The Book Festival is the place to be for people who would like to buy affordable books and multimedia items. Being the only one of its kind the Book Festival always attracts thousands of visitors. The wide range of over half a million items is overwhelmin

From October 30 through November 18, 2007, the eleventh Holland Dance Festival, the international dance biennale of the Netherlands, takes place in The Hague. This festival –the largest dance festival in the Netherlands- puts all the many facets of

Some twenty street organs will play during the Street Organ Festival this year. The diverse street organs, hand organs and concert organs come from all over the Netherlands. Famous folk singer, Nico Landers, will perform various Amsterdam ballads during t

The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held (mostly) in the southern part of the province of Limburg, The Netherlands. It is held every spring. From 2005 it has been part of the UCI ProTour. Before that it was part of the UCI Road World Cup. The name

May 1981 saw the start of the first international marathon organized by the Rotterdam Marathon Foundation with a mere 200 participants. Winner John Graham (UK) with a time of 2:09:28 hour gave the event an immediate international reputation. The Fortis Ma

Art Rotterdam is the show in the area of topical, contemporary art and is being held for the 9th time in the Cruise Terminal, in the ‘Kop van Zuid’ quarter of Rotterdam. Some 73 galleries from ten different countries have been chosen for their

In the winter of 2007 and the spring of 2008, the Nieuwe Kerk will present a completely different view of Afghanistan, a country that has been in the news almost daily in recent years. But there is more to Afghanistan than war and destruction. It is a lan

The men behind The Taart van m’n Tante are Siemon de Jong and Noam Offer.Once started as a food-service bakery, we have grown over the years to become creators of special, unusual and unique cakes. We are a creative team. Inspired by and working with arti

The location this year is at the heart of the Rotterdam filmindustry and a pearl of Rotterdam architecture: the Lloydpier. The theme this year - HORIZON - is derived from this location. Films, lectures and debates deai with the tension between the view on

The 37th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam offers again a quality selection of worldwide independent, innovative and experimental cinema and visual arts. During twelve festival days, hundreds of filmmakers and other artists present thei

During the period of 15 December 2007 through 26 April 2008 eight opera productions will be shown live from New York City in the Pathé Tuschinski. Pathé cinema is proud of their collaboration with one of the most distinguished opera houses i