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Amsterdam is famous for its canals, its red light district and its coffeeshops, where one can buy and smoke cannabis! During The Cannabis Cup, which takes place annually in the city, all…
Middachten Christmas offers visitors a market for present ideas and plenty of seasonal decorations to marvel at. This thoroughly old-fashioned celebration at Middachten Castle also features a…
The annual Christmas Market brings seasonal cheer and festive goodies to the Rijnhal in Arnhem. A wide variety of stalls sell gifts and decorations, while local choirs serenade shoppers with…
During Gouda by Candlelight the beautiful Gothic Town Hall on Gouda's Market Square is illuminated by candles. The surrounding buildings are lit with twinkling Christmas trees and fairy lights…
Deventer's seasonal Christmas Market takes place in the city's impressive Lebuinuskerk, offering a host of gift ideas. The market coincides with a Dickens Festival, featuring various…
Fluweelengrot Christmas Market
Christmas markets often look the same from one town to the next, but not in Valkenburg - the Fluweelengrot Christmas Market takes place underneath the town's ruined castle. Cosy market stalls…
Christmas markets often look the same from one town to the next, but not in Valkenburg. The Gemeentegrot Christmas Market takes place under the town in old caves that have existed since the…
Concertgebouw Christmas Matinée
The Royal Concertgebouw performs a Christmas matinée concert in the famous hall in Amsterdam after which it is named. Chief conductor Mariss Jansons invites world-famous soloists to attend…
Get ready to party and ring in the New Year in style at Boom Chicago comedy club's annual costumed bash. Held at Amsterdam's Leidseplein Theater, the 2009 theme is Mad Sixties, inspired by the…
Winterland Maastricht, on the Vrijthof, incorporates a huge ice rink, a fairground, theatre productions, live music and a Christmas market. Mulled wine, hot chocolate and pancakes in the…
Centred in Maastricht and the southern province of Limburg, the annual carnival celebrations shake off the winter blues with a variety of festivities.
The Holland Flowers Festival is the Netherlands' principal bulbous plants and flowers show and takes place at The Greenery in Zwaagdjik-Oost. Floral arrangements of hundreds of varieties of…
The Stille Omgang silent procession passes through the streets of Amsterdam every March. It follows the road that pilgrims have used for centuries, Heiligeweg (Holy Way), beginning and ending…
Every year on 1 April, the town of Brielle celebrates its revolt against Spanish rule in 1572, in a celebration known as Feest Brielle. Families dress in 16th-century costume and re-enact the…
During the annual National Museum Weekend, more than 450 major museums in the Netherlands are open free of charge, or at least at a discount. Many also present special events and performances.
Such is their love for Queen Beatrix that the people of The Hague go to town on Queen's Night, with a mammoth free music festival and parties everywhere. Around 250,000 people enjoy the live…
Queen's Day celebrates the birthday of the former Queen Juliana and is one of the largest, most vibrant celebrations in the Dutch calendar. Flags fly, music pumps and millions take to the…
Throughout the Netherlands the Dutch celebrate Queen's Day, actually the Queen Mother's birthday, with a national party. Amsterdam crowds dressed in orange enjoy citywide open-air festivities…
Remembrance Day and Liberation Day
The Netherlands has its own way of commemorating the Second World War and celebrating the country's liberation from five years of occupation. Unlike most countries, it sets aside two days to…
Over 600 of Holland's 1000 windmills fly a blue pennant each year to welcome visitors on National Windmill Day. The two-day event is a chance to visit Amsterdam's working mills, which date…
