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PARK LIFE

FROM HIPPY CAMP TO AL-FRESCO THEATRE, AMSTERDAM’S 30 MUNICIPAL PARKS ARE YOUR PERFECT SUMMER ESCAPE.

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P.06 WHAT’S NEW?

City confidential: exciting new Amsterdam initiatives, events and venues – including your Top 5 must-do things this issue.

P.10 UP CLOSE The city in focus: summer in the city means heading to one of Amsterdam’s many parks.

P.17 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Classical music on the canals at Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, plus our critics’ picks of the best exhibitions, concerts and events.

P.31 EAT, DRINK & CHIC Neighbourhood watch: Museum Quarter; plus the hottest new shops, the tastiest food trends and our selection of the best restaurants and cafés, old and new.

P.64 CLOSING Get out of town with our excursion tips; once upon a time in Amsterdam; top tips from visitors on the way out; colophon.

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If you lived on a park in Amsterdam like I do, you would know that it is no exaggeration to state that in the summer, Amsterdam parks are the most intensely used stretches of green in all the world.

As soon as the sun comes out, we head to the park. Women immediately strip down to their underwear; men wear nothing more than shorts, revealing milky white bellies with indifference if not pride.

Everybody drinks rosé – which is never consumed anywhere but in a park. And miraculously, like clockwork, an entire army of bongo drummers comes out of the bush to bang out their mind-numbingly tedious beat from dusk till dawn.

Despite all this, the parks are a hugely attractive place to be. Some, like the Amstelpark, offer train and boat rides for kids; others have fantastic restaurants, open-air theatres or music stages with free concerts all summer long. Still more have free public swimming lakes and paddling pools, fantastic petting farms like goat farm Ridammerhoeve in the park that is so big we call it a forest (Amsterdamse Bos).

If you spend only one or two days in the city, be sure not to miss the first and foremost of the Amsterdam parks, the Vondelpark.

Envisaged in 1864 – and thus 150 years old this year – as a park with an edifying and social purpose, the funds raised from citizens in an early form of crowdfunding, it grew to be the most urban of all European parks. The large lawn that is now home to several boot-camp groups once had cows grazing on it and a dairy farm. The population of ring-necked parakeets have been around since 1865 and were at one time (1880) so numerous that hunters were allowed to shoot them in great numbers.

Read our story on Amsterdam parks starting from page 10. Or better still, go there first and then read it. There’s no better place to park your bum than in an Amsterdam park.

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All the latest cultural news plus the fresh new initiatives, events and venues making Amsterdam the place to be.

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‘AMSTERDAM, I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO IN LOVE WITH A CITY IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.’ AMERICAN DESIGNER JAC VANEK DEMONSTRATES EXQUISITE TASTE.

text Mark Smith

WET-LOOK JEANS BOLT FROM THE BLUE Amsterdam’s picturesque canals reveal their dark secrets in Lonely Graves, the Amsterdam-set thriller that promises to be this city’s answer to all that Scandinavian noir. The title of the novel by writing duo Britta Bolt refers to a real-life Amsterdam organisation that exists to ensure that anonymous corpses found within the city limits are properly mourned, and the action begins when just such a body is fished out of the stately Prinsengracht. The Britta Bolt writing partnership was born when human-rights lawyer Britta Böhler felt compelled to turn her past experiences into a novel. Amsterdam-based Rodney Bolt dreamed of doing the same. Soon afterwards, they teamed up to write a crime series that’s already been optioned by a UK television production company. www.mulhollandbooks.co.uk

As if his contribution to international levels of felicity and call-centre hold music weren’t enough, ‘Happy’ composer Pharrell Williams can now add helming a sustainable fashion line to his considerable accomplishments, thanks to a new collaboration with Amsterdam-based denim brand G-Star RAW. The singer, producer and songwriter has lent his support to RAW For The Oceans, an initiative that recycles plastic bottles found in the sea into pairs of jeans. The collection, available worldwide from 15 August, is made from a blend of materials – among them recycled plastic PET taken from the oceans, and cotton – that’s been developed by Bionic Yarn, a sustainable textiles firm of which Williams is creative director.

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END OF THE LINE Hotel de Hallen, a hip new hotel in a former tram depot in Oud-West, has eclectic interiors, predictably industrial proportions and a huge alfresco terrace sure to become a locals’ hangout. Architect Andre van Stigt has retained many original features, and created a relaxed, understated interior in keeping with the laid-back neighbourhood.

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THAT’S THE SPIRIT The Dutch liqueurs group Lucas Bols is celebrating the 350th anniversary of its iconic Bols Genever by moving its distillation from the city of Zoetermeer in South Holland back to Amsterdam, where the spirit was born.

‘With this distillery, the craftsmanship of distilling will be safeguarded for the city of Amsterdam for many more years to come,’ says Lucas Bols CEO Huub van Doorne. www.bolsgenever.com

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‘AMSTERDAM HAS MORE THAN 150 CANALS AND 1,250 BRIDGES, BUT IT NEVER SEEMS CROWDED, NOR BENT AND BITTER FROM FLEECING THE TOURIST.’

‘CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HOW GOOGLE’S SELF-DRIVING CAR DEALS WITH INTERSECTIONS IN AMSTERDAM MUCH LESS SAIGON.’

BRITISH WRITER JULIE BURCHILL, WHO VERY RARELY SAYS ANYTHING NICE.

SILICON VALLEY PUNDIT LUKE WROBLEWSKI HAS HIS DOUBTS.

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GRAND MASTER FLASH Rembrandt’s painting ‘The Night Watch’ is such a draw that even Barack Obama couldn’t resist swinging by the Rijksmuseum during his 90-minute flying visit to Amsterdam earlier this year. Now, fastidious art lovers can raise a glass to the masterpiece in the room where it was painted. Situated next door to the Doelen Hotel, Swych is a pop-up cocktail bar that’ll run all summer long in Rembrandt’s former studio.

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Next time you’re passing through Schiphol, take a closer look at that table of business travellers staring intently at their smartphones.

That beaded brow may have little to do with deadlines and sales targets, and everything to do with the airport’s bike-powered phone-charging stations, which can fully revive a juiced-out device with just half an hour of pedalling.

The WeBike, which surely puts Amsterdam’s airport in the fast lane when it comes to renewable energy, is the brainchild of a Belgian company called WeWatt, whose founders were concerned about our increasingly sedentary lifestyles. A bank of the ingenious devices can be found in Lounge 1 of Schiphol’s Airport Park. www.wewatt.be

BRICK OF ALL RIGHT Anyone who’s ever looked at the masterpiece ‘Girl With A Pearl Earring’ and wondered what that painting’s enigmatic subject would look like recreated in LEGO® bricks need look no further than Amsterdam Expo this summer. The exhibition The Art of the Brick consists of 75 works of art painstakingly crafted from more than a million LEGO® bricks by the American artist Nathan Sawaya. Many of the works are human figures (the keen-eyed will recognise the yellow sculpture on the exhibition’s poster from a recent Lady Gaga video) but there’s also a six-metre T-Rex skeleton constructed from over 80,000 bricks and another plastic pastiche of a well-known landscape, the original of which can be found in the Van Gogh Museum.

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CULTURE CLUB: SALON AMSTERDAM LINKS ‘HIGH POTENTIAL, INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES’ WITH THEIR DUTCH COUNTERPARTS FOR QUARTERLY NETWORKING EVENTS.

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‘DEMONSTRATION AGAINST GAY-PRIDE IN RUSSIAN CITY OF KOSTROMA. INCLUDING A SIGN THAT SAYS “KOSTROMA IS NOT AMSTERDAM”. ’

SEE WWW.AMSTERDAMSALON.ORG FOR DETAILS AND TO JOIN.

RUSSIAN OLAF KOENS DOCUMENTS A TALE OF TWO CITIES.

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A German museum is displaying what it calls a ‘living copy’ of Vincent van Gogh’s lost ear, created with the participation of one of the artist’s living relatives. Lieuwe van Gogh (great grandson of Vincent’s brother Theo and the son of murdered filmmaker Theo van Gogh) provided DNA samples so that the Centre for Art and Media Technology in Karlsruhe could grow the appendage on the back of a mouse. www.zkm.de

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If you only do one thing in Amsterdam, make it one of our top picks of must-do events, exhibitions, museums, music and more this issue.

1 SHOW YOUR (RAINBOW) COLOURS Out, loud and fabulously proud, Amsterdam Gay Pride is an epic celebration of the city’s dedication to equality for the gay, lesbian and transgender communities, culminating in the riotously colourful Canal Parade.

26 July-3 August Various locations www.amsterdamgaypride.nl.

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From fantastical taxidermy hybrids to glass models of secret underwater worlds, things get delightfully freaky for de Appel’s latest exhibition, Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing.

Amsterdam’s annual Grachtenfestival takes classical music out of the confines of the concert hall and presents it amid the city’s iconic waterways.

Until 14 September de Appel, Prins Hendrikkade 142 www.deappel.nl

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3 GO FOUR-TO-THEFLOOR Festival season is here, and EDM rules in Amsterdam.

We’re here to help you sort the beats from the chaff, with the best of the season’s offerings for beats and bass.

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5 SEIZE THE NIGHT Get outside for future cult classics under the stars, at Pluk de Nacht Open Air Film Festival.

6-16 August Het Stenen Hoofd www.plukdenacht.nl

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‘I’M SCARED OF AUDIENCES. ONE SHOW IN AMSTERDAM I WAS SO NERVOUS, I ESCAPED OUT THE FIRE EXIT.’ ADELE RECALLS A NOT-SO-SUCCESSFUL GIG.

THAT INKING FEELING HIGH STYLE The concept of a room with a view just got taken to a whole new level with the launch of Faralda, the luxury hotel that swings 50m over the skyline of Amsterdam-Noord, atop a crane at the former ship-building yard of NDSM. There are three suites available, the rate for which includes time in the development’s infamous airborne Jacuzzi.

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COINING IT IN Amsterdam has always been a pioneering centre for financial trade (the first stock exchange started here long before Wall Street) so it makes sense that the city should be an early adopter of the ATM for Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer payment system that’s been growing in popularity. Located in the courtyard next to the Hofje van Wijs café on Zeedijk, the machine distributes the digital currency via QR code, upon presentation of equivalent cash. As there’s a cap on the ‘minting’ of the currency, the only way to acquire Bitcoin is to buy it from somebody else, and it’s the brokering of this transaction that the ATM is facilitating. Its owners are obviously (ahem) banking that many of Amsterdam’s tourists will want to convert holiday Euros into Bitcoin at the end of their trip.

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An Amsterdam tattoo artist is making a name for himself by going freestyle on the skin of his (willing!) customers. South African-born Jay Freestyle, who operates from a studio in the Red Light District, says that his clients often instruct him to do as he pleases. ‘Give me a piece of your skin, and I will give you a part of my soul,’ says Jay. Judging by his Instagram (@JayFreestyle), his soul is very beautiful indeed.

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PARK LIFE

park life

As the Vondelpark turns 150, we explore the urban green spaces that form not just the lungs, but the beating heart of this city.

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DE PARADE Every summer, the small but perfectly formed Martin Luther Kingpark is ringfenced and strewn with party lights in honour of De Parade, a travelling theatre festival with a spontaneous, ragtag vibe and old-school carnival appeal. Locals descend en masse to imbibe litres of rosé, hang out under a canopy of trees, feast from an array of food trucks and catch a smorgasbord of quirky, small-scale performances. Those that are ‘language no problem’ are clearly signposted, with plenty of dance, music, magic and more (the Silent Disco is always a hilarious crowd-pleaser). All in all, it’s a family-friendly, in-tents experience.

8-24 August Martin Luther Kingpark www.deparade.nl

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From hippy camp to public employment programme and from gay cruising zone to alfresco theatre, Amsterdam’s 30 municipal parks are a vital part of the city. text Matt Farquharson highlights Danitscha van Zijverden

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here’s the stately Vondelpark with its summer programme of open-air theatre and the small-but-perfectly-formed Sarphatipark, an oasis of calm in the bustling, multicultural De Pijp neighbourhood. Then there’s the former gasworks-turned-cultural hotspot, Westerpark – not to mention the city’s oldest park, Wertheimpark, ‘gifted’ to the people of Amsterdam by Napoleon at their own expense in 1812. And of course there are the lesser-known green spaces, like the Siegerpark, a paradise for bees sandwiched between Sloterweg and the A4 motorway. In total there are some 30 municipal parks in Amsterdam today, and collectively they occupy 12 per cent of the densely populated city’s precious surface area. When the sun shines, they’re full of Amsterdammers staying out for the summer.

VONDEL MEMORIES ‘When I first came to Amsterdam in the 1970s, Vondelpark was the domain of hippies, backpackers and those who just wanted to camp for free,’ says Richard Tulloch, Australian travel writer and creator of kids’ TV show Bananas in Pyjamas.

‘There was this Turkish drummer who knew only one rhythm and I’d take my

yellow fiddle and jam along with other wannabe Bob Dylans.’

Then, the park was a place where ‘everything was possible and almost everything was allowed’, he says. KLM even advertised flights to the Netherlands from the US with the slogan ‘Fly KLM, sleep in the Vondelpark’.

But in 1975, the city stopped the camping because of the mountain of rubbish that was developing, and the hippies were cleared out.

‘The parks have had to become more regulated since those happy hippy days,’ says Tulloch. ‘Sunbathing is allowed, but nudity is not.’

But Vondelpark wasn’t always so prudish.

‘The Rose Garden was a notorious gay beat, where people strolled around with colour-coded handkerchiefs hanging from their back pockets. Which handkerchief you displayed and which pocket you dangled it from gave other strollers the clue to the sort of adventure you were up for,’ Tulloch recalls.

A 2008 clampdown by police has largely curtailed such al-fresco assignations, despite the efforts of Amsterdam Alderman Paul van Grieken.

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VONDELPARK The busiest and most famous of Amsterdam’s parks, Vondelpark has an abundance of ponds, lawns, gardens and winding footpaths that encourage visitors to explore – when they’re not imbibing at one of the several laid-back café terraces, that is. Of the latter, Vondelpark3 (www. unlimitedlabel.com), housed in the majestic former film museum, is one of the best, and perfect for people-watching. At the other end of the park you’ll find the more rustic Vondeltuin, conveniently located next to an enclosed playground so adults can relax while kids entertain themselves (www. devondeltuin.nl). Just outside the park’s boundaries is Ron’s Gastrobar, run by top chef Ron Blaauw who surrendered his Michelin star in order to create a more affordable menu (Sophialaan 55, www. rongastrobar.nl). At the other end of the culinary scale (and back inside the park) is the Kinderkookkafé, where kids do everything – from cooking to cleaning up (www.kinderkookkafe.nl). Also great for the wee ones – and also nearby – is the Electric Tram Museum, which offers rides on an oldfashioned tram that winds its way down to the Amsterdamse Bos (Amstelveenseweg 264, www.museum tramlijn.org).

PARK FRANKENDAEL Built as a manorial estate during the Golden Age to accommodate rich Amsterdammers escaping summer in the city, Park Frankendael is now a public park and a national monument. Inside, find Huize Frankendael, which houses Restaurant Merkelbach, with a beautiful garden and a top-flight menu (www.huizefrankendael. nl). Restaurant De Kas, meanwhile, is housed inside a historic greenhouse and serves the freshest food – much of it harvested from the on-site kitchen garden (www.restaurantdekas.nl). 

LET’S PLAY APP For the fidgety who get bored of peoplewatching, the Let’s Play App for iOS lists people nearby who are down for a game of five-a-side or a Frisbee match, and at what time they want to play. It’s a great way to get a workout and meet like-minded people. www.letsplay-app.com

13 residents,’ says councillor Paul Slettenhaar of Vondelpark. ‘We are very proud that the most famous park in the Netherlands has been here for 150 years.’

Many of Amsterdam’s greatest achievements have been led by its citizens. Entrepreneurial merchants created the Canal Belt, and the explosion of green spaces that began in the mid-1800s was largely the work of Amsterdammers themselves.

In 1864, partly inspired by New York’s Central Park, a group of wealthy Amsterdammers bought a plot of marshy land on what was then the outskirts of the city. It grew over the coming years, as more land was bought. The architect, Jan David Zocher, took his inspiration from the English landscape garden tradition, which did away with Versailles-style symmetry and pomp, in favour of a little pastoral idyll in the city: gentle undulations, wild flowers and lakes.

It is, says Slettenhaar, a ‘relaxed park where you can lay in the sun, skate, jog or have a drink in a café. And in the summer there are performances in the open-air theatre.’

At that theatre, you’re as likely to see the Dutch National Opera Society singing their hearts out, as hear a Mozart symphony or catch touring bands from across the world (www.openluchttheater.nl).

LIVE ATTRACTIONS But Vondelpark doesn’t have a monopoly on open-air amusement. Amsterdam is a city that likes its entertainment outdoors, and when the sun shines, barbecuers, picnickers, music-makers, idlers and sports enthusiasts quickly occupy every patch of green. And it is perhaps the live entertainment that makes these places special.

From the carnivalesque theatre festival De Parade in the Martin Luther Kingpark to the outrageous glam of Milkshake Festival in Westerpark or hip hop and world music events in Oosterpark, the summer months are when the parks come alive. Even the smaller plots like Beatrixpark or little green squares like Frederiksplein have been known to see impromptu performances by eager strummers and drummers.

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This hidden park is a lot less busy than the heavyweights, and may just be the greenest of them all. There’s the outdoor swimming pool Flevoparkbad (Zeeburgerdijk 630, www.flevoparkbad. com) to cool off in, and the distillery ’t Nieuwe Diep where you can sample the house-made genevers and grain wine on the sunny terrace by a lake (Flevopark 13, www.nwediep.nl). 

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IN THE 1970S, KLM ADVERTISED FLIGHTS TO THE NETHERLANDS FROM THE US WITH THE SLOGAN ‘FLY KLM, SLEEP IN THE VONDELPARK’.

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OOSTERPARK Cosily crowded on sunny days and surrounded by bars and restaurants, Oosterpark is worth leaving the Canal Ring for. On the east side of the park, Pata Negra serves superlative tapas (www.pata-negra.nl) or if slabs of meat and beer is more your thing, be sure to visit De Biertuin, where you can choose from some 40 specialty brews (www. debiertuin.nl). Sip coctails at Henry’s Bar (www.henrysbar. nl), join the after-work crowd at Bar Bukowski (www.barbukowski.nl) on the south-west corner or go dining and dancing in the old Hotel Arena – an old girls’ orphanage-turnedhotel and Paradiso-like club – on the north-west side. Also check out the Tropenmuseum, with its provocative exhibitions on non-Western cultures (Linneausstraat 2, www.tropenmuseum.nl). 

WESTERPARK Located on the site of a former gasworks, Westerpark is a creative hotspot, whose characteristic red-brick buildings now house restaurants, galleries, bars and a cinema.

This summer, Herbert Nouwens’ steel sculptures will be exhibited across the park (until 31 August) and cinema Het Ketelhuis hosts free outdoor film screenings on Saturday nights (26 July-30 August, www. ketelhuis.nl). Try the tagine at restaurant Raïneraï (www.rainarai.nl) or go for gin and tonics and seafood at Mossel and Gin (www. mosselengin.nl). A dinner and jazz concert at North Sea Jazz Club is the ultimate sultry summer evening (www.northseajazzclub. com), while those who prefer their music a little more four-to-the-floor should check out one of the many EDM festivals hosted here. Milkshake Festival (20 July, www.milk shakefestival.nl) has an especially fun lineup and nice vibe. 

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THE PEOPLE’S PARK To the south of the city, Amsterdam’s biggest outdoor draw, the vast Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Forest), was born of deepest gloom. Three times bigger than New York’s Central Park at around 1,000 hectares, it was created in the depression of the 1930s with two goals – to boost employment and create more green space – and led by architect Cornelis van Eesteren of Bauhaus acclaim. It gets around 4.5 million visitors a year, who come for the Bosbaan – a top-flight waterway for rowing, hosting the World Rowing Championships from 24 to 31 August – the swimming pools, the pancake house and goat farm. All these attractions owe their existence in part to the blood, sweat and tears of the 20,000 Amsterdammers who worked on the project between 1934 and 1940.

So whether you’re catching a fashion show while checking your emails via the free Wi-Fi at Westerpark, enjoying fresh hip-hop beats in Oosterpark or checking out the famous Picasso sculpture in Vondelpark, raise a plastic picnic glass to the wonder that is Amsterdam’s vibrant park life.

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Spend less time preparing your picnic and more time enjoying it with a picnic basket to go from this houseboat conveniently located close to both Ooster- and Wertheimparks. Options range from high tea (which includes a deliciously moreish Eton Mess) to a complete tapas basket with a meat and cheese platter, frittatas and marinated olives.

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Nieuwe Prinsengracht 86G www.picniccompanyamsterdam.com

15 PURE MARKT Every Sunday, local food producers gather in the park to sell their super-local, super-organic foodstuffs.

Buying straight from the makers means you can be sure of exactly what’s in the spelt cake you’re eating, or where those grilled ribs were sourced. Get a meal to go and sit down in the park or buy something yummy to take home from one of the 80-odd stalls, and when you’ve satisfied your appetite, there’s theatre and musical performances to enjoy, as well as a tiny merrygo-round for the little ones.

Park Frankendael 6 & 27 July, 3 & 31 August Amstelpark 13 & 20 July, 10 & 17 August www.puremarkt.nl

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SARPHATIPARK Sarphatipark isn’t just an attractive proposition because of its tinkling fountains and location just minutes from the bustling Albert Cuyp Market: it’s also the only park in the city where you can get pizza delivered. Order your pie of choice from Pink Flamingo Pizza (www.pinkflamingopizza. com), take your pink balloon to the park, and your meal will arrive shortly after, delivered by bike. Our top pick is the duck, goat’s cheese and apple variety. For drinks outside the park, Boca’s is the place to go (www.bar-bocas.nl). 

Amsterdam residents who live near Oosterpark, Noorderpark or Rembrandtpark can take a holiday in their own park when these green spaces are turned into neighbourhood campsites for a weekend. What better way to get to know your neighbours than over a beer and some barbeque?

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Oosterpark , Noorderpark 15-17 August www.debuurtcamping.nl

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Vincent van Gogh, Zelfportret met strohoed en schilderskiel / Self-portrait with straw hat and artist’s smock, 1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Stichting / Foundation)

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‘LIKE THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES OF THE 17TH CENTURY, WHICH MIXED SCIENCE AND ART, ANCIENT AND MODERN, REALITY AND FICTION, THIS EXHIBITION REFUSES TO CHOOSE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND PLEASURE.’

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GRACHTENFESTIVAL AMSTERDAM HIGHLIGHTS 13 QUESTIONS FILM NIGHTLIFE ESSENTIALS

GAY PRIDE Out, loud and fabulously proud, Amsterdam Gay Pride is an epic celebration of the city’s dedication to equality for the gay, lesbian and transgender communities. A rainbow of events takes place across town – from street parties and film fests to the infamous Drag Queen Olympics, where contestants compete in such disciplines as the Handbag Toss (heels mandatory).

The culmination is the riotously colourful Canal Parade along the Prinsengracht canal and Amstel River.

26 JULY-3 AUGUST Various locations www.amsterdamgaypride.nl

See what curator Brian Dillon is talking about, at Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing, in de Appel arts centre.

‘MY ANNE FRANK IS A CURIOUS, ACTIVE, ENTHUSIASTIC GIRL. SHE HAS AN ENORMOUS DRIVE TO LIVE AND TO SEE HER DREAMS COME TRUE.’ Catch Rosa da Silva in action, in ANNE, the new play about the young diarist’s life.

All Tone elgroep Amsterd am thea tre perform ances h ave English surtitles during A ugust.

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Amsterdam’s annual Grachtenfestival excels in taking classical music from the confines of the concert hall out amid the city’s iconic waterways.

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et to attract more than 60,000 visitors from the Netherlands and abroad this summer, Amsterdam’s annual Grachtenfestival is the seamless fusion of two Mokum specialities: the picturesque waterways that celebrated their 400th anniversary last year, and the city’s tradition of exquisite, innovative classical music-making. A ten-day celebration of ‘water music’, the festival goes well beyond the realms of Handel and his contemporaries, and even compels the secretive occupants of some of Amsterdam’s most exclusive canal-side residences to open

their doors for intimate oneoff concerts.

According to its programme director Mirjam Wijzenbeek, ‘the aim of the Grachtenfestival is to introduce classical music to a broad audience in unusual ways, allowing promising young performers to excel in extraordinary venues and affording them an opportunity to take their musical careers to the next level’.

She should know. An accomplished violinist in her own right, Wijzenbeek first came in contact with the festival as a performer, and cites her participation as a defining moment: ‘I really think that

the Grachtenfestival turns our city into the world’s most beautiful concert hall. The combination of repertoire and venues presents classical music at the very highest level in an easily accessible format, so it’s a unique experience for both visitors and musicians,’ she says.

FLIPPING OUT Aside from the increased prominence of jazz in line with Amsterdam’s status as Jazz World City 2014, the distinguishing factor of this 17th edition of Grachtenfestival Amsterdam is its theme: ‘Upside Down’. A topsy-turvy

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Providing a beautiful way to spend a balmy yet cultured summer evening, the Hortus Festival brings classical music to Amsterdam’s botanical gardens. This year’s 11th edition is a homage to Beethoven, who composed music in nature because it was a great source of inspiration for him. One of the highlights is the theatre concert by pianist Maarten van Veen and actor Abel de Vries, which tells the mysterious tale of the storied lock of the composer’s hair, which has been the subject of multiple scientific tests. Elsewhere, master pianist Ronald Brautigam will play highlights from Beethoven’s oeuvre, including the sixth symphony, or Pastoral Symphony.

23 July-31 August, De Hortus www.hortusfestival.nl

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ethos is being reflected in both the concert repertoire and the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam venues themselves, with concerts being held everywhere from a basement under a bridge to a venue 78 metres up in the air. Mozart’s old opera favourite Così fan tutte (pictured above right) is being turned on its head for a contemporary makeover and, for a special event entitled Toekomstmuziek (‘music of the future’), young musicians will perform atop the municipal vessels that are used to transport the bikes that have been dredged up from the canals. Elsewhere, the winner

of this year’s Nederlands Conservatorium Concours prize, an accordionist by the rather brilliant name of Vincent van Amsterdam, will perform deep underground in the tunnel of the soon-tobe-completed North/South metro line.

The festival’s most popular event by far is the trafficstopping Prinsengracht Concert (Saturday 23 August). Performed on a spectacular, specially-constructed floating pontoon against the backdrop of 17th-century canal houses on the stately Prinsengracht, the concert can be enjoyed for

free from canals, bridges and – of course – boats. Teaming up with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and acclaimed conductor Antonio Pappano, the Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja is set to have audiences (ahem) head over heels with a number of wellknown arias including ‘Nessun Dorma’ from Puccini’s Turandot. The orchestra will also be performing Tchaikovsky’s ever-spectacular 1812 Overture, which traditionally culminates with a simulation of canon fire. Like much of the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam programme, then, it’s explosive stuff.

Harking back to opera’s beginnings as courtly entertainment in Italy, the annual Opera in the Garden performances at Museum van Loon match the grandeur of the canal-house garden with fantastic music. For this tenth edition, Ivo Meinen has created a new chamber music composition for Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck’s Vom Fischer und seiner Frau. ‘The Fisherman and his Wife’ is based on a fairy tale by the brothers Grimm about a poor fisherman who catches an enchanted fish that grants the increasingly outrageous wishes of his greedy wife. After the opera, visitors can have drinks in the garden or tour the house.

20-24 August, Museum van Loon www.museumvanloon.nl

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A summer season of classical concerts, swinging jazz and lively pop at the Royal Concertgebouw, Robeco SummerNights typically features informal and accessible performances. Legendary Dutch band De Dijk kick off this year’s series and acclaimed soloists including Christian Zacharias, Simon Trpčeski and Simone Lamsma (pictured) are all on the line-up. Ensembles will be flying in from as far away as Melbourne and Toronto to perform and music lovers can also expect unique collaborations, such as Ronald Brautigam and Isabelle van Keulen sharing the SummerNights stage. Also look out for two SummerNights at the Movies and family favourite Disney in Concert.

Until 31 August, Royal Concertgebouw www.concertgebouw.nl

jazz meets classic meets pop meets you in The Concertgebouw

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EXPEDITION SILK ROAD Until 5 September

This major exhibition provides a glimpse into the long-lost civilisations that flourished along the legendary Silk Road – a 4,000 mile trading and cultural transmission route running through Asia. The exhibition features 250 exceptional objects drawn from the museum’s collection including murals, Buddhas, precious silks, silver, glass, gold and terracotta.

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The National Maritime Museum takes visitors on a journey with the maps and atlases that for ever changed how we see the world. Produced between 1482 and 1665, these maps are unique historical documents, and a feast for the eye with their rich decorations. A dedicated website shows how Amsterdam looked during the Golden Age (atlassen.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/en/).

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Curiouser and curiouser

From fantastical taxidermy hybrids to glass models of secret underwater worlds and an overstuffed walrus, things get delightfully freaky for de Appel’s latest exhibition, Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing. text Megan Roberts

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ike its predecessor the Renaissance Wunderkammer, created to house the natural and artificial discoveries that epitomised that age, the modern museum bears testament to man’s indomitable curiosity.

On tour from England’s Turner Contemporary gallery and curated by New York quarterly of art and culture Curiosity magazine, Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing, now on show at de Appel arts centre, is a celebration of that inquisitiveness, and it is as strange as one could hope.

Witty and wondrous, the eclectic assortment of objets that comprises the exhibition is at times sublime (see Thomas Grünfeld’s taxidermy penguin that tapers to an iridescent peacock’s head, pictured) and at times comes close to the ridiculous (that bloated old walrus, whose skin was stretched sausage-tight by an inept Victorian taxidermist ignorant of the creature’s natural wrinkles).

Elsewhere there are sketches of puzzles by Leonardo da Vinci, ornithological watercolours by Turner, historical artefacts and works by modern artists. Seven Rolodexes contain the business cards of contractors hired by the US nuclear weapons facility at Los Alamos at the height of the Cold War; an Antarctic king penguin, brought back

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IMAGINING AQUATIC WORLDS Working in the late 19th century, German father and son Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka made incredibly detailed glass models of aquatic creatures for museums of natural history in Europe and beyond. So astonishing was the quality of these creations, that they continue to be exhibited around the world as though they were the real thing. Driven by science, the Blaschkas inadvertently created beautiful art and also contributed to a mythical underwater world – which is mirrored elsewhere in the exhibition in Aurélien Froment’s recent film of a billowing jellyfish that defies classification.

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A showcase for talented young theatre makers as well as household names, Over het IJ Festival takes place annually ‘over the River IJ’ on the NDSM-werf and specialises in site-specific location theatre.

This year’s festival is themed around urbanisation, and will see actors treating the old shipyard as if it’s their own urban playground. Be sure to check out the Sea Container Programme, which give 15 minutes of fame to recent art and theatre talents within the confines of former shipping containers. And just like any other self-respecting festival, Over het IJ also offers live music, DJs and great food.

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by Shackleton, lies in a packing case. The selection of stones – agate, quartz, alabaster – was collected by French writer Roger Caillois, who spied faces, landscapes and animals in their crystalline structures.

‘Like the cabinet of curiosities of the 17th century, which mixed science and art, ancient and modern, reality and fiction, this exhibition refuses to choose between knowledge and pleasure,’ explains curator Brian Dillon. ‘It juxtaposes historical periods and categories of objects to produce an eccentric map of curiosity in its many senses.’

Curiosity peaked? That’s exactly as it should be.

3-13 JULY, NDSM-WERF www.overhetij.nl

MERCEDES BENZ FASHIONWEEK AMSTERDAM Strike a pose for Amsterdam’s top fashion fest. For ten days this summer, Amsterdammers cast aside the characteristically practical considerations that inform their sartorial choices (cobbles, rain and cycling) to be inspired by the city’s biannual Fashion Week. Among others, Danish accountantturned-fashion designer Claes Iversen will show his classy couture on the (invite-only) catwalk. If you’re not fashion royalty and haven’t received an invitation, there’s always the Downtown programme, where you can partake in a workshop inspired by fashion and Van Gogh, check out multiple fashion-themed exhibitions and dance the night away in style.

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4-14 JULY, VARIOUS LOCATIONS www.fashionweek.nl

Never before have so many artworks from New York’s Guggenheim Museum been shown in the Netherlands.

Thirteen of the 51 pieces displayed were exhibited together during the opening of the legendary museum in New York in 1959. It’s the first time since the 1950s that Europe has seen many of the paintings by CoBrA artists including Appel, Jorn and Alechinsky. The artists who made them were dubbed the ‘Tastebreakers’ by museum director James Johnson Sweeney, who believed they would redefine the boundaries of art. And they did. Among them are Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning.

SAM FRANCIS, SHINING BACK, 1958

FROM THE GUGGENHEIM TO THE COBRA MUSEUM JAMES TURNER © AMGUEDDFA CYMRU – NATIONAL MUSEUM WALES 2013

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Best of the summer fests If you go down to the woods today… you’ll find slamming techno, wonky beats and leftfield pop.

Welcome to summer festival season.

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where else in Amsterdam – are strictly forbidden. Buiten Westen draws a casual clubbing crowd; people come here to party to hedonistic four-to-the-floor beats without worrying too much about the line-up – which is good, nevertheless, and comes courtesy of French DJ Joris Delacroix, German electro/glitch maestro Apparat, Britain’s Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Swede Sebastian Mullaert (of Minilogue fame).

Only seven years after its inception, there’s no doubt that Dekmantel is one of the most exciting and prolific electro promoters on the planet. With a line-up that includes the best of classic Detroit techno, the UK variant of the genre, soulful house, British bass music and Amsterdam’s local scene, the second edition of the three-day DEKMANTEL FESTIVAL (1-3 August) is no doubt going to be a highlight for both music nerds and casual clubbers alike. For the first time this year, revellers can camp at the beautiful Amsterdamse Bos location  (which saves you waiting for a cab or trying to find yours among a sea of identical black bikes every night). On the programme are German techno head Ben Klock

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ith its laidback vibe and liberal tolerances, Amsterdam always feels like a playground in city’s clothing. But when summer comes around and festival season begins, the city turns into a veritable theme park – for adults, that is. Hosting some 300 festivals held each year – featuring superstar DJs, R&B superstars and local talent – Amsterdam’s throwing one hell of a party this summer. We’re here to help you sort the beats from the chaff, with the best of the season’s offerings for beats and bass.

Kicking things off on 4 & 5 July is PITCH FESTIVAL at the industrial Westergasfabriek . Organised by the pros behind Holland’s largest pop festivals Lowlands and Pinkpop, you know you’re in good hands. With a mix of leftfield pop, wonky beats, afrobeat and house, this festival draws a crowd of head-nodding connoisseurs with a line-up including Massive Attack, Moderat, Mount Kimbie, Richie Hawtin, The Gaslamp Killer and many, many more.

Just around the corner in Westerpark , BUITEN WESTEN takes place on 19 July.

Despite ‘buiten westen’ meaning ‘totally trashed’, chemical narcotics – like any-

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back-to-back with Detroit’s Ryan Elliott, Russian Nina Kraviz and more.

APPELSAP (9 August) is one of the few dance festivals centred on breaks, R&B and hip hop. Held at the Oosterpark in Amsterdam’s east , Appelsap (Apple Juice), draws a sexy local crowd, more keen on mixers than beer. Musically, expect a lot of local Dutch-language hip hop plus a few international urban headliners, including Kanye West collaborators Travi$ Scott and Hudson Mohawke.

On 30 August, the summer festival goes out with a bang with VOLTT LOVES SUMMER. Promoters Voltt – veterans on the local techno scene – know how to entertain spoiled four-to-the-floor snobs for a full day in the industrial setting that is the NDSM in Amsterdam-Noord .

Although traditionally the Voltt guys like their beats minimal and Germanic, this year’s line-up is more eclectic and inter-Atlantic, boasting a healthy mix of styles from Frankfurt’s Sven Väth, Detroit techno proponent Richie Hawtin and Innervisions Recordings boss Dixon headline.

See The A-List, pages 52-53, for details.

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don’t miss these THE BRAVE FESTIVAL EDM is the undisputed king in Amsterdam, and never more so than during summer festival season. So dominant is four-tothe-floor in the Netherlands that open-air singer-songwriter, indie and folk festival The Brave is the only of its kind in the country. The line-up includes Town of Saints (pictured), whose blend of traditional folk and modern indie-rock elements has led to comparisons with Arcade Fire, Fleet Foxes and Local Natives, Tessa Rose Jackson (whose catchy folk tune ‘Change Time’ recently featured in a German Ikea advert) and lots more – but, in the spirit of the festival, absolutely no DJs.

‘My voice is just part of who I am.’

23 AUGUST Tuinen van West www.festivalthebrave.nl

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Known for his films that explore the relationship between body, mind, technology and mass media, David Cronenberg achieved cult status with a series of intelligent, low-budget horror films, and sealed the deal with Videodrome in 1983. This exhibition gets inside the Canadian director’s head via artefacts including photos, audiovisual fragments and set designs. But it’s the props – the helmet from Videodrome, the surgical instruments from Dead Ringers (1988), the leg braces from Crash (1996), the typewriters from Naked Lunch (1991) and the Telepod from The Fly (1986) – that will get film buffs especially excited. The exhibition is accompanied by screenings of all 18 of Cronenberg’s films.

LALAH HATHAWAY, JAZZ AND R&B SINGER Born: 16 December 1968 (age 45) Talent: The daughter of legendary singer Donny Hathaway, Lalah has a voice as smooth as melted chocolate. It’s no surprise this Grammy Award-winning songstress is dubbed the ‘First Daughter of Soul’.

Performs: 11 July as part of the North Sea Jazz Club Summer Sessions All Stars, Pazzanistraat 1

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Two celebrated but also controversial projects by photographer and filmmaker Larry Clarke. Tulsa (1971) and Teenage Lust (1983) are based on Clark’s first publications, which explored his fascination for youth culture. Tulsa was primarily autobiographical but the later work saw him follow a group of youngsters whose lives were dominated by sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. The explicit images contained in these projects caused widespread commotion when they were released but were also part of the reason why they attained their iconic status. The vintage photos in this exhibition are complemented by several of Clarke’s films.

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LARRY CLARK, TULSA & TEENAGE LUST

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‘When I was little, all kids took piano lessons. All of those kids are “classically trained”. I think it’s one of those things that people throw out there as some sort of laurel. But if you took a music lesson, you’ve been classically trained… I’m just a mixture of nature and nurture. So I’m a natural musician but I’ve also educated myself about my craft, and I think that has enhanced what was natural about my ability. I don’t think you have to worry about educating yourself and becoming smarter about what you do, having that somehow supersede your natural ability or having it hold you back. I think the combination of both things is what makes you well rounded.’

STILL FROM EXISTENZ

DAVID CRONENBERG – THE EXHIBITION

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All aboard the ComedyTrain

The 21st edition of the Englishlanguage laughter fest is on track for another hysterical summer.

Button-pushing contemporary dance from all over the globe is celebrated at Julidans. text Toby Main

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hen they last graced the Julidans stage in 2011, the black-clad dancers of German choreographer VA Wölfl’s Neuer Tanz company were, variously, setting fire to their microphones, belting out an opera version of Michael Jackson’s ‘Earth Song’ and toting revolvers in dazzling, mechanical synchronicity.

Towards the end of that unforgettable production, Ich sah: Das Lamm auf dem Berg Zion, Offb. 14,1, figures seated in the audience began to rise to their feet and join the hypnotic frenzy of the dance, and it became increasingly difficult to distinguish between the company and the public. Who, precisely, was in on the act?

The title of the Julidans festival itself, which has its 24th edition this summer, is intended to convey a sense of the blurring between the traditional roles of performance art, explains Anita van Dolen, the festival’s energetic programme director: ‘Of course, the festival happens in July, but the Dutch word for “July” sounds like the word for “you”, and that’s deliberate. Dance, like music, has the power to tap directly into people’s emotions. It’s a

universal language and no one should be excluded.’

Elitism isn’t a charge that could be levelled at Julidans, however. Last year, for Disabled Theatre, a group of performers with conditions such as Down’s syndrome took to the stage to address the audience.

This year Neuer Tanz returns to Julidans with Kürze Stücke, promising to address the apparent contradictions that coexist in our culture, such as the hedonism of party culture and the omnipresence of war.

The Belgian-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui returns to the festival for the sixth time wth Genesis (pictured), demonstrating the festival’s ability to both spot and retain top talent.

Of this year’s programme, Van Doelen says: ‘I think the choreographers this year have been inspired by serious personal and social matters, but they’re putting across their ideas with an unprecedented lightness of touch and plenty of humour.’

Let’s hope the microphones survive this time.

JULIDANS 1-12 July Various locations www.julidans.nl

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his July, there’s arguably only one place in Amsterdam guaranteed to be as hilarious as Toomler, the city’s most prestigious comedy club. And that’s the house in which the imported talent is staying.

Each Wednesday, you see, a new double bill of international stand-ups (Tom Rhodes and Hannah Gadsby; Ophira Eisenberg and Brooks Wheelan) is arriving for the Comedy Train International Summer Festival, and their enterprising hosts have taken the unusual step of accommodating each pair, together, in a house near to the venue in the manicured Oud-Zuid.

Who wouldn’t want to be the proverbial fly on the wall during week three, for example, when harmonica-playing Sean Munnery (who describes his routine as existing somewhere between the realms of ‘unfunny comedy’ and ‘shit art’) shares the breakfast table with famed English actress and ventriloquist Nina Conti (pictured) of dark BBC comedies Black Books and Family Tree, who’ll probably bring her unsettling puppet Monk, a potty-mouthed primate, along for the ride?

ComedyTrain’s programme coordinator Stefan Pop (a profes-

sional stand-up comedian in his own right) assures us that, as the acts have been chosen to complement each other on the Toomler stage, they should be able to be relied upon not to kill each other in real life: ‘We wouldn’t put, say, a big party anarchist and a very traditional stand-up on the same bill,’ he says of the arrangement.

‘Plus, it’s a big house, and of course they’ll have their private areas,’ reassures Pop. One situation that Pop says international comedians might find harder to adjust to is the dynamics of a majority-Dutch audience, something he briefs his charges on before they make their first appearance on the Amsterdam stage: ‘It’s a very different atmosphere for comedians who are used to America, where audiences get behind you from the word go.

Dutch audiences are different.

They make you earn it.’

One thing’s for certain: this summer, Toomler, which is Yiddish for ‘creator of comic tumult’, is certainly living up to its name – sleeping arrangements and all.

COMEDYTRAIN INTERNATIONAL SUMMER FESTIVAL 2 July-2 August Toomler, Breitnerstraat 2 www.comedytrain.nl

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Dance for all

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13 questions Rosa da Silva (27) plays Anne Frank in ANNE, a new production based on the young diarist’s journal.

She shares her top Amsterdam tips.

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1. WHAT’S YOUR FIRST AMSTERDAM MEMORY?

4. AMSTERDAM MODE OF TRANSPORT?

My father was born in Ovar, near Porto in Portugal. When I was small, we always went there on holiday. We drove from Klazienaveen in the province of Drenthe, where we lived, to Schiphol. My parents always allowed time to stroll through the streets of Amsterdam. It felt as if I was part of the popular Amsterdam detective series Baantjer, which I loved.

The bicycle. I’ve had so many bicycles in Amsterdam, I finally got myself a good lock. I always bike to go to Theater Amsterdam .

2. WHAT SHOULD SOMEONE DO WITH A SINGLE DAY IN AMSTERDAM?

I would go on a canal cruise in the morning, then I would rent a bike and go the Vondelpark . Afterwards I would go shopping in the Jordaan , and, if there was time, I would visit the Rijksmuseum .

3. FAVOURITE AMSTERDAM WORK OF ART?

In the Rijksmuseum the paintings by Rembrandt really stand out, especially ‘The Jewish Bride’ . That is so beautiful.

5. FAVOURITE STATUE?

I am very impressed by ‘De Dokwerker’ (‘The Dockworker’)

by Mari Andriessen on the Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, next to the Portuguese Synagogue .

It’s a memorial to the February strike of 1941, when Amsterdammers went on strike to protest the deportation of the Jews.

6. TELL US SOMETHING WE DON’T ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE CITY.

Noord, the Northern district on the other side of the River IJ, is very nice. You can easily get there by ferry, for free. I especially like the NDSM-werf.

There are all kinds of activities at this former dockyard. In the summer it hosts festivals – such as theatre festival Over het IJ (www.overhetij.nl) .

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7. WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO SPEND THE NIGHT?

In the Royal Palace on Dam square (www.paleisamsterdam. nl) . Actually, I’ve never been inside – but hey, I met the king at our opening night. So I can ask him if I could spend a night there [Laughs].

8. WHERE’S THE BEST VIEW OF AMSTERDAM?

From the rooftop of the Theater School on the Jodenbreestraat . From there you can see the whole centre of Amsterdam.

9. FAVOURITE AMSTERDAM DELICACY?

Cheese and nuts from Kaasland (Haarlemmerdijk 1, www. kaasland.eu) .

10. TOP RESTAURANT?

Wilde Zwijnen (Javaplein 23, www.wildezwijnen.com) .

The food is so good there: a little bit wild, not complicated, with nice meat. De Biertuin (Linnaeusstraat 29, www.de biertuin.nl) is also very good

 . And De Ysbreeker (Weesperzijde 23, www.deysbreeker. nl) has a beautiful terrace on the River Amstel .

11. FAVOURITE BUILDING? The Portuguese Synagogue (Mr. Visserplein 3, www. portugesesynagoge.nl) . It was built in the 17th century and it is beautiful and impressive. When you walk in, you enter a whole different world. It’s completely authentic. There’s still no electricity. Sometimes they have candlelight concerts.

12. WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT AMSTERDAM?

Amsterdam is an open, cosy city. It’s definitely a big city, but it has the atmosphere of a village. If you’re interested in theatre, you can go to a performance every night.

13. AND THE WORST?

Amsterdammers can be very moody.

ANNE, Theater Amsterdam  www.theateramsterdam.com

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Taking you through Amsterdam’s movie scene, one event at a time.

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luk de Nacht goes with Amsterdam like coffee goes with cake. For 11 nights every August, film-lovers flock to former dockyard Het Stenen Hoofd at Westerdoksdijk, a ten-minute walk from Amsterdam Central Station, to catch a movie under the stars.

Pluk de Nacht (literally ‘Seize the Night’) began in 2003, when three employees of Haarlemmerdijk’s iconic art-house cinema The Movies were searching for an accessible open-air venue to show movies that rocked the international indie festival circuit but never made it to Dutch cinemas.

What started with about 3,000 visitors over four weekends grew into the biggest openair film festival in the Netherlands, with a steady turn-out of

around 28,000, and editions in Arnhem and The Hague.

But while popular success has taken Pluk de Nacht into the mainstream, the programming remains anything but. It has, however, become increasingly difficult to find unknown – or rather, unnoticed – cinematic gems, concedes artistic director and co-founder Jurriaan Esmeijer. Of course, it would be good news if Dutch distributors were supporting independent films, but the internet looms large in the equation. Still, Pluk is always packed. People come for the vibe and the view as much as for the movies themselves.

‘Either you’ll love it or you’ll hate it, but at least it will spark an emotion,’ says Esmeijer.

For the ultimate Pluk experience, get your hands on one of the couple of hundred free

beach chairs. It’s first come, first served, so on sunny days be sure you’re early – the bar opens at five thirty. Don’t want to risk ending up empty handed? Some chairs can be reserved for a small donation (minimum €5). You can also sponsor the festival by buying a beer or a snack at one of the stands – although you are allowed to bring your own food, beverages and chairs.

Keep an eye on the website for the complete programme (most movies are either English or English subtitled), if the film will be screened in- or outdoors (there’s a back-up circus tent for inclement weather) and updates on attendance (on busy nights, you might not get in).

So be ready to seize a chair – and the night!

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Gay & Lesbian Summer Festival

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luk de Nacht isn’t the only (welcome) returning summer guest on Amsterdam’s film scene. Lovers of gay and lesbian cinema can eat their hearts out at the eighth edition of the Gay & Lesbian Summer Festival, with a selection of the best films the international film festival circuit had to offer. Non-native speakers beware, though: not all movies are in English, and all films come with Dutch subtitles.

If those Dutch subtitles aren’t a hurdle – or you happen to be fluent in Portuguese ¬– make sure you catch The Way He Looks, winner of this year’s Teddy Award at the Berlin Film Festival, about a blind teenager who falls for the new boy in town. Problem is, so does his best – female – friend.

Thankfully, there’s also some more foreignerfriendly fare. Like Test, about two gay dancers living in San Francisco in 1985. It’s the height of the AIDS epidemic and young Frankie does his best not to panic. Are those freckles really just freckles? Should he take the new HIV test?

In a decidedly lighter vein is Gerontophilia by Canadian filmmaker Bruce La Bruce (L.A. Zombie), a gay riff on Harold and Maude. When an 18-year-old boy discovers the employees of a local nursing home are drugging the residents, he helps one of them escape. Also on the run are old lovers Stella (Olympia Dukakis) and Dot (Brenda Fricker) in the tender-hearted road movie Cloudburst, directed by Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging Garden). When Dot is being put into a nursing home, Stella busts her out and together they set off for Canada to get married.

Feel like binging? On 3 August there’ll be two movie marathons – one featuring the lesbian films; the other the gay selection – screening all the movies on offer.

Club of the month VOLKSHOTEL The city’s biggest nightlife project to date in what was once dubbed the ugliest street in Amsterdam is a self-contained cultural hub, complete with rooftop club, all-night cocktail bar, 172bedroom hotel, café and a ‘DJ Street’ – a corridor of studios where artists work on tunes that they then test on the dance floors elsewhere in the building.

Nightlife activities are centred around the transformed Doka – the temporary venue open while the site was under construction for the past ten months, now a 100-capacity speakeasy-style cocktail bar that is likely to be open until seven in the morning – and the renovated Canvas on the seventh floor.

Musically, the venue will sit somewhere between the downbeat and breaks of the old Canvas and the überexperimental programming of Doka.

Programmer Alexander Van der Meer confirms: ‘Fridays will focus mainly on nonhouse styles, while on Saturday it’ll be four to the floor.’

Confirmed partners include techno crew Dekmantel (hosting festival after-parties at Volkshotel on 1, 2 and 3 August), I Love Vinyl (disco, breaks and soul) and eclectic gay night Get On Down.

The Volkshotel will also host ADE’s DJ and musicians’ workshop ’Playground’ this October. Clearly, the right people are on board.

Unique in Amsterdam, the Volkshotel will effectively be a 24/7 hub, while Canvas, Doka and Café Werkplaats have overlapping opening hours. Which means you can go straight for breakfast when Doka shuts its doors at seven, bringing nightlife into the cold light of day. We approve. Christiaan de Wit

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SENSATION: WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME Mixing sensational DJs with breath-taking acrobatic dancers, decor and pyrotechnics, Sensation is a highlight of the dance-music event calendar.

This edition invites clubbers to enter the ultimate adult playground, guided by a fearless team of international DJs and Sensation residents. This year’s delectable DJ line-up sees the ever-present Mr White joined by the likes of Chuckie, Nicky Romero, Martin Garrix and NERVO for a vibrant blend of house, techno and progressive house tunes.

5 July, Amsterdam ArenA ArenA Boulevard 1 www.sensation.com

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1 July, Heineken Music Hall, ArenA Boulevard 590 www.heineken-music-hall.nl

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12 July, Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 17 www.studio-80.nl

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‘THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD ALWAYS FEELS LIKE COMING HOME! OUR NEW HOTSPOT IS VONDEL 33 IN THE VONDELPARK. THAT PLACE ALWAYS GIVES US THE FEELING WE’RE IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK.’ The owners of Coffee Concepts wax lyrical on the Museum Quarter.

GUERILLA DINING The pop-up trend continues to add an element of exclusivity, freshness and surprise to the Amsterdam dining scene. Foyer in Felix & Foam (itself a cultural pop-up collaboration between Felix Meritus and Foam) will serve up Dutch dishes with a modern twist (€29.50 for three courses) until the end of October. Henk, meanwhile, will delight drinkers and diners with its artsy décor, 12 takes on gin-andtonic and three-course menu for €33 until 31 December. After burning down near the end of its sold-out run last summer, the temporary restaurant on Vuurtoreneiland (an island in the IJ) returns with its popular combination of organic fine dining and holiday-like atmosphere (until September). www.foam.org/felix-foam/felix-foyer www.facebook.com/bar.restaurant. henk http://vuurtoreneiland.nl

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BYDANIE DESIGNER VINTAGE Stylist Danie Bles – dubbed ‘the Dutch Rachel Zoe’ – has an impeccable eye for vintage gold, as her chic designer boutique bears testament.

If you’ve always fancied a classic quilted Chanel bag, lusted for red-soled Louboutins or desired a Hermes scarf but balked at the idea of entering the red, ByDanie is the place for you.

And if you’ve got any unloved designer duds lurking at the back of your wardrobe, ByDanie will buy them from you.

Cornelis Schuytstraat 45 www.bydanie.nl

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MUSEUM QUARTER BODO BREGT, 38, & KARLIJN VISSER, 28 All-round creative & co-owner Friend of the Brands.

‘We love the diversity of this neighbourhood, it feels like a little village but one with famous Dutch people and tourists. We love to order drinks at Van Dam at the weekend, just to people-watch.’

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Discover a district home to some of the world’s best art museums, many of the country’s chicest shops and the city’s finest orchestral concert venue. text Karin Engelbrecht photos Elisah Jacobs

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If you haven’t come to Amsterdam for the red lights and cannabis, chances are you’ll be spending quite a lot of time in the plush part of town known as the Museum Quarter. Amsterdam’s answer to London’s South Kensington and New York’s Museum Mile is located just south of the centre, bordered by the Stadhouderskade to the north, the Hobbemakade and Reinier Vinkeleskade to the east, Vondelpark to the west and Emmastraat to the south.

RAGS TO RICHES Some 130 years ago, a stinky wax candle factory and marshy meadows made way for what’s become the city’s most affluent area. Construction began following the completion of the Rijksmuseum , with a street plan based on the design of Pierre Cuypers, the museum’s celebrated architect. Unsurprisingly, the quarter’s name comes from the presence of the city’s three major museums on Museumplein, all of which have recently been refurbished, adding a layer of lustre to the area. In addition to the aforementioned Rijksmuseum, there’s the Stedelijk Museum of modern art  and the Van Gogh Museum , which houses the

world’s largest collection of the artist’s work, with over 700 of his letters, 500 drawings and 200 paintings (including the crowdpleasing ‘Sunflowers’). There’s still some on-going construction – the Van Gogh Museum’s entrance will be moved from the Hobbemastraat to the Museumplein side to join the others – but otherwise it’s business as usual. Also overlooking Museumplein is the Royal Concertgebouw , Amsterdam’s most important orchestral concert venue, internationally renowned for its acoustics and house orchestra.

SWANKY SHOPPING The area’s most famous shopping street is undoubtedly PC Hooftstraat, but serious shoppers should certainly visit adjacent Van Baerlestraat for stylish local brands such as Pauw (nos. 72 and 48, www.pauw.nl ) and noted specialists such as art bookshop Boekhandel Robert Premsela (no.

78, www.premsela.nl ) and sheet-music shop Broekmans & Van Poppel (no. 92, www. broekmans.com ).

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Some 130 years ago, a stinky wax candle factory and marshy meadows made way for what’s become the city’s most affluent area.

IJSBOUTIQUE Arguably the best ice cream in Amsterdam. Stand-out flavours include decadent double chocolate, refreshing Key West lime pie, fat-free strawberry sorbet – which contains over 50 per cent real Dutch Elsanta strawberries – and IJsboutique’s signature champagne ice cream, made with Moët et Chandon. The Kinder Bueno flavour is a hit with neighbourhood kids, while ice-cream macarons, scroppinos and super-food juices appeal to trendies.

Johannes Verhulststraat 107h www.ijsboutique.nl

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aplomb to be dismissed as fussy fusion. A recent menu included dishes such as Iberico pork dumplings, Wagyu fillet with duck liver sauce and durian tart with raspberry sorbet.

But don’t just take our word for it. Chang-I was recently voted as the best Chinese restaurant in the Netherlands by no less than NRC Handelsblad newspaper (Jan Willem Brouwersstraat 7, www.chang-i.nl ).

Lovers of independent shops and boutiques should head to nearby Jacob Obrechtstraat and Cornelis Schuytstraat. &Klevering Zuid (Jacob Obrechtstraat 19A, www.klevering.nl ) offers a well-curated collection of homewares, toys and gift items. There’s also a popular Saturday market and a creative new coffee and juice bar-slash-marketing agency called Coffee Concepts (Jacob Obrechtstraat 5, www.coffeeconcepts.co ). ByDanie Designer Vintage store (Cornelis Schuytstraat 45, www. bydanie.nl ) deserves a special mention for its immaculate presentation of vintage finds.

Pebbles van Noorden (25) owner of IJsboutique ice-cream shop on Cornelis Schuytplein, says: ‘Unlike the PC Hooftstraat, where you’ll only find luxury brands, the offering here reflects the neighbourhood’s family-rich environment, with a butcher, a baker and a really good greengrocer.’

There is a perception that inhabitants of this part of town can be a little elitist and reserved, and perhaps because of a lack of diversity it is often referred to as ‘the reservation’, but Van Noorden disagrees: ‘In the year we’ve been open for business, we’ve been welcomed by the neighbourhood. The locals are really warm and open.’

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ANNA NOOSHIN, 26 owner NSMBL.nl

‘I find this area one of the most beautiful in Amsterdam. It’s fun to see such diversity in people, people with ‘new’ money and people with ‘old’ money – but hey, money doesn’t buy style! I like the new Dior boutique, which recently opened, and Prada is next in line.’

TEDJE FLIERS, 28, PELOU BOULAND, 28, & FABIENNE BOULAND, 24 owners Coffee Concepts

‘There’s never a dull moment in this area.

There are many great restaurants, shops and coffee bars to choose from. This neighbourhood always feels like coming home! Our new hotspot is Vondel 33 in the Vondelpark.

That place always gives us the feeling we’re in Central Park, New York.’

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Chang-I marries classical Chinese and European influences with too much aplomb to be dismissed as fussy fusion.

RIJKSMUSEUM

STEDELIJK MUSEUM The new bathtub-shaped extension of the Netherlands’ largest modern and contemporary art and design museum doesn’t hold water for some, but whatever you make of the controversial renovation, its collection remains one of the world’s finest, with key works by artists and designers such as Mondrian, Rietveld, Appel, Berlage and Van Gogh.

Come to admire the much-praised recent renovation of this treasure trove of Dutch Masters, which artfully blends modern design with the building’s restored 19th-century features, or copy Obama’s pose in front of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ (reportedly, ticket sales to US visitors tripled in the week after the famous photo was taken). New this summer in the museum’s garden gallery are some 20 creations by American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976).

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ZUIDERMRKT Amsterdam’s best artisan and organic food producers congregate on a small square behind Concertgebouw on Saturdays (09.30-17.00).

Raspberry Maxx sells only raspberry products, mushroom specialist De Boleet offers a bountiful variety of fungi and of course there’s organic produce from local farms, too.

Tip: stock up on local cheese from Erik’s Delicatessen and fennel sausages from Brandt & Levie.

Jacob Obrechtstraat 38 www.zuidermrkt.nl

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When in Amsterdam…

After 16 years here, native New Yorker Lauren Comiteau is still working out how to ‘go Dutch’.

THREE’S A CHARM

F Lauren Comiteau is a journalist and writer who has been covering the Netherlands for TIME magazine, CBS Radio and others since 1996. She lives in Amsterdam with her two daughters.

or such a reserved, pragmatic and admittedly thrifty lot, that the Dutch bestow three kisses during both greeting and departure seems uncharacteristically excessive, not to mention time-consuming.

‘Ah, the Dutch and threes,’ my Amsterdam friend commented at my recent birthday celebration, where the Dutch rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ sent me off with its traditional three ‘hoeras!’ to blow out more candles than any one cake should ever have to hold. As we were air-kissing goodbye in triplicate, I got to thinking: What is it with Dutch people and threes?

While it may have nothing to do with genetic coding or even ancient custom, Amsterdam visitors won’t be able to help but notice the prevalence of threes in their midst.

The city’s coat of arms – those three vertical XXXs – adorn every phallic-shaped bollard (or Amsterdammertje) and manhole cover in the city. While they are actually St Andrew’s Crosses, named after the martyred fisherman who died on one of those Xs, you’ll find them gracing more worldly souvenirs such as boxer shorts and big-breasted ceramic ashtrays in promotion of Amsterdam’s triple x-rated Red Light District.

There’s the Museumplein and the troika of art institutions that encircle it: the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh and the Stedelijk. Tram 3 will drop you off virtually in the lobby of the bathtub-shaped Stedelijk.

Culturally speaking, there are the three Toppers, those stiffly-coifed, faux-tanned

middle-agers whose disastrous 2009 Eurovision appearance has thankfully given way recently to Dutch women superstar contenders such as Anouk and, this year, country darling Ilse DeLange, who gave the bearded Austrian Conchita a damn good run for her money.

The royal couple has not one, not two but three little princesses. (Bonus points if you can name them, especially when most Dutch people can’t. Hint: they all begin with the letter A.) There are three parliament members in the Dutch Party for Animals, the world’s only animal-rights party to have nationally elected representatives. (Even more bonus points if you can name them.)

And as the World Cup goes down to the wire in the first weeks of July, guess how many times the Dutch team has won that most coveted of football titles? Unfortunately, zero. But you’ll impress locals by knowing that the orangeclad national team made it to the finals three glorious times.

My top three picks to watch the Cup in the city? De Pijp’s O’Donnell’s (www.odonnells amsterdam.nl), because there’s something about Irish pubs and sports that just seem to go together. Cafe Ruk & Pluk in the east is the place to be if you are looking for an over-thetop, all-things-orange experience. If you’re travelling with kids, head to Café Nel (http:// nelamstelveld.nl), where you can keep one eye on the little ones as they play their own game of footie on the adjacent pitch and the other on the café’s outdoor screens. All three of them.

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Our top dining options, from firm favourites to precocious newcomers.

text Karin Engelbrecht

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t seems you can’t sling a slab of smoky meat these days without hitting yet another establishment offering a ‘new barbecue concept’. In Oost alone there’s the new barbecue joint Bar Brouw, and Smokin’ Barrels is set to open in July.

Self-proclaimed ‘grill hotspot’ Grand-Café Lokaal, which opened its doors in May, offers American staples such as widecut spare ribs, five styles of burger and three cuts of steak.

The kitchen boasts a gleaming Josper charcoal barbecue, a style of indoor grill-oven famous for retaining the natural juices and flavours of meat, fish and vegetables. Unsurprising then, that our Brooklyn burger (featuring a Black Angus beef patty, bacon, Emmentaler and egg for €13) was moist and moreish, despite the too-soft plastic hamburger bun – hopefully just a teething issue shortly after opening. Lokaal, which translates as ‘local’ or ‘cafeteria’, attracts a lively mix of students and a diverse cross-section of Oost-ites. Inspired by the former packing plants in New York’s Meatpacking District and designed

by De Horeca Fabriek, the slick interior combines plenty of warm wood with geometric tiling and industrial work stools for a welcome slice of New Amsterdam on the Wibautstraat.

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Eerste van der Helststraat 27 http://dewasserette.com

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tylish sushi isn’t all you’ll find at this nouveau-rustic retail respite on one of Amsterdam’s best shopping streets.

After dark you’ll discover it’s a playpen for the city’s fashionable set who come for cocktails and more at the neon backlit bar with its exposed brick walls, industrial lights and wooden workshop stools. The menu draws its name and inspiration from the 23 wards that make up Tokyo. Order the ‘duck and roll’, steamed spring rolls with crispy duck served with two dipping sauces and softshell crab maki, and wash it down with a refreshing yuzu mojito.

Utrechtsestraat 114 www.ku114.nl

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quick & simple UIT DE KEUKEN This corner deli triumphs in the taste stakes with its ‘sustainably sourced’ house-made meals. The meat is free-range or organic, the fish seasonal and sustainably caught and most of the produce used is organic. A recent menu included international fare such as ossobuco, enchiladas and South African ‘boerewors’ sausages, available to eat-in or take-out.

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Were Rembrandt paintings, tulip still lifes and pewter tableware what you had in mind when planning your visit to Amsterdam? We know just the place for you. The interior or Restaurant d’Vijff Vlieghen features four genuine Rembrandt etchings, armour from the Eighty Years War and rare 17thcentury handmade glassware. Never mind that the name of this self-proclaimed ‘culinary museum’ translates to ‘the five flies’; it’s no reflection on the kitchen, which uses local, seasonal and (mostly) organic ingredients to create contemporary classics.

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Three of a kind to suit every taste. text Karin Engelbrecht

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BROUWERIJ TROOST

HUTSPOT

TRUST

This sanctuary to beer, set in a former convent, is the latest in a new wave of artisan Amsterdam beer brewers. Raise a glass of citrussy IPA (there’s also pale ale and weizen on tap) next to the shiny brew kettles in which it was made while tucking into beer-friendly bites such as burgers, flammkuchen or steak frites in the canteen-style restaurant.

Cornelis Troostplein 23 www.brouwerijtroost.nl

Don’t expect to find the eponymous carrot-parsnip mash on the menu at this concept store-slash-café.

They do, however, do a decent toasted sandwich.

Health-oholics can order granola with soy yoghurt, linseed and mulberries or one of four salads or seven freshly pressed juices.

Rozengracht 204-210 & Van Woustraat 4 www.hutspotamsterdam.com

If the most annoying part of your juice, smoothie or veggie-shake regimen is the unpalatable price tag, say hello to Trust, where you ‘come as you are’ and ‘pay as you feel’. That means you decide what ‘The Hulk’, a blend of freshly pressed orange juice, banana and spinach, is worth to you.

Albert Cuypstraat 210 www.facebook.com/ trustamsterdam

BROUWERIJ ’T IJ

HEAVENLY MADE WITH LOVE

CASA BRAZUCA

The daytime passion project of the daughter of the family behind restaurant Tagore combines the best of her Northern-Indian heritage with favourites from the Western kitchen. This fusion results in creative concoctions such as tandoori quiche, curried lamb burger or the brilliant chicken vindaloo wrap.

Ask for it extra spicy.

Utrechtsestraat 128 www.heavenlymwl.nl

Never mind the fabulous freshly roasted Brazilian coffee, you’re here for the exotic juices, ‘straight from the Brazilian rainforest’ and served ice-cold. The organic juice menu includes unusual offerings such as caju, a sweet and creamy juice made from cashew fruit and apples, antioxidant-rich acai berry and acerola.

Ferdinand Bolstraat 113 & Rijnstraat 22 http://brazucacoffee.nl

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RUYSCHKAMER

Perhaps more famous for its organic beer-marinated rotisserie chicken than its beers, this is a good place to party with friends. The gleaming copper in-house brewery, where they produce Nero (a chocolaty porter) and Rosso (a fruity amber ale) is at the heart of this ‘beer factory’.

Grab one of the tables with a private beer tap and play barman for the night.

Rokin 75 www.bierfabriek.com

At Boterham (the Dutch word for ‘sandwich’) they know a thing or two about making a sarnie. Go local and order the ossenworst (raw beef sausage) with cucumber, lamb’s lettuce and grainy Dutch mustard on hearty brown bread, while catching up on the latest Amsterdam street style (the Amsterdam Fashion Institute is next door).

Andreas Bonnstraat 2 www.facebook.com/pages/ BOTERHAM/577579995608970

If we tell you that the brothers behind this boho Berlinstyle bar also own juice-fasting business Sapmeesters, you’ll know that this is the place to go for healthy, freshsqueezed fruit and vegetable juices. Design your own or choose from the juice menu, which includes the excellent ‘Famous Healthy Greenshake’. Or grab a bottle to go (€5 for 500 ml).

Ruyschstraat 34 www.deruyschkamer.nl

Its location under a windmill might make it look like a tourist trap, but Brouwerij ’t IJ’s organic artisan beers have proved so popular that this Amsterdam landmark has recently opened a second brewery up the road. Try the new Montueka Pale Ale, a refreshing summer beer made with special hops from New Zealand. The large terrace s a summer must.

Funenkade 7 www.brouwerijhetij.nl

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PHO SURE

Vietnamese canteens sees fast food get fresh.

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hile it may ‘technically’ take three to make a trend, two new contemporary Vietnamese restaurants in town give us high hopes that this is no mere coincidence. Pho 91, recently opened on De Pijp’s Albert Cuypstraat, is a cool canteen-style eatery, specialising in the freshest, tastiest pho in town.

This flavoursome Vietnamese broth comes fully loaded with flat rice noodles, beansprouts, coriander, sawtooth herb, spring onion and red onion. The tofu version is great – but the Pho 91 special, combining sliced beef and home-

made meatballs, is sublime.

Across town on the Rozengracht, meanwhile, the brains behind many of Amsterdam’s coolest restaurants (Lion Noir, BO5, Rose’s Cantina) have opened Restaurant Chow, a pan-Asian spot serving a Vietnamese lunchroom menu during the day courtesy of Nghia N Nghia.

PHO 91 Albert Cuypstraat 91 www.facebook.com/pho.ninety.one NGHIA N NGHIA Rozengracht 106 www.facebook.com/NghiaNNghiaXChow

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PRETTY THINGS Purses at the ready: these tempting stores will have you reaching for your credit card. text Elisah Jacobs

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WHAT: Just a few steps from the Nine Street area you’ll find Brainy Days, a concept store for city adventurers. Stocked with carefully curated, exclusive items from 25 ‘brainy brands’, the store sells items in limited numbers, so you don’t have to worry that you’ll be wearing, using or gifting the same thing as Amsterdam’s other cool kids (and hey, it’s better to stay unique, right?).

THE DETAILS: Divided in three categories – For Her, For Him and For Work – pick up a sturdy diamond-shaped bread board, a must-have for kitchen divas, eco-fabulous laptop sleeves, colourful chains, clutches and scarfs made of hemp. Like the interior? Everything’s for sale, even the so-called Brainy Bike that hangs from the ceiling.

to return to Brainy Days: every three months the concept of the store will change, starting with the theme ‘Let’s be adventurers’, and with every launch of a new theme, Brainy Days publishes a fabulous online magazine, an interactive treasure map to new unexplored brainy brands.

Adventure is out there – and it’s pretty easy to find.

THE CONCEPT: For those with short attention spans there’s always a reason

Hazenstraat 53 www.brainydays.nl

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vintage THE ODDITY SHOP Vintage addict? Head east and visit The Oddity Shop, a store full of second-hand oddities, from vintage Scandinavian design and Persian rugs to trunks, industrial lighting and even some plants. We also spotted a fabulous on-trend pineapple lamp that will no doubt be snapped up quickly…

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Camperstraat 28 www.facebook.com/theoddityshop

FOREVER 21 Rumour’s had it for years that American high-street brand Forever 21 is coming to town. And it’s finally arrived, opening a huge store – 4,500m2! – divided over three floors. The concept of the store is fast fashion: the collection is refreshed daily with new items. It’s hard not to spend some serious money in here: the store contains the complete fashion and accessories collection together with the Forever 21 Contemporary line. A Valhalla for women, the bad news for men and kids is that they have to shop online. programme.

Rokin 12/Kalverstraat 11 www.forever21.com

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PC Hooftstraat 49 www.iwc.com

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WHAT’S IN STORE Fashion-forward style – for him (M) and her (F).

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DOCKERS (M)

PULL & BEAR (M/F)

You love ’em or you hate ’em: khaki pants for men. Dockers is all about the iconic chinos in all colours and lengths. The San Francisco-based brand is inspired by that sunny, pastel-coloured city. For the first time this season Dockers launches a headto-toe collection comprising shirts, beautifully cut jackets and tees in fresh pastels – which will perfectly match your khakis.

The fashion ‘sister’ of Zara opened recently next to Forever 21 – not as big as her American competitor, but still 1,600m2.

Shop here for the latest fashion trends directly from the catwalk (and a lot cheaper).

Think: palm-tree printed high-waisted pants and fancy sandals – no wonder the look and feel of the store is inspired by Palm Springs. Pull & Bear is for the young and all those who still feel young at heart.

Kalverstraat 212-220 www.dockers.com

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Kalverstraat 13 www.pullandbear.com

IKKS (M/F) Funky graphic and ethnic prints are what you’ll find in the summer collection of IKKS, the French brand that focuses on the typical city girl with a rock’n’roll attitude. Key items are loose-fitting printed trousers and a white leather biker jacket customised with studs. If you’ve booked a trip to an exotic island, then don’t miss out on the beachwear collection full of skimpy string bikinis and a funky lowback swimming costume.

PC Hooftstraat 37 www.ikks.com

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READY TO FISH (F) Dutch fashion designer Ilja Visser has reopened her brand store on Prinsengracht with a new look and feel. The ‘rock’n’roll-loves-urban-gardening’ themed store is a peaceful place in the middle of the lively Amsterdam Canal Belt. Scroll down the racks for the contemporary collection full of low-key silhouettes with a touch of rock’n’roll – and don’t miss the beautiful work of Dutch visual artist Leoniek Bontje.

Prinsengracht 581-583 www.readytofish.nl

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Singel 457/B22 www.guess.eu

PALLADIUM (M/F) Founded in the 1900s as a manufacturer for the aviation industry, the Second World War forced Palladium to do something else: shoes. Since 1947, that’s what they’ve done. Designs are solid and sustainable, made of canvas and rubber.

Good to know: the Palladium boot can take a hit, which makes it the perfect festival boot. For this summer it’s all about the neon hues.

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World Cup fever sees Dutch fashion brands rolling out the orange in support of the home team. Olcay Gulsen, the power woman behind SuperTrash, has designed the WK dress, which can be worn two ways: as a V-neck with a print on the back or as dress with open back and text on the front. Mini fashioinistas aged four to 12 get their own version.

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Patchwork and lace with a touch of Eighties chic: that’s what this season is all about at Guess. The Italian brand launches a collection with ripped skinny jeans, denim shorts and biker jackets.

Off to the beach? Try on some retro beachwear for him and her, in exotic colours such as turquoise and violet. Or shop shorts, printed dresses and airy blouses for her, floral prints for him and even sandals, bags and beach towels in bright colours.

Leidsestraat 19 palladiumboots.com

SUPERTRASH

Huidenstraat 32 PC Hooftstraat 31 Leidsestraat 9 www.supertrash.com

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TOMS (M/F) TOMS shoes makes for a good cause: for each pair sold, the brand gives a child in a Third-World country a pair of shoes.

The American brand’s first European flagship store is in Amsterdam, and it’s full of the classic espadrilles – the most comfortable shoes you’ll ever wear – as well as funky platform and print versions.

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For complete listings, see www.iamsterdam.com

DON’T STOP NOW: FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY NEXT This dynamic and varied group exhibition showcases work by a new guard of young, international photographers working for magazines such as Dazed & Confused and AnOther Magazine. As well as focusing on their work as creative, independent image-makers, the exhibition also deals with the often hard-to-achieve balance between independent and commissioned work.

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JULIDANS Committed, daring and cutting-edge, Julidans offers two weeks of groundbreaking dance performances from around the world. See page 26.

Tue 1-Sat 12 Jul, various locations, www.julidans.nl.

Various times & prices COMEDYTRAIN INTERNATIONAL SUMMER FESTIVAL The world-famous Comedytrain steams into town for five weeks of sensational comedy performances from a host of top international stand-up talent. See page 26.

Wed 2 Jul-Sat 2 Aug, Toomler, Breitnerstraat 2, www. comedytrain.nl. 20.30, various prices AMSTERDAM ROOTS FESTIVAL This annual celebration of world and roots music brings a wide variety of international stars to Amsterdam, closing with a large music festival (Roots Open Air) on Java Island.

Thur 3-Sun 6 Jul, various locations, www.amsterdamroots.nl.

Various times & prices OVER HET IJ Catch the ferry across the River IJ and before you know it, you’ll find yourself on the lively festival grounds offering a summery blend of theatre, DJs and fabulous food. See page 23.

Thur 3-Sun 13 Jul, Amsterdam Noord, www.overhetij.nl.

Various times and prices

GAY & LESBIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL Annual festival screening a range of same-sex relationship films and on the final Sunday of the event, there’s the traditional film marathon giving you a second chance to catch every single film featured this year. See page 29.

Fri 4 Jul-Sun 3 Aug, Rialto Cinema, Ceintuurbaan 338, www. rialtofilm.nl. Various times & prices DE WERELD DRAAIT BUITEN The cultural extravaganza inspired by Dutch television chat show De Wereld Draait Door returns to Amsterdam with (Dutch) storytellers, artists, poets and plenty of music.

Sun 6 Jul, Westerpark, www.dewerelddraaitbuiten.nl.

11.00, €47.50 A DAY AT THE PARK Booming house, deep-house, disco, melodious techno and a hint of progressive house are the order of the day at this annual outdoor festival held in a forest in the south of Amsterdam.

Sat 12 Jul, Amsterdamse Bos, www.adayatthepark.nl.

12.00, €45 KWAKU SUMMER FESTIVAL Amsterdam Zuidoost is a colourful place to be in summertime as the Kwaku Summer Festival (previously the Kwakoe Festival) returns for five consecutive weekends of multicultural fun.

Sat 12 Jul-Sun 10 Aug (weekends), Bijlmerpark, www. kwakufestival.nl. 12.00, €3 (various prices for food & drink)

VIVA BRASIL FESTIVAL Adding a touch of Latin spice to Amsterdam’s summers since 1994, this three-day festival presents a lively selection of musical PITCH FESTIVAL offerings from a host of renowned Brazilian performers.

Geared towards lovers of intelFri 18-Sun 20 Jul, various ligent electro music, this festival sprawls over all areas of the West- locations, www.vivabrasil.nl.

Various times & prices ergasfabriek – a perfect location for sauntering back and forth AMSTERDAM from show to show on a warm CRUISE & DANCE summer’s day.

Kicking off with a boat parade, Fri 4 & Sat 5 Jul, Westergasthis unique dance music festival fabriek, www.pitchfestival.nl. invites festivalgoers to travel by 14.30, €47.50 boat but landlubbers are also LUMINOSITY welcome to arrive by land. Joost BEACH FESTIVAL van Bellen and Man With No A Caribbean experience without Shadow are just two of the major names on the line-up. leaving the city, that’s what this Sat 19 Jul, Nieuwe Meer, festival is all about! Major names www.cruiseanddance.nl. hit the decks alongside up-and11.00, various prices coming talent to spin the best pure trance tunes all BUITEN WESTEN weekend long.

Electronic and house music Fri 4-Sun 6 Jul, Blijburg, remain the primary focus of Muiderlaan 1001, www.lumi nosity-events.nl. 12.00 (17.00 on this multi-faceted festival which unites DJs, musicians, artists, Fri), price tbc creative spirits and culture lovers.

MERCEDES-BENZ FASHIONSat 19 Jul, Westerpark, WEEK AMSTERDAM www.buitenwesten.am.

12.00, €42.50 The summer edition of this utterly fashionable festival features ELECTRONIC FAMILY an industry programme and a Featuring multiple stages hosting special ‘DOWNTOWN’ public programme that turns the city’s the best international trance DJs,

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EDELWISE FESTIVAL After dozens of explosive editions inside at Het Sieraad, the successful club night heads outdoors for the second edition of its very own festival. Expect a refreshing mix of DJs, bands, performers, delicious food and drinks, dressing up, karaoke and plenty of festival madness.

Sat 26 Jul, Rembrandtpark, www.edelwisefestival.nl.

12.00, €37.50 KLAMME HANDJES FESTIVAL This promises to be an intimate affair with summery tunes, a BBQ, Amsterdam’s largest sandpit, plenty of balloons and a healthy dose of creativity.

Sat 26 Jul, Diemerbos, www.facebook.com/ events/1428520267359486.

12.00, €19.50

KETI KOTI FESTIVAL 1 July 1863 marked freedom for the Surinamese from slavery and nowhere is that more celebrated than in Amsterdam, home to a thriving Surinamese community and host to this annual festival. Come celebrate and commemorate this rich culture and its people through food, music, dance and ceremony. Tue 1 Jul, Oosterpark, www.ketikotiamsterdam.nl. 11.00, free

MAGNEET FESTIVAL The ultimate expedition into creative collaboration, the Magneet concept blossomed into life at the Lowlands Festival where the public were invited to hit the stage in return for a free beer. In its expanded form, the festival encourages visitors to get involved by submitting their own ideas and even participating. This results in a huge range of music, theatre and art. Fri 22-Sun 31 Aug, Oostpunt, www.magneetfestival.nl.

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TIKTAK ECLECTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL With dozens of artists on the line-up, TIKTAK will once again be pulling out the musical stops.

This year’s headliners include Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, DVBBS, Yellow Claw, Sem Vox and Dirtcaps.

Sat 26 Jul, ArenA Park, www.tiktakfestival.com.

12.00, €45 RDGR.COM

ROBECO SUMMERNIGHTS An integral part of the city’s summer cultural calendar, this two-month series never fails to draw in the biggest names from the classical, pop, jazz and world music scenes. See page 19.

Until Sat 31 Aug, Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 10 www.concertgebouw.nl. Various times & prices

streets into a catwalk and the bars into glamorous parties.

See page 23.

Fri 4-Mon 14 Jul, various locations, www.fashionweek.nl/en.

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MYSTERYLAND With fairy-tale surroundings, open fields and intimate spaces, Mysteryland is one of the most unique dance festival locations in the world. Music ranges from cutting-edge dubstep, hip hop and disco to house, techno and electro courtesy of acts including Hardwell, known for his progressive beats, and crowd-surfing American electro-house legend Steve Aoki. Sat 23 Aug, Floriade festival grounds, Haarlemmermeer, www. mysteryland.com. €72.50

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE What started as an indoor event in Amsterdam’s Paradiso 20 years ago has grown into a full-blown annual house and techno festival, held in the Twiske nature reserve.

The eighth edition of the festival promises a massive seven stages filled with the best Dutch and international DJs. Sat 26 Jul, Het Twiske, www.welcometothefuture.nl.

12.00, €46.50 AMSTERDAM GAY PRIDE The city is a rainbow of events in gay and straight venues alike as Gay Pride comes to town, from dance parties to film festivals, sporting events, culture and more. The flamboyant centrepiece of the festival is naturally the Boat Parade (2 August) where lavishly decorated boats and barges parade. See page 17.

Sat 26 Jul-Sun 3 Aug, various locations, www.amsterdamgaypride.org.

Various times & prices

this festival turns the fields of the Wed 23 Jul-Wed 3 Sep, Hortus forest in the south of Amsterdam Botanicus, www.hortusfestival. into an immense dance floor for nl. 20.00, €25 one of the world’s largest outdoor AMSTERDAM LIVE ON STAGE VUNZIGE DEUNTJES trance festivals.

FESTIVAL Sat 19 Jul, Amsterdamse Bos, Riding high on the success of the www.electronicfamily.nl. inaugural edition last year, this Vunzige Deuntjes (‘dirty tunes’) 12.00, €45 slamming festival returns to focus steps outside for another edition on the energy of live electro-inof their fun and filthy festival MILKSHAKE FESTIVAL strumental music. South-African celebrating raw dance music and Not just your average festival, this electro duo Goldfish headline, dirty beats. is an event with a clear message: joined by Denver’s Pretty Lights Sun 27 Jul, Diemerbos, www. it’s about respect, freedom, love, and Bakermat. facebook.com/VunzigeDeuntjes. tolerance, out-of-the-box thinkSat 26 Jul, Sportpark Rieker12.00, €15 ing and, of course, plenty of tunes haven, www.facebook.com/am DEKMANTEL FESTIVAL and festival fun. sterdamliveonstage. 12.00, €35 Sun 20 Jul, Westerpark, With lush forest, grassy meadows C.R.A.F.T. FESTIVAL www.milkshakefestival.nl. and plenty of areas to chill out 12.00, €42.50 The name may suggest that this between sets, the Amsterdamse festival is geared towards the arts Bos makes a sweet setting for this HORTUS FESTIVAL and crafts crowd, but don’t be three-day electronic music festiProviding a beautiful way to fooled. It’s a dance music event val. Headliners at the 2014 edispend a balmy and cultured sum- and ‘C.R.A.F.T’ is actually an ab- tion include acts such as Nicolas mer evening, the Hortus Festival breviation, and an intriguing one Jaar, 3 Chairs, Jamie XX, Mount brings classical music to the at that – check the festival webKimbie and Tale of Us. botanical gardens of Amsterdam, site for exactly what it stands for! Fri 1-Sun 3 Aug, Amsterdamse Haren, Leiden and Utrecht every Sat 26 Jul, NDSM-werf, www.

Bos, www.dekmantelfestival. year. See page 19. craft-festival.nl. 12.00, €39.50 com. 13.00, €42 (per day)

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MUSIC/POP & JAZZ DANCE VALLEY Twenty years (!) since Dance Valley first turned the hills of Spaarnwoude into the beating heart of the international dance community, the festival returns with a jam-packed edition featuring a huge array of different areas and a more progressive line-up than ever before.

Sat 2 Aug, Spaarnwoude, www. dancevalley.com. 12.00, €60

GAASPER PLEASURE The line-up for this dance music festival is so crammed that it’s making a full weekend of it. Both days are jam-packed with DJs and artists: expect sets by everybody from Abstract Division to Job Jobse.

Sat 9 & Sun 10 Aug, Gaasperplas, www.gaasperpleasure.nl.

12.00, €22.50/€27.50/€45

Thur 21-Sat 23 Aug, Hoekenrodeplein, www.facebook.com/ Bijlmerbios. 21.00, free

SUMMER DANCE FOREVER This festival returns to firmly fix the spotlights on urban dance for a slamming week of performances, parties, dance battles and workshops. A massive range of dance genres are represented at the festival, with hip hop, house, LATIN VILLAGE FESTIVAL dance, pop and plenty more getSKY CITY FESTIVAL ting in on the action.

The tenth anniversary ediThur 21-Thur 28 Aug, A new addition for this year, this tion of this eclectic musical various locations, www.sum festival is devoted to the world of fiesta includes international DJ merdanceforever.com. Various EDM and pop. With an outdoor Franky Rizardo and Portugal’s times & prices and indoor stage, the line-up house-music maestro Mastiksoul. comprises international DJs, risActs from all over the NetherTHE BRAVE FESTIVAL ing stars and leading names from lands hit the six stages to dish This open-air singer-songwriter, the Amsterdam dance up dance music, authentic salsa indie and folk festival isn’t just music scene. and more. for the stout-hearted, everybody’s Sat 2 Aug, ArenA Park/HeinekSun 10 Aug, Spaarnwoude, welcome! The line-up includes en Music Hall, www.skycity www.a-venue.nl. 13.00, €45 Town of Saints, Lowlakes, I Am festival.com. 13.30, €55/€65 DA BOUNCE URBAN Oak, Tessa Rose Jackson and lots LANDJUWEEL FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL more. See page 25.

Sat 23 Aug, De Tuinen van West, Drawing on the late medieval A new addition to this sumwww.festivalthebrave.nl. 11.00, tradition of a Flemish poets’ mer’s festival scene, this film €25.50 festival, Landjuweel has grown festival promises to provide into a five-day cultural happening an international platform for STRAF_WERK FESTIVAL featuring theatrical explosions, urban film lovers and the film poetry, music, experimental art, industry. Alongside new releases, Straf_Werk returns to the world of summer festivals, storming workshops and a scintillating old-school classics, shorts and back on to the scene with a programme for the kids. documentaries, look out for live thumping event that promises to Wed 6-Sun 10 Aug, Ruigoord, shows, parties, interviews with hit hard with lashings of progreswww.ruigoord.nl. filmmakers and plenty more. sive house.

Various times & prices Thur 14-Sun 17 Aug, WestergasSat 23 Aug, Sportpark Riekerfabriek, www.dbuff.nl.

PLUK DE NACHT haven, www.strafwerkfestival.

Times & prices tbc nl. 12.00, €32.50 Featuring genres ranging from WORLD CINEMA absurd rom-coms to hauntingly BOLLYWOOD AT THE PARK AMSTERDAM muffled horror flicks, this outAmsterdam’s Oosterpark once door film festival is a breath of Celebrating the many excepagain transforms into Little al-fresco air. See page 28. tional films made in Latin India as it hosts this free outdoor Wed 6-Sat 16 Aug, Het Stenen America, Asia and Africa, this festival presenting top films from Hoofd, www.plukdenacht.nl. festival screens more than 40 Bollywood, India’s Hollywood Times & prices tbc feature-length and short films counterpart, alongside activities, (indoor and outdoor) alongside DE PARADE snacks and music. an extensive programme of Q&A Fri 29 & Sat 30 Aug, OosterWith a slew of live music persessions, masterclasses, debates formances, activities, culinary and parties. And with the festival park, www.bollywoodatthepark. nl. 20.00, free delights and a truly unique atmarking its fifth birthday, expect mosphere, this travelling theatre additional celebratory outdoor UITMARKT festival guarantees a memorable screenings.

The Uitmarkt rings in the start evening even if you don’t speak Thur 14-Sun 24 Aug, of the new cultural season in the local lingo. See page 12. various locations, Fri 8-Sun 24 Aug, Martin Luwww.worldcinemaamsterdam. the last weekend of August each year, inspiring, entertaining and ther Kingpark, www.deparade. nl. Various times & prices astounding theatre-, music-, nl. Various times & prices GRACHTENFESTIVAL book- and film-lovers alike. The APPELSAP (CANAL FESTIVAL) festival traditionally features Appelsap represents everything Amsterdam’s historic centre hosts more than 450 performances by some 2,000 artists: from classical that’s fresh. Spend a day in the this ten-day festival of classical Oosterpark’s fresh air with a remusic at numerous unique loca- to kid-friendly, hip-hop to dance freshing drink or two and a host tions. An annual highlight has to and theatre to jazz – there’s something for everyone. of fresh hip-hop and electro acts, be the Prinsengracht concert – a plus crate-loads of DJs. spectacular classical extravaganza Fri 29-Sun 31 Aug, various locations, www.iamsterdam.com.

Sat 9 Aug, Oosterpark, on the city centre canal.

Various times, free www.appelsap.net. 12.00, €29 See page 18.

Fri 15-Sun 24 Aug, various locaVOLTT LOVES SUMMER DUTCH VALLEY tions, www.grachtenfestival.nl.

This annual one-day techno Held at the same location as Various times & prices festival always attracts an impresDance Valley, this festival moves WAVE FESTIVAL sive domestic and international away from dance music to showDJ line-up. But it’s more than a case all aspects of the Dutch pop Set on the shores of De Stooterscene. Featuring more than 75 splas lake, this house and techno musical spectacle: there’s a traditional focus on the finer things in artists, DJs and acts. festival once again erupts from life with an enormous chill-out Sat 9 Aug, Spaarnwoude, the Paviljoen ’t Twiske. Alongside area, plenty of delicious food and www.dutchvalleyfestival.nl. lashings of music, the laid-back cocktails and a vintage market.

13.00, €49 annual gathering traditionally Sat 30 Aug, NDSM-werf, www. also features great food, drinks, LOVELAND voltt.com. 11.00, €42.50 shopping and chill-out areas.

Dance music and the NetherSat 16 Aug, Het Twiske, www.

ENCORE FESTIVAL lands go together like rock’n’roll, facebook.com/WaveFestival Summer is sure to be hotter than and come summer, it’s dance Amsterdam. 13.00, €25 ever as Encore bounces out of music festival galore in AmBIJLMERBIOS its usual club night digs at the sterdam. With an international line-up never to be sniffed at, This three-evening festival offers Melkweg for a full-on festival with three stages.

Loveland is traditionally one of the opportunity to catch a free Sun 31 Aug, NDSM-werf, www. the biggest. film outdoors in Amsterdam encorefestival.nl.

Sat 9 Aug, Sloterpark, www.

Zuidoost (next to Bijlmer 13.00, €35 loveland.nl. 11.00, €44/€49 ArenA Station).

POP & JAZZ JACK WHITE Some consider this famous Detroit native one of the world’s greatest living guitarists. Others, such as the guys from The Black Keys, think he’s a bit of a pain in the neck due to his spiky opinions. But as outspoken as White can be, there’s no denying he’s an entertainer at heart and this return to Amsterdam sees him revelling in his new solo works and, undoubtedly, some of the greatest hits of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather.

Tue 1 Jul, Heineken Music Hall, 20.00, €38

urban island in the heart of the city. Singer-songwriter Youssou N’Dour is a huge draw in 2014, joined by the likes of Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band, Bomba Estéreo and the Gallowstreet Brass Band.

Sun 6 Jul, Kop van Java, 13.00, €12.50 (€15 at the gate) HANOI GYPSY CONCERT From Andalucía to the Orient and with a major nod to the traditional music of Vietnam, this intimate ensemble aims to provide a diverse but authentic voyage through world music.

Players include Vietnamese wind instrument maestro Ngo Hong Quang and flamenco guitarist Manito.

Sun 6 Jul, Amstelkerk, 15.00

GOV’T MULE MAMAR KASSEY What began as a side project Charismatic Yacouba Moufor a few members of The Allmouni leads this vibrant man Brothers Band back in the ensemble from Niger that’s named for a legendary Sharan ’90s quickly evolved into a fullyformed act in its own right. warrior. Together, they’re in town for this year’s Amsterdam Gov’t Mule is now considered Roots Festival with a set that’s one of the best jam bands in the sure to get the crowd dancing. US. Join ’em for a hearty helpin’ of country-fried blues rock with Thur 3 Jul, Bimhuis, lengthy guitar solo showcases at 20.30, €18 their first show in Amsterdam PHOSPHORESCENT in five years.

Tue 8 Jul, Melkweg, 19.00, €30 Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck is a modern country SUMMER INDIESTAD enigma. In recent years he’s tackled gothic folk, a collection Lap up the hottest indie sounds of 2014 at this summer party. of Willie Nelson covers and American noise-pop terrorists released the album Here’s to Sleigh Bells headline with Taking it Easy, which was an support from Superfood and energetic and occasionally cineBlank Realm. matic mix of honky-tonk horns Tue 8 Jul, Tolhuistuin, and haunted heartbreak coun19.30, €15 try. Then last year he returned with Muchacho, mixing earnest A$AP FERG sunshine acoustic moments A member of the NYC-based with distortion and even some collective A$AP Mob, Ferg electronic glitches. struck out on his own last year Thur 3 Jul, Paradiso, with Trap Lord, his first solo al20.30, €17.50 bum. The decision earned him RANDAL CORSEN accolades from the press and & SHIRMA ROUSE hip-hop fans alike, in addition Afro-Curacaoan singer Rouse to BET’s 2013 award for ‘Rookie of the Year’. Now A$AP Ferg has worked with the likes of Anouk, Chaka Khan and Candy is bringing his fiery rhymes to Amsterdam.

Dulfer. Along with Corsen, a Wed 9 Jul, Melkweg, virtuoso pianist, she reached 20.00, €17.50 the semi-finals of a recent season of Holland’s Got TalMARC BROUSSARD ent. They’ll perform a series This American singer-songof American and Caribbean writer has a style that’s been standards at this show. described as ‘Bayou Soul’. He’s Fri 4 Jul, Concertgebouw, also the son of Ted Broussard, a 19.30 & 21.30, €16-€20 former member of The Boogie LES CLAYPOOL’S Kings. Broussard’s fifth fullDUO DE TWANG length album, A Life Worth Living, is due this July.

Les Claypool (aka the singer/ Wed 9 Jul, Tolhuistuin, bassist from weird rockers 20.30, €16 Primus) formed this duo along with his old high-school buddy, FUCKFACE UNSTOPPABLE guitarist Bryan Kehoe, back Jackass veteran Bam Margera in 2012. He calls it his ‘fuck fronts this unhinged cultural off vacation band’. With their collective that specialises in a powers combined, they dish up bluegrass covers of tunes orig- madcap blend of rock, hip hop, inally performed by everybody dubstep and outrageous stunts.

Expect an unforgettable night from The Bee Gees to Alice in of full-fledged debauchery. If Chains, as well as the odd ‘hit’ you go, be sure to wear someby Primus.

Sat 5 Jul, Paradiso, 20.30, €24 thing that you don’t mind getting covered in beer, sweat and ROOTS OPEN AIR a moderate amount of blood.

Fri 11 Jul, Melkweg, This colourful outdoor event 19.30, €17.50 concludes the Amsterdam Roots Festival. From noon CUBAN SUMMER SESSION until night, enjoy a day filled A concert aiming to deliver with global culture and music some Cuban flair to Amsterspread across this spacious

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MUSIC/POP & JAZZ dam, the night kicks off with a screening of the documentary Son Del Oriente. Then Septeto Santiaguero will take over the stage. Led by master guitarist Fernando Dewar, the band is fuelled by the same rhythms and spirit that flowed through Havana’s Buena Vista Social Club back in the day.

Fri 11 Jul, Bimhuis, 20.30, €22 LALAH HATHAWAY – SUMMER SESSIONS ALL STARS Kicking off North Sea Jazz Club’s Summer Sessions – All Stars series, American singer Lalah Hathaway comes to the Netherlands for the first time.

As versatile as her famous father, Donny, Lalah was once a background singer for, among others, Mary J Blige, and won this year’s Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. See page 23.

Fri 11 Jul, North Sea Jazz Club, 21.30, €18-€23 PAUL CARRACK He’s a singer, a songwriter, the owner of his own label and a self-professed workaholic. Carrack has also collaborated with everyone from Elton John and Ringo Starr to Mariah Carey and Phil Collins. If that wasn’t enough, the BBC once dubbed him ‘The Man With the Golden Voice’. Come and see the former Ace frontman do his thing.

Sat 12 Jul, Paradiso, 20.30, €27 CRISTINA BRANCO Branco specialises in jazz and fado, the music of her native Portugal. She’s actually the granddaughter of Amália Rodrigues, the legendary singer who helped popularise fado around the world.

Sun 13 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42 CONOR OBERST Oberst is best known as the frontman for the indie-rock outfit Bright Eyes. For this solo performance, he’ll be joined

by Dawes, an LA-based folkrock band that will also play an opening set. Oberst’s latest album, Upside Down Mountain, rolled into record stores in May. Tue 15 Jul, Paradiso, 20.30, €25 HILLTOP HOODS This group can lay claim to the bestselling Australian hip-hop album of all time. They burst out of the underground in the Down Under back in the early ’00s and the trio has been riding high ever since. Their latest album, Drinking From the Sun, was released in 2012.

Wed 16 Jul, Melkweg, 19.30, €14 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER This (primarily) folk duo hails from North Carolina and is comprised of rock vets MC Taylor and Scott Hirsch. Their latest album, 2013’s Haw, drifts from funk to swamp rock to bluegrass and back again, but they’re also touring in support of Bad Debt, an album recently

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THE AFGHAN WHIGS Singer/guitarist Greg Dulli, whose bourbon-soaked voice has found a partner in grunge survivor Mark Lanegan in recent years, is back as frontman of The Afghan Whigs. These New Orleans rockers sound like they’re always mirroring the (darker) R&B and soul sounds of the ’60s. The group technically called it quits in 2001 but reunited a couple of years ago. It went so well they’ve just released a new album titled Do to the Beast. Mon 14 Jul, Paradiso, 20.30, €27

STAFF BENDA BILILI One of the finest feel-good musical stories in recent memory, these paraplegic street musicians found themselves transported from the neighbourhoods of Kinshasa Zoo to playing major venues across Europe. Founded by two polio victims, Staff Benda Billili has become a dazzling collective of Congolese musicians mixing African rumba beats with more traditional forms of R&B and reggae to great effect. Mon 21 Jul, Paradiso, 20.30, €25 issued after the initial stock of CDs was lost in a warehouse fire in 2010.

Wed 16 Jul, Paradiso, 20.00, €12 DANIEL NORGREN Swedish singer-songwriter Norgren has been compared to everything from Tom Waits to a Swiss Army Knife, playing both guitar and drums (usually at the same time). His music ranges from blues to gospel to circus music. Yes, you read that right: circus music. All that aside, his live performances are notably mesmeric and charming.

Thur 17 Jul, Bitterzoet, 21.00, €12.50 THE DANDY WARHOLS Once upon a time, these psychedelic pop rockers bounced out of the music scene in Portland, Oregon and charmed the pants off the British press by

NEKO CASE This redheaded alt-country starlet has a killer voice that occasionally gets showcased with power-pop group The New Pornographers and roots band The Sadies. But she’s a fantastic songwriter in her own right with an impressive list of memorable releases. Last year’s The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight. The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You keeps that pattern going, albeit with a few more words in the title. Thur 14 Aug, Tolhuistuin, 20.30, €18.50 doffing their own during interviews and live shows. They’re best known for cheeky hits like ‘Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth’ and ‘Bohemian Like You’. These days, however, the focus is more on the psychedelic pop than crafting new radio hits.

Fri 18 Jul, Paradiso, 20.30, €20 THE PALADINS – SUMMER SESSIONS ALL STARS This rock’n’roll blues band from San Diego combines country and rockabilly from the Fifties with blues and jazz.

Fri 18 Jul, North Sea Jazz Club, 21.30, €18-€23 KONSHENS MEETS GYPTIAN Two giants of modern reggae team up for a steaming night in Amsterdam. With back-up sets

by DJ Jah, DJ Mix It and more, expect a night of diverse music that ranges from hip hop and

R&B through to pure Jamaican operandi. WK’s live sets are endancehall and reggae. ergetic, to say the least. Expect Fri 18 Jul, Melkweg, a wild time as he blasts through 22.00, €25 anthems like ‘Party Til You Puke’ and ‘It’s Time to Party’.

VIVA BRASIL FESTIVAL As you may have guessed, he’s For the past few weeks all eyes a bloke who enjoys his social have been on Brazil, examining gatherings. its colourful culture and people Sat 26 Jul, Paradiso, as well as the football. Now you 22.00, €12.50 can get a real-life taste in this GEORGE CLINTON celebratory three-day event that brings live sessions from the The grand master of funk relikes of Tulipa Ruiz, ZUCO 103, turns to Amsterdam, complete Olodum & Daniela Mercury. with his mother ship. Expect Along the way there are loads of around three hours of funk spicy DJs, plus Brazilian snacks jams from this revolving cast of and drinks. music’s freaks and geeks, along Fri 18-Sun 20 Jul, with a packed audience ready Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, to go with the flow. various times & prices Sun 27 Jul, Paradiso, 20.30, €35 MIKE STERN & BILL EVANS BAND – SUMMER SESSIONS KEB’ MO’ – SUMMER ALL STARS SESSIONS ALL STARS The list of icons guitarist Singer-songwriter and guitarist Mike Stern has worked with Keb’ Mo’ draws his music from is immense: Miles Davis, Roy the rich Afro-American traHargrove, David Sanborn, John dition. His latest album, Blue Scofield, Esperanza Spalding, Americana, was released in Victor Wooten, Randy Brecker, April this year and grabs, after Richard Bona and more. His trips to soul and hip hop back improvisations and distinctive to the blues, the backbone of voice have earned him six American music.

Grammy nominations. SaxoTue 29 Jul, North Sea Jazz phonist, keyboardist, vocalist, Club, 21.30, €24-€28 producer, arranger and comBROADWAY’S BEST poser Evans, meanwhile, has 17 albums and two Grammy Conductor Fayçal Karoui nominations to his name. is teaming up with vocalist Sat 19 Jul, North Sea Jazz Isabelle Georges for this perClub, 21.30, €24-€28 formance. Together, they’ll roll through a series of tunes from TYLER THE CREATOR West Side Story, My Fair Lady This hip-hop sensation cut his and several more of Broadway’s teeth by dropping rhymes in best loved musicals.

Odd Future, the popular and Thur 31 Jul, Concertgebouw, chaotic LA-based rap collective.

20.00, €10-€42 When he’s not busy working LUCKY PETERSON – SUMwith them – or directing conMER SESSIONS ALL STARS troversial Mountain Dew commercials – he cranks out the This soulful singer, virtuoso occasional solo effort. His last guitarist and organist is praised album, 2013’s Wolf, earned him for his creativity in music. international accolades and Sun 3 Aug, North Sea Jazz debuted at #3 on the Billboard Club, 21.30, €20-€24 200 chart.

ROSANNE CASH Tue 22 Jul, Paradiso, 20.30, €18 She’s the daughter of a certain ‘Man in Black’ but Cash long FRESHLYGROUND ago established herself as a Freshlyground has been frying powerful guitarist and songup Afro-fusion tunes since the writer in her own right. On top early ’00s. Based in Cape Town, of recording 13 solo albums, the band also likes to spice up she’s had 11 #1 hit singles on the their music with the occasional country charts. Cash’s latest LP, dash of blues, jazz and indie The River & the Thread, was rerock, hitting the big time when leased in January to widespread ‘Waka Waka (This Time For critical acclaim.

Africa)’, a track they recorded Tue 5 Aug, Paradiso, with Shakira, became the 20.30, €18.50 official song of the 2010 FIFA FANTAN MOJAH World Cup. Thur 24 Jul, Paradiso, Jamaican native Fantan Mojah 20.30, €17.50 is one of the most popular reggae singers to fly off the island JAYHAWKS in the past decade. He hit the The Jayhawks have been big time with Hail the King, around since the mid-’80s and, his 2005 album. The title track overlooking a hiatus here and and the song ‘Hungry’ both hit there, they’ve been creating sol- the top of the charts back in Jaid alt-country tunes ever since. maica. Mojah has been making For this set, they’ll perform regular rounds on the festival tracks off Sound of Lies, Smile circuit ever since. and Rainy Day Music, three of Wed 6 Aug, Melkweg, their most popular albums.

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MUSIC/POP & JAZZ / CLASSICAL with tradition, however, Bimhuis is hosting four special concerts in the historic Felix Meritis building throughout August. The fantastic players and improvisers guesting at the grand canal-side location include cellist Ernst Reijseger, saxophonists Michael Moore and Maarten Hogenhuis (plus their respective bands) and the groovy Chambertones.

Thur 8, 15, 22 & Fri 30 Aug, Felix Meritis, 21.30, €12

The Violators.

Tue 19 Aug, Paradiso, 20.30, €16.50 BAAS, VAN GELDER & BENNINK This jazz trio doesn’t get together often, but when they do, things really start to swing.

At these two shows, they’ll perform songs from their various albums, in addition to a few standards. Baas has made waves in recent years and is now considered one of the hottest young saxophonists in the country, while Bennink has been Holland’s top drummer for decades.

Fri 22 Aug, Concertgebouw, 19.30 & 21.30, €20

SVEN RATZKE AND CLARON MCFADDEN SING KURT WEILL The title of this show says it all.

These two vocalists are coming together to perform some of the best-known songs penned by THEE OH SEES the famous German composer.

Back in the ’20s, Weill provided Thee Oh Sees name their althe soundtrack for Berlin’s bois- bums after old Nintendo games terous underground scene. and crank ’em out like there’s Sat 9 Aug, Concertgebouw, no tomorrow. On average, these 20.00, €21-€33 SF garage rockers release a new LP every nine months or so, OUGHT making them one of the hardest Jagged guitar riffs might not working bands on the planet. be the obvious sound of the When they aren’t back in the summer, but the raw, nervous studio they’re widely regarded energy of this Canadian band for their vivacious live shows. certainly gets you moving – Mon 25 Aug, Melkweg, even if you have to pull some 17.00, €17 strange shapes to do so. They’re KARSU DONMEZ signed to Constellation Records, known best for abstract This young pianist with a big jams and lengthy, atmospheric voice began her career performinstrumentals, but the posting songs in her parents’ restaupunk contrast of Ought still rant. Since then, Donmez has seems to fit. appeared on Turkish television Sun 10 Aug, Paradiso, and played at Carnegie Hall.

20.00, €12 Her debut album, Confessions, was released in 2012.

CHELSEA WOLFE Tue 26 Aug, Concertgebouw, This young American singer 19.30 & 21.30, €10-€33 has been compared to PJ ROY AYERS UBIQUITY – Harvey and her eclectic music SUMMER SESSIONS delves into everything from folk ALL STARS to industrial metal. Her latest album, Pain is Beauty, can be US jazz-funk vibist will perform as befuddling as it is fascinatall the much-sampled rare ing, but there’s no denying the groove classics, like ‘Everybody intensity of her performances.

Loves the Sunshine’, ‘Mystic Tue 12 Aug, Melkweg, Voyage’, ‘Love Will Bring Us 19.00, €12.50 Back Together’ and ‘We Live in Brooklyn’.

NOFX Tue 26 Aug, North Sea Jazz NOFX celebrated their 30th Club, 21.30, €27.50-€30 anniversary last year but they’re ADDRESSES still bouncing pretty high whenever the beat strikes up.

Amstelkerk Join frontman Fat Mike and his Amstelveld 10 cronies for what’s sure to be an www.amstelkerk.net energetic live set chock full of Bimhuis their decades-spanning punkPiet Heinkade 3 rock anthems. http://bimhuis.nl Tue 12 Aug, Melkweg, Bitterzoet 19.30, €25 Spuistraat 2 www.bitterzoet.com MATT BIANCO – SUMMER Felix Meritis SESSIONS ALL STARS Keizersgracht 324 Pop-flavoured, ’80s Latin-jazz www.felixmeritis.nl group still led by singer Mark Heineken Music Hall Reilly perform their upbeat hits ArenA boulevard 590 ‘Get Out your Lazy Bed’ and www.heineken-music-hall.nl ‘Half A Minute’.

Melkweg Sat 16 Aug, North Sea Jazz Lijnbaansgracht 234A Club, 21.30, €20-€24 www.melkweg.nl North Sea Jazz Club KURT VILE & THE Pazzanistraat 1 VIOLATORS www.northseajazzclub.com In 2008 Kurt Vile departed Paradiso from indie rockers The War Weteringschans 6-8 on Drugs – who’ve really gone www.paradiso.nl massive this year. But Vile has Royal Concertgebouw been doing fine on his own, too, Concertgebouwplein 10 peering out of his mop-like hair www.concertgebouw.nl to whip up quirky, lo-fi songs Tolhuistuin with catchy hooks, often along Tolhuisweg 5 with his backup band, www.tolhuistuin.nl

CLASSICAL ARTHUR & LUCAS JUSSEN These two sibling pianists have spent the past few years juggling schoolwork and their music careers. Despite homework and exams, they managed to release a new CD this year. At this show, the talented young multi-taskers, along with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, will perform works

by Mozart and Beethoven.

Tue 1 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €32-€55 SHOWPIECES BY ESCHKENAZY AND SELDIS Vesko Eschkenazy and Dominic Seldis are two of the top soloists from the Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. Join them, and violinist/conductor Borika van den Booren for a series of works by Mozart, Bach and more.

Thur 3 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS IN CONCERT Howard Shore penned the music that Frodo and his pals marched along to in the films based on JRR Tolkien’s epic fantasy novels. Now conductor Ludwig Wicki, the Gelders Orkest, Brabant Koor and Vocaal Talent Nederland will join forces to perform the soundtrack live, alongside a screening of part one, The Fellowship of the Ring. Chances are that you’ve seen the movie, but never in one of the world’s most special concert halls and with one of the Netherlands’ boldest orchestras. Mon 7-Wed 9 Jul, Concertgebouw, 19.00, €42-€75

ÁDÁM BALOGH Hungarian pianist Balogh is only 16 years old but is well on his way to stardom. Last year he won Piano Talents 2013 in Milan and has guested with a few major orchestras already. This intimate recital sees him specialising in ChoROMEO & JULIET pin, with a dash of Liszt, Debussy and Bartók to keep it feisty.

It took Tchaikovsky over a decade Fri 4 Jul, Amstelkerk, to convert one of the Bard’s best20.00, €13 known tragedies into a musical masterpiece. Over a century later, ROY HARGROVE’S the work is still beloved and often BIG BAND CLASSICS played by orchestras all over the Hargrove is a Grammy Award- world. Join conductor Carlo Rizzi winning trumpeter who has and the Radio Philharmonic performed alongside greats like Orchestra as they help continue Wynton Marsalis and Herbie its legacy.

Hancock. Now he’s coming to Sun 6 Jul, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam to barrel through 20.00, €24-€42 some of the greatest big-band hits ORGAN CONCERT of all time along with conductor Jurre Haanstra and the Jazz Or- Vincent van Laar, cantor-organist chestra of the Concertgebouw. of the Reformed Church in Eelde, Fri 4 Jul, Concertgebouw, plays the main organ of the ma20.00, €24-€42 jestic Nieuwe Kerk. The concert os free with your entrance ticket.

LEO VAN DOESELAAR Tue 8 Jul, Nieuwe Kerk, This popular organist’s thunder12.00, free ous performances are considered GERSHWIN TO PARIS one of the many highlights of the annual Robeco SummerNights The Calefax Reed Quintet loves concert series. This year, Van to add a little electric flair to the Doeselaar will take on works by symphonies of the world’s bestBach, Widor and several more known composers. At this show, famous conductors. they’ll work their strange magic Sat 5 Jul, Concertgebouw, on Bach, Mozart and Debussy 13.30, €25 before taking on Gershwin’s ‘An American in Paris’.

SIMONE LAMSMA Tue 8 Jul, Concertgebouw, The Guardian dubbed Lamsma 20.00, €21-€33 ‘sensational’ after hearing her CANTO OSTINATO play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.

The talented violinist will tour At these two unique performancChina later this year but, before es, the audience has the option of she heads off, she’ll perform taking their seats... or their blanworks by Beethoven and Tchaik- kets. Some viewers will be able to ovsky at this show along with the lie down on the main floor while National Orchestra of Belgium. organist Aart Bergwerff and Sat 5 Jul, Concertgebouw, his colleagues perform ‘Canto 20.00, €32-€55 Ostinato’, one of Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt’s most popular THOMAS BEIJER & works. More conventional seats LUCAS VAN WOERKUM are also available on the balcony.

Enjoy an inspirational evening Thur 10 Jul, Concertgebouw, that transports you to Spain by 18.30 & 21.30, €20-€35 way of a recital from acclaimed (floor tickets sold out) pianist Beijer, a screening of ROMANTIC SUMMER Van Woerkum’s documentary CLASSICS Canción y Danza and the simple pleasures of paella and wine.

Conductor Ed Spanjaard leads Sat 5 Jul, Muziekgebouw aan ’t the Philharmonie Zuidnederland IJ, 20.15, €32.50 for this romantic performance.

Together, they’ll dive into a lush repertoire of symphonies penned

by Rossini, Berlioz, Sarasate and more.

Fri 11 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €20-€35 QUIRINE VIERSEN & HAYDN Composer Edvard Grieg took inspiration from France’s hippest dance crazes while he was working on the ‘Holberg Suite’, his 1884 masterpiece. Then there’s Haydn’s ‘toe tapping’ Cello Concerto performed by Viersen, the Dutch master cellist, who teams up with the Munich Chamber Orchestra.

Sat 12 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42 COMIC MOZART This quintet soared to fame by making merry of Mozart. Nowadays, they play around 150 shows all over the world every year.

Audiences love them for their whimsical approach to the composer’s symphonies – and their tendency to perform his music with everything from classical instruments to household objects.

Tue 15 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42 RONALD BRAUTIGAM & ISABELLE VAN KEULEN This piano-violin duo is widely considered the classical music equivalent of a ‘super group’.

They’ve been performing together for 15 years and their latest album is a collection of works by Prokofiev. At this performance, they’ll take on Tchaikovsky’s Serenade in C with the Württembergisches Chamber Orchestra.

Wed 16 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42 20 YEARS OF SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRACY Join a group of talented musicians from South Africa as they celebrate the anniversary of their country’s first universal election.

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MUSIC/CLASSICAL MOZART & BIZET Pianist Christian Zacharias has earned a reputation for his exciting, unpredictable, performances.

He’s also won several awards for his recordings of Mozart’s piano concertos. Joined by the Basel Chamber Orchestra, Zacharias will offer his take on the composer’s Piano Concerto No. 24 plus a few more selections.

Fri 25 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42

Led by conductor Brandon Phillips, they’ll perform a set of jazz orchestra standards.

Thur 17 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €20-€35 SUMMERNIGHTS AT THE MOVIES 1: HEROES AND VILLAINS Take a trip with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra as they go on a journey through the past 60 years of cinema. At this performance, they’ll tear through the stirring soundtracks that fuelled everything from Ben Hur to the greatest adventures of Doctor Henry ‘Indiana’ Jones Jr. Sat 19 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €20-€35

STORIONI TRIO Pēteris Vasks is considered one of Northern Europe’s finest living composers. At this show, the Storioni Trio will perform his 2002 piece Plainscapes, in addition to two concertos by Beethoven.

Sun 27 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €27-€41

LUDOVICO EINAUDI ‘In a Time Lapse’ is the title of this performance led by the acclaimed pianist/composer. His music has appeared in countless films including Black Swan and The Intouchables. Along with a string ensemble, Einaudi will play several songs from his decades-spanning career.

Sun 20 & Mon 21 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, sold out ORGAN CONCERT The Niewe Kerk’s own Henk Verhoef plays the main and transept organs. The concert os free with your entrance ticket.

Tue 22 Jul, Nieuwe Kerk, 12.00, free

RASTRELLI CELLO QUARTET These Russian cellists are known for their eclectic recordings and bold live performances. Tonight they’ll roll through several centuries of music composed by everybody from Tchaikovsky to Jimmy Forrest.

Tue 29 Jul, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €21-€33

despite being only children of the Nineties. In a perfect world, they’d be the ones selling out stadiums instead of boy bands like One Direction. At these two shows, they’ll each get a chance to shine as they perform timeless compositions.

Mon 4 & Wed 6 Aug, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €27-€41 ORGAN CONCERT Bernard Winsemius, who serenaded Willem-Alexander and Máxima on their wedding day, plays the main and transept organs of the Nieuwe Kerk. The concert os free with your entrance ticket.

Tue 5 Aug, Nieuwe Kerk, 12.00, free LORENZO GATTO Gatto is currently one of the hottest violinists in Europe and he considers Beethoven to be his personal hero. That’s why, with a little help from the Orchestre de Chambre Pelleas, he’ll dive into several of the composer’s greatest suites at this show.

Sat 9 Aug, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42

With the Resident Orchestra, he’ll perform selections by Mozart, Rossini and Dvořák.

Thur 21 Aug, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42 MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Canadian soprano Erin Wall joins these Australian greats for a night of music and magic.

Together, they’ll perform songs from Strauss’ Don Juan and more.

Fri 22 Aug, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42 ANDREI KOROBEINIKOV Pianist Andrei Korobeinikov and conductor Alexander Vedernikov lead the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at this concert featuring Tchaikovsky’s Hamlet, Overture-Fantasia and additional selections.

Sat 23 Aug, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42 BERNSTEIN AND GERSHWIN Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski joins the European Union Youth Orchestra for this show. They’ll perform Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ songs from Bernstein’s West Side Story and more.

Sun 24 Aug, Concertgebouw, 20.00, €24-€42

DOMINIC SELDIS Seldis is a master of the British STORIONI TRIO double bass, an instrument that rarely gets to spend much time This small ensemble has been going strong for nearly 20 years. in the spotlight. With him at the ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW helm, though, it gets to shine durHere they’ll perform works by ORCHESTRA ing his virtuoso performances. At Mendelssohn and Arbós, in this one, Seldis and pianist James Mariss Jansons has served as the addition to Beethoven’s Piano QUIRINE VIERSEN Trio, Op. 97, which the composer Pearson will perform the works of chief conductor of the world-reThis renowned cellist considers Gershwin, Bottesini and others. nowned orchestra since 2004 dedicated to Archduke Rudolph Bach as central to her musical life Wed 13 Aug, Concertgebouw, but is set to step down at the end of Austria. and career. Together with pianist 20.00, €21-€33 of the new season. At this show, Fri 1 Aug, Concertgebouw, Ashley Wass, she’ll perform sevthey’ll perform Brahms’ Violin 20.00, €21-€41 JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET eral tributes to the composer, in Concerto in D with Leonidas KaARTHUR & LUCAS JUSSEN addition to selections from a few This French pianist was one of vakos, plus other works. of his successors.

Gramophone’s Artists of the Year Mon 25 Aug, Concertgebouw, These two brothers mastered Thur 24 Jul, Concertgebouw, for 2012. At this performance, 20.00, €32-€55 the piano at an early age and 20.00, €27-€41 he’s backed by the Netherlands they’ve received tons of accolades BASS2014AMSTERDAM Philharmonic Orchestra.

Fri 15 Aug, Concertgebouw, This offshoot of the European 20.00, €24-€42 Biennial Double Bass Congress (taking place in Almere) brings ORGAN CONCERT some top double-bass stars and Ad van Sleuwen plays the main talented young students to this organ of the Nieuwe Kerk. The Amsterdam church. Be it clasconcert os free with your ensical, jazz or beyond, it’s a great trance ticket. chance to experience the contraTue 19 Aug, Nieuwe Kerk, bass in its full glory.

12.00, free Tue 26 & Wed 27 Aug, Amstelkerk, 20.00 ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SUMMER NIGHTS AT THE MOVIES 2: THE GODFATHER It’s a summer tradition for the MEETS JACK SPARROW Rotterdam Philharmonic to hop on the train and pay a visit to The cinematic series continues Amsterdam’s famous concert with this fun concert. Conductor hall. In 2014, conductor Yannick Stefan Asbury takes the helm of Nézet-Séguin leads them for a the North Netherlands Orchestra grand take on Mahler’s Sixth. as they perform music from The GRACHTENFESTIVAL JANINE JANSEN & Tue 19 Aug, Concertgebouw, Godfather and Pirates of the CarTHE FOUR SEASONS This ten-day celebration of 20.00, €24-€42 ibbean films, in addition to the classical music (and more) Janine Jansen has become original Star Wars Trilogy and is famous for presenting one of the most successful ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW much more. fantastic, accessible and classical exports from the ORCHESTRA Wed 27 Aug, Concertgebouw, affordable performances at Netherlands in recent years.

Led by conductor Mariss Jan20.00, €20-€35 sons, this performance includes some of the most amazing This evening the star violinist ADDRESSES works by Shostakovich and Ravlocations around the city. gives a special guest perel. The orchestra is usually out Amstelkerk Alongside special venues formance with the Amsterof town during summer months, Amstelveld 10 around the city’s waterways, dam Sinfonietta. Vivaldi’s but for this concert they’ll return www.amstelkerk.net it traditionally provides a best-known work, The Four and let their hair down, embracDe Nieuwe Kerk stage for young talented Seasons, is the showpiece of ing a jazzier, relaxed vibe.

Dam square musicians, giving them every the concert, but there’s also Wed 20 Aug, Concertgebouw, www.nieuwekerk.nl 20.00, €32-€55 Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ opportunity to take the next time for Berg’s Sonata and Piet Heinkade 1 step in their musical careers. Beethoven’s String Quartet MARTIN FROST www.muziekgebouw.nl See page 18. Fri 15-Sun 24 No.1 (with arrangement by Frost is considered one of SweRoyal Concertgebouw Aug, various locations, times Mahler). Sun 31 Aug, Conden’s most famous musicians Concertgebouwplein 10 & prices certgebouw, 20.00, €32-€55 and he’s a master of the clarinet. www.concertgebouw.nl SARA WILSON

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REGULAR EVENTS CHEEKY MONDAY Weekly cult drum & bass feast that sees international turntablists mingle with regulars.

Every Mon, Winston Kingdom, from 21.00 BLACK BOX Diverse dance sounds from cutting edge guests every week.

Every Wed, Studio 80, from 23.00 PARDI GRAS Get over that midweek slump with a Wednesday night party without pretentions.

Every Wed, Paradiso, from 23.30 NOODLANDING One of the city’s most famous pop parties where just about anything goes – music, fashion or behaviour. Expect indie, electro, hip hop and cheesy pop.

Every Thur, Paradiso, from 23.30 RHYTHM Weekly house night that promises a journey through the full spectrum of the genre, from deep soulful house vibes to hard-hitting electro basslines.

Every Thur, Winston Kingdom, from 23.00 SUPER SOCIAL Practice your social skills at this Leidseplein haunt. The dance music is suitably varied, from pop to nu-disco and classics to acid.

Every Thur, Chicago Social Club, from 23.00 OFFSET Weekly night with DJ Mickster & Ldopa playing diverse tunes back to back.

Every Fri, Winston Kingdom, from 23.00 MC NACHT Each week promises an uncompromising blend of live performances and DJs. Every Sat, MC Theater, from 23.00 ENCORE Amsterdam’s home of hip hop and R&B. Expect big beats, classic hits and new songs, exploring the spectrum of hip hop and R&B. Every Sat, Melkweg, from midnight PAYBACK Budget-conscious beats. Musically, anything is possible.

Every Sat, Winston Kingdom, from 23.00 SNEEKY SUNDAY Skull-crushing bass rules at this weekly celebration of dubstep, dub and jungle.

Every Sun, Winston Kingdom, from 22.00 WICKED JAZZ SOUNDS Jazzy classics, nu-soul and live players collide in this swinging party that’s never the same.

Every Sun, Sugar Factory, from 23.00

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PITCH FESTIVAL, DAY 1 The line-up of Mojo Concerts’ progressive flagship festival represents virtually all electronic and organic dance styles.

Headliners today include Bristol’s trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack (pictured), bass-glitch-pop icon SBTRKT, Nigeria’s afrobeat artist Seun Kuti playing with Egypt 80 (the band of his legendary father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti), 8-bit dubstep man Zomby, German techno-pop trio Moderat, hipster electronica producers Mount Kimbie and Scandinavian electronic pop outfit Little Dragon. Fri 4 Jul, Westergasfabriek, http:// pitchfestival.nl. 14.30-03.00, €47.50 (€85 for both days)

BUITEN WESTEN Stages hosted by Monday’s Next Hangover, NGHTDVSN and Pleinvrees all focus on German-style minimal and euphoric techno, with Michael Mayer (pictured), Roman Flugel, Aril Brikha, Apparat, Robag Wruhme, Daniel Avery and more headlining. Zeezout, Cartel Amsterdam and Paardenkracht host stages for fans of more soulful beats. Sat 19 Jul, Westerpark, http://buitenwesten. am. 12.00-23.00, €42.50

DEKMANTEL FESTIVAL, DAY 1 One of the best line-ups in Europe. Highlights include one of the biggest electro hypes of the last few years, Nicolas Jaar (pictured); messy London techno producer Blawan; a live performance by Karenn (Blawan alongside Pariah); and Norwegian space discoproducer Prins Thomas. Fri 1 Aug, Amsterdamse Bos, www.dekmantelfestival. com. 13.00-23.00, €42

tribal and electronic. The local DJs performing – Quazar, Per, Hepcat and Gino – have legendary status and are only slightly younger than Grace Slick.

Sat 12 Jul, Ruigoord, www.sas safrasparty.nl. 22.00, €15 KIS. With an upcoming EP on Delsin Records under his Sterac moniker, Amsterdam’s techno veteran Steve Rachmad is far from a relic. With the musical knowledge of a sonic historian, you can expect a wide range of soulful and abstract dancefloor goodness from this man.

Support comes from Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts and Enrique’s Grooves.

Sat 12 Jul, Studio 80, 23.00-05.00, €15 NGHTDVSN: CROSSROADS Expect an evening of quality house music in a classic nightclub environment. For Jamie Trench, entertaining crowds on a dance floor seems to come naturally, as his dad used to own a club. Expect him to play a mix of bass-heavy UK house and more classic, US-style club music with possibly the odd excursion into early ’90s hip hop. Local veteran Melon warms up and cools down with his fine collection of easy-going cocktail house.

Fri 18 Jul, Chicago Social Club, 23.00-05.00, €10 MILKSHAKE FESTIVAL This festival has a typical sunnyside-up vibe. Among the happy, international DJ crowd performing today are Paris’s disco-influenced house producer Bob Sinclar, and – also hailing from France – Miss Kittin (will she perform in her nurse’s uniform like she used to in her younger years, we wonder?). Locals on the bill are the always-smiling Carlos Valdes, Wannabeastar, Rauw resident Joost van Bellen and former resident of the old club iT (now AIR), DJ Jean.

Sun 20 Jul, Westerpark, www.milkshakefestival.nl.

12.00-23.00, €42.50 BORDELLO A PARIGI This italo-disco crew takes you back to the times when synthesizers looked like space ships and Italians singing through vocoders in broken English were the coolest thing in the world.

Failed, camp pop music gone underground, that’s the spirit of Bordello A Parigi.

Sat 26 Jul, Canvas, 23.00, €10

DEKMANTEL FESTIVAL DAY 3 Gerd and Amsterdam’s experimental beat DJ Job Jobse.

The harder styles of techno are Sat 23 Aug, Sportpark Riekwell represented, but there are erhaven, http://strafwerk.org. also more chilled-out sounds to 12.00-23.00, €29.50 be heard by artists such as pioneering UK techno/electronica OUWE STIJL IS BOTERGEIL duo Plaid (who just released A brutal, high BPM, retro-style their tenth studio album and club night filled with sounds used to be part of trio Black Dog that were very, very popular Productions), Andrew Weatherin the Netherlands during the all of Sabres of Paradise (Warp Records), a live set by Atom TM, mid- and late 1990s: early Dutch hardcore (call it gabba if you the experimental alter ego of will), early rave and early terror.

Latin/acid/reggaeton maestro The bill features a mix of GerSeñor Coconut and indie-elecman (Apac, Beagle, Borschtsch, tronica duo Mount Kimbie.

Cut-X, Rottencore live) and Techno highlights include Jeff Dutch (Enforcer, Fainiac, Kaycie, ‘The Wizard’ Mills, Marcel Niro, The Irritainer) DJs. Keep Dettman (member of Berlin’s those distorted beats coming. infamous Berghain gang), Ben Sat 23 Aug, Undercurrent, Klock (also Berghain) and su22.00-06.00, €20 permodel-slash-electro DJ Nina Kraviz. If you’ve been to this INKSWEL edition of Dekmantel, you’ve Defying categories, Melbournite basically seen it all.

Inkswell bakes his beats boogie, Sun 3 Aug, Amsterdamse Bos, house, wonky or afro-style. www.dekmantelfestival.com.

13.00-23.00, €42 (€105 for all Music is music, according to the man who has a strong connecthree days) tion with the leftfield electronic SONIC BOOM dance scene in Amsterdam; he’s recorded some of his music here, A night of grime, dubstep and worked with Tom Trago and digidub hosted by brutal resreleased some of his productions ident DJ Brutuzz plus special on local labels such as Boogie guest performances by British Bash and Dopeness Galore. bass heads Ishan Sound, Kahn & Fri 29 Aug, Canvas, 23.00, €12 Neek and V.I.V.E.K. Fri 8 Aug, Melkweg, VOLTT LOVES SUMMER 2014 23.00-05.00, €15 For classic techno vibes, go see veterans like Richie Hawtin, advert Sven Väth and Voltt resident Bart Skils; Cologne’s Kompakt Records head honcho plays a unique mix of techno, house and pop; The Hague’s Intergalactic Gary keeps things underground electro; Gui Boratto (Brazil) has his roots in blueprint minimal techno.

Sat 30 Aug, NDSM-werf, www.volttlovessummer.com.

11.00-23.00, €36.50

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APPELSAP FRESH MUSIC FESTIVAL One of the few festivals catering for an ‘urban’ crowd, with hip hop, R&B and dancehall tunes.

Amsterdam-based afrobeat Headliner is Glaswegian hip ensemble Jungle By Night, hop/glitch/R&B artist Hudson ONE-OFF EVENTS breakbeat addict DJ Gaslamp Mohawke (real name Ross Killer, Portuguese kudoro quarBirchard, Warp Records) who is INC FESTIVAL tet Buraka Som Sistema, Aphex truly one of the most influential Twin-like electronica wizard A new kid on the festival block, beat producers of the past five Clark, Norwegian cosmic disco DEKMANTEL FESTIVAL DAY 2 with a mix of house, techno and years. With only one album Featuring 3 Chairs (Moodycamp dance music. International producer Todd Terje and an ul(Butter) and a handful of EPs to mann, Theo Parrish, Rick highlights in the line-up include tra-rare live performance by Dethis name, Birchard’s kitchy style troit’s down-tempo house-music Wilhite and Marcellus Pitmann, was noticed by the team around Germany’s electro-pop outfit legend Theo Parrish. all fighting for the decks to play Booka Shade and England’s Kanye West, for whom he has Sat 5 Jul, Westergasfabriek, eclectic, soulful and rare beats), post-dubstep house producer now produced several tracks. http://pitchfestival.nl.

Bristol’s post-dubstep house Audiojack. Also playing are Paul Also part of West’s production 14.00-03.00, €47.50 producer Julio Bashmore, DeWoodford, Sidney Charles and team is Houston’s 22-year-old (€85 for both days) troit’s junior wonder child Kyle Miss Melera among many others. producer and DJ Travis Scott Hall, ECM records remixer Max Sat 5 Jul, Zuidas De Boelelaan, Sat 9 Aug, Oosterpark, http:// SASSAFRAS. 2014: Loderbauer, the Moritz Von www.incfestival.nl. appelsap.net. 12.00-23.00, €29 A RUIGOORD ODYSSEY Oswald Trio Live (including the 12.00-23.00 €29.50 STRAF_WERK Every now and then, Holland’s legendary dubtechno producer PITCH DAY 2 ultimate hippy hideaway opens Maurizio himself) and more. An This new festival features a its gates for the public to party insane line-up. Again.

Another wildly eclectic line-up, rather odd line-up with big, like they must have done in the Sat 2 Aug, Amsterdamse Bos, with Canadian minimal-techno commercial EDM names like times of Jefferson Airplane and www.dekmantelfestival.com. master Richie Hawtin, fellow Tensnake, as well as the locally The Grateful Dead. Except the 13.00-23.00, €42 (€105 for all very popular German house jock Canadian Caribou, futuristic music is – Amsterdam style – three days) pop-singer Banks, nine-piece Âme, Dutch classic techno artist

ENCORE FESTIVAL Encore, Melkweg’s eclectic R&B, hip hop and dance night, has taken the festival route. The lineup is filled with big local rappers (Adje, Jayh), skillful local DJs (Full Crate, FS Green) plus a handful of international rappers such as Los Angeles’ Kid Ink and Pusha T (known for his collaboration with Kanye West).

Sun 31 Aug, NDSM-werf, encorefestival.nl. 13.00, €35 ADDRESSES Canvas Wibautstraat 150 www.canvas7.nl Chicago Social Club Leidseplein 12 www.boomchicago.nl MC Theater Polonceaukade 5 www.mconline.nl Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A www.melkweg.nl Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8 www.paradiso.nl Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 17 www.studio-80.nl Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238 www.sugarfactory.nl Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 131 www.winston.nl

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JAN ROSSEEL – 10 YEARS OF BELGIAN AUTUMN VLIEGER & VANDAM Belgian photographer Jan Acclaimed for their provocRosseel explores the history ative, graphically-innovative of one of Belgium’s bloodiest handbags, Vlieger & Vandam crime episodes in which a gang started life as an art project. of criminals known as ‘The The runaway success of their Brabant Killers’ committed a ‘Guardian Angel’ handbag led series of bloody supermarket to the foundation of their com- robberies, killing a total of 28 pany in 2004 and a decade lat- people. Rosseel draws on the er, their bags are adorning the extensive police investigation, arms of celebrities including witness accounts and collective Rihanna, Fergie and Rita Ora. memories to tell the story of Museum of Bags & Purses, this crime wave that swept until 6 Jul Belgium between March 1982 and November 1985.

DUTCH DOC Foam, until 20 Aug PHOTO AWARD 2014 ARTZUID JUNIOR Work from 34 documentary photography projects, with a Organised as part of the Vonspecial focus on the six nomi- delpark’s 150th jubilee celebranees for this year’s Dutch Doc tions, this free outdoor sculpPhoto Award. Be it ladies in ture exhibition sees 20 works traditional costume cycling designed by children installed though the Dutch polder land- at various locations throughout scape or inhabitants of Sochi the Vondelpark. enjoying the subtropical beach Vondelpark, until 24 Aug in the run-up to the Winter ROMAN VISHNIAC: Olympics, these photogra(RE)DISCOVERED phers all capture aspects of daily life with immense skill Extensive retrospective of and intimacy. work by Russian-American Tropenmuseum, until 6 Jul photographer Roman Vishniac, best known for his pre-war DAISUKE YOKOTA depictions of East European During the 2013 Unseen PhoJews. The exhibition features to Fair, Daisuke Yokota was recently discovered prints, film recognised by an international images, personal correspondjury as the most promising ence and photos that have photographer at the fair and been developed for the first awarded her own exhibition at time using recently digitised Foam. Part of the young gennegatives. eration of Japanese photograJewish Historical Museum, phers with a distinct approach until 24 Aug to photography, Yokota adds FROM THE GUGGENHEIM various layers to his mysteriCOLLECTION ous black-and-white photos using several techniques to Embark on a transatlantic lend them a tactile, poetic journey exploring the boundquality. aries of the field. The majority Foam, until 6 Jul of works in this exhibition adorned the walls of the SoloINSURGENTS mon R Guggenheim Museum OF THE CARIBBEAN when it opened to the public in Exhibition of 16 fascinating 1959. See page 23. works by photographer Nicola CoBrA Museum of Modern Lo Calzo, delving into memoArt, until 31 Aug ries of the slave revolt on Haiti ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS and Guadeloupe and examinAND CONTEMPORARY ing how these memories echo VISUAL CULTURE through future generations.

Tropenmuseum, until 20 Jul An impressive selection of defining photographs from CONVERTED: BECOMING throughout history, examining MUSLIM – BEING MUSLIM their symbolic impact and adWhy choose Islam? And how dressing the stories concealed do you actually become Muswithin the images. Featuring lim? This intriguing exhibition renowned images including explores the process of conthat of the ‘Napalm Girl’ from verting to Islam, taking into the Vietnam War, the Tank account not only the spiritual Man and images of the 2001 aspect but also the many pracattack on the WTC in tical implications.

New York.

Amsterdam Museum, Dutch Press Museum, until 27 Jul until 31 Aug

the 1970s alongside the later, more famous colour series.

Huis Marseille, until 7 Sep

Choice exhibits DETAIL OF WHO’S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW AND BLUE III

REFLECTED: WORKS FROM THE FOAM COLLECTION In a first for the photography museum, Foam presents a selection of works drawn from its own extensive collection.

Foam has been collecting works since 2007 and the collection has now blossomed to include more than 300 photographs alongside films and installations linked to the field.

Foam, until 2 Jul

JEFF WALL: TABLEAUX, PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS 1996-2013 Extraordinary selection of nearly 40 works delving into the oeuvre of Canadian photographer Jeff Wall, acclaimed for his light box-based work exploring themes such as male-female relationships and the boundary between metropolis and nature. Includes the previously-unseen 2013 diptych ‘Summer Afternoons’.

Stedelijk Museum, until 3 Aug

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TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

THE GIJS+EMMY BARNETT NEWMAN SPECTACLE Barnett Newman (1905Survey exhibition of fashion 1970) is one of the most and jewellery created by celebrated artists of Color renowned husband and wife Field Painting. Perhaps his design team Gijs Bakker and most famous work, ‘Who’s Emmy van Leersum between Afraid of Red, Yellow and 1967 and 1972. As the Sixties Blue III’, was slashed by a drew to a close, Bakker and vandal in 1986. Following a Van Leersum took the world highly controversial restoof design by storm with their ration, the paining – along revolutionary avant-garde with several others by Newjewellery and clothing. It’s man – is now on view again like stepping into a Jetsons for the first time in the recartoon – only classy. Stedeli- opened Stedelijk. Stedelijk jk Museum, until 24 Aug Museum, until 20 July IN ALL THEIR GLORY as you explore the history of For the first time in 200 years, travel and the development of suitcases and travel bags. The the Royal Palace Amsterdam museum on the Herengracht is opening its War Council displays a huge array of unique Chambers to the public for a reunion of their world-famous suitcases and travel bags dating from 1850 to the present day. civic guard portraits. The War Museum of Bags & Purses, Council Chambers are situated until 31 Aug on the third floor of the former town hall. These rooms used to EXPEDITION SILK ROAD be decorated with 18 imposing Major exhibition providing a group portraits of civic guardsglimpse into the long-lost civmen, the best-known of them being Rembrandt’s ‘The Night ilisations that flourished along the legendary Silk Road – a Watch’. Visitors now have the 4,000 mile trading and culturexclusive chance to see the al transmission route running works again in their original through Asia. Subtitled ‘Treassetting in a partially digital ures from the Hermitage’, the reconstruction. exhibition features 250 excepRoyal Palace Amsterdam, tional objects drawn from the until 31 Aug museum’s collection including THE DARK CHAPTER murals, Buddhas, precious silks, silver, glass, gold and Family-oriented exhibition terracotta. looking at the history of the Hermitage Amsterdam, slave trade from a maritime until 5 Sep perspective, focusing on the dramatic story of a slave ship ART IS THERAPY called the Leusden – a boat which sank without a trace in British writers and philosophers Alain de Botton and John ArmSuriname in 1738 with many strong rearrange the Rijksmuslaves trapped on board. seum collection to show what Het Scheepvaartmuseum, art can mean to visitors. until 31 Aug Rijksmuseum, until 7 THEY’VE TAKEN ALL September THE CHILDREN AWAY GUIDO GUIDI: VERAMENTE Harrowing exhibition delvAwarding Italian photographer ing into the stories of nearly Guido Guidi this year’s Pixsea 1,300 Jewish children who Oeuvre Award, the jury named were transported from the him ‘a genuine black pearl of Herzogenbusch concentration contemporary photography’ in camp to the Sobibor extermilight of the fact that his work is nation camp on 6 and 7 June 1943. A major element of the yet to gain widespread international recognition. Renowned exhibition is a wall of rememas a pioneer of new Italian brance displaying the names of landscape photography, his the 1,296 children, 160 of them works are characterised by an accompanied by photographs. astonishingly strong and poetic Dutch Resistance Museum, power. This is the first ever until 31 Aug retrospective of the influential WELCOME ABOARD Italian photographer’s work, featuring his experimental Travel the world from the comblack-and-white photos from fort of a canal-side museum

TACO ANEMA: IN CONFERENCE Subtitled ‘Portraits of Dutch Administrative Boards’, this photography exhibition examines a peculiarly Dutch phenomenon of groups of people working voluntarily in associations to address concerns in which they feel the government is either inactive or ineffective.

Huis Marseille, until 7 Sep DAVID CRONENBERG – THE EXHIBITION A major exhibition focusing on acclaimed director David Cronenberg, responsible for classics including The Fly, Naked Lunch, Crash, eXistenZ and A History of Violence.

See page 25.

EYE Film Museum, until 14 Sep AMSTERDAM! BY ED VAN DER ELSKEN Coinciding with a reprint of Van der Elsken’s legendary photography publication Amsterdam!, this exhibition features in excess of 100 of the original prints used for the book. See page 66.

Amsterdam City Archives, until 14 Sep CURIOSITY: ART AND THE PLEASURES OF KNOWING This exhibition, curated by novelist Brian Dillon, zooms in on ‘curiosity’ as the motor which spurs us on to acquire knowledge, but also as a guilty desire for the pleasures of new and strange things. See page 22. de Appel arts centre, until 14 Sep CALDER AT THE RIJKSMUSEUM The second in a series of annual international sculpture displays presented in the Rijksmuseum’s gardens sees 14 monumental sculptures

by American artist Alexander Calder take up residence in the museum’s free ‘outdoor gallery’.

Rijksmuseum, until 5 Oct OPERA AT THE STEDELIJK: LEX REITSMA + EIKO ISHIOKA Showcasing the work of graphic designer Lex Reitsma and costume designer Eiko Ishioka, both of whom played pivotal roles in the Dutch National Opera until this year.

Stedelijk Museum, until 19 Oct THE WORLD OF VAN GOGH: PHOTOGRAPHS BY EMMY ANDRIESSE FROM THE PRINT COLLECTION This year we celebrate the birth a hundred years ago of Emmy Andriesse (1914-1953), an important photographer of the first half of the 20th century; a perfect occasion for showing her photographs from the Van Gogh Museum collection.

Van Gogh Museum, until 5 October THE ART OF THE BRICK Named by CNN as one of the world’s 10 must-see exhibi-

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VAN GOGH: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Following the success of Van Gogh: My Dream in 2013, a new and improved version of the exhibition returns to once again recreate 200 of Van Gogh’s seminal works. Seven 3D animations of some of the artist’s most famous works reveal the hidden dimensions of these paintings, animating suggested movements and exposing hidden details to give a peek into the artistic mind of the most famous Dutch artist ever to have lived.

Beurs van Berlage, closing date tbc FAB. A must-see for bag lovers, this exhibition features a range of exclusive bags and accessories created by fashion outfit Fab. Museum of Bags & Purses, 7 Jul-24 Aug ANOEK STEKETEE & EEFJE BLANKEVOORT – LOVE RADIO This trans-media documentary project sees photographer Anoek Steketee and journalist and filmmaker Eefje Blankevoort examine the complex process of reconciliation and forgiveness following the Rwandan genocide, 20 years after the horrific events that left almost a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus dead.

Foam, 11 Jul-7 Sep DON’T STOP NOW: FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY NEXT Dynamic and varied group exhibition showcasing work by a new guard of young, international photographers working for magazines such as Dazed & Confused and AnOther Magazine. As well as focusing on their work as creative, independent image-makers, the exhibition also deals with the often hard-to-achieve balance between independent and commissioned work.

Foam, 11 Jul-7 Sep BRILLIANTLY DRAWN: PORTRAITS BY JOHANNES THOPAS A large selection of portrait drawings by the Dutch artist Johannes Thopas. Born deaf and dumb, Thopas is one of the few 17th-century artists to have specialised in drawn portraits.

This exhibition features almost 40 of his drawings (more than half of his remaining oeuvre), on loan from various Dutch and international collections.

Rembrandthuis, 11 Jul-5 Oct VII BY CÉCILE DE JAEGHER Handcrafted by Belgian designer Cécile de Jaegher, the clutches and evening bags in this exhibition take fascinating forms including birds, butterflies and exotic fruit.

Museum of Bags & Purses, 26 Aug-2 Nov

paintings, antique furnishings and objects d’art.

family. It is used for state visits, award ceremonies and other official receptions. When the palace is not being used by the royal family, it is open to the public.

Visitors can explore the magnificent interior and discover the rich history of the building.

Prinsengracht 263-267 www.annefrank.org de Appel arts centre ON THE MOVE ONS’ LIEVE HEER OP Prins Hendrikkade 142 SOLDER (OUR LORD IN Subtitled ‘Storytelling in Conwww.deappel.nl THE ATTIC) temporary Photography and Museum of Bags & Purses Graphic Design’, this exhibition This clandestine church in a Herengracht 573 focuses on recent developments 17th-century canal house attic www.tassenmuseum.nl in photography and reveals the dates back to the Reformation, Biblical Museum STEDELIJK MUSEUM numerous ways in which artists when Catholics were not perHerengracht 366-368 and photographers build their mitted to practice their faith The museum’s permanent colwww.bijbelsmuseum.nl narratives in dialogue with in public. Today, it’s one of the lection is now on display in the Body Worlds graphic designers. city’s most unique attractions. beautifully restored historical Damrak 66 Stedelijk, 29 Aug-18 Jan 2015 building, with fixed spots for http://bodyworlds.nl REMBRANDTHUIS highlights such as ‘The BeanDe Brakke Grond The house that Rembrandt ery’ by Edward Kienholz and Nes 45, www.brakkegrond.nl Cobra Museum PERMANENT Sandbergplein 1, Amstelveen EXHIBITIONS www.cobra-museum.nl Dutch Press Museum ANNE FRANK HOUSE Zeeburgerkade 10 http://persmuseum.nl Prinsengracht 263 is where Dutch Resistance Museum Anne Frank lived in hiding Plantage Kerklaan 61 with her family for more than www.verzetsmuseum.org two years during World War II. EYE Film Museum Now converted into a museum, IJpromenade 1 it contains a sobering exhibiwww.eyefilm.nl tion about the persecution of Foam the Jews and persecution in a Keizersgracht 609 wider context. http://foam.org BODY WORLDS Geelvinck Hinlopen House Keizersgracht 633 After captivating visitors the http://geelvinck.nl world over, the oft-controVan Gogh Museum versial exhibition of human Paulus Potterstraat 7 specimens including wholewww.vangoghmuseum.nl body plastinates, organs and Het Grachtenhuis translucent body slices takes up (Museum of the Canals) permanent residence in central Herengracht 386 Amsterdam. Featuring an exBAD THOUGHTS – COLLECTION MARTIJN AND http://hetgrachtenhuis.nl tensive selection of authentic JEANNETTE SANDERS Hermitage Amsterdam human specimens, the emphaAmstel 51, www.hermitage.nl sis of this exhibition is on the Featuring several hundred paintings, sculptures, photoHollandse Schouwburg various aspects of life and love. graphs, drawings, films, videos and installations by over 350 Plantage Middenlaan 24 artists, the Sanders Collection is one of the most important EYE FILM MUSEUM www.hollandscheschouwburg.nl private collection in the Netherlands. Derived from a phoHortus Botanicus Cinematography museum tographic work by Gilbert & George, the title alludes to the Plantage Middenlaan 2a home to an internationally Sanders’ quest to collect art and their interest in the darker http://dehortus.nl renowned collection of films side of the human psyche. Includes work by David Claerbout, Huis Marseille covering the whole history of Keizersgracht 401 cinema, from the first silent Gilbert & George, Anton Henning, Anselm Kiefer and Cindy www.huismarseille.nl movies to the latest contempoSherman. Stedelijk Museum, 20 Jul-9 Nov Imagine IC rary productions.

Frankemaheerd 2 GEELVINCK HINLOPEN called home for nearly 20 years works by Willem de Kooning www.imagineic.nl HOUSE boasts an impressive collection and Andy Warhol. Half of the Jewish Historical Museum of drawings and paintings by ground floor is reserved for the Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1 A decadent canal-side mansion the Old Master himself as well best pieces from the design www.jhm.nl showcasing 17th-century paas by his contemporaries. The collection.

Museum Van Loon trician wealth, located on the Rembrandthuis is also home to Keizersgracht 672 Golden Bend of the grandest TROPENMUSEUM 290 of Rembrandt’s etchings www.museumvanloon.nl canal of all, the Herengracht.

The ‘Museum of the Tropics’ Mediamatic Fabriek Highlights include ornamental – a near complete collection – and an alternating selection is has eight geographically themed VOC-kade 10 gardens as well as sumptuous on permanent display. permanent exhibitions and an www.mediamatic.net themed salons. ongoing series of temporary De Nieuwe Kerk RIJKSMUSEUM HET GRACHTENHUIS presentations, including both Dam square (MUSEUM OF THE CANALS) After a decade of unprecedentmodern and traditional visual www.nieuwekerk.nl arts and photographic work.

Ons’ Lieve Heer Op Solder A tribute to the Canal District, ed renovation, the Rijksmuseum finally showed off its new (Our Lord in the Attic) with multimedia exhibitits WILLET-HOLTHUYSEN (and old) look in April 2013.

Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40 showing how the engineering MUSEUM Visit the state museum and www.opsolder.nl marvel was built on swampembark on a journey through The only completely period Rembrandthuis land during the 17th-century Dutch art and history from the furnished canal-side house in Jodenbreestraat 4 expansion.

Middle Ages and Renaissance Amsterdam open daily to the www.rembrandthuis.nl HORTUS BOTANICUS right up until the 20th century. public, with a remarkable colRijksmuseum lection of Golden Age art and Jan Luijkenstraat 1 For nearly four centuries, AmHET SCHEEPVAART silverware. www.rijksmuseum.nl sterdam’s Hortus Botanicus has MUSEUM (NATIONAL Royal Palace Amsterdam regaled visitors with its lush MARITIME MUSEUM) ADDRESSES Dam square greenhouses and exotic plants.

The National Maritime MuAllard Pierson Museum www.paleisamsterdam.nl Originally founded in 1638 to seum comprises a series of Oude Turfmarkt 127 Het Scheepvaartmuseum serve as a herb garden for the small exhibitions exploring www.allardpiersonmuseum.nl (National Maritime Musuem) city’s doctors and pharmacists, various elements of maritime Amsterdam City Archives Kattenburgerplein 1 it’s one of the oldest botanical life. Moored outside is the Vijzelstraat 32 www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl gardens in the world.

Amsterdam, an exact replica http://stadsarchief.

Stedelijk Museum MUSEUM VAN LOON of a famous Dutch East India amsterdam.nl Museumplein 10 Company ship.

Amsterdam Expo http://stedelijk.nl The Van Loons belonged to Gustav Mahlerlaan 24 Tropenmuseum the city’s governing elite, and ROYAL PALACE www.amsterdamexpo.nl Linnaeusstraat 2 were among the founders of The Koninklijk Paleis (Royal Amsterdam Museum www.tropenmuseum.nl the mighty Dutch East India Palace) on Amsterdam’s Dam Kalverstraat 92 Willet-Holthuysen Museum Company back in 1602. With Square is one of three palaces http://amsterdammuseum.nl Herengracht 605 much of its original interior still in use by the Dutch royal Anne Frank House www.willetholthuysen.nl intact, the collection comprises

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ANTON HENNING, INTERIOR NO. 99

tions, this expo features more than 70 astounding LEGO® structures built from in excess of a million little bricks.

Amsterdam EXPO, closing date tbc

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STAGE lively festival grounds offering schouwburg, 20.30, edies and belly-dance shows. a summery blend of cut€22.50-€37.50 Part of Julidans. ting-edge, site-specific theatre, Wed 9 & Thur 10 Jul, DANCE: D’APRÈS DJs and fabulous food.

Melkweg, 19.00, €15 DANCE: THE OLD UNE HISTOIRE VRAIE See page 23.

TESTAMENT ACCORDING DANCE: SIENA COMEDY: WHAT’S UP Thur 3-Sun 13 Jul, AmsterFollowing his Julidans apTO THE LOOSE COLLECTIVE dam-Noord, www.overhetij.

WITH THOSE BEARDS? pearances in 2005 and 2008, Marcos Morau’s Siena is an nl. Various times & prices Christian Rizzo is now bringexploration of the history of It’s a question that has puzzled Supported by keyboards, guitars, ukulele and electronic ing a performance to the fes- Italian art, with a journey that the world’s greatest minds for DANCE: NEXT: SKIN ME music, the Loose Collective tival inspired by his memories begins in the Renaissance – centuries. Well, okay, not reSkin Me is a personal story of a group of folk-dancing when humankind recovered ally. Nevertheless, the comedy brings a mishmash of cabaret, mime, baroque choral singing, about relationships, love and men. Here, eight bearded men its self-awareness – and fincrew over at Boom Chicago rock, beatbox and post-punk affairs by contemporary danc- combine contemporary dance ishes in the modern world. in Amsterdam will go looking to their witty retelling of the ers Viktória Dányi, Csaba Mol- with popular Mediterranean Along the way it draws upon for the answer in their latest Old Testament. Part nár and Tamara Zsófia Vadas. folk dance, whipped up by two references from other artistic show that’s filled with improv, of Julidans.

The scenes are woven from drummers. Part of Julidans. disciplines, such as cinema sketches, music and video.

Wed 2 & Thur 3 Jul, Theater dance and live music, and Sun 6 Jul, Stadsschouwburg, (David Lynch) and literature.

Every Tue, Thur & Sat, Bellevue, 22.30, €22.50 zigzag between unrestrained 21.00, €10-€15 Part of Julidans.

Boom Chicago, €26.50 Wed 9 Jul, Stadsschouwburg, DANCE: TWO COMEDY: ATTACK OF 21.00, €10-€32.50 ROOM APARTMENT THE KILLER BIKES DANCE: ‘AT THE SAME Dancers Niv Sheinfeld and Boom Chicago’s summer comTIME WE WERE POINTING Oren Laor unleash their own edy show is a blazing mix of A FINGER AT YOU, WE version of the dance work Two scripted scenes, improvisation, REALIZED WE WERE POINTRoom Apartment, choreogmusic and video about life in ING THREE AT raphy by the famous Israeli Amsterdam.

OURSELVES...’ dancers Liat Dror and Nir Every Wed & Sun in Jul & Ben-Gal. Part of Julidans.

South African choreographer Aug, Boom Chicago, €22.50 Mon 7 & Tue 8 Jul, StadsRobyn Orlin returns to AmCOMEDY: SHOT OF IMPROV schouwburg, 19.00, €15 sterdam with dancers from the Jant-Bi company from Dakar, Shot of Improv sees the entire DANCE: 5: ECHO Senegal. The aim of their perBoom Chicago cast take to The German-Dutch choreogformance is to do away with the stage, so the laughs are rapher Nicole Beutler stands the prejudices with which the guaranteed to keep on comin’. out through her minimalistic, body is weighed down in our Completely different each poetic dance and her subtle world. Part of Julidans. week, it’s a show that starts humour. Her work 5: ECHO is Thur 10 Jul, Stadsschouwbig and never slows down. a reinterpretation of Vermilburg, 20.30, €15-€30 Every Sat, Boom Chicago, joen (1977) by Bianca van Dil22.30, €14 DANCE: SO BLUE len, an examination of where DANCE: JULIDANS dance was during the 1970s For years Canadian Louise and where it has led us. Part Lecavalier was the face of La Committed, daring and cutDE ODYSSEE of Julidans.

La La Human Steps but now ting-edge, Julidans offers Lonneke van Leth’s grand staging of The Odyssey comes Tue 8 Jul, Stadsschouwburg, she has set up her own comtwo weeks of groundbreaking to Amsterdam as part of the Grachtenfestival, combining 20.30, €12.50-€27.50 pany. In her first self-created dance performances from dance, visuals and live music. In its spectacular scenes you choreography, Lecavalier lets around the world. See page 26. see Odysseus torn from his young family to go off to war. Its DANCE: NEXT: AU the body speak uncensored, Tue 1-Sat 12 Jul, various TEMPS OÙ LES ARABES cast of 100 includes Chinese dragon dancers, modern dancresulting in an intense, rough, locations, www.julidans.nl.

DANSAIENT obsessive and mysterious Various times & prices ers, a choir, acrobats and musicians who’ll be performing Julidans NEXT presents Rad- dance work. Part of Julidans. original music by Maxim Shalygin. Wed 13-Sun 17 & Tue 19DANCE: NEXT: houane El Meddeb’s new work Thur 10 & Fri 11 Jul, Theater Sun 24 Aug, Westergasfabriek, 20.15, €29.95-€42.50 HOLIDAY ON STAGE for seven dancers. Against a Bellevue, 20.30, €25 backdrop of political unrest By playing humorously with OPERA: LA TRAVIATA DANCE: TAMAGO physical and emotional exin the Arabian world it looks clichés, quotes and aesthetics & NEW CREATION Giuseppe Verdi penned this tremes, sometimes kindling, back at the period before 1970, from daily life and televiopera filled with ‘love and then extinguishing each other. when television entertainment The Ballet National de Marsion shows, Martin Schick death’ back in the 1850s and Part of Julidans. was immensely popular and seille is renowned for offering and Damir Todorovic have it has served as a testament Fri 4 & Sat 5 Jul, Melkweg, Arabian evenings were filled freelance choreographers the created a funny, witty and to the perils of romance ever 19.00, €15 with musical films, light comopportunity to develop their thought-provoking show about the seductive forces and since. Conductor Per-Otto JoDANCE: AH/HA hansson leads the Philharmostrategies of Western society Together with composer and the desire for success. Part nie Zuidnederland and several performers from Opera Zuid Maarten van Cauwenberghe, of Julidans.

Lisbeth Gruwez has formed Tue 1 & Wed 2 July, Melkweg, as they explore selections from one of the Italian composer’s her own dance group called 18.30, €15 greatest works.

Voetvolk. AH/HA is her first DANCE: CHOR(E)OGRAPHIE Wed 2 Jul, Concertgebouw, group work, a study of ‘the / JOURNALISMUS: 20.00, €32-€55 body in ecstasy’. Five dancers ‘KURZE STÜCKE’ explore all forms of laughter DANCE: UNTITLED both on a physical and psyFrench-German artist VA FEMINIST SHOW chological level – until they Wölfl ’s performances are rousUnderground theatre-maker almost explode. Part ing collages of contemporary and writer Young Jean Lee of Julidans. installation art, disruptive (1974) has already made an Fri 4 & Sat 5 Jul, Theater theatre and conceptual dance. international splash with Bellevue, 20.30, €22.50 Kürze stücke is a snippet from a comic production about the many worlds that coexist DANCE: GENESIS black Americans, a cabaret alongside each other in our show about the dead and a Collaboration with (Eastern) time, from art to commerce, from conflict to party culture. humorous costume version of masters – from another world Shakespeare’s King Lear. Now and another branch of dance – Part of Julidans. the Korean-American artist is one of the trademarks of the Tue 1 & Wed 2 Jul, Stadsenters the world of dance Belgian-Moroccan choreogschouwburg, 20.30, ANNE for the first time with her rapher Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. €17.50-€32.50 This new production is directly based on the diary of Anne Untitled Feminist Show. Part His new performance, GenFrank and the Frank family archives. ANNE explores Anne COMEDY: COMEDYTRAIN of Julidans. esis, is a collaboration with Frank’s life before her family went into hiding, gives an imINTERNATIONAL Thur 3 & Fri 4 Jul, StadsChinese choreographer and SUMMER FESTIVAL pression of what life was like in the annexe and provides an schouwburg, 21.00, dancer Yabin Wang – particu€12.50-€32.50 larly known to international The world-famous Comedyinsight into what happened after the family was discovered. audiences for her mesmeric train International Summer Although this grand production is in Dutch, a dedicated THEATRE: OVER HET IJ performance in the film House Festival steams into town translation system is available. Spectators using a free e-tabCatch the ferry across the of Flying Daggers. Part for five weeks of sensational let can choose between text or audio translations (or both). of Julidans. stand-up comedy performanc- River IJ and before you know Various dates & times, Theater Amsterdam, €20-€75 it, you’ll find yourself on the Sat 5 & Sun 6 Jul, Stadses at the Toomler comedy

theatre. See page 26.

2 Jul-2 Aug (every Wed-Sat), Toomler, 20.30, €17.50

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STAGE creative ideas together with its virtuoso dancers. This year the Japanese dancer/choreographer Yasuyuki Endo and Richard Siegal, founder of The Bakery Paris-Berlin, have been invited. Part of Julidans.

Fri 11 Jul, Stadsschouwburg, 21.00, €10-€35 DANCE: DISTORTION Berlin-based choreographer Constanza Macras creates energetic performances full of reflection on the here and now. In Distortion a group of young performers from the Hip-Hop Academy Hamburg show us how they keep themselves going in the big city.

Part of Julidans.

Sat 12 Jul, Stadsschouwburg, 20.30, €12.50-€27.50

FILM FAVOURITES numerous attempts to commit suicide fail in clownish ways. Eventually he sheds his clown attributes, his red nose and his floppy shoes: he is a fallen clown now, a cynical man – Don Alphonso – whose bitterness destroys the naïve happiness of two sets of young lovers.

Sat 16, Sun 17, Tue 19 & Wed 20 Aug, Stadsschouwburg, 19.30, €17-€33 DANCE: SUMMER DANCE FOREVER During this annual urban dance festival you can experience a huge variety of dance genres, fuelling an entire week of parties, workshops and fully-fledged dance ‘battles’ at various locations across the city. See www.summerdance forever.com Thur 21-Thur 28 Aug, various locations, times & prices.

THEATRE: THE ENTERTAINER The Entertainer is a portrayal of three generations of the OPERA: COSÌ FAN TUTTE Rice family, vaudeville artists finding it increasingly difficult A more traditional take on to find parts during England’s Mozart’s popular opera, perdeclining empire. The play formed in full-blown authenshifts between conversations tic style with the Orchestra of and performances, with all the 18th Century. the expected gags and jokes of Tue 26 Aug, Royal Theatre that era. Writer John Osborne Carré, 20.00, €19-€75 paints a grim picture of EngTHEATRE: land’s decline, drawing on the THE FOUNTAINHEAD music-hall tradition of turning misery into comedy and cyniToneelgroep Amsterdam cism into a song. Performanctackles Ayn Rand’s bestes are in Dutch but all events seller, a dramatic story of the in this summer run will also breath-taking feud between be surtitled in English. the young and brilliant arWed 13-Sat 16, Tue 19-Sat chitect Howard Roark, who 23 Aug, Stadsschouwburg, pursues his ideals without 20.00, €20-€32.50 compromise, and his rival Peter Keating, a man who opts advert for commercial success and social status. Performances HUNGRY BIRDS are in Dutch but all events in STREET F OOD TOU this summer run will also be RS IN AMSTE surtitled in English.

RDAM Tue 26-Sat 30 Aug, Stadsschouwburg, 19.30, €20-€32.50

www.hungrybirds.nl hello@hungrybirds.nl +31 (0) 618 986 268 OPERA: BARBER OF SEVILLE Rossini reportedly wrote this opera, which remains one of the most popular of all time, in just a few weeks back in 1816. Now the acclaimed mezzo-soprano Karin Strobos will perform several of its songs along with the Gelders Orchestra and a few of her contemporaries from the Nederlandse Reisopera.

Thu 14 Aug, Concertgebouw, 19.30, €10-€55 OPERA: COSÌ FAN TUTTE Lotte de Beer presents a new take on Così Fan Tutte for the Grachtenfestival. Here, Mozart’s masterpiece is transformed into the tale of a clown with a broken heart whose

ADDRESSES Theater Bellevue Leidsekade 90 020 530 5301 www.theaterbellevue.nl Boom Chicago Rozentheater Rozengracht 117 020 423 0101 www.boomchicago.nl Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A 020 531 8181 www.melkweg.nl Royal Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 10 0900 6718345 www.concertgebouw.nl Royal Theater Carré Amstel 115/125 0900 2525255 https://carre.nl Stadsschouwburg Leidseplein 26 020 624 2311 www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl Theater Amsterdam Danzigerkade 5 www.theateramsterdam.com Toomler Breitnerstraat 2 020 670 7400 www.toomler.nl

BEGIN AGAIN

In 2006 director John Carney struck gold with his sweet low-key musical Once about two street musicians who slowly begin to share more than just their love for music.

So let’s hope he doesn’t sell out with Begin Again, where a music producer (Mark Ruffalo) bonds with a young singer-songwriter (Keira Knightley).

Direction: John Carney Release: 10 July

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

A movie about the romance between two kids with cancer… It sounds like an easy recipe for cheap melodrama.

We shouldn’t have worried.

Staying true to the original book, The Fault in Our Stars tells an unsentimental yet heartfelt tale of young, starcrossed love. Partly shot in Amsterdam.

Direction: Josh Boone Release: 10 July

MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS

Brothers Matt and Tom Berninger couldn’t be more different. While Tom is busy tinkering on amateurish horror movies in their parents’ basement, Matt has made it big as the lead singer of The National. When Matt invites Tom to join their tour, Tom brings along his camera and thus gives us a unique, hilarious and insightful perspective on brotherly rivalry and love.

Direction: Tom Berninger Release: 10 July

A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT

Opinions vary as to whether A Thousand Times Goodnight is good or merely okay, but on one thing all critics agree: the superb acting of Juliette Binoche as Rebecca, a war photographer forced by her husband (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, from Game of Thrones lore) to choose between her work and her family.

Direction: Erik Poppe.

Release: 24 July

BOYHOOD

Director Richard Linklater isn’t one to shy away from a challenge. His perceptive Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight

trilogy is a good case in point.

With the mesmerising drama Boyhood he ups the ante: shot over 12 years we follow the actual growing pains of young Mason (Ellar Coltrane), from pre-school to college.

Direction: Richard Linklater Release: 31 July

LET’S GO OUTSIDE

Pluk de Nacht isn’t the only open-air cinema fest Amsterdam has on offer: the fifth edition of World Cinema Amsterdam also boasts screenings out in the open in different locations, one of which is the BijlmerBios (conveniently located next to Bijlmer ArenA Station). For all venues and films, visit the website.

From 8 August, various locations www.worldcinemaamsterdam.nl

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

Blue Jasmine ran on vitriol – and Martinis. With Magic in the Moonlight Woody Allen returns to the dry wit and sparkling champagne we first sampled in Midnight in Paris.

Stanley (Colin Firth), a British stage magician, gets asked to unmask a fraudulent medium (Emma Stone). But will he be able to withstand her charms?

Direction: Woody Allen Release: 21 August

FRANK

Meet Frank, the charismatic and mysterious lead singer of an eccentric pop band… with a papier-mâché head. Not impressed? The character of Frank is loosely based on an actual person, Chris Sievey, aka Frank Sidebottom, and is played by a pretty well-known A-list actor. Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal costar.

Direction: Lenny Abrahamson Release: 28 August

MAPS TO THE STARS

Most people concur that life in Hollywood isn’t nearly as bright and shiny as it wants to appear, but in Maps to the Stars it’s positively apocalyptic. Julianne Moore (who was named Best Actress at this year’s Cannes Festival) takes self-obsession to a new level; John Cusack’s sleazy therapist comes a close second.

Direction: David Cronenberg Release: 28 August

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KIDS & FAMILY ATTRACTIONS AMSTERDAM DUNGEON The Amsterdam Dungeon brings 500 years of dark history to life with 11 shows, seven actors and one terrifying experience.

Rokin 78, www.the-dungeons. nl. Open daily 10.00-18.00 (last tour), €22, ages 4-15 €18

ational area is situated in the north of Amsterdam. In addition to large playgrounds, a beach and plenty of green space, you can rent canoes, rowboats, pedal boats and sailboats. www.hettwiske.nl

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KINDERKOOKKAFE The ‘Kids Cook Café’ is a unique restaurant where children (ages five to 12) do absolutely everything to help run the restaurant, including cooking, serving, bartending, tidying up and running the cash register.

Vondelpark 6b, www.kinderkook kafe.nl. Open daily 10.00-17.00, various prices

AMSTERDAMSE BOS (AMSTERDAM FOREST) Amsterdam’s largest park and recreational area is home to a goat farm (with a petting zoo), a ‘FunForest’ climbing park, a vintage tram, a botanical garden and a rowing lake. Bicycle, canoe, LOVERS POWERZONE kayak and pedal boat rental are Strike it big at one of the six glowavailable. In the year the park turns 80, there’s a programme of in-the-dark bowling alleys or pit yourself against the enemy on the extra special events. laser tag battleground. www.amsterdamsebos.nl De Ruyterkade 153, ANNE FRANK HOUSE www.loverspowerzone.nl.

Various times & prices This is the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her diary MADAME TUSSAUDS during World War II. Quotations AMSTERDAM from the diary, photographs, Step into the amazing world of films and original objects – inMadame Tussauds. The colleccluding Anne’s diary – all serve to tion of wax figures include the illustrate the events which gorgeous Brad Pitt, the outraoccurred here. Suitable for chilgeous Lady Gaga and the dren over ten. brilliant Einstein.

Prinsengracht 267, www.anne Dam 20, www.madametussauds. frank.org. Open daily 09.00nl. Open daily 10.00-18.30, €22, 22.00, €9, ages 10-17 €4.50 ages 5-15 €18, under-5s free ARTIS ROYAL ZOO MIRANDABAD Admire the tropical fish in the SWIMMING POOL Aquarium and travel through Subtropical swimming pool time in the Planetarium. See complex with a beach, palm trees, giraffes galloping amongst the several indoor and outdoor pools, zebras, springboks, oryx and wave machines. and wildebeests.

De Mirandalaan 9, Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, www. www.mirandabad.nl. artis.nl. Open daily 09.00-18.00, Various times & prices Saturdays until sunset, €19.95, ages 3-9 €16.50 PANCAKE BOAT BLIJBURG Choose from a number of cruises every week and, for a set price, Feel the sand between your toes everyone can eat as many panwithout leaving the comfort of cakes as they like with a wide the city at this trendy, familyvariety of tasty toppings. friendly urban beach on IJburg.

Ms van Riemsdijkweg opposite Muider Avenue 1001, www.blijburg.nl, phone ahead for nr 38, www.pannenkoekenboot. nl. Various times & prices opening times BOVENNEMO During the summer months, NEMO museum’s roof transforms into an urban beach, decked out with sand pits, lounge chairs, a giant chess set and a ‘Splashing Water Wonder’ attraction. Sit back and enjoy drinks, lunch, ice cream and a breath-taking view of the city.

Oosterdok 2, www.e-nemo.nl/en.

Open daily 10.00-19.00, free entrance

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SCHEEPVAARTMUSEUM (NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM) There are a variety exhibitions designed just for kids. Moored just outside the museum, the Dutch East India Company ship Amsterdam is a hit with visitors of all ages.

Kattenburgerplein 1, www.scheepvaartmuseum.nl.

Open daily 09.00-17.00, €15, ages 5-17 €7.50, under-5s free

the park home. Most days a supervisor is present, meaning kids can play freely while parents kick back.

Westerpark, www.woestewesten. nl. Playground supervisor is present Mon, Tue, Thur & Fri 13.00-18.00, Wed, Sat & Sun 11.00-18.00

EVENTS VONDELPARK OPEN AIR THEATRE During the summer months the Vondelpark welcomes a wide variety of entertainers to a special open-air stage.

Vondelpark, www.openlucht theater.nl. Fri-Sun until midSept, various times, free ZOOMERAVONDEN, SUMMER NIGHTS AT THE ZOO Every Saturday evening throughout June, July and August you can stroll around Artis Royal Zoo until sunset. During this eleventh year of the ZOOmeravonden programme, well-known Dutch artists will perform at the Bandstand at the Pampa.

Visitors can picnic in the grass and there is a barbecue at the restaurant in the park – De Twee Cheetahs. There are also short ZOOmeravondvertellingen (story times) in the historical Lecture Theatre, and various members of staff at Artis Royal Zoo provide a glimpse behind the scenes as they talk about their work as keepers, veterinarians or astronomers. The evening concludes with a special tour through the park at twilight during which the tour guide will tell you about the animals’ night-time rituals.

AGENDA GUIDED BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR Take an educational stroll through Artis Royal Zoo and see it in a different way. The tour guide will take you to the most unique places in the zoo and behind the scenes.

Every Sat & Sun in Jul & Aug, departs Monkey Island, 12.15 SPACE-TIME WAVES Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravity waves over a century ago, but they have never actually been detected. With new, highly sensitive equipment, astronomers are now trying to detect them. Science journalist Govert Schilling explains all.

Tue 1 July, Planetarium, 20.00, €12.50 p/p (incl. two drinks) THE GAY ANIMAL KINGDOM TOUR A very special guided tour in line with the Amsterdam Gay Pride Festival about homosexual behaviour in the animal kingdom.

Sun 3 August, Monkey Island, 13.00 POWERS OF TEN: MICRO VS. MACRO IN NATURE Imagine viewing the universe with a different magnification each time you looked at it. With each step you would enlarge or reduce the image by ten times. How long would it take before you could see Earth, our galaxy, the Milky Way, the universe? And what would you see? Artis’ head of education, Milo Grootjen, discusses.

Tue 5 August, Planetarium, 20.00, €12.50 p/p (incl. two drinks) www.artis.nl €12.50, ages 4-18 €8, under-4s free.

SCIENCE CENTER NEMO TUNFUN EYEWALK NEMO introduces young and old to the world of science and TunFun is an indoor paradise for Sharing the world of cinema with technology. Five floors are filled children under 12. Under adult the whole family, the EYEwalk with exhibitions, theatre perfor- supervision, kids can enjoy hours is a fun initiative to introduce mances, films, workshops and of active, creative and advena younger audience to films. demonstrations. turous fun in a huge 4000 m2 Armed with a tablet, kids aged Oosterdok 2, www.e-nemo.nl. indoor playground. seven to 12 can take a 15-minute Open daily 10.00-17.30, €15, Mr Visserplein 7, www.tunfun.nl. interactive tour of the EYE, meetunder-4s free Open daily 10.00-18.00, ages 1-12 ing film characters and watching €8.50, accompanying adults free classic movie clips along the way.

TROPENMUSEUM JUNIOR EYE Film Museum, IJpromenade VERZETSMUSEUM JUNIOR Tropenmuseum Junior is focused 1, www.eyefilm.nl. Sat & Sun on non-Western cultures. The in- The Dutch Resistance Museum 10.00-17.00, Wed 12.00-17.00, teractive exhibits introduce childetails the history of the Dutch or daily during school holidays, dren to new cultures in a playful resistance in World War II €3 per tablet way that sparks their curiosity. during the country’s occupation HET TWISKE Linnaeusstraat 2, www.tro

by Germany from May 1940 to penmuseum.nl. Various times, May 1945.

This nature reserve and recre-

Plantage Kerklaan 61, www. verzetsmuseum.org. Open Mon, Sat & Sun 11.00-17.00, Tue-Fri 10.00-17.00; €8, ages 7-15 €4.50, under-7s free WIND ’N WHEELS This large-scale urban ‘land yachting’ park is set up on Zeeburgereiland, in the east part of the city. No experience necessary and lessons are available.

Zuiderzeeweg 1, www.windn wheels.nl. Various times & prices WOESTE WESTEN PLAYGROUND At the Woeste Westen Playground, kids can dig, climb, play in the sand, explore and check out the frogs and bugs that call

MIRACLE OR SCIENCE This interactive exhibition invites budding scientists to explore various phenomena and attempt to answer the leading question of whether they are dealing with ‘Miracle or Science?’

Science Center NEMO, until 26 Oct ZOOMERAVONDEN On Saturday evenings throughout summer, there are activities including special guided tours, face painting, scavenger hunts, puppet shows and animal talks.

Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, www. artis.nl. Every Sat, 17.00-sunset, €19.95, ages 3-9 €16.50 SUNDAY MARKET Artists, designers and craftspeople flog their wares and there’s always some form of entertainment or crafty workshop on and plenty of kids clothing and toy stalls to browse.

Westergasfabriek, Haarlemmerweg www.sundaymarket.nl. Sun 6 Jul & 3 Aug, 12.00-18.00, free WESTWAARTS This diverse cultural event provides a host of music, theatre, dance, cabaret and circus fun for the entire family in the beautiful Erasmuspark.

Erasmuspark, www.westwaarts. com. Sun 6, 13 & 20 Jul, from 14.00, free KERMIS (FAIRGROUND) Whether you’re one for being flung around high above the city or racing around in the dodgems, the fairground is guaranteed good fun at any age.

Slotervaart (Sierplein), www. iamsterdam.com. 17-20 Jul DISNEY IN CONCERT The magical world of Disney is brought to life in this family concert. Various musical talents will enchant with music and songs from such favourites as The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast.

Concertgebouw, www.concertge bouw.nl/en. 16 & 17 Aug various times, €24-€42, children €18-€32 DE PARADE This travelling theatre festival runs a whole programme every afternoon just for kids.

Martin Luther King Park, www. deparade.nl. Fri 8-Sun 24 Aug, various times & prices

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SPORTS/WELLNESS EVENTS FRIDAY NIGHT SKATE Get your skates on for the weekly Friday Night Skate, an institution in Amsterdam! Departing from the Vondelpark, the skating routes take in all areas of the city, allowing you to skate in places where you wouldn’t on your own.

Every Friday, Vondelpark Pavilion, www.fridaynightskate.com. 20.30, free CALCO ORCA/NSRF ROWING Come along and support the student rowing teams as they battle it out in the final events of the national rowing season.

Sat 5 & Sun 6 Jul, Bosbaan, www.amsterdamrowing.com.

Various times, free

all the trimmings. In the runup to the European Athletics Championships in 2016, the Flame Games allow future stars to compete in major competition conditions while treating spectators to all the fun of the athletics fair.

Fri 22 Aug, Olympic Stadium, www.flamegamesamsterdam. com. Times & prices tbc

World Cup fever

DIRT MANIACS Billed as one of the most extreme mud-and-water obstacle challenges, this punishing event invites fearless participants to take on a 6-, 12-, 18or even 24km course.

Sun 24 Aug, Gaasperplas, www.dirtmaniacs.com.

Various times & prices

SEEING ORANGE WORLD ROWING During the World Cup, Amsterdam’s bars are awash with CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 orange, as locals turn out en masse to support the Oranje.

Rowers from all over the world Holding the record for playing the most World Cup finals FRIDAY NIGHT RUN descend on Amsterdam for without taking home the trophy, every Dutch heart flutters at the premier rowing event of Organised by the Phanos aththe year. The championships letics association every second the prospect that this is their time. Catch Dutch games at most feature a total of 27 events, Friday of the month, this free bars across town, but head to these for the complete schedule including five para-rowing group running event is open to – and a slightly less orange-tinted bias. both recreational and more se- events. Non-rowers can join in the fun, too: the programme rious sportsters. Beginners can COCO’S OUTBACK will be completed by various join in the 40-minute run at a This Australian bar near Rembrandtplein will air all games with music performances and slower tempo and there’s also English commentary on two large screens, plus 24 televisions sports-related activities, plus the standard one-hour run. food stalls, beer gardens and Fri 11 Jul & 8 Aug, Olympic inside and four outside. Feel free to cheer for whomever you picnic areas.

Stadium, www.phanos.org. want.

Sun 24-Sun 31 Aug, Bosbaan, 19.30, free Thorbeckeplein 8-12, www.cocosoutback.com www.amsterdamrowing.com.

FRIDAY NIGHT RUN Various times & prices THE SATELLITE SPORTS CAFÉ NIEUW-WEST The Snakes on a Plane of bar names. There are more television The District of Nieuw-West screens than you can shake a stick at, and they serve all-yougets in on the evening running LOCATIONS action with their very own can-eat spareribs to soak up the accompanying booze.

Friday Night Run organised by Leidseplein 11, www.satellitesportscafe.nl KLIMHAL AMSTERDAM the AAC athletics association every last Friday of the month.

The perfect place for the The route varies each week and beginner and the advanced HOOPMAN , REIJNDERS & HOLE IN THE WALL there are two groups to join: climber. Its main wall is 21 Leidseplein’s three Irish Pubs show all major sporting events. one departing for a 30-minute metres high, with a climbing You can watch the World Cup in one of these brown café’s run and another that takes on surface of more than 2,300m2 and be in the middle of the city centre to celebrate your team the more challenging oneand a bouldering area. winning. hour variant.

Naritaweg 48, www.klimhal Leidseplein 4,6 & 8 Fri 25 Jul & 29 Aug, Sportamsterdam.nl. Various times park Ookmeer, Willinklaan 7, & prices www.aacamsterdam.nl.

O’DONNELL’S DE KLIMMUUR 19.30, free One of the city’s nicest ‘interpretations’ of an Irish pub (read: Rock climbing in the centre of not especially like an actual Irish pub, but jolly nonetheless) with DUTCH ATHLETICS Amsterdam. Enjoy a fun and large screens, indoor smoking room (with screen, natch, so you CHAMPIONSHIPS safe event for beginners, or a won’t miss a thing) and a passable pint of the black stuff. See The very best Dutch track and more challenging climb for also: O’Reilly’s (Paleisstraat 103, www.odonnellsamsterdam.nl). field stars return to Amsterexperienced rock hoppers. Vardam’s Olympic Stadium for the ious courses are available.

Ferdinand Bolstraat 5, www.odonnellsamsterdam.nl national championships.

Dijksgracht 2, www.deklim Sat 26 & Sun 27 Jul, Olympic muur.nl. Various times MUSEUMPLEIN Stadium. www.nkatletiek.nl,. & prices If the Dutch team makes the final (hup Holland, hup!), an enorVarious times, €7.50 mous screen will be erected on Museumplein, where the world KNIJN BOWLING and his wife will cheer on their team. With tensions high, you’ll AJAX OPEN DAY Ten-pin bowling for everyone: feel like you’re inside the stadium in Rio. The annual Ajax Open Day suitable for family events, 50+, invites Ajax fans for a funbeginners or competitive playpacked day celebrating the ers. One of its most popular or just curious to try your hand imminent arrival of the new occasions is Disco Bowling. at a spot of skiing or snowWELLNESS football season. The free event Scheldeplein 3, www.knijnbowl traditionally attracts tens of ing.nl. Various times & prices boarding, you can do just that THE CITY STREET SPA in the heart of Amsterdam. thousands of red-and-whiteLASERCITY AMSTERDAM The indoor rolling slopes are clad supporters for a full proBritish expat Chantal Naughtadaptable for all skill levels. gramme of events – naturally Less painful than paintballing, on’s powder blue boutique WG Plein 281, www.ski-inn.nl. including an appearance by the but certainly no less fun, the spa is a favourite with the Various times & prices team for the upcoming season. city’s Canal Belt clique and laser gaming adventures on Thur 31 Jul, Amsterdam Arediscerning expats, but the offer here are perfect for large SLOTEN GOLF COURSE nA, ArenA Boulevard, www. aestheticians at this urban and small group outings. The ajax.nl. Time tbc, free 600m2 playing area is also the This nine-hole golf course on retreat make everyone feel the outskirts of Amsterdam biggest laser gaming centre in welcome. The OPI Pedicure FLAME GAMES features both wooded and the region. (€53, 60min) soothes tired AMSTERDAM water areas. Head on to the VOC-kade 14, www.laser shopping feet, the aromatherBlending top-flight gamenamsterdam.nl. Various fairway or practice your swing apy massage (€80, 60min) at the driving range. Day memathletics, entertainment and times & prices rubs stresses away and the berships are available. performances by Amsterdam’s ‘non-surgical facelift’ (€95, SKI INN AMSTERDAM Sloterweg 1045, www.golf leading DJs, this annual event 60min) performs miracles. baansloten.nl. Open Mon-Fri sets Amsterdam firmly on the Whether you’re looking to Prinsengracht 764, 08.30-18.00, various prices map as an athletic city with warm up for a winter vacation http://thecitystreetspa.com

KOAN FLOAT If gently submerging yourself in warm salt water sounds like heaven to you, then head to Koan Float in the city centre.

Here you can leave the real world behind as you experience the tranquillity of a floatation tank or a wide variety of massage sessions.

Herengracht 321, www.koan float.nl. Various times & prices THE ORIGINAL DR FISH This might sound a bit fishy, but Amsterdam’s Dr Fish is the newest trend in wellness treatments. The feeling of fish nibbling at your hands and feet may feel a little strange at first, but you’ll soon discover just how relaxing it is. It’s the ultimate treatment for clean, soft hands. And to round off the pampering, you are served a delightful glass of bubbly in the lounge afterwards. They also offer facials, body massages and manicures.

Van Baerlestraat 45, www. theoriginal-drfish.nl. Various times & prices SAUNA DECO AMSTERDAM Sauna Deco is highly regarded in Amsterdam as one of the few places in the city centre where you can still go to completely relax. Enjoy its lounge rooms, pleasant atmosphere and all the facilities you require for a day of luxury. And as you can guess from its name, the sauna is styled in historic and beautiful art deco pieces, transporting its guests to a bygone era.

Herengracht 115, www.sauna deco.nl. Various times & prices SENTO SPA AND HEALTH CLUB Are you looking for a fitness centre and health club in the heart of Amsterdam? At Sento you can find complete professional supervision and personal training for every requirement. Enjoy the spa and beauty facilities or go for a swim in the pool.

Marnixplein 1, www.sento.nl.

Various times & prices SPA ZUIVER Completely unwind and enjoy the comfortable surroundings and luxurious treatments of Spa Zuiver, located on the edge of the Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Forest). With facilities including saunas, baths, hammam treatments, relaxation chambers, sports, swimming pool and dining and hotel options, it’s perfect for anyone looking to relax and recharge.

Please note: clothing is not obligatory at this mixed-gender spa – except on Tuesdays.

Koenenkade 8, www.spazuiver. nl. Various times & prices S.Y.U. GROOMING CENTER S.Y.U. stands for Strong Young Urban and is a grooming salon for men. Not only can a man have a haircut and shave here but facials and hair dying are also among the possibilities.

Vijzelstraat 125, www.syu.nl

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GAY & LESBIAN After a week of hard work, uncabaret fun. you a second chance to catch wind with a drink, some snacks Every Sat, Lellebel, 20.00 every single film featured this and tunes by the resident DJ. year. Don’t miss Test, about DOUBLE HAPPY HOUR CHEAP MONDAY Every Fri, Engel van Amstertwo gay dancers living in San dam, 17.00, free Because why wouldn’t you want Francisco in 1985. It’s the Start the week as you mean to to start the working week with height of the AIDS epidemic go on. With pints of Grolsch THANK GODDESS, a hangover? Line up for barand young Frankie does his just €3, that probably means IT’S FRIDAY gain-priced cocktails and shots. best not to panic. Are those wasted.

Welcome the weekend with Every Sun, Taboo, 18.00 freckles really just freckles?

Every Mon, Prik, 16.00 live performances and an Should he take the new HIV LADY GALORE’S DRAG MEN ONLY SAMEPLACE open stage. Start the weekend test? In a decidedly lighter vein NIGHT celebrations with your hostess is Gerontophilia by Canadian With a ‘dress to impress’ code Miss Sugi La Ri accompanied Come and join Lady Galore and filmmaker Bruce La Bruce of kinky and partywear, this (L. A. Zombie), a gay riff on men-only evening at the inti- by stars such as Ginger G-Spot, her wonderful assistant Annie May Buttercream, Electra Alcohol along with some guest Harold and Maude. When an mate fetish club has a dungeon 18-year-old boy discovers the with S&M corner including a employees of a local nursing St Andrew’s cross and sling. home are drugging the resiEvery Mon, Sameplace, 22.00, dents, he helps one of them €5/€7.50 +minimum spend escape. See page 29. two drinks Fri 4 Jul-Sun 3 Aug, Rialto NAKED SWIMMING Cinema, www.rialtofilm.nl.

Various times & prices The Marnixbad pools contain much less chlorine than most – FLIRTATION AT THE BEACH which is good news since you’ll Ladies-only fun at the beach. be exposing your sensitive bits.

Sat 5 Jul, Beachclub Vroeger, Every Tue, Marnixbad, 21.00, Bloemendaal aan Zee, 14.00 various prices

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TUESDAY BLUESDAY Sameplace café hosts a club night with a special focus on blues, soul and contemporary music. While there’s no entrance fee, you are asked to spend at least €10 at the bar when you’re a single man, or the same amount if you’re a couple.

Every Tue, Same Place, 21.00 AFTER-SHOPPING COCKTAIL SALE Coctaiks are just €6 all night.

Try the new summer menu includng the Electric Banana, Grapefruit & Cocos Caipirovska and more.

Every Thur, Prik, 16.00 DRINK & COCKTAIL EVENING Every Thursday, enjoy a mouth-watering cocktail at drag show bar Lellebel on the corner of Rembrabdtplein.

Relax in the pleasant company of your hostesses Miss Saphira, Electra Shock, May Buttercream and Ginger G-Spot. Get a taste of Sugi’s Mojito, May’s Mango or Electra’s Sunrise…

And yes, those are cocktails, smutty pants.

Every Thur, Lellebel, 20.00 BLUE Kooky clubbing with Amsterdam’s drag supremo Jennifer Hopelezz. Drinks are just €2.50.

Every Thur, Church, 22.00, €5 THE PONY CLUB If you want to quit horsing around and get serious about starting the weekend on Thursday (and who doesn’t?), you couldn’t ask for a better place than The Pony Club.

Three floors of DJs spin an energetic mix of pop, disco, house and electro alongside performances to lift your spirits. Arrive before midnight and get in for free.

Every Thur, Club NYX, 23.00, €5, free before midnight THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY Celebrate the weekend with tunes, nibbles and drinks.

SENSATION The epic gay-friendly party, which attracts 40,000 party people from all over the country, returns. Expect an evening of (commercial) trance.

Sat 5 Jul Amsterdam ArenA, €79.75-€285 MILKSHAKE FESTIVAL Not just your average festival, this is an event with a clear message: respect, freedom, love and tolerance. Among the DJ crowd performing are Paris’s disco-influenced house producer Bob Sinclar, and – also hailing from France – Miss Kittin. Locals on the bill are the always-smiling Carlos Valdes, Wannabeastar, Rauw resident Joost van Bellen and former resident of the old club iT (now AIR), DJ Jean. Sun 20 Jul, Westerpark, www.milkshakefestival.nl. 12.00, €42.50 Shock and more. And if you want to become a star yourself, the open stage is there for you to shine.

Every Fri, Lellebel, 20.00 ZONDERBROEK Every Friday and Sunday night and every first Saturday of the month, drop all your pretences and dance without pants at Club Church in Amsterdam.

The dress code is strictly enforced: briefs and jocks are welcome; swimming trunks, boxers, sports shorts or going commando are also permitted.

Board shorts, Bermudas or other streetwear prohibited.

Every Fri & Sun, Church, various times, €10 GAY PUB CRAWL Does exactly what it says on the tin, taking in ‘Gay Street’s finest drinking establishments.

Every Sat, departs Taboo, 20.00 BUBBLES & BITES Free bites from 17.00-1900; cheap bubbles – just €2.50.

Every Fri & Sun, Church, various times, €10 IT’S SHOWTIME FOLKS It’s show time almost every night at Lellebel, the most outrageous drag show bar in town, but Saturdays are especially fabulous, with the bar’s most glamorous stars coming together for a supernova of

performers and surprises.

Every Sun, Amstel Fifty Four, 20.00 SUNDAY CAROUSEL Be transported to exotic climes with Arabian and Turkish music courtesy of old and new divas from Lellebel, with Miss Rini leading the charge.

Every Sun, Lellebel, 22.00

ONE-OFF EVENTS GAY MOVIE NIGHT Nurse your hangover in the dark, while enjoying a screening of the gems of gay cinema.

Whether it’s the latest film by Pedro Almodovar, Gregg Araki or John Cameron Mitchell, work from an upcoming director or a classic gay film, you’re sure to catch the best LGBT movies in great company.

You’ll be welcomed half an hour before the screening with a drink and after the film, you can enjoy two drinks for the price of one at Taboo bar. Plus, every month, you’re eligible to win a DVD package.

Wed 2 Jul & 6 Aug, Pathé de Munt, 21.00, €10 GAY & LESBIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL Annual festival screening a range of same-sex relationship films and on the final Sunday of the event, there’s the traditional film marathon giving

HOERENBAL – OFFICE SLUTS Naughty secretary, wild receptionist and sexy executive... be the ultimate office slut!

All genders and sexualities welcome.

Sat 5 Jul & 30 Aug, Church, 22.00 CATACOMBE A mixed party where all lifestyles are welcome – whether straight, gay or bi, as long as the mind is open and kinky.

Dress code: fetish, leather, latex, metal, uniform, rubber.

Apply for tickets by the website: www.catacombe.nl.

Sat 12 Jul, Church, 22.00, price tba NETHERBEARS AT THE QUEEN’S HEAD Bi-weekly get-together by Netherbears, the slightly less stocky bear men (according to their website).

Sun 13 & 27 Jul, 10 & 24 Aug, The Queen’s Head, www.netherbears.nl, 19.00 GARBO FOR WOMEN Single ladies strut their stuff at this regular ladies-only meetup, celebrating its ninth anniversary in 2014.

Sat 19 Jul & 16 Aug, Strand West, 18.00, €8 HORSEMEN & KNIGHTS Big willy gay sex party. Dress code: naked or underwear.

Drop ’em and if you measure up, entrance is free.

Sun 20 Jul & 17 Aug, The Warehouse, 15.00, €8 LGBTQ OOSTERPART & LGBTQ CAFE Low-key neighbourhood drinks in the east of the city.

Fri 25 Jul & 29 Aug, Eden Amsterdam Manor Hotel, 21.00, free

AMSTERDAM GAY PRIDE The city is a rainbow of events Out, loud and fabulously proud, Amsterdam Gay Pride is an epic celebration of the city’s dedication to equality for the gay, lesbian and transgender communities. A rainbow of events takes place across town – from street parties and film fests to the infamous Drag Queen Olympics, where contestants compete in such disciplines as the Handbag Toss (heels mandatory). The culmination is the riotously colourful Canal Parade along the Prinsengracht canal and Amstel River.

Sat 26 Jul-Sun 3 Aug, various locations, www.amsterdam gaypride.org. Various times & prices BEAR NECESSITY Last ever edition of the most popular, non-attitude, realmen party in Odeon Amsterdam: for (muscle-)bears, hairy hunks, beefy boys, cubs, otters and everyone else.

Sat 2 Aug, Odeon, 23.00, €20 F*CKING POP QUEERS EXTRA LARGE Fucking Pop Queers advertises itself with the tagline ‘It’s Fun! It’s Pop! And it’s sooo Gay!’.

This ego-free irreverence is also present in the whimsical themes and the cheeky mix of dance-floor fillers and fluffy pop songs.

Sat 2 Aug, Paradiso, time & price tba

ADDRESSES Amstel Fifty Four Amstel 54 www.amstelfiftyfour.nl Church Kerkstraat 52 www.clubchurch.nl Eden Amsterdam Manor Hotel Linnaeusstraat 89 www.lgbtqoosterpark. blogspot.com Engel van Amsterdam Zeedijk 21 www.engelamsterdam.nl Lellebel Utrechtsestraat 4 www.lellebel.nl Marnixbad Marnixplein 1 www.hetmarnix.nl Club NYX Reguliersdwarsstraat 42 http://clubnyx.nl Pathé de Munt Vijzelstraat 15 www.pathe.nl Prik Spuistraat 109 www.prikamsterdam.nl The Queen’s Head Zeedijk 20 www.queenshead.nl Same Place Nassaukade 120 www.sameplace.nl Strand West Stavangerweg 900 www.garboforwomen.nl Taboo Reguliersdwarsstraat 45 www.taboobar.nl The Warehouse Warmoesstraat 96 www.warehouseamsterdam.com

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jazz meets classic meets pop meets you

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Holland Festival 1 - 29 Jun

Robeco SummerNights 28 Jun - 31 Aug

Over het IJ Festival 3 - 13 Jul

Kwaku Summer Festival 12 Jul - 10 Aug

party, pride & parade

movies under the stars

classical music on the canals

lose yourself to dance

Gay Pride 26 Jul - 3 Aug

Pluk de Nacht 6 - 16 Aug

Grachtenfestival Amsterdam 15 - 24 Aug

Mysteryland 23 Aug

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The Amsterdam region is bursting with fun festivals – more than 300 each year! This is our selection for this summer.

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1 - 12 J ULY 20 14 AMSTERDAM Check out the program and trailers at www.julidans.nl

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE See Amsterdam by day or night Tel. +31(0)6 2020 9294

More information: iamsterdam.com/summer

love noodles love wagamama wagamama amsterdam amstelstraat 8 | rembrandtplein max euweplein 10 | leidse plein zuidplein 12 | wtc | station zuid opening hours 12.00 - 22.00

.Private with personal guide .Maximum 5 persons per tuk tuk .Drives in small streets & along the canals .Discover the highlights of Amsterdam: The Canals, The 9 streets, The Royal Palace, The New Church, The Red Light District

www.tuktuksightseeing.eu

wagamama.nl

VISITOR INFORMATION

VISITOR INFORMATION

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I amsterdam Visitor Information Centres are your one-stop shops for everything you need to know about the city.

THE AMSTERDAM & REGION DAY TICKET This ticket entitles you to unlimited travel in Amsterdam and the surrounding region – day and night – on bus, tram and metro for 24 hours.

Included within the region are great tourist attractions including historic Haarlem, industrial heritage highlight Zaanse Schans, North Sea beaches and the bulb region around Flora Holland auction centre and the Keukenhof – and of course, your journey to and from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. A ticket costs just €13.50 and can be purchased from Visitor Information Centres or from GVB, EBS and Conexxion ticket points.

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES FOR INFORMATION AND TO BOOK EXCURSIONS, VISIT ONE OF THE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES IN AMSTERDAM: Tel: +31 (0)20 702 6000 Open Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00 info@iamsterdam.com www.iamsterdam.com http://twitter.com/Iamsterdam VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE CENTRAL STATION* Stationsplein 10 (across from Central Station) Open Mon-Sat 09.00-17.00; Sun 10.00-17.00 VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE SCHIPHOL AIRPORT Schiphol Airport, Arrivals 2 at Schiphol Plaza Open daily 07.00-22.00 *Last Minute Ticket Shop

I AMSTERDAM CITY GUIDE APP Visit Amsterdam and leave your guidebook at home! You’ll find everything you need to know on the I amsterdam City Guide app. Download for free at iTunes App Store (for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch), Google Play Store (for Android devices).

LAST MINUTE TICKET SHOPS Enjoy discounted theatre tickets on the day of performance. Check the Last Minute Ticket Shop screens and buy tickets at the following locations for same-day performances: VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE CENTRAL STATION Stationsplein 10 (across from Central Station) Open daily 10.00-17.00 STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM Leidseplein 26 Open Mon-Sat 12.00-18.00 AMSTERDAM PUBLIC LIBRARY (OBA) Oosterdokskade 143 Open Mon-Fri 10.00-19.30; Sat & Sun 10.00-18.00 www.lastminuteticketshop.nl

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‘IT’S NOT EASY TO DESCRIBE MY SOUND. I DO HAVE A BIG FOCUS ON DRUMS AND PERCUSSION THROUGHOUT MY SETS AND PRODUCTIONS. SO IF I HAD TO TRY TO PUT IT INTO A GENRE, IT’S GROOVY LATIN HOUSE WITH LOTS OF VIBE!’

A’DAM

Get out of town for these don’t-miss attractions beyond the city limits.

CATCH FRANKY RIZADO IN ACTION, AT LATIN VILLAGE FESTIVAL.

BRON EDO LANDWEHR

text Danitscha van Zijverden

HAARLEM JAZZ & MORE The biggest free jazz festival on the continent takes place in the historic city centre of Haarlem, a hop skip and a jump from Amsterdam. National and international artists and DJs play jazz, funk, soul, hip hop, R&B and electro at five stages across the city, each themed by genre. Puerto Rican Gabriel Ríos brings his pan-cultural electronic pop approach embracing elements of rock, hip hop and salsa, while pint-sized Dutch singer-songwriter VanVelzen, who has supported Kelly Clarkson and Bon Jovi on tour, is sure to give a great live performance. Soulstress Sabrina Stark, reggae/hip-hop outfit Postmen and Dutch-Belgian jazz duo Gare Du Nord are also set to perform.

13-16 August Haarlem www.jazzandmore.nl

GETTING THERE: From Amsterdam Central Station take the train to Haarlem, from where the city centre is a 10-minute walk. Alternatively, take bus 73 (direction Schalkwijk via Beverwijk Station) to Centrum/Verwulft. Journey time: 30min.

LATIN VILLAGE FESTIVAL DUINRELL AND TIKIBAD Duinrell is a small amusement park with all the classic rides you’d expect – but the real reason to go this summer is to cool off in the Tikibad.

The best-known tropical swimming pool in the country, Tikibad boasts 11 waterslides, including one with a trapdoor called ‘X-stream’ and one that is 80 metres long and 14 metres high.

Duinrell 1, Wassenaar ww.duinrell.nl

GETTING THERE: From Amsterdam Central Station take the train to Leiden. Then take bus 43 (direction Den Haag CS) to stop Burchtlaan, Wassenaar. Duinrell is a 12-minute walk. Journey time: 85min.

For the ten-year anniversary of Velsen’s Latin Village Festival, an impressive line-up has been put together and a new, bigger location found. Big names such as Benny Rodrigues, Gregor Salto and Franky Rizardo (pictured) will play highly danceable Latin house beats. With six stages and a fun fair, this electo fest guarantees a full day of fun.

10 August Spaarnwoude Velsen www.a-venue.nl

GETTING THERE: From Amsterdam Central Station take the train to Amsterdam Sloterdijk, from where shuttle buses will be going to the festival.

Journey time: 35min.

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‘THE SKY IS THE DAILY BREAD OF THE EYES.’

SEE MARLEEN KURVER’S THEORY IN PRACTICE, AT HER DUTCH DESIGN YEAR STORE IN ZAANDAM.

JAN SLUIJTERS, OKTOBERZON, LAREN

SEE IF RALPH WALDO EMERSON WAS RIGHT, AT LUCHT! IN DE HALLEN.

‘TRY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND MAKE COMBINATIONS THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULDN’T EXPECT: OLD DESIGN WITH THE VERY NEWEST, COPPER WITH CONCRETE, WOOD WITH SYNTHETIC MATERIALS.’

LUCHT! AT DE HALLEN

DUTCH DESIGN YEAR

HARBOUR FESTIVAL IJMUIDEN During the week the fishing industry runs at full capacity, but once a year IJmuiden’s harbour turns into a cosy family-friendly hangout. Cultural and nautical event Harbour Festival IJmuiden brings youth and street theatre, art, poetry, film and concerts (pop, world and classical music) to the docks, but you can also take tours through the dockyards and on old boats.

30 August Trawlerkade, IJmuiden

GETTING THERE: From Amsterdam Central Station take the train to Haarlem, then transfer to bus 75 (direction IJmuiden Zeedijk) to Zwaanstraat. It’s a 15-minute walk from there.

Journey time: 60min.

Find products from young and established designers with a distinctly Dutch design aesthetic, at Dutch Design Year. Recently opened on the Hembrugterrein, a former munitions site, the repurposed optical instruments factory has been turned into a showroom featuring work by Rick Tegelaar (who makes modern lamps out of chicken wire) and Pepe Heykoop (who makes paper vases to put over a water bottle) among others, in combination with curated vintage products.

You can also find the newest work by designer Dirk Vander Kooij (known for his Chubby Chair that appears to be made from thick layers of toothpaste) in the shop, as he has conveniently opened his studio in the same building.

Hemkade 18, Zaandam www.dutchdesignyear.com

GETTING THERE: From Amsterdam Central Station take the train to Zaandam, and from there take bus 456 (direction Assendelft, S. de Beauvoirstraat) to Hemkade. The bus departs hourly at a quarter past the hour. Journey time: 25min.

For modern and contemporary art, you can’t beat De Hallen in Haarlem. The museum houses more than 10,000 artworks dating from 1850 to the present day. It’s also the first Dutch museum to have a house poet; inspired by the MoMA in New York, Lucas Hirsch writes poems to accompany exhibitions. This summer, De Hallen presents an exhibition that revolves around the theme ‘skies’. Gaze at paintings, photography, video art and spatial art that shows cloud formations, sunsets, rainbows and moonlit nights by impressionists, modernists and contemporary artists. The exhibition will include works by Constant (the famous CoBrA artist), moving images by Guido van der Werve and objects by Anne de Vries.

Until 7 September Grote Markt 16, Haarlem www.dehallen.nl

GETTING THERE: From Amsterdam Central Station take the train to Haarlem, from where the museum is a 10-minute walk.

Alternatively, take bus 3 (direction Schalkwijk via Haarlem NS) to Nassaulaan. Journey time: 30min.

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then & now

GROENBURGWAL, 1956 Tracing the city’s history one image at a time.

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SWAN LAKE Catch the ‘ballet of all ballets’ performed by some of the best.

Dutch National Ballet & Opera 14-28 September

Retrospective bringing together more than 100 of the South African artist’s most important works.

LO ANDELA

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NAOMI, 1995

Stedelijk Museum 6 September-4 January 2015

ORFEO

Renowned choreographer Sasha Waltz brings her operatic-balletic interpretation of the Monteverdi classic.

Dutch National Ballet & Opera 3-6 October

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AMSTERDAM FRINGE FESTIVAL

Edinburgh’s younger, cooler cousin comes to town.

Various locations 4-14 September

CELLO BIËNNALE The world’s biggest cello festival features an impressive line-up of international talent.

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Until 14 September Amsterdam City Archives Vijzelstraat 32 https://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl

MARLENE DUMAS

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Until the late 16th century, the area between the Kloveniersbrugwal and Zwanenburgwal was officially ‘the grounds outside the fortress near the Amstel’. It wasn’t until 1593 that the area was annexed to the city.

The cloth trade settled and thrived here, and the name ‘Groenburgwal’ indicates that cloth dyers specialising in the colour green operated here.

Fast-forward 350-odd years, and legendary Amsterdam street photographer Ed van der Elsken captured black American soldiers on military furlough and Surinamese Amsterdammers heading to the Cotton Club, a jazz café on the Nieuwmarkt. Today, the Cotton Club still stands (www.cottonclubmusic.nl), and is one of the oldest jazz clubs in the city.

To coincide with a reprint of his photography publication Amsterdam!, the Amsterdam City Archives is exhibiting more than 100 of Van der Elsken’s street portraits.

With images shot between 1947 and 1980, the exhibition provides an enthralling snapshot of a lively period of Dutch history, from dogged revolt against the authorities to post-war poverty and, on the flip side, increasing prosperity in the ’60s and ’70s.

© ED VAN DER ELSKEN / NEDERLANDS FOTOMUSEUM. COURTESY ANNET GELINK GALLERY

AMSTERDAM THROUGH THE AGES

ANGELA STERLING

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Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ & Bimhuis 16-25 October

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We asked people leaving Schiphol Airport for their Amsterdam advice.

on the way out

ARRAN PATEL, 26, CONSULTANT FROM LONDON ‘There’s no coming to Amsterdam without enjoying some bitterballen [meat ragù coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried]. I really like those served at the Bulldog.’

text & photos Marie-Charlotte Pezé

(L TO R) ZEYNEP DENIZ, 19, EMINE ALPTEKIN, 21, OZLEM SIMSEK, 23, STUDENTS FROM TURKEY ‘Madame Tussauds was a real treat, but we also enjoyed the many narguilé cafés, especially Lost in Amsterdam. A little taste of home for us.’

MARLOU VAN IERSEN, 26, AND JEROEN RYCKEN, 24, FROM UTRECHT ‘We love the Nine Streets. So many nice, small boutiques, and really lovely cafés.’

STEFAN TROOST, 40, SAILMAKER, FROM LEIDEN ‘I love the wide-open spaces of Vondelpark. I never have the time to go any more, because I always visit Amsterdam quickly on business. Maybe next time?’

JENNIE STANLEY, 26, AND ANTHONY GILCHRIST, 30, FROM MANCHESTER, UK ‘We come to the Netherlands often for electro festivals. We highly recommend them!’

editor-in-chief Bart van Oosterhout art director & basic design Loes Koomen cover illustration Eili-Kaija Kuusniemi / Agent Pekka designers Zlatka Siljdedic & Shelley Langedijk copy editor Megan Roberts contributors Anne-Rose Bantzinger, Lauren Comiteau, Matt Farquharson, Martijn ven de Griendt, Karin Engelbrecht, Elisah Jacobs, Toby Main, Marie-Charlotte Pezé, Bregtje Schudel, Mark Smith, Danitscha van Zijverden listings EdenFrost (Tamar Bosschaart, Steven McCarron & Dave Nice), Christiaan de Wit

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Amsterdam Harbour Cruise discover the IJ

open upper deck snacks & beverages modern architecture & historical highlights

introduction offer â‚Ź 17,50 â‚Ź 15,00 children (4-12 yrs) 50% discount

Daily departure at 11h00, 13h00 and 15h00. Pier 14, behind Central Station.

Tickets and information: www.canal.nl

spend less on bus tickets and more on edam cheese valid all d ay

hop on the local bus Find your â‚Ź10 daypass at localbus.nl

amsterdam - volendam - marken - edam - monnickendam - purmerend - broek in waterla

Celebrate Rowing!

Informatie en tickets:

WORLDROWING2014

www.amsterdamrowing.com

WKROEIEN2014

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