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Gouden Kabouter Awards - Oranje Afterparty

Bekijk hoe Paradiso een bezoek voor mensen met een beperking of handicap toegankelijk maakt

Golden Gnome Awards - Orange Afterparty

30 Years of the Golden Gnome Awards: DJ Fanclub presents the unofficial Oscars of nightlife. The craziest, weirdest, strangest and wildest people, places and organizations are put in the spotlight and have a chance to win a prestigious Golden Gnome. Think of categories such as DJ with the Worst Hairstyle, Festival with the Most Mud, Best Dressed VJ, Friendliest Toilet Lady and Diehard Top 30. Please note: the end time mentioned is an indication.

RAI Amsterdam

https://www.rai.nl/bereikbaarheid/toegankelijkheid/

KunstRAI

KunstRAI is an annual art fair in the RAI in Amsterdam. A large number of well-known and upcoming galleries show contemporary and applied art and design during KunstRAI Amsterdam. The organization trusts that this postponement offers more certainty for a successful and safe event. During the fair, more than eighty participating galleries present their contemporary, autonomous and applied art. Paintings, sculptures, photography, but also design and jewelry are discussed.

Frascati

https://www.frascatitheater.nl/nl/pQJjkiB/je-bezoek/toegankelijkheid

Bekijk hoe Theater Frascati een bezoek voor mensen met een beperking of handicap toegankelijk maakt

Theater van Deyssel Festival: De vrouwen zonder mannen club - Theatraal diner

Join us in Frascati for a dinner served by the women without men club with musical accompaniment by Kyra Bououargane.

Tante Leentje

Cafe Tante Leen

Cafe Tante Leen X Brouwerij de Eeuwige Jeugd

To celebrate the birthday of Amsterdam and Tante Leen, Brouwerij de Eeuwige Jeugd launches the concept 'Cafe Tante Leen.' For five evenings, the brewery transforms various cafés into an authentic Jordaan-style café, complete with lace curtains, Amsterdam hits, a local singer, ossenworst (Raw beef sausage), bitterballen (Dutch Fried meat croquettes), and tablecloths.

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Amsterdam Open

International dance sportevent: Amsterdam Open

On May 3 and 4, 2025, Amsterdam Open brings international dancesport to Sporthallen Zuid! Over 200 dance couples from around the world will compete in various categories, from young talents to experienced champions. Enjoy spectacular ballroom and Latin competitions at the highest level. A unique opportunity to experience dancesport up close!

Polderschuur

Fotograaf: Kees van der Veer

Annual tractor tour through Haarlemmermeer

On May 4, 2025, the annual tractor tour will take place through Haarlemmermeer and the surrounding area. A procession of historical tractors will travel through the polder. Fun for the whole family!

Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam

Spinvis

https://www.concertgebouw.nl/speciale-voorzieningen

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4 May Remembrance day - The Remembrance Concert

On Sunday 4 May, we will jointly experience the 2 minutes of silence in the Concertgebouw via a livestream from Dam Square. With music as a universal language, we commemorate those who gave their lives for freedom and peace. After the 2 minutes of silence, the idiosyncratic Dutch pop artist Spinvis, together with the young Academicians of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, will let music speak. This is more than a concert: an ode to memory, resilience and freedom.

Pllek

Liberation Day | PLLEK 2025

On May 5th we celebrate freedom together with a special Freedom Meal at Pllek. At long tables we share stories, enjoy live music and listen to an inspiring Freedom Talk from our speaker. For only €9.50 you can join us for a tasteful three-course lunch.

Bijlmer Parktheater

Bekijk hoe het Bijlmer Parktheater een bezoek voor mensen met een beperking of handicap toegankelijk maakt.

https://bijlmerparktheater.nl/nl/bereikbaarheid

5 May Liberation Day: Liberation debate & freedom meal Nusantara Foundation

Since its inception on April 26, 2006, the Nusantara Foundation, also known as Nusantara-Amsterdam, has organized activities in the context of commemorations as well as celebrations of freedom. Many Amsterdammers, of various origins and beliefs, come to the activities and events that are organized independently and in collaboration with various partners.

Q-Factory

Q-Factory Bevrijdingsfestival

https://q-factory-amsterdam.nl/pagina/info

Q-Factory Liberation Festival

Mell VF, Jett Rebel and De Niemanders. You can hardly imagine a more beautiful and diverse line-up to celebrate 80 years of freedom with on May 5th in Q-Factory, Amsterdam.

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Olga Zuiderhoek en Gerard Bouwhuis

Bekijk hoe het Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ een bezoek voor mensen met een beperking of handicap toegankelijk maakt.

https://www.muziekgebouw.nl/nl/pQoZVUw/je-bezoek/toegankelijkheid

5 May Liberation Day - But whatever happens there is music - in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Total theatre on 5 square metres, by Olga Zuiderhoek + Gerard Bouwhuis. Text, music and images, often funny, sometimes devastatingly sad, but in any case: there is music! Gerard plays and Olga explains why. 'The 20th century has 2 world wars, I missed them both, how lucky can you be.'

EMA Building

European Medicines Agency (EMA) open day

EMA welcomes you to their Open Door Day on 9 May on the occasion of their 30th anniversary, and the 750th anniversary of Amsterdam. Participants will visit different parts of the EMA building in Amsterdam (Zuidas) and hear how EMA staff and experts from across Europe work together to ensure that medicines are safe and effective for people and animals in the EU.

Flevopark

TAPT Festival Amsterdam East

It's that time again... TAPT Festival - Amsterdam East! Started 10 years ago as a specialty beer festival in one city, and now grown into THE Borrelfestival of the Netherlands in 12 cities, including in the Flevopark. TAPT Festival is now much more than just beer, it guarantees one big party where you can dance, laugh and enjoy. 10 years of TAPT is not something you celebrate small, but is an extra reason to go big! Gather your drinking buddies and make sure you're there!

KNRM reddingstation

Reddingbootdag

Theater De Richel

Themaonthulling Drift 2025

Theatre The Richel

Wijsgerig Festival Drift

Drift is an annual philosophical festival in Amsterdam. Organized by a changing group of students, Drift hopes to surprise visitors every year and bring philosophy closer to a broad audience. Drift is a unique combination of philosophy and culture. This year the festival will take place in Theater De Richel

't Zonnehuis

Ode to Mokum (55+ Song Contest) - Round 1 - 't Zonnehuis

Amsterdam exists for 750 years, and this will be celebrated with a special edition of the Elderly Song Contest. Every person over age 55 can participate as a soloist, a duo, or a trio. The participant chooses the song. Any genre is welcome, in any language. There is only one condition: the song must be about Amsterdam. You don't feel like competing? Come join the audience.

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