sensory

Provisions for people who require low sensory environments

ear-deaf

Provisions for people who are deaf or hard of hearing

visualy-impaired (1)

Provisions for people who are blind or partially sighted

wheelchair

Provisions for people with reduced mobility

universal-access

General accessibility provisions

Low stimulus hours

sunflower

Hidden disability Sunflower Keycord recognised here

sensory-free-room (1)

Low stimulus area

open-captioning

Open captioning

closed-captioning

Closed captioning

hands-asl-interpreting

Sign language interpretation provided

hearing-loop

Hearing loop (t-coil or headphones)

braille

Material in Braille

font-case

Accessible print (18pt. or larger)

audio-description

Audio description

person-walking-with-cane

Guide lines and floor markings

mobile-payment (1)

Mobile payment

wheelchair-toilet

Wheelchair-friendly restroom

barrier-free

Barrier-free building and passageways that are sufficiently wide

staircase

Stairs with handrail

wheelchair-lift

Accessible lift

seamless-access (1)

Barrier-free access and steps accompanied by ramp

sensory-experience

Sensory experience

person-seat

Rest areas

guide

Personal assistant

dog-leashed

Service dog allowed

accessible-building

Accessible building

City Card benefits

With kids

Free

Accessibility

Neighbourhoods

Amsterdam Area

LGBTQI+

Amsterdam 750

Amsterdam's cultural agenda

Festivals and events

Festivals

Melkweg

https://www.melkweg.nl/nl/bezoekersinfo/toegankelijkheid/

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

Kaynaş Club - Melkweg

Step into the boundless world of Kaynaş Club on Saturday, 3 February! It will be a night dedicated to psychedelic music.

Westerunie

De Grote Amsterdam Quiz - finale

The final of De Grote Amsterdam Quiz will take place on October 27. On the city's 749th anniversary, teams compete for victory. These teams won a preliminary round at one of the locations in the city at the beginning of October. Please note: the starting time and location mentioned are subject to change; the exact information about this will be known in the course of 2024. Also, not al locations offer English versions/subtitles.

Aalsmeer Flower Festival

The village of Aalsmeer, just southwest of Amsterdam, hosts its annual flower festival in June. During a colourful weekend, flowers and plants will be centre stage, accompanied by music, street theatre and tasty refreshments.

NDSM-werf

NDSM Wharf

Over het IJ Festival at the NDSM-wharf

In July 2024, the 32nd edition of the Over het IJ location theater festival will take place at the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam-Noord. This year, the focus is even more than previous editions on the new generation of theater makers, research and experiment and the role of Over het IJ as a national breeding ground for urban location theater. This edition of Over het IJ Festival focuses on the stories of the land - of Amsterdam-Noord and of the city - and who must, or may, tell them.

Homomonument

Koningsdag Homomonument

King's Day Homomonument

On 27 April 2024, the Homomonument will be taken over again by hundreds of LGBTQI+ party people! The Homomonument Foundation, a non-profit organization, organizes the city's queerest open-air King's Day festival. Will you be present at this historical moment?

Bernie's Beach Club

Luminosity Beach Festival

Luminosity Beach Festival 2024 will be held during the final weekend of June at the beach.  Head over to the shores of Zandvoort for this annual beach festival. Four days of pure trance are on the cards as major international acts and up-and-coming talents take to the decks at the Luminosity Beach Festival. Location: Beachclub Bernies, Zandvoort.

De FilmHallen

De Filmhallen

Imagine Film Festival

The Imagine festival menu is once again richly filled with the best of fantastic film. From sexy vampires to nasty old people and lost chancellors, from feverish visions of the future to goose-throat dramas and everything in between. Imagine, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, takes place from October 24 to November 3 in the FilmHallen Amsterdam, LAB111 and Galerie Beeldend Gesproken.

H'ART Museum

Federica Lorusso

Anna Sollewijn Gelpke

Eddy De Clercq

Laurita Oleinikova

Egor Tokarev Trio

https://hermitage.nl/nl/plan-uw-bezoek/veelgestelde-vragen/

Jazz@ H’ART Museum

The ninth edition of Jazz@H’ART Museum is here! Settle down in our sunny courtyard garden and enjoy live jazz performances by talented jazz musicians from the Amsterdam Conservatory and presented by DJ Von Rosenthal. Together, they will create intimate and swinging evenings.

Diverse Locaties / Various locations

Op de Nieuwe Brug, G.H. Breitner

Jan Sluijter

Oriental art

Amsterdam Art & Antiques Week

Amsterdam Art & Antiques Week is actually expanding to fill up a full week! The antique dealers and galleries in Amsterdam’s Spiegelkwartier flaunt their glorious wares when they welcome antique lovers to two special (annual) open days every September. Amsterdam Art & Antiques Week will hopefully return in 2024. PLEASE NOTE: Listed dates and starting times for 2024 are subject to change.

Westergas

UNSEEN VIPS

Hi_The Passvie Backdrop To Human Theater I, Karongi, Rwanda copy

PEYMAN HOOSHMANDZADEH - I TRY TO BE LEFT-HANDED - 2020 - 16X24.7 CM

Gashouder

Unseen Amsterdam

The last edition of Unseen Photo Fair took place in Cultuurpark Westergas and will return in 2024 for a new edition. This art fair, dedicated to the latest developments in contemporary photography, has been regarded as progressive, international and of institutional quality since its first edition.

Diverse Locaties / Various locations grachten van Amsterdam

Grachtenrace Amsterdam

Canal Race Amsterdam will return in 2024. The Canal Race is an annual sloop race of almost 23 kilometers on the canals of Amsterdam. Sloop rowing is almost as old as Amsterdam itself. The Canal Race Amsterdam can boast a history that goes back to 1951. In that year, the first canal tour was organized in which sloops sailed over the canals. This unique race through the Amsterdam city center returns to the city every year in October.

Wilhelmina Huiskamerfestival

WHF - foto Co de Kruijf

Dafne-Remi-Sabien

Kirsten van Teijn

Theo Nijland

Lebbis

Merol

Huiskamerfestival Amsterdam

Huiskamerfestival Amsterdam has been a household name in the city for more than 17 years. Started as the Wilhelmina Huiskamerfestival, the festival has expanded in recent years with performances in various city districts. The starting point has always remained the same: organizing a small-scale theater festival where professional artists try out new material. As a visitor you see three performances of 30 minutes each. Young talents play the stars of heaven, but experienced comedians, theater makers and musicians also perform.

AV Atos, Sportpark Elzenhagen

Louis Vinkloop

Organised by the AV Atos athletics association, the Louis Vinkloop in Amsterdam Noord is the second event in the Rondje Mokum (Amsterdam Circuit) programme of running competitions.

Challenge Almere-Amsterdam

Fietsen tijdens de Challenge Almere Amsterdam

Camille Deligny winnares Challenge Almere Amsterdam

Jan Raphael winnaar Challenge Almere Amsterdam 2016

In September Almere goes triathlon crazy as Challenge Almere-Amsterdam brings an enormous range of events to the city a short trip to the east of Amsterdam.

Olympisch Stadion Amsterdam

Olympic Stadium Amsterdam

Cinema Grandioso: Mamma Mia sing-along show

On the last Friday of August, it's time for a unique sing-along spectacle in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. You're invited to sing along with your friends to ABBA's greatest hits during a special screening of the film: Mamma Mia!

NDSM Loods

Amsterdam Tattoo Convention

Over 300 tattoo artists from all corners of the world will come to enrich Amsterdam with their creative talent. The NDSM Loods in Amsterdam, at NDSM plein 85, will be transformed into a cultural event where art, expression and individuality will be celebrated in their most daring form!