What's On in Amsterdam on Sunday 15 November
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Sinterklaas arrives by boat in the harbour, then rides his white horse through town while his helpers throw sweets and biscuits to the crowds.
Sinterklaas and his helpers make their traditional arrival by boat and parade through the city, with music along the route; it is free to watch.
Sinterklaas arrives in the city by steamboat and then parades through the centre with his helpers, a Dutch tradition that marks the start of the holiday season.
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The Japanese virtual pop star, a Vocaloid voice synthesiser shown as a projected animated character, performs with a live band.
Two of the great pianists of our time share a recital for one night only: Russian-born virtuoso Kissin and Hungarian-born Schiff, known for his Bach and Schubert.
Sinterklaas arrives by steamboat along the Amstel and then rides through the city with his helpers, the traditional start of the Dutch holiday season.
An interactive, chaotic and funny show for ages six and up about sensationalism and learning to think for yourself.
Former players from Ajax and FC Barcelona, two clubs both shaped by Johan Cruijff, play a legends match.
Sinterklaas makes his traditional arrival by boat on the Amstel, kicking off the city's Sinterklaas season before 5 December.
The Amsterdam Museum marks its 100th birthday with 100 days of activities around the city.
Sinterklaas and his Pieten arrive by steamboat at De Omval, then sail up the Amstel into the city for the traditional welcome parade.
Joshua Bell, one of America's best-known violinists, gives a recital with pianist Peter Dugan, also known as host of the radio show From the Top.
An open-air creative building area where children can construct huts and woodwork with real tools.
Boom Chicago is the English-language improv troupe that has been in Amsterdam since 1993; alumni include Seth Meyers and Jordan Peele.
Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Club in Weimar-era Berlin.
The Dutch singer headlines the arena with a whole evening themed around the letter Y.
A hands-on Sinterklaas-themed workshop where children aged seven and up and an accompanying adult experiment with synthesisers and electronic sound.
A dark fairy tale starring Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who has a husband woven out of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
A documentary from IDFA, Amsterdam's international documentary festival, shown as its Dutch premiere with a Q&A; you need a cinema ticket and a Meetup RSVP.
Dutch techno DJ Cynthia Spiering, a regular at Awakenings, tops a bill of DJs at the open-air club Thuishaven.
The Dutch musical comedy group Släpstick mixes slapstick clowning with fast virtuoso playing on a huge array of instruments.
Lakecia Benjamin is an American alto saxophonist known for fiery, spiritual jazz inspired by John and Alice Coltrane, heard on her album Phoenix.
Laika's stop-motion adaptation of Colin Meloy's fantasy novel, about a girl who goes into a forest of talking animals to rescue her baby brother.
Probably a stage version of Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours, about three women in different eras linked by Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
Families can explore 17th-century Amsterdam through a guided tour, a treasure hunt and other activities built around the city archive's Meesterwerk Amsterdam exhibition.
Participants learn the basics of fragrance blending and create their own custom scent from botanical ingredients.
An interactive show in which the audience serves as the jury in a staged court case, this one about a death involving artificial intelligence.
A dynamic vinyasa flow yoga session looking out over the IJ.
In the Eyewitness series, Carla Muijsers-Drukker tells her own story of persecution during the Second World War.
The new film from Martin McDonagh, the writer-director of In Bruges, Three Billboards and The Banshees of Inisherin.
Oum is a Moroccan singer who blends Saharan and Gnawa traditions with soul and jazz.
Swap clothes, fix them with others at a shared repair table, eat vegan pancakes and tour the building, which runs off the grid.
The young Dutch-language pop singer, who built his following through streaming and social media, plays an afternoon show at the arena.
Lakecia Benjamin is an American alto saxophonist known for fiery, spiritual jazz inspired by John and Alice Coltrane, heard on her album Phoenix.
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.
An evening of readings and talks for writers imprisoned for their work, held each year around PEN's international Day of the Imprisoned Writer.
Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, whose Spanish title means Bitter Christmas, from the director of All About My Mother and Pain and Glory.
A funny physical show for children aged four and up about clumsiness, vulnerability and strength.
Patricia Brennan is a Mexican-born, New York-based vibraphonist; her septet mixes Mexican rhythms and percussion with open, adventurous modern jazz.
The Rotterdam rapper, known for his energetic flow and catchy Dutch-language hip-hop.
A stage piece presented as a film that plays out live in the room rather than on a screen, blending cinema with theatre.
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.
Louis Malle's 1958 French crime thriller starring Jeanne Moreau, famous for its improvised Miles Davis score.
A yoga session held inside the museum that houses the world's largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings.
A documentary screening co-presented with IDFA, Amsterdam's International Documentary Film Festival.
A hands-on session making your own cyanotypes, the sun-exposed photographic process that produces white images on deep Prussian blue.
A treasure-hunt tour of the city theatre for children, finding out who has performed on its stages.
A guided walk past places in the city linked to Amsterdam's part in the colonial slave trade and slavery.
A production at the home of Dutch National Opera and Ballet, the big Amstel-side house for opera and classical and contemporary dance.
A one-off English-language comedy show built around improvised storylines, from the Rozengracht improv theatre.
Short, playful children's theatre for ages one to six, using visual storytelling and music.
Cinemini is Eye's film programme for toddlers; this one shows the animated adaptation of Julia Donaldson's picture book about a mouse and a monster.
A Sunday family programme of craft activities themed on Sinterklaas, the Dutch St Nicholas celebration.
A ceramics class where you choose glazes and apply them to plates, cups or bowls, which are then fired in a kiln.
A music quiz on R&B and hip-hop from past decades, judging by the title built around spotting samples.
Balfolk is social dancing to live folk music, with couple and group dances from across Europe, here played by two acoustic bands.
Lance Hammer's drama with Juliette Binoche follows a family struggling to care for an elderly mother with dementia.
Part of a Suriname-themed trilogy, a music-theatre piece about Max Woiski senior and junior, the Surinamese-Dutch father and son who popularised Latin music in the Netherlands.
A hands-on session where you make your own candles, organised through a local arts and crafts Meetup group.
An afternoon of salsa dancing to a live five-piece band.
An orchestra plays Beethoven under conductor Ivo Meinen in the Zuiderkerk, the 17th-century church designed by Hendrick de Keyser.
The November edition of a recurring market, with stalls run by independent sellers.
Lukas Dhont's First World War drama about young soldiers, from the Belgian director of Girl and Close.
A small group walk that stops at a series of bakeries and cafés to sample pastries and coffee along the way.
LGT Young Soloists, a string ensemble of gifted teenage and young adult soloists, play Beethoven's stormy Kreutzer Sonata.
A hands-on cooking class where you learn to make authentic Japanese sushi at home, and solo participants are welcome.
A hands-on session modelling and sculpting objects from clay, open to beginners.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
A free, open-to-all community flamenco choir rehearsal in Buitenveldert.
A guided architecture tour exploring the landmark Amsterdam School building now operating as the Grand Hotel Amrâth.
Workshops that teach you to look closely at art, held in the City Archives' landmark De Bazel building.
An informal, drop-in evening of casual chess matches inside the subterranean cultural centre.
A hands-on crafting session using vintage beads to design and make custom jewellery.
A club night from the afrogrooves collective, playing African and Afro-diasporic dance music.
The artists of the BK49 studio building open their workspaces so visitors can see work in progress and talk to the makers.
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 craft class on upcycling, which means turning old or discarded materials into new and useful objects.
A youth theatre show from Het Laagland, the Limburg company that makes physical, visual theatre for children and families.
A cabaret show built around wine, combining songs and comedy with the theme of fine vintages.
Ken Russell's notorious 1971 film, starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, about a priest destroyed by the possession hysteria in 17th-century Loudun, long cut by censors.
The Pittsburgh band plays noisy, hooky indie rock with off-kilter guitars and soft vocals, heard on albums such as Girl with Fish.
Eco printing transfers the colours and shapes of real leaves and flowers onto fabric or paper using natural plant dyes.
Chamber music, played by a small group of musicians, in a 19th-century hall on the grounds of Artis zoo.
A French-language drama from Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, the director of Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist.
A tribute to Armand, the Dutch protest singer best known for 'Ben ik te min', who died in 2015 and had close ties to Ruigoord.
A look at an immersive opera still in development, a form where the audience shares the space with the singers instead of watching from fixed seats.
A performance from the storytelling festival at Mezrab, the Amsterdam house of spoken storytelling, built around a tale called The Seer.
A concert for toddlers in which KleuterSinfonietta tells a musical story about a contest to see which little plant will grow tallest.
Part of a three-day baroque festival in Weesp, with chamber music played in the town's 19th-century church.
A hands-on class in mosaic, the craft of making images and patterns by setting small pieces of tile or glass into a surface.
A hands-on workshop led by Karin Iturralde in which participants make their own paper lamps.
A production at Dutch National Opera & Ballet's home on the Amstel.
A talk on biomimicry, the practice of copying designs and solutions from plants and animals to solve human engineering and design problems.
Paint your own ceramics with Sofia James Pottery in Lila's canal house, with brunch or aperitivo included.
A trio playing music from around the Mediterranean, mixing southern European, North African and Middle Eastern traditions.
Robin Nolan, the Amsterdam-based British guitarist known for Django Reinhardt-style gypsy jazz, plays with his trio and guest Tessa Spaaij.
A charity dinner of Ukrainian cuisine, raising money for Ukrainian causes.
An interactive dance and music performance made for the very youngest audience members.
A classical programme of works by Bach, Mozart, the Czech Romantic composer Josef Suk and the Russian modernist Prokofiev.
The title suggests a concert of music from Rembrandt's time, the kind that might have been heard in a 17th-century Amsterdam home.
A weekly Sunday-afternoon family workshop at the national film museum, where children aged six and up learn the tricks behind film.
A show at Amsterdam's theatre for children and young audiences; umi is the Japanese word for sea.
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.
Casual drop-in games of ultimate frisbee, a non-contact team sport, where anyone can turn up and join a side.
A phone-free social meetup combined with a guided journaling session.
Philosopher and writer Yoram Stein, known for his books on Spinoza, talks about what the 17th-century Amsterdam thinker can teach us about breaking habits and addiction.
In this 2024 film by Noah Segan, John Turturro plays a pickpocket whose routine theft lands him in serious trouble.
An English-language comedy show from Pep and Greg, built around deliberately politically incorrect material.
A colourful children's show that invites young audiences into their own imaginations.
A workshop that uses myths and old stories as a way into discussing philosophical questions.
The Dutch troupe known for mixing slapstick with live classical music, played by top musicians, bring a physical-theatre show for the whole family.
The Argentine comedian, known for frank Spanish-language stand-up about motherhood, relationships and women's daily lives, performs her show.
A lecture on Henri Matisse and how his use of line and colour changed modern art.
A drawing workshop about ideas of what happens after death, at the cultural venue in Bos en Lommer.
A jazz quartet featuring Mischa van der Wekken, whose albums include Momentum with trumpeter Eric Vloeimans, and guitarist Jens Larsen.
Violinist Jeroen Dupont plays with Ed Spanjaard, the Dutch conductor who also performs as a pianist, in a programme running from Bach to Prokofiev.
A screening of William Peter Blatty's 1980 cult film, a strange, darkly funny psychological drama set in an asylum for disturbed military officers.
The community project serves up a weekend pancake breakfast made in its self-sustaining kitchen.
A 3D-printing meetup at the Techinc hackerspace, this time about designing and printing parts to repair broken things.
An English-language stand-up set from comedian Mohammed Hussain, whose show title plays on the Hindi-Urdu word for marriage.
Nearly all 24 artists of the BK49 collective open their studios in a former primary school in Oost on Sunday afternoon, 15 November, until dark.
El Hizjra, the Amsterdam organisation promoting Arab and Moroccan-Dutch arts and literature, gives the stage to new, first-time writers.
An outdoor activity for children in which they play, search and explore in nature with the organisers Chill Adventures.
A musical performance on an autumn theme by the duo Floor and Daniel.
A hands-on workshop where you make your own Christmas wreath from greenery and decorations.
Stories are read aloud to children aged three and up in a range of languages, so young listeners may hear their home language.
A reading party: people bring a book, put their phones away and read quietly together.
A puppet theatre show for children aged four and up, performed by the company Theater Krijt.
Children travel free on Connexxion buses, which makes it an easy way to get to the Sinterklaas arrival in Amsterdam.
A children's show for ages two and up, named after the traditional Dutch Sinterklaas song about the soft sound of the horse's hooves on the roof.
The renowned Dutch vocal ensemble performs Renaissance polyphony, singing around a single central music stand.
An interactive storytelling session designed to introduce children to books and creative tales.
Vue's large multiplex screens the latest Dutch Sinterklaas films, the family genre built around the Saint Nicholas holiday.
Workshops and courses on recognising, growing and using medicinal and culinary herbs, run by an herb school based in the Poortgebouw.
A solo recital by Aidan Mikdad, the young Dutch pianist who came up through national talent competitions and now plays concerts internationally.
The Matangi Quartet, a Dutch string quartet, gives an all-Mozart programme in the wooden church on Amstelveld.
A book club discussing Reservoir Bitches, the Mexican writer Dahlia de la Cerda's sharp short story collection about women's lives and violence in Mexico.
The band plays rock with Brazilian influences.
A family film from the long-running Dutch children's TV franchise, in which the Pieten hunt for Sinterklaas's missing presents and his staff.
Sinterklaas arrives in Diemen on Sunday 15 November, a local version of the traditional welcome for children.
A hands-on craft class in which you string beads into your own jewellery or decorative pieces.
The title is Indonesian for 'our story', which points to a programme of Indonesian or Indonesian-Dutch stories and experiences.
A father and daughter share the stage; the title plays on the Dutch saying 'zo vader, zo zoon' (like father, like son).
David Berkman, the New York jazz pianist, composer and teacher, plays an intimate house concert in the Jordaan; the phone number in the title is for reservations.
Conducted improvisation: with no setlist or fixed compositions, a conductor uses hand signals to steer a group of musicians as they make up the music live.
Opening hours with reduced noise, light and crowds, meant for visitors with autism or sensory sensitivities.
A solo recital by the young Dutch pianist, who has won several national competitions, held in a hall of the ARTIS natural history museum.
A hands-on workshop where you make your own whipped soap and take it home.
A winter concert of brass and polka music from two wind ensembles.
A performance billed as ERAN&CO at Amsterdam's oldest theatre, a venue best known for cabaret, comedy and singer-songwriter shows.
A storytelling performance built around a woman named Emine, using the image of a caged nightingale to tell her story.
Singer Isa Bornau performs chansons by Piaf, Brel, Barbara and Pomme alongside her own songs; tickets €7.
Every few months, people who live, work or rehearse around De Hallen get the stage for a mixed evening of music, dance, poetry and theatre.
A short guided nature walk about willows: how to recognise them, how they grow and why they matter along the water.
Hanna Matthijsse leads Sunday-morning music sessions for under-fives and their parents, with sittings at 10:15 and 11:30; tickets €3.50.
An afternoon crafting session at the library, led by Sam Tsang, where you make things by hand together.
An eighties-themed event at an artist-run community space; 'matin' is French for morning.
The Amsterdam amateur symphony orchestra AmSo marks its fiftieth anniversary with a celebratory concert.
An open stage where local residents and performers from the surrounding neighbourhood share their music, dance or other talents.
Learners of Dutch practise the words and tune of a Dutch song before a group sing-along.
A spoken word night of poetry and performed text, with performers taking turns at the microphone.
A hands-on session where you cut up and glue images and paper into collages of your own.
A weekend of voice workshops on singing freely, led by Israeli singer and voice teacher Uria Tsur.
A concert at Splendor, the venue in a former Plantage bathhouse where its member musicians programme their own classical, jazz and experimental work.
Comedian and actor Jordan Firstman's feature film, set in the world of nightlife and club promoters.
Aina Mateu Cortes performs music that mixes Cuban and Mediterranean traditions with jazz.
A family weekend with an open play studio where children and parents can explore creative activities together.
A casual pickup football game in the Amsterdamse Bos for people who enjoy playing but are not especially good at it.
A workshop at the University of Amsterdam's student cultural centre, built around opinions, judgement and how we form and share views.
An open studio session where people work on their own art or craft projects side by side in a shared space.
The canal-side café's Sunday jazz session, this time led by Natalio Sued, the Argentine saxophonist who lives and works in Amsterdam.
A neighbourhood bingo night, a relaxed way to meet the people who live around you over cards and drinks at the brewery.
Dutch jazz drummer Yoràn Vroom leads his band in a set at the record shop.
An evening that starts with a shared couscous meal for neighbours to eat together and meet, followed by music.
A theatre performance at Frascati, the stage on the Nes known for new and experimental Dutch theatre-makers.
A book club discussion, hosted by Tré Sweeney, of Sylvia Plath's only novel, her semi-autobiographical 1963 account of a young woman's breakdown in 1950s New York.
A guided walk through the urban farm and restaurant built entirely from repurposed shipping containers and recycled materials.
Gibraltar and the neighbourhood choir from IJburg perform at this waterside café and venue.
A performance on the themes of love and war by Indira Performing Arts, at the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre.
A session where musicians make music together without a score, making up pieces on the spot.
A performance by Isa Bornau in a restored seventeenth-century merchant's house on Sint Antoniesbreestraat that is now a public library and events space.
A performance at the Bos en Lommer venue, which programmes theatre, music and talks from Amsterdam's many communities.
Dutch stand-up comedian Roel C. Verburg, a regular on the Amsterdam comedy circuit, with extra tickets released for this show.
Young children follow a Sinterklaas-themed search trail through the Zaans Museum.
Trainers lead a group fitness session combining cardio and bodyweight exercises in Oosterpark.
Photographer Marte Visser leads a workshop exploring portraiture, personal identity, and neighborhood connections through the camera lens.
A weekly Sunday afternoon gathering for Arabic speakers and anyone interested in Arabic culture to socialise over drinks and snacks.
An open-air exhibition on Oranje-Vrijstaatplein in Amsterdam Oost, on show from Monday 9 to Friday 27 November.
A children's show about a girl called Bibi and a horse that has lost its way.
An autumn edition of a Sunday poetry afternoon with poets reading their work at the public library.
A jazz concert.
A Spanish duo of flute and violin plays a mixed programme of pieces for their two instruments.
A slow-paced Sunday session that pairs a gentle yoga practice with time for reflective writing in a notebook.
An open session at the Amsterdam hackerspace for people working on 3D printing and modelling, where members and newcomers share machines and know-how.
A show whose title means 'There's a horse in the garden!', a nod to the old Dutch phrase 'er staat een paard in de gang'.
The choir Koor LUZ! gives an autumn concert of choral singing in a canal-side church.
A Dutch-language pub quiz in the tasting room of the Breugem brewery, organised by an expat meetup group.
A Sunday listening session built around vinyl records, part of a regular numbered series.
The second edition of a Sunday music event on rhythm-based music at the jazz stage in Amsterdam Zuidoost, presented with Rabobank.
A participant-led philosophical discussion of basic human questions, where the organisers guide the conversation rather than lecture.
A workshop for people who want to learn how to set up and run their own arts and crafts classes.
An autumn concert by musicians from the Muziekpakhuis, an Amsterdam music school.
A concert by a Dutch chamber choir in the former church that is now a venue devoted to organs and the music around them.
A concert at Splendor, the musician-run venue in a former Amsterdam bathhouse where its members put on their own programmes.
An acoustic set from singer Giuls at the Leidseplein rock and blues bar.
A jumble sale of second-hand goods, toys and household items at the neighbourhood clubhouse.
An acoustic open stage where anyone can sign up to play or sing a short set without amplification.
A daytime concert by a reed quintet, an ensemble of oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bass clarinet and bassoon.
Pick-up basketball on Sunday evening at the Apollohal; newcomers should click Going and send the organiser, John, a private message.
A late-night party for over-21s that starts at 1am, at the restaurant-and-club on Rembrandtplein.
A volleyball session run by an informal group of players, usually mixed-level games for people who want regular matches without joining a club.
A hands-on cooking class making spinach chilla, a savoury Indian pancake, and tomato chutney, all vegan.
An event at the public library about bringing together people from different backgrounds.
A weekly meetup with no set plan where people travelling alone can chat and get to know other visitors.
A live music performance by the artist Mollie Elizabeth.
A musical whose title puns on 'none the wiser', staged in a former clandestine church.
The artist known as mustbejohn plays Bitterzoet, the small club and live music venue on Spuistraat.
A violin and cello duo recital in a small chamber music setting.
A film whose title means 'late bloomer', screening at the Westergas cinema that specialises in Dutch film.
A work-in-progress showing, where audiences see a new performance while it is still being developed, often with a chance to give feedback.
A training session from the library's origami and craft club on how to set up and run your own creative workshops.
A theatre show whose title means "when being a father is a fight".
A jazz ensemble from nearby Haarlem whose players perform together as a collective rather than under one leader.
A small-scale performance at the multicultural stage in Bos en Lommer, which programmes theatre, dance and music from emerging makers.
A Dutch class for highly educated newcomers that combines the Duolingo app with Nederlands in Gang, a well-known Dutch textbook for fast learners.
Two performers share an evening on the stage of this small Amsterdam theatre.
A sound bath is a lying-down relaxation session in which gongs, singing bowls and similar instruments are played around participants.
A set from Sherry Dyanne, a singer working in jazz and soul.
The hostel bar hosts a casual evening movie screening.
A short performance from an emerging maker, part of the programme of new theatre and dance work in Bos en Lommer.
A meet-up at the central library for expectant parents and parents with new babies to get to know each other.
Neighbours clean up the street together on the third Sunday of each month, then have coffee at AMI.
The title is the French name for both the classic Kosma and Prévert chanson known in English as 'Autumn Leaves' and Aki Kaurismäki's 2023 film Fallen Leaves.
The second session of a wine club, where participants taste and talk about wines together.
A film screening night, as the play on 'cinema' in the name suggests, held in the Supermercator community space.
Children can put out their shoe at the miniature museum built around the Mouse Mansion picture books, in case Sinterklaas visits.
A workshop on how to set up your own creative class, so you can share a hobby, art or craft by teaching it to others.
A programme titled 'mirror of time', held in the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival church on Spuistraat.
An anniversary show marking one year since the Nitro Incubi tour began.
A programme built around Augustine of Hippo, the fourth-century North African bishop and author of the Confessions.
A relaxed Sunday evening drinks meetup in De Pijp where expats swap stories and meet new people.
A theatre performance; the Dutch title means 'Verdict'.
A club night whose title suggests a wind-down, after-party mood.
An evening at the artists' society on Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen, a members' club where performers and other creatives meet.
A gathering where men sit together in a circle and talk openly about what is going on in their lives.
A performance by the pairing of Koopmans and Su.
A small-scale performance by Aina Mateu Cortès in the café space of the theatre.
This is a call to vote in the Museumprijs for the 19th-century fort island in the IJmeer, part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
Readers of A Course in Miracles, the spiritual self-study book by Helen Schucman, meet to work through and discuss its lessons together.
An informal coffee meetup where founders, entrepreneurs and professionals meet to network and swap contacts.
A movement-based wellbeing session meant to shift how you feel physically and emotionally; tickets are €65 and you should also RSVP on Meetup.
A gathering where men sit together in a guided group to talk openly about how they are doing.
An event at De Kring, the Amsterdam artists' society club near Leidseplein, whose member gatherings range from talks to parties.
The title is a line from the Lord's Prayer, used here for an event at this church on the Keizersgracht.
A Sunday morning worship gathering with the local church community.
The last day for filmmakers to submit their work for consideration at the ABFF film festival.
A Sunday gathering of the Dominicus community, an independent ecumenical congregation known for its progressive, participatory services.
This performance by Veerle Ernalsteen has been cancelled.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, one of the world's largest documentary festivals, brings a screening to the Carré theatre on the Amstel.
The traditional arrival of Sinterklaas in Amsterdam, which opens the Dutch St Nicholas season that runs until 5 December.
An exhibition putting Frans Hals and Rembrandt side by side, the two great Dutch Golden Age portrait painters.
Drawings and sketches by the Rotterdam-born Abstract Expressionist painter, shown alongside his famous Woman I, with lectures, an audio tour and drawing workshops.
The seasonal outdoor ice rink set up in front of the Rijksmuseum, between the Concertgebouw and the Van Gogh Museum.
An exhibition on Amsterdam's LGBTQ+ history, held in the former church on Dam Square as part of WorldPride Amsterdam.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
The annual touring exhibition of the World Press Photo contest's winning images, covering photojournalism and documentary photography from the past year.
Around 80 works lent by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, centred on Matisse's La Blouse roumaine, with paintings by Rothko, Picasso and Barnett Newman.
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.
A Sinterklaas programme for families at Muiderslot, the 13th-century moated castle in Muiden, where the Sint is said to be staying.
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.
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 about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
DocLab is IDFA's programme of interactive, immersive and new-media documentary, where filmmakers and artists test what non-fiction storytelling can become.
The South Korean sculptor, known for unsettling machine-driven installations of dripping, flesh-like materials and her 2024 Tate Turbine Hall commission, takes over the medieval church.
An exhibition about the Egyptian boy pharaoh and his tomb, using large projections and replicas rather than original artefacts.
Moroccan singer Oum, known for mixing Saharan Hassani music with jazz, soul and gnawa, performs as part of a festival.
Photographs by the American Henry Chalfant, who documented New York subway graffiti and co-created the book Subway Art and the film Style Wars.
An exhibition focusing on Rembrandt's radical working methods, trial prints and inventive techniques with ink and copperplate.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
A group visit to the museum's exhibition on James McNeill Whistler, the American painter based in London who is best known for 'Whistler's Mother'.
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 drop-in guided tour of South Korean artist Mire Lee's show, known for kinetic sculptures with machinery, oozing fluids and visceral bodily imagery.
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.
A photography exhibition about graffiti culture, including life-size images of subway cars more than three metres high.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
Carla Muijsers-Drukker tells the story of her experiences during the Second World War in the Holocaust museum's eyewitness series.
An exhibition of large, detailed Playmobil scenes built by diorama maker Oliver Schaffer, set up for both looking and hands-on play.
An exhibition on James McNeill Whistler, the American-born painter in London known for his Nocturnes and the portrait of his mother.
Hitchcock's 1959 chase thriller in a new 4K restoration, with Cary Grant as an adman mistaken for a spy, the crop-duster scene and the Mount Rushmore climax.
Work by Patricia Kaersenhout, the Dutch-Surinamese artist whose work deals with Black feminism, colonial history and the legacy of slavery.
A practical class at the museum where you try painting for yourself, with brushes and paint.
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.
A themed route through the national museum's collection of Dutch art and history, treating a visit to the galleries as a journey of discovery.
A pay-what-you-want live role-playing game where the audience goes on a quest built around live music.
Haarlem's large neo-Gothic cathedral is filled with Christmas decorations, displays and seasonal activities.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
This exhibition shows Amsterdam as 17th-century artists saw it, including famous places, buildings that are now gone and the stories behind the works.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
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.
STRAAT, the street art museum at NDSM, teams up with Museum MORE, which collects modern realist art, for a show about claiming public space.
A chance to see the studio in Rembrandt's former home, where he lived and worked, used as a working studio for visitors.
Vincent van Gogh's paintings are projected large across the walls and floors, so visitors walk through moving versions of his work.
A sightseeing boat trip along Amsterdam's canals on Blue Boat Company's City Canal Cruise.
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.
The Belgian photographer known for stark black-and-white portraits shows his photographs of the sea and the people who live by it.
Crate-digging market inside the covered passage of De Hallen, featuring independent record vendors selling vinyl across multiple genres.
A drop-in art studio where children can make their own work, at the art museum in Laren known for its Dutch modernist collection.
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.
A broad survey of modern and contemporary art, design, and photography from the museum's permanent holdings.
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.
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.
A Sunday guided tour of the Scheepvaarthuis, a national monument and showpiece of the expressive Amsterdam School style that now houses the hotel.
Explore the Amsterdam School architecture and maritime history of the monumental building, which now operates as a luxury hotel.
A dedicated open session giving young children safe access to the urban sports hall's trampolines.
A guided look inside the striking Amsterdam School landmark, paired with drinks or food in the grand hotel.
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