The 75th annual Flower exhibition Keukenhof, opens on 21 March 2024. During the almost eight weeks it is run, over 1.4 million people from around the world will visit the exhibition. Keukenhof is the independent international showcase for the Dutch floriculture sector with an emphasis on flower bulbs. Its 75th anniversary festive season will featur...

The Royal Eise-Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Planetarium, the 12th UNESCO site in The Netherlands, is the oldest functioning planetarium in the world. Between 1774 and 1781, the Dutch amateur astronomer Eise Eisinga built a movable model of the solar system. To make it fit in his living room, Eisinga, ...

Known throughout the world for its fine ceramics, the Dutch city of Delft also has close ties with the Royal House of Orange and it was the home of Baroque period painter and "Master of Light", Johannes Vermeer, for his entire life. Born in 1632, Vermeer began his career in the early 1650s by painting large-scale biblical and mythological scenes, b...

The Netherlands Photo Museum, now reopened, has historical, social and cultural images from the 20th and 21st centuries. Dedicated to photography in the widest sense of the word, visitors can view the special exhibitions, take a look around in the collection, listen to the stories behind the photographs and relax in the film lounge. The Museum pres...

14 April to 9 October 2022 The Floriade Expo is an international horticultural 'expo' staged for six months every 10 years. It offers 40 inspiring country presentations, a spectacular greenhouse complex, a cable car over the Floriade park, pavilions with sustainable innovations and an arts and culture programme. During the Floriade, the Dutch horti...

Amsterdam & Partners have produced the Sounds of Amsterdam, a series of audio tours that offer 'typically Amsterdam street noise, melodies, voices, loudness and our silence'. The audio tours take in : the Plantage quarters, home to Artis Zoo and the city's botanical gardensthe ferry across the River IJ and Amsterdam North, andthe swinging sound...