arabic culture to socialise over drinks and snacks.
A creative workshop at the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre, which runs art, music and theatre courses.
A live set by this musician at Concerto, the record shop on Utrechtsestraat that hosts in-store performances.
Comedian Pablo Molinari performs his stand-up show, whose Spanish title means "too much".
An art-making session where adults get together to draw, paint and create.
Jazz evening led by Coen van Dam with guest musicians, under the Jazz Mestreech banner, a nod to Maastricht's local dialect name.
An evening at this small Amsterdam theatre that, going by its name, centres on classical music.
An open philosophical discussion in the Socratic style, with the question chosen on the day from those suggested by people who come.
An informal gathering with snacks and drinks, hosted in a flower shop.
A guided tour of the museum given in Dutch Sign Language for deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors.
A hands-on photography lesson at the neighbourhood venue, for people who want to get better with a camera.
A theatre production at the Roode Bioscoop, a small stage on Haarlemmerplein.
A live music night at Cinetol, the small venue and bar in Amsterdam-Oost.
A gathering, as 'kumpulan' means in Malay and Indonesian, about the colourful motherland, presumably with ties to Indonesian or Moluccan culture.
A live show by Kindling, an indie-pop act that sings in Dutch.
Tarot readers lay out and interpret cards from the tarot deck for visitors who want a reading.
A long-form interview with Rianne Letschert, the Dutch international law and victimology scholar and former rector of Maastricht University.
A performance with an Indonesian title: "hati" means heart and "rumah tua" means old house.
A fashion event put together by Bibi and held at the Nomi by Naomi boutique.
The first cinema screenings of the new film Heavy, at the small volunteer-run filmhouse in Amsterdam West.
Michelle Lynn Williamson gives tarot card readings at the English-language bookshop during this two-hour midday slot.
Two performers share an evening on the stage of this small Amsterdam theatre.
A chamber concert by Duo Kapanen in the Vermaning, a Mennonite church building.
An informal neighbourhood get-together about reuse, repair and cutting waste, held at the community centre in Oost.
A live act at Cinetol, the small cultural venue in Buitenveldert that puts on gigs and events.
An informal café-style conversation with Marc van Dijk, on the hopeful theme 'and yet it will be alright', at the Amsterdam house for poetry and literature.
A show whose Spanish title means "We Are the Future".
The hostel bar hosts a casual evening movie screening.
Neighbours clean up the street together on the third Sunday of each month, then have coffee at AMI.
A Dutch-language theatre production whose title means "The Third Woman".
The first episode of the third season of Buitengasten, a recurring series at the beach café.
An act playing the Bovenzaal, Paradiso's small upstairs room and a much more intimate space than the main hall.
A violin and piano duo recital by violinist Livia Stefanie and pianist Vital Stahievitch.
A DJ session at Contra Amsterdam in which Giuls plays groove-based music.
A club night whose title suggests a wind-down, after-party mood.
A guitar duo concert by guitarists Sijbrand Loot and Kelly Johannes.
A casual basketball game run by Amsterdam Football and Basketball; players should already know the 4-out offence, and first-timers are asked to message the organiser.
A gathering where men sit together in a circle and talk openly about what is going on in their lives.
Live music from Grinderz in the close quarters of a small café venue.
The official closing of the marathon finish line, the cut-off point for runners to be timed at the finish.
A gathering where men sit together in a guided group to talk openly about how they are doing.
The live-music bar hosts an evening of unannounced touring or local rock and cover acts.
An event at Naomi's venture on the Linnaeusstraat, the busy shopping street in Oost that runs towards the Tropenmuseum.
A Sunday morning worship gathering with the local church community.
This edition of the outdoor market for organic food, local producers and handmade goods has been cancelled.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
Amsterdam's big annual road race has a city walk, kids' runs and a 7.5 km on Saturday, then the full and half marathons on Sunday.
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 city's yearly marathon on a flat, fast course that starts and finishes at the 1928 Olympic Stadium, with shorter races run alongside it.
A children's festival themed on Yayoi Kusama, with her Obliteration Room, where visitors cover a white room in coloured dot stickers, plus dancing, a photobooth and crafts.
The annual showcase of the world's most striking and impactful photojournalism, presented inside the historic Gothic church.
Northern Europe's largest design event spreads across Eindhoven with exhibitions, talks and graduate shows from the Design Academy and others.
The monthly open-air design market brings makers, artists and food stalls to the museum lawns.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's dance-heavy musical based on T.S. Eliot's cat poems, the show that gave us the song 'Memory'.
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.
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.
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.
Autumn half-term activities at the hands-on science museum in the green, ship-shaped Renzo Piano building by the IJ.
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.
The Hague's annual autumn holiday festival of theatre, dance, film and visual art made for children.
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 family-friendly Sunday programme of creative workshops and cultural activities for all ages.
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.
An exhibition about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
The medieval castle at Muiden hosts knight and fire shows, medieval music and crafts, for a small surcharge on the usual ticket.
Photographs by the American Henry Chalfant, who documented New York subway graffiti and co-created the book Subway Art and the film Style Wars.
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.
Fritz Lang's 1927 silent science-fiction classic is screened with live music from vocal ensemble Wishful Singing, drummer Yonga Sun, clarinettist Steven Kamperman and Jorrit Westerhof.
A hands-on studio where visitors of all ages can make their own art, inspired by Van Gogh's techniques and work.
A festival-style lineup of live acts, hybrid sets and DJs, including Amsterdam singer Sophie Straat behind the decks.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
A concert of music from Tim Burton's films, much of it written by his longtime composer Danny Elfman, played in a church setting.
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 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'.
A guided tour for families that takes in highlights of the national museum's collection, which includes Rembrandt's Night Watch and Vermeer's Milkmaid.
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.
Weekend harvest festivals on an estate near Badhoevedorp, with apple and pear picking, food stalls, a swing carousel, live music and a brocante market.
A half-term programme for children on Pampus, the 19th-century fort island in the IJmeer that is part of Amsterdam's UNESCO-listed Defence Line.
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 family exhibition exploring magic, illusions and ritual in Jewish culture and folklore.
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.
A cumbia night, the Colombian dance music now played across Latin America, with live sets from La Banda Fantástica and Colectivo Carpe Diem, plus DJ Bebé.
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.
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.
Activities during the autumn school holiday on Pampus, the 19th-century fort island in the IJmeer that you reach by boat.
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.
Part of Winter Vondelland, an early taste of winter in Vondelpark with games, live music, poffertjes and snert, the thick Dutch pea soup.
A sightseeing boat trip along Amsterdam's canals on Blue Boat Company's City Canal Cruise.
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.
October is the national History Month, with history outings for children across the country, including a dark church, the Boevenbus and the Romans.
An evening looking through telescopes at planets and stars from the hotel near the RAI; in clear weather Saturn's rings may be visible.
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.
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.
Musicians with refugee and migrant backgrounds lead an open intercultural jam session blending styles from around the world.
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.
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.
A dedicated open session giving young children safe access to the urban sports hall's trampolines.
Family activities for the autumn school holiday in the house where Rembrandt lived and worked for nearly twenty years.
