Archive for the Fun Category
Floating Dutchman makes its debut in Amsterdam
After a month long delay at last the floating Dutchman has been started with its real trip from the Schiphol airport by welcoming aboard its first paying passenger. Now the long layover in between the flights in Amsterdam is not a dreary period rather an interesting and entertaining one if the period is of about [...]
Gay Pride Weekend in Amsterdam
One of the most special and biggest events of the year in Amsterdam is the Gay pride weekend. This busy and fun pride event brings a tide of joy in the city. In this weekend many of the major cultural as well as sportive activities as the exhibitions and various meetings followed by a series [...]
Floating Dutchman In Amsterdam
After the hard work of years, eventually the floating Dutchman, a new attraction in Amsterdam is ready to entertain the visitors. This Floating Dutchman is actually an amphibious bus that conducts a splendid ‘splashing tour’ through the water in the canals. The tour initiates from the Schiphol Airport to the highway into Amsterdam’s city centre, [...]
January attractions in Amsterdam
January is probably the coldest and ideal month in Amsterdam when city delights with the magical covering of dust of snow. It is the low season and thus good time to visit the city’s most popular attractions as the queues everywhere are the shortest. At this time days are short and weather might be quite [...]
Amsterdam Welcomes New Year – 2011
Amsterdam welcomed New Year with great enthusiasm as it always been a matter of great occasion. As the church bell rang at midnight of 31st December, the firework flashed off with champagne corks pop. The magnetizing points were Museumplein, Leidseplein and Dam Square. Nieuwmarkt has always been the point of best firework and for parties [...]
Amsterdam is ready to get warm up
13th edition of the world famous international tango festival ‘Tangomagia’ has arrived again from Buenos Aires to warm up Amsterdam. Since 13 years it is scheduled to celebrate this famous festival for five days and nights every year in between the period of Christmas and New Year. At this time Amsterdam becomes the capital of [...]
Re-opening of the City Theater, Amsterdam
The City Cinema in Amsterdam has opened its door again at Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 13-17, near Leidseplein Square, diagonally across from De Balie, after a long process of renovation for about 4 years. The originality of the façade of the building has been maintained but the interior is totally new. It was closed in 2007 [...]
DeLamar Theater near Amsterdam Leidseplein
Musical producer Joop Van den Ende set up the theater landscape of Amsterdam “DeLamar Theater” near Leidseplein through his VanDenEnde Foundation. The official opening of this new theater was carried out by the Royal Majesty Queen Beatrix. About 5 years and 65 million Euros have been spent for the absolution of this new theater. This [...]
Festivity on 14 November
14 November a special maritime for Amsterdam when the good Saint is going to visit the place for the 72nd time. A huge crowd, more than 300,000 spectators, is expected to arrive here to witness this beautiful, festive and fun filled event. This is the most enjoyable event especially on kid’s calendar. A great entry [...]
ADE, the leading world festival for electronic music
ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event), the world’s biggest club festival for electronic music is going on in Amsterdam and will last till 24th of October. Since 1996 when the ADE came to light, it has progressed with a goal of ’sky is the limit’. In 1996 this leading electronic music conference was rather a small one [...]