Festivals

Amsterdam boasts a truly unique array of cultural events surpassing everything one would expect in terms of quality as well as quantity of a city with a population under 800,000. With some 40 museums and 1,600 performances and concerts taking place every month in inumerable theatres and concert halls, art and culture are omnipresent - in churches, former factories and warehouses...even on the grachten (canals)!

Het Muziektheater

The Het Muziektheater opera building was designed by the Austrian architect Wilhelm Holzbauer, and opened in 1986. It is home to "Het Muziektheater Ballet" and to "De Nederlandse Opera". The programme features the very best of music, theater, ballet and dance performed by the two in-house companies as well as international guest ensembles.

Het Concertgebouw

This concert hall is home to the world-famous Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest. Regular concerts by Concertgebouworkest cover all areas of music from Bach to Stockhausen. Other reknowned orchestras or newcomer ensembles, local stars and international youth orchestras give guest performances.

Holland Festival June 3 - 26, 2000

The annual festival, which takes place in June, is the most famous performing arts festival in the Netherlands and enjoys international recognition. Unlike other great European festivals, it concentrates on the avant-garde and this is why it is so attractive and so special. The Holland Festival has, for over 50 years, presented music, theatre, opera, dance, performances and visual art, with about 35 productions and more than 80 events yearly.

Amsterdam Culture and Leisure Pass

It includes 31 vouchers which provide free admisson to the most important museums as the Rijkmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum and Het Rembrandthuis. It also offers reductions on many of the sites, restaurants and a free trip on the canals.