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Tulip tourism season begins this month with the opening of the Keukenhof, the world’s most Impressive flower park, on 22 March. See more than 7 million flowers, with special flower exhibitions each week in the Oranje Nassau Pavilion. The park will close this year on 20 May, so you've only got about eight weeks to make the pilgrimage to see the flowers in bloom.
Open daily 08....
The characters of be-loved old and new Disney features such as The Little Mermaid’, ‘Toy Story’, ‘Cars’ and
‘Disney Fairies’ take to skates in this arctic show for children of all ages, presenting about two hours of songs, dances, pirouettes and high-speed jumps.
When: 30 Mar-1 April various times.
Prices: Range from €24.50 to €41.50
The fourth edition of this multidisciplinary festival celebrating all things Turkish coincides with the 400th anniversary of Dutch-Turkish relations: a special occasion and an excellent reason to turn it up to 11. The extended 2012 festival programme includes more than 60 concerts and performances, accompanied by a fringe programme of over 50 different multimedia events and...
Need a handy how-to guide to over throwing a military dictatorship? If so, this month’s Movies That Matter, an annual Amnesty International-affiliated film festival in The Hague, might have just the right kind of inspiration.
A highlight of this year’s selection of 72 features and documentary screenings on global human rights issues is the award-winning ‘How to Start a...
How do you pack the sprawling, 3,000-year-old story of Jewish culture around the world into a single exhibition? One answer to that question is the Nieuwe- Kerk’s ‘Judaism: A World of Stories’ exhibition, which runs until the middle of April, It takes on what can only be imagined as a gargantuan task, with a mix of both spectacular and frustrating results.
The Nieuwe Kerk...
The recently renovated National Maritime Museum celebrates the city's shipping history. The east side of this grand building features seven exhibitions from the museum’s extensive permanent collection, while the western side spotlights interactive kid friendly experiences and the north side's focus is on the Port of Amsterdam.
Exhibition The Golden Age
Though it sounds all...
Amsterdam's resident improv laughmeisters Boom Chicago go fancy new digs, which they renamed the Chicago Social Club, this year, thanks to a makeover that's brought the Leidseplein theatre they call home up to a higher standard of cool. The Boom crew continues to pack 'em in with innovative shows about, for example, the joys and woes of social media and the Bols-sponsored Shot...
Maybe it's a bit obvious to name the city's oldest concert hall as the premier destination for classical music and opera. But with a handful of other gorgeous and amply endowed classical destinations about town, it's remarkable that the 19th-century temple to sound still enjoys a worldwide reputation for its sterling acoustics. Of course, those would be nothing without its "...
One of the biggest annual electronic music conferences in the world, October's ADE is the Amsterdam mash up for DJs, producers, promoters, agencies and clubbers. There's a congress for people in the biz, consisting of muso lectures, master classes and general meet-and-greet opportunities, but it s the public events that make. ADR really shine. All of the electro music names-...
Simi Reizen organises camp weeks for kids from 8 to 22 years. We have a range of different summercamps and provide excellent care due to our great staff.
Our staff is well trained, very well suited for handling children and assuring them to have the greates holiday a kid can have.
We currently offer different camps on different locations. For picking and choosing the ideal...
Just as it's a bit mind boggling that one of the world's greatest poets, William Butler Yeats, spent some of his precious time writing a book of odes to felines, passers-by might never imagine that a classic 17th-century canal house along the scenic Prinsengracht holds the KattenKabinet, a museum devoted entirely to, you guessed it, cats.
Owner Bob Meijer still lives in part...
A sub-tropical pool with a stone beach, wave machine, toddler pool and slide. Look for 'disco swimming' for kids and specific baby and toddler sessions. The summer season offers a chance to do some swimming outdoors, with a 50m outdoor pool and a kiddie pool open till September.
Various opening times; €3.80.
Kids can make pizza, decorate cupcakes and make sausage animals under expert guidance at the DIY bar, while you relax and enjoy the fruits of their labour. Additional courses run during school holidays, such as toddler dance and yoga classes.
Hours & Fee:
Open Daily 10.00 – 17.00
Fee €1.50 – €4.50
A great playground within the grounds of a self-service cafe in Vondelpark with free Wi-Fi (so adults can relax while kids play), Melkhuis also hosts a kideratelier every Wednesday afternoon (14.00-16.00; €5) where kids can make a creative mess without ruining your house. Call ahead as bad weather may cause cancellations.
An intimate venue near Dam Square with the requisite sticky floors and cheap beer that attracts a real mixed crowd with its popular alternative rock and ‘indietronica’.
Open Daily From 21.00.
