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Crossing Border Festival

18 - 21 Nov 2009 (annual)

A huge literature, music and visual arts event, Holland's Crossing Border Festival presents an inspired mix of writers, musicians and performers. More than 80 acts appear at the Royal Theatre…

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Franz Ferdinand. Courtesy of SJM Concerts

Franz Ferdinand

22 Nov 2009

Arch funksters Franz Ferdinand head out on an extensive tour on the back of their latest album, Tonight. This date sees them bring their spiky guitars and dance beats to Amsterdam's Heineken…

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Charlotte Dumas - Paradis

22 Sep - 22 Nov 2009

Dutch photographer Charlotte Dumas takes traditional, yet unique, portraits of animals. Paradis, at the Amsterdam Photography Museum, brings together many of the artist's serene, intimate…

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Marijuana

The Cannabis Cup

22 - 26 Nov 2009 (annual)

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…

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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Courtesy of IDFA Communication

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

19 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam annually screens 250 documentaries from around the world at Pathé de Munt and Pathé Tuschinski, making it the largest documentary festival…

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Gerrit van Honthorst (1592-1656), De boetvaardige Petrus. Courtesy of pAn Amsterdam

pAn Amsterdam

22 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)

The leading national art and antiques fair in the Low Countries, pAn Amsterdam proffers valuable art and antiques for inspection and purchase at the Amsterdam RAI. Dealers present an…

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Greetings From... Historical Postcards of Illnesses and Treatments

3 Jul - 29 Nov 2009

Amsterdam's Tropical Museum explores Western fascination with the exotic and aberrant with Greetings From. The exhibit showcases postcards from the early 20th century relating to illness from…

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Depeche Mode. Courtesy of Live Nation

Depeche Mode

30 Nov 2009

Doom-laden synth-rock gods Depeche Mode are on an extensive tour in support of latest album, Sounds of the Universe. This date is at Rotterdam's Ahoy.

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© Diana Blok. Courtesy of Melkweg

See Through Us Diana Blok

5 Nov - 6 Dec 2009; not Mon or Tue

Diana Blok is a photographer concerned with issues regarding sexual identity. In See Through Us at Amsterdam's Melkweg she narrates the complexity of having a homosexual identity in Istanbul.…

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PRUNE - Abstracting Reality

18 Sep - 9 Dec 2009

In contemporary photography there is often a thin line between reality and abstraction. With works from artists such as Julian Faulhaber and Lisa Oppenheim, PRUNE, at the Amsterdam Photography…

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Sanne Sannes - Darkness & Light

30 Oct - 13 Dec 2009

Grainy, erotic portraits were the trademark of talented Dutch photographer Sanne Sannes (1937-1967). Darkness & Light, held at the Amsterdam Photography Museum, celebrates the artist with a…

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Middachten Christmas

8 - 13 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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Christmas Market

11 - 13 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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Millionaire Fair Amsterdam

10 - 14 Dec 2009 (annual)

Join the wealthy and the successful at the Millionaire Fair Amsterdam held at the Amsterdam RAI. Sip champagne and enjoy exquisite nibbles as you browse the most luxurious products available…

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Gouda illuminated by candles

Gouda by Candlelight

15 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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Christmas Market

17 - 19 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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Photo by Hans Hoffman, courtesy of VVV Zuid-Limburg

Fluweelengrot Christmas Market

20 Nov - 22 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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Photo courtesy of VVV Zuid-Limburg

Gemeentegrot Christmas Market

20 Nov - 23 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor. Photo by Sheila Rock, courtesy of EMI

Concertgebouw Christmas Matinée

25 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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Circus Festival. Courtesy of International Circus Festival

International Circus Festival

18 - 27 Dec 2009 (annual)

The annual International Circus Festival brings performers from all over the world to the Volkspark in Enschede. Clowns, acrobats, trapeze artists, contortionists, magicians and dancers…


Highlights

Franz Ferdinand

Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam

22 Nov 2009

The Cannabis Cup

Amsterdam

22 - 26 Nov 2009 (annual)

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Amsterdam

19 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)