Yesterday it was Remembrance Day and today we celebrate Liberation Day.
On 5 May the Dutch celebrate the end of the Second World War at the Museumplein (Museum Quarter) and reflect on the imprisonment of millions of other people around the world today.
Artists and actors, performers and cooks, volunteers and many others: they offer a wonderful [...]
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This year Amsterdam will host a special pink Christmas event. From December 18th until December 28th 2008, Amsterdam’s city centre will be decorated in the token of Pink Christmas. Part of the program is a Christmas market on Sunday December 21st in the Reguliersdwarsstraat. Nothing is holy this Christmas, apart from the love between two [...]
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Welcome to the Orgelpark, or literally translated Organ Park, the latest international concerthall in Amsterdam, focused on organists, composers and other artists. A very special stage, I dare to say in all modesty.
The Orgelpark, housed in the beautifully restored historic Parkkerk to Gerard Brandtstraat, (at the Vondelpark), in Amsterdam. Was the organ traditionally in service mainly [...]
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