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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…
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…
The Christmas Circus at Rotterdam's Ahoy delights the crowds every year with clowns, trapeze artists, contortionists, jugglers, acrobats and animals. The Circus includes a self-service…
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.
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.
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…
Held every year as part of the Queen's Day celebrations, Vrijmarkt (which means free market) is a massive open-air car boot sale that sprawls across Amsterdam's city centre. It allows people…
The Art of Survival at Amsterdam's Tropical Museum focuses on the Marron people of Suriname. With over 700 artefacts including woodwork and hip-hop tracks, the exhibition looks at the survival…
Set in 77 acres of wooded park in Lisse, Keukenhof are some of the world's most spectacular flower gardens. Established in 1949 as a showcase for Dutch bulb-growers, every spring more than…
The annual Dunya Festival in Rotterdam offers a wealth of arts and culture from around the globe. Approximately 200,000 people enjoy a day of action-packed fun in the open air near Rotterdam's…
International Sand Sculpture Festival
Building sandcastles enters a new realm at the International Sand Sculpture Festival on Scheveningen Beach in The Hague. National and international teams participate with past subject matters…
Scheveningen Flag Day (Vlaggetjesdag)
The Dutch love their herring so much that they devote a day each year to celebrating the first big catches - Scheveningen Flag Day! The coast and harbour at Scheveningen fill with a hungry…
De Parade is a travelling festival which moves from city to city in the Netherlands each summer. Here the fun comes to The Hague's Westbroekpark, with performances in clusters of tents during…
Celebrating the diverse cultural landscape of Amsterdam, the annual Torentijd Festival is held on the open square between the Golden Lion and Groenhoven Tower. It features dance, music and…
The Boulevard Theatre Festival attracts around 35,000 visitors to the medieval town of 's-Hertogenbosch. The event has built itself a reputation as one of the best theatre festivals in the…
Scheveningen International Fireworks Festival
Enjoy three nights of "ooohhing" and "aaahhing" during the annual Scheveningen International Fireworks Festival held at the Van der Valk Pier in Scheveningen, orchestrated by teams from all…
The Vondelpark Summer festival features free theatre, cabaret, concerts, dance and entertainment and is suitable for all ages. It is held in Amsterdam's largest green space, Vondelpark, and…
Ballooning experts convene every year at the Breda Balloon Fiesta. More than 35 balloons take off from the festival site and the aerial displays include parachute jumping, kite flying and mini…
The annual Flower Parade is the climax of the corso festival week in Vollenhoeve, Overijssel. It's a grand spectacle with all sorts of entertainment and floats decorated with countless…