The Netherlands: Amsterdam
In a nutshell...
Among the diverse cultural attractions in Amsterdam, visits to Anne Frank's house and the Van Gogh museum give a glimpse of the historical and artistic riches of the city. The capital is home to no fewer than 50 museums from the truly bizarre to the most classic collections of Dutch national heritage.
Vondel Park and the canals make up the backdrop of the city, ideal for family picnics and romantic strolls, with out for getting an essential visit to the flower market, the most famous in the world, near Muntplein. On bike or by foot, a stop at one of the city's numerous squares is a great way to get a feeling for the vibrancy of daily life in Amsterdam: in Rembrandtplein or Leidseplein, the most famous squares, you will find the well-known "brown café's".
To end the visit with a panoramic view of the city, make your way the Westerkerk and its bell tower, the tallest in Amsterdam, located in the heart of Jordaan, one of the fashionable quarters.
Amsterdam : Events
Festivals
Grachtenfestival (Canal Festival)
From Saturday, August 14 2010 to Sunday, August 22 2010
Music for all ages.The Grachtenfestival is a popular annual festival dedicated to classical music. Taking place in different venues throughout the city, the festival features a new theme every year.(...)
Trade Fairs & Expos
Sail Amsterdam
From Thursday, August 19 2010 to Monday, August 23 2010
Sail away.This is the largest free public event in the Netherlands, drawing a huge crowd of sailing enthusiasts and landlubbers alike to the IJ, the waterfront in Amsterdam.In 2005, more than 1.5(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
Visiting the Artis Zoo: The butterfly Pavilion
All year long
Aerial and multicolored Ballet.The Artis Zoo was built in 1838. Its wooded alleys and classified buildings house many animals. It now offers a new attraction: a butterfly house. It opened on 5(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
Amsterdam Botanic Gardens, exploration
All year long
A garden in the town centre.During its four centuries of existence, the Hortus Botanical Gardens (one of the oldest in the world) slowly ceased to be a medicinal garden for the doctors and(...)
Festivals
Vondelpark "Open Air Theatre" Festival
From Sunday, June 6 2010 to Sunday, August 29 2010
Music and dancing in a park fit for a king...During the summer season, Amsterdam's Vondelpark becomes the city hotspot for all kinds of live music. Jazz, pop and hip-hop fans will all be able to(...)
Musical Entertainment
Evening at the Casablanca, traditional Jazz club in Amsterdam
All year long
A long celebration of music.The Casablanca Jazz club is one of the oldest in Amsterdam. Since 1946, many groups, jazz stars and the public gather in this club.Saskia Laroo, Hans Dulfer, Pigalle 44(...)
Leisure & Discovery
Week van de Smaak
From Sunday, September 19 2010 to Sunday, September 26 2010
A question of taste...The Week Van der Smaak or "week of taste" has become the great national event for those interested in fine food and those involved with the food and drink industries in(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
Miró et Jan Steen, exposition
From Thursday, June 17 2010 to Monday, September 13 2010
Artistic echoes.Following his visit to the Rijksmuseum in 1928 during a trip to the Netherlands, Joan Miro executed a series of three paintings which were inspired by two interior scenes by two Dutch(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
- Matisse to Malevich - exhibition
From Saturday, March 6 2010 to Friday, September 17 2010
The beginnings of modern art.These works of early modern art were mainly bought for Russian private collections. After the October Revolution in 1917 many paintings were aquired by the Hermitage(...)
Festivals
De Parade 2010
From Monday, July 5 2010 to Sunday, August 22 2010
Get on the culture wagon!De Parade is a wandering festival, a "parade of parades" passing through Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Amsterdam. The parade is dedicated to arts and music without being(...)
Festivals & Carnivals
Amsterdam Gay Pride
From Sunday, August 1 2010 to Sunday, August 8 2010
The rainbow lights up the canals of Amsterdam.Gay Pride was born in New York in 1970, to commemorate the Christopher Street riots, which saw an army of New York police facing a rebellious crowd after(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, exhibition - Pretty Much Everything - photographs 1985-2010 -
From Friday, June 25 2010 to Wednesday, September 15 2010
Photographic trailblazers.Twenty-five years after they began their career, photographic duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin dedicates this retrospective exhibition of the highest order to(...)
