The Aqua Musica Festival on the IJ is a unique experience. Small ensemble music concerts are given on board 50 historic ships at anchor in the Oosterdok,...
Amsterdam International Fashion Week (AIFW), held twice a year, is quickly becoming known as a young and directional alternative to Europe's more traditional...
A summer festival of dance, Julidans takes place in a number of venues around Leidseplein and offers a rich overview of the contemporary scene. Each year...
Themes:
Dance
, Entertainment
, Culture
, Spectacle
The popular Kwakoe Festival is Amsterdam's biggest multicultural festival and the main festive event of the Surinamese black and African community. Kwakoe...
Themes:
Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Culture
, Sport
, Exhibitions
, Dance
, Food & Drink
, Music
The legendary North Sea Jazz Festival moved from its traditional home in The Hague to Rotterdam in 2006, but its formula and aims remain intact. Several...
Themes:
Pop(ular)
, Exhibitions
, Music
, Spectacle
, Art & Literature
, Entertainment
, Culture
The spectacular Tall Ship Races sees about 40 traditional sailing vessels take to the waters in an awe-inspiring race across the ocean. The ships are...
Themes:
History
, Kids' Stuff
, Sport
, Exhibitions
A combination of funfair, theatre, music, dance and circus, 'De Parade' festival increases in popularity year on year. With colourful marquees, a ferris...
Themes:
Kids' Stuff
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Theatre & Film
, Music
Up to 45,000 walkers take part in the biggest walking event in the world - the International Four Days' Marches of Nijmegen. Depending on ability, walkers...
One of the largest gay and lesbian events in Europe is held in mid-summer in Amsterdam - one of the most open-minded cities in the world. The highlight...
Themes:
Spectacle
, Sport
, Dance
, Gay & Lesbian
, Theatre & Film
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Music
'Oude Muziek Utrecht' is a 10-day programme featuring music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque period, the Classical and Early-Romantic...
The Pluk de Nacht film festival features the best of the international arthouse films which don't normally get distributed in Holland introducing festival...
What was once a free festival of classical music presented on the canal bank in front of Hotel Pulitzer has expanded into a five-day programme consisting...
Themes:
Entertainment
, Music
, History
, Spectacle
It is late summer, just before the start of the theatre season, and the people of Amsterdam are beginning to think about which performances they would...
Themes:
Dance
, Kids' Stuff
, Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Music
This cultural festival began in Amsterdam in 2004 and is now an annual event. Each day new bands and artists perform on stage and there are theatre shows...
Themes:
Theatre & Film
, Kids' Stuff
, Music
, Food & Drink
Deventer on the river Ijssel was one of the famous Hanseatic trading towns in its day, and it preserves much of its impressive early architecture and...
Themes:
Kids' Stuff
, Art & Literature
, Spectacle
, History
, Entertainment
In the heart of Maastricht, the central square fills with more than 40 marquees and stalls at the end of August for a drinking, dining and entertainment...
Themes:
Music
, Exhibitions
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Food & Drink
The Dam tot Damloop Run (central square to central square) is the biggest event of its kind in the Netherlands, with runners leaving the centre of Amsterdam...
Gaudeamus Music Week is a competition for classical composers aged up to 30 years of age. An internationally renowned panel of judges selects the compositions...
Over one September weekend each year, the streets by the Westkerk church in the artisan's quarter of Jordaan are transformed into an open-air party venue...
Amsterdam is famous for the monumental character of its city centre, thanks in large part to the numerous 17th- and 18th-century canalside houses that...
This popular sporting event has been held every year since 1975 and draws bigger crowds year on year. Nearly 200,000 spectators crowd the streets and...
This event, which takes place over nine days and attracts more than 40,000 visitors each year, allows the general public to visit exhibitions, attend...
Some 12,500 participants and 150,000 spectators are expected to take part in what is billed as the greatest annual one-day sporting event in Eindhoven....
This annual salsa event, which takes place in the beautiful city of Haarlem, is the biggest of its kind in the Netherlands. Salsa dancers from all over...
Each year, the people of Leiden celebrate the anniversary of the liberation of their city from the Spanish in 1574. The celebrations (known as 'Leidens...
Themes:
Entertainment
, Music
, Food & Drink
, Spectacle
, Culture
, History
The annual International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) screens a programme of documentaries that rise above the ordinary. Dedicated to innovative...
Themes:
Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
, Spectacle
New Year's Eve is celebrated all over The Netherlands with jovial celebrations, private parties, public events and fireworks displays. Amsterdam is as...
Scheveningen, the seaside district of The Hague, is a resort formerly noted for the curative quality of its air and its waters. These days it is better...
This is a major festival, attracting top names from the film world as well as thousands of film buffs. Rotterdam offers a quality selection of worldwide...
Themes:
Spectacle
, Entertainment
, Theatre & Film
This three-day equestrian event attracts the best horse riders in the world and more than 50,000 people besides, to the concours hippique at the RAI Centre....
Themes:
Kids' Stuff
, Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Spectacle
, Sport
