What's On in Amsterdam on Wednesday 18 November
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themWednesday 18 November
The Belfast hip-hop trio, who rap in Irish and English and are known for provocative politics, play one of three Dutch dates.
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical about Eva Perón's rise to power in Argentina, the show that gave us 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina'.
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A sing-along concert for children aged four and up, with visits from Sinterklaas and his Pieten.
An immersive exhibition about the boy pharaoh, whose tomb Howard Carter found in 1922, taking in pyramids, ancient Egypt and its treasures.
Jack Antonoff's band plays big, Springsteen-influenced synth-pop and rock in the Grote Zaal, where entry is now by waiting list.
Steve McQueen, the British artist and director of 12 Years a Slave who won the 2026 Erasmus Prize, presents End Credits, his work built on the FBI files kept on singer Paul Robeson.
Bach's St John Passion, his dramatic setting of the Gospel story of Christ's trial and crucifixion for choir, soloists and orchestra.
Cinekid, Amsterdam's children's film festival, puts up an inflatable cinema showing free short films in blocks for different age groups.
Eline Arbo, ITA's artistic director, stages Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours, which links three women's lives to Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
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.
Young children follow a trail through the museum helping Fiep Westendorp's famous illustrated cats track down a runaway mouse.
A slow-looking tour, where the group spends a long time with a small number of works instead of moving quickly through the galleries.
Jamai Loman, the first winner of Dutch Idols who later starred in musicals, hosts a show built around classical music.
The new film from Martin McDonagh, the writer-director of In Bruges, Three Billboards and The Banshees of Inisherin.
A scripted and improvised sketch comedy show about life ruled by algorithms and technology, from Amsterdam's long-running English-language comedy theatre.
A free lunchtime concert giving a taste of the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam, the festival held every two years and devoted entirely to the cello.
A children's session for Boomfeestdag, the Dutch national tree day when children plant and learn about trees, held in the woods' forest garden.
Families hunt for the secrets of Sinterklaas in the canal house that has a hidden church in its attic.
Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, whose Spanish title means Bitter Christmas, from the director of All About My Mother and Pain and Glory.
A hands-on workshop in making kimchi, the spicy Korean fermented cabbage.
Hitchcock's thriller about obsession, with James Stewart as a retired detective fixated on Kim Novak's mysterious woman, shown in a series on film and myth.
A screening from IDFA, Amsterdam's international documentary festival, at the Bos en Lommer arts venue in a building that was once a church and later a mosque.
Researchers show how they trace where objects in the collection came from and how they changed hands, with the work happening in front of visitors.
Aaron Schimberg's sharp satire about a film shoot, starring Jess Weixler and Adam Pearson, which takes on how cinema portrays disfigurement; with an introduction.
Short, playful children's theatre for ages one to six, using visual storytelling and music.
Learn the traditional Japanese textile arts of boro mending and decorative sashiko stitching in this hands-on craft workshop.
Lance Hammer's drama with Juliette Binoche follows a family struggling to care for an elderly mother with dementia.
A dating night where friends go on stage and pitch a single friend to the audience, in the hope of finding them a match.
Henry van Loon, the Dutch comedian and actor, brings his stand-up theatre show to the canal-side comedy stage.
An exhibition of the artist Tiemar Tegene, with a title that twists the Snow White fairy tale toward questions of skin colour.
Interactive theatre for toddlers and preschoolers by Nina Boas and Emilie Gallier, about living side by side with earthworms.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
Biljana Tutorov's documentary about a mother and daughter who herd livestock on Montenegro's Sinjajevina plateau, where the army plans a training ground, shown as part of IDFA.
A concert at Tolhuistuin, the arts venue behind the EYE on the north bank of the IJ.
An exhibition exploring the realities of independence struggles across Africa, Suriname, and the Caribbean.
Bring things you no longer need, take things you can use, mend clothes at the sewing machines, or get broken items fixed by volunteer repairers.
A creative craft workshop where participants learn embroidery techniques to embellish and personalise their own printed family photographs.
A story and play session designed to introduce toddlers aged three and up to books.
A workshop series inviting musicians of all levels to play and improvise together.
A community kitchen evening serving Indonesian home-cooked food.
A session of Blood on the Clocktower, a social deduction game like Werewolf where a storyteller runs the game and players bluff to find the demon among them.
Sunday night karaoke at the longstanding queer and drag bar near Rembrandtplein.
An open stage where anyone can sign up to tell a story, organised by an international storytelling community that meets at Mezrab.
A stand-up comedy night with several comedians taking turns on stage.
British singer-songwriter known for soulful, jazz-tinged pop sung in a warm, old-fashioned style.
A craft class on upcycling, which means turning old or discarded materials into new and useful objects.
A theatre collective's show, which from its title draws on Ursula K. Le Guin's story about a happy city whose good fortune rests on one child's suffering.
Sinterklaas makes his official arrival in Amsterdam by boat on Sunday 15 November, followed by a parade through the city.
An autumn boat trip through the waterways of the large park and woodland on Amsterdam's southern edge.
A virtual-reality session in which you see Earth as it looks from orbit.
A youth theatre show named after Dahomey, the West African kingdom in what is now Benin, whose royal treasures were looted by France.
A team pub quiz in English built around Suzanne Collins's dystopian Hunger Games books and films, held at Brouwerij Troost's brewpub in the Westergas complex.
IDFA, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, brings documentary screenings to the Meervaart theatre in Nieuw-West.
A two-person show pairing the Algerian-born Selmani's politically sharp drawings and animations with the Swiss painter Schnider's quiet, pared-back canvases.
A workshop on kintsugi, the Japanese craft of mending broken pottery with gold-dusted lacquer, and how the process mirrors life.
An organ concert at lunchtime in the seventeenth-century church where Rembrandt is buried, followed by an afternoon of games.
A film about the Palestinian-American literary critic Edward Said, author of Orientalism, and his life split between the Arab world and the West.
A Basque drama about an older gay man living freely in Gran Canaria who has to return to San Sebastián after a stroke and faces going back into the closet.
A drop-in evening for making zines, small self-published booklets, using shared materials and working alongside other people.
A hands-on class in mosaic, the craft of making images and patterns by setting small pieces of tile or glass into a surface.
An evening with Pete Wu, the Dutch writer and journalist known for De Bananengeneratie, his book about growing up Chinese-Dutch.
The former Dolly Dots singer and TV personality looks back on turning sixty in a show of songs and stories, billed here as a ladies' night.
A workshop on Transkribus, a tool that uses AI to read and transcribe old handwritten documents, held at Amsterdam's city archives.
A documentary screening co-hosted with IDFA, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
In this 2024 film by Noah Segan, John Turturro plays a pickpocket whose routine theft lands him in serious trouble.
Pianist and composer Gyo Kretz plays his calm, neoclassical-style piano pieces by candlelight in a church setting.
A try-out night where comedians test new material in front of an audience, with doors opening at 19:30.
Participants bring clothes they no longer wear and swap them for others' pieces, part of a push towards circular, less wasteful fashion.
Sit in the studio audience for Eva, the Dutch evening talk show hosted by Eva Jinek.
A conversation with the American author of All the Beauty in the World, his memoir of ten years as a guard at New York's Metropolitan Museum.
A guided tour of the museum's storage depot, showing parts of the collection that are not on display; it is listed as sold out.
A children's workshop where participants design and build their own games in Roblox, the popular online game-making platform.
Italian double bill: Master Boot Record's synth-driven instrumental metal and Fulci's death metal inspired by horror director Lucio Fulci, with chiptune-grind act AROTTENBIT in support.
Indie rock band from York, known for big choruses and a theatrical frontman.
Part of Amsterdam Art Week, an international showcase in which the artist-run space hosts invited guests together with Diez and the project Minor Attractions.
A clothes swap, where people bring clothes they no longer wear and take home others for free, at OCCII, the former squat turned volunteer-run venue.
An open session at the library for tabletop gaming, which can include board games, role-playing adventures and painting miniature figures.
A library book club for romantasy, the romance-fantasy hybrid genre popularised by authors such as Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros.
A guided walk tracing how an empty island in the east became a residential district, including the high-rise Sluisbuurt now being built.
A children's makerspace workshop on building a small miniature world; this session is listed as fully booked.
An art auction raising money for a staff member of Beirut's Saint George Hospital, which was badly damaged in the 2020 port explosion.
The choir that sings the songs of Dutch chansonnier Ramses Shaffy opens its rehearsal to visitors, who can listen or join in.
Dutch singer-songwriter playing Paradiso's small upstairs hall, which is sold out.
An indie rock band from York, known for big, anthemic guitar songs and lively shows.
The Turkish video artist, known for patient films about people at work and the processes of labour, shows new work.
An open community workshop day where locals can use shared tools and get help with their DIY repair or craft projects.
An experimental choral performance exploring vocal harmonies and celestial, ambient soundscapes.
A casual squash evening open to players of every standard, organised by a Meetup group for people who want games and company rather than league play.
An open creative studio session where you choose a medium and work at your own pace with hands-on materials.
Vue's large multiplex screens the latest Dutch Sinterklaas films, the family genre built around the Saint Nicholas holiday.
A Danspaleis is a dance afternoon with live music, set up so older people can dance and meet others; this one has a cosy living-room setting.
A concert built around reed instruments, the family that includes clarinet, saxophone, oboe and bassoon.
The second half of a French two-part film about Charles de Gaulle, who led the Free French during the Second World War and later became president.
A hands-on craft class in which you string beads into your own jewellery or decorative pieces.
Relaxed evenings of modern light-strategy board games in the Oostenburg neighbourhood room on the first and third Monday, with beginners welcome.
Nouchka van Brakel's adaptation of Frederik van Eeden's novel, with Renée Soutendijk as a 19th-century woman sliding into addiction and ruin.
Casablanca is a long-standing Zeedijk bar known for karaoke and live music, and here the microphone is open to customers in the middle of the week.
A concert in the Amstelkerk, the white wooden 17th-century church on the Amstelveld that now hosts concerts.
Children aged five and up listen to a story read aloud, then usually do a creative activity linked to it.
A monthly meetup where people fold paper together, swapping models and techniques; beginners and experienced folders both come.
A series of dance workshops where participants learn and practise steps to music played live rather than recorded.
An open meeting of the Tech Workers Coalition, a grassroots network of tech workers who organise around labour rights and how technology is used.
Lars von Trier's stylised end to his Europa trilogy: a young American takes a job on German sleeping-car trains in 1945, filmed mostly in black and white.
An art history lecture exploring the life, polka dots, infinity rooms, and vibrant motifs of the Japanese avant-garde artist.
This second-hand give-and-take shop puts nice pre-loved gifts and festive decorations in the spotlight for the holiday season.
Members of a Japanese language and culture group share a meal together, a relaxed way to meet people and practise conversation.
A dinner built around sobremesa, the Spanish habit of staying at the table to talk long after the meal is over.
An open jam session where musicians of any level can join in on jazz standards with the house players.
Two duos share the bill, one of them Finnish violinist Ida Alanen with Dutch violist Oene van Geel, who works across jazz and contemporary music.
A theatre piece by Cheroney Pelupessy. Its title is the Indonesian word for descendants or lineage, and it points to family roots and heritage.
A group exhibition at Arti et Amicitiae, the historic artists' society on the Rokin, opening on Wednesday 18 November from 17:00 to 19:00.
A gong bath is a sound meditation: you lie down and relax while gongs are played around you.
Italian jazz saxophonist and composer from Salento, known for mixing jazz with the melodies of southern Italy and the Mediterranean.
Comedian and actor Jordan Firstman's feature film, set in the world of nightlife and club promoters.
A trial run of a new theatre show by the two performers about getting older.
An exhibition of the Dutch artist Inge Meijer, whose work often grows out of research in archives and collections.
A regular networking evening for internationals living in the Netherlands, this time about changing careers and building professional contacts.
A three-lesson course teaching the basic techniques of weaving, a craft that goes back centuries.
A children's club about plants, animals and the outdoors at Jeugdland, the adventure playground in Amsterdam-Oost.
A library session for children aged six and up that uses games and play to encourage reading.
A talk at the museum devoted to planner Cornelis van Eesteren about how resilient the landscape is that was made from the former Zuiderzee.
A session on changing careers, followed by networking, for expats in Amsterdam who feel stuck at work.
Once a month QueerHub volunteer Theeva cooks two of her favourite soups to share, and places are limited.
An open social evening at Technologia Incognita, Amsterdam's hackerspace, where people tinker with electronics, software and hardware projects together.
A drawing session from a live model who holds short poses of five to twenty minutes, good for practising quick gesture and figure sketches.
A documentary screening that is part of IDFA, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, shown at the Bos en Lommer venue.
An exhibition of the British artist Molly Palmer, who works mainly in video and installation.
A weekly meetup where people fold origami together at the library, with experienced folders on hand to help newcomers.
A communal neighbourhood meal where people eat together and talk over a theme or idea.
A documentary screening that is part of IDFA, the international documentary festival, shown locally in Bos en Lommer.
The NRC journalist and Russia specialist, known for his books on Russian literature and history, gives this edition of the Elsrijk lecture series.
An interactive session for girls and women about violence, their rights and setting personal boundaries.
An exhibition at Akinci; its title, Latin for unknown land, is the phrase old mapmakers used for regions no one had charted.
A language meetup with a workshop followed by relaxed conversation, where people practise their spoken English with others.
A social crafting meetup for people in Amsterdam South who want to meet new people while making things together.
Informal half-court basketball for anyone who wants to play, with teams made up on the spot from whoever turns up.
A warm, creative gathering for the dark November days, where you bring an unfinished craft project to work on alongside others.
An informal evening dedicated to playing tabletop and board games over drinks.
Local jazz musicians join together for an informal open playing session.
An open-air exhibition on Oranje-Vrijstaatplein in Amsterdam Oost, on show from Monday 9 to Friday 27 November.
An exhibition at Akinci, the long-running contemporary art gallery on the Lijnbaansgracht.
A games night of board and party games, where you can drop in and play with others.
A music booking at Melkweg; the listing gives no details beyond the act's name.
A gift-themed event at the Amsterdam Noord brewery and taproom, timed for the Dutch present-giving season.
A Kadampa Buddhist class with teaching and guided meditation on compassion, presented as a source of inner contentment.
An evening where Conservatorium van Amsterdam vocal students perform.
A theatre performance whose Dutch title means "And forbid the birds to sing", at the waterside theatre on the Amstel.
An exhibition of work by Jaap van den Ende at the Akinci gallery.
A talk at the University of Amsterdam's Institute for Advanced Study on how mental health support for young people in schools and communities goes from research to wide use.
A jazz quartet with Anna Sollewijn, Miguel Rodriguez, Cas Jiskoot and Tim Hennekes at De Kring, the members' club for artists off the Leidseplein.
A show of contemporary art at Akinci, a gallery that has been in the Jordaan for decades.
A club night shared by two promoters or collectives, held at OT301, the former squat and cultural centre on the Overtoom.
The Amsterdam WordPress community looks at WebMCP, a proposed browser standard that lets websites offer their functions directly to AI agents.
Board game designers meet to pitch ideas, playtest each other's prototypes and get feedback on games they are still working on.
A live gig at De Nieuwe Anita, the Oud-West venue with a living-room bar at the front and a small stage for bands at the back.
A stage production whose title plays on 'biotope', a habitat where different living things share space and depend on each other.
A film whose title means 'late bloomer', screening at the Westergas cinema that specialises in Dutch film.
Amsterdam Film Group members meet to watch the film together at Lab111; you RSVP with the group and buy your own cinema ticket.
A story-reading session for children aged five and up at the library.
A Dutch class for highly educated newcomers that combines the Duolingo app with Nederlands in Gang, a well-known Dutch textbook for fast learners.
A language café is an informal meetup for practising other languages through conversation; this one comes with vegan food at the volunteer-run info café.
A group cinema outing: people on the film mailing list hear which film has been chosen a few days beforehand.
A programme at Podium Mozaiek, the community arts venue on Bos en Lommerweg.
A free neighbourhood fitness and gentle exercise class for women looking to stay active and meet others.
A regular shared meal connecting founders, researchers, and campus residents over casual conversation.
French speakers and learners gather for an informal conversational practice session.
A casual neighbourhood social with tea, coffee, and open conversation in the local social centre.
A quiet drop-in session for children and learners to choose a book from the shelves and practice reading.
A weekly community gathering focusing on neurodiversity, co-regulation, and mental health through guided shared exercises.
A discussion group that reads one short essay or pamphlet together and talks it through; this session looks at Grenzend aan liefde.
A show whose title means "love makes you deaf", a play on the saying that love is blind.
A yoga class led by teacher Fabio.
A monthly meetup for developers to share and demo the latest AI tools, APIs, models and frameworks for RAG and agents.
A live show at P60, Amstelveen's pop venue on the Stadsplein.
A theatre show whose title translates as 'Go ahead, laugh at me'.
Children can put out their shoe at the miniature museum built around the Mouse Mansion picture books, in case Sinterklaas visits.
A professional course on persuading people more effectively, looking at your own relationship with power and how to respond to what the people around you need.
The city's visitor centre explaining the multi-year programme to repair Amsterdam's ageing bridges and canal walls, and how the work is done.
A programme at Podium Mozaiek, the Bos en Lommer arts venue in a former church that later became a mosque.
A free drop-in session for practising spoken English with conversation cards and games, open to all levels.
A performance at Frascati, Amsterdam's stage for new and experimental theatre; the title is Dutch for chameleon.
A group run of about eight kilometres mixed with bootcamp-style exercises, to music.
An informal networking get-together at a café for startup founders, developers and others working in tech and AI.
A free drop-in information session for owners' associations on saving energy and getting buildings ready to go off natural gas.
A theatre performance; the Dutch title means 'Verdict'.
An early-evening midweek session at the volunteer-run, squat-rooted venue in Amsterdam West.
A quiz about IJburg, the neighbourhood built on artificial islands whose first residents moved in 24 years ago, held at the local pop-up library.
A performance by the theatre company Toneelgroep Los Zand, on stage at this small theatre in Amsterdam-West.
An event at the Buiksloterkerk, the old village church in Amsterdam-Noord, under a title meaning 'the island route'.
An event at Treehouse NDSM, a creative community space in Amsterdam-Noord, whose title suggests a session on facing and accepting your darker sides.
A French-language reading group discussing Les habitantes, by the French playwright and novelist Pauline Peyrade.
A performance at Scala, the small theatre and food bar on Van Hallstraat.
A Dutch-language stage show whose title translates as 'man with flaws'.
A business conference for senior people in retail, consumer goods and tech, about how fast-moving consumer brands in the Benelux sell and work with retailers online.
A gathering to talk about meaning, purpose and the big personal questions life raises, with others in the neighbourhood.
An information evening for anyone thinking of taking a master's programme at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
Appsterdam, a long-running community of Amsterdam app developers and designers, holds its regular informal drinks for anyone who builds software or wants to meet people who do.
A community meetup for people who use Google's cloud platform, usually with technical talks and time to network.
A session at a dance studio; the listing does not say whether it is a class, a workshop or a performance.
A casual Wednesday afternoon drop-in for neighbourhood residents to stop by for tea, coffee, and a chat.
An event at Desmet Studios, a former film studio in the Plantage that now hosts performances and events; the listing gives no other details.
The Japanese artist known for her polka dots, pumpkins and mirrored Infinity Rooms, shown at the Stedelijk.
Sinterklaas makes his yearly arrival by steamboat, which opens the season of gifts and treats that runs until pakjesavond on 5 December.
An exhibition placing the two great Dutch Golden Age portrait painters side by side: Frans Hals with his loose brushwork and Rembrandt with his dramatic light.
The Efteling theme park's winter season in Kaatsheuvel, when the park is decorated with lights and fires and has seasonal winter attractions.
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical about Eva Perón's rise to power in Argentina, the show that gave us 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina'.
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical about the life of Eva Perón, the source of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina".
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.
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.
Mire Lee, the Korean artist behind the 2024 Tate Modern Turbine Hall commission, is known for visceral kinetic sculptures of pumping liquids, silicone and machinery.
A citywide week of contemporary art, with exhibitions, art fairs, gallery openings, performances and artist talks, here at the artists' society Arti et Amicitiae.
A week of tours, workshops and special programmes at galleries, museums, collections and other art spaces across the city.
A Sinterklaas programme for families at Muiderslot, the 13th-century moated castle in Muiden, where the Sint is said to be staying.
Hands-on workshops, games, and maritime activities designed for children and families.
A hands-on music-making workshop where kids and parents experiment with unique electronic and acoustic instruments.
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.
Jack Antonoff's band plays big, Springsteen-influenced synth-pop and rock in the Grote Zaal, where entry is now by waiting list.
An exhibition on Henri Matisse, the French painter known for bold, flat colour and, late in life, his paper cut-outs.
The Limburg town fills with Christmas markets, some of them inside its old marl caves, from 13 November to 3 January.
An exhibition about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
An exhibition on the cultural history of Amsterdam's LGBTQIA+ community, told through stories of love, courage and struggle.
A projection-based experience that tells the story of the Egyptian boy pharaoh and the treasures found in his tomb, with large-scale visuals and replicas.
The touring exhibition of this year's World Press Photo winners, the yearly international contest for photojournalism and documentary photography.
A festival held at several locations across the city rather than in one building.
Photographs by the American Henry Chalfant, who documented New York subway graffiti and co-created the book Subway Art and the film Style Wars.
Worn, repaired and altered clothing from the collection, dating from 1640 to 1930, shows how garments changed through the lives of the people who wore them.
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'.
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'.
An exhibition on James McNeill Whistler, the American painter known for 'Whistler's Mother', his hazy Nocturnes and his famous feud with the critic Ruskin.
A photography exhibition about graffiti culture, including life-size images of subway cars more than three metres high.
Large works by street artists and graffiti writers from around the world, shown in a former shipyard warehouse at NDSM.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, best known for his series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.
Work by Patricia Kaersenhout, the Dutch-Surinamese artist whose work deals with Black feminism, colonial history and the legacy of slavery.
A sensory tour of Van Gogh's work through touch, sound and smell, aimed partly at blind and partially sighted visitors.
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.
This exhibition shows Amsterdam as 17th-century artists saw it, including famous places, buildings that are now gone and the stories behind the works.
An exhibition on how Willem de Kooning worked. Born in Rotterdam, he became one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters.
Amsterdam Art Week is a citywide event when galleries, art spaces and studios open their doors; this stop is at the brewery beside the De Gooyer windmill.
A tasting of historical food and drink at the Muiderslot, the 13th-century moated castle at Muiden.
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.
An exhibition about the imprisoned Iranian human rights activist who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran.
The Dutch museum of psychiatry and outsider art shows work by self-taught artists working outside the art world, many with psychiatric or intellectual disability backgrounds.
A family-friendly exhibition exploring magic, rituals and Jewish mysticism through interactive displays.
Katsuhiro Otomo's groundbreaking 1988 cyberpunk anime screens in a crisp 4K restoration.
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.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
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.
Jamai Loman, the first winner of Dutch Idols who later starred in musicals, hosts a show built around classical music.
A walk-through attraction where children can look round the rooms where Sinterklaas and his Pieten stay and see what goes on behind the scenes.
An exhibition celebrating early trailblazers and foundational works in digital and video installation art.
A hands-on exhibition at the science museum where visitors find out how technology and everyday machines work.
A guided look inside the striking Amsterdam School landmark, paired with drinks or food in the grand hotel.
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