This year the meeting is going to be held on Sunday, September 12, at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. The main schema will be related to the presentation by Autodesk on smoke for the Mac OSX, Blackmagic Design’s new Da Vinci resolve and Avid’s Media Composer 5. Apart from this some of the techniques will also be presented by the Final Cut Studio gurus. In addition to this the digital filmmakers will also be given the opportunity to share their experience, discuss their films and show off their work for 10 minutes.

One of the most admirable maritime manifestation sailing event SAIL is going to be held in Amsterdam on and around the Eastern Dockland at IJ river from 19th to 23rd August. The theme of this 8th edition Sail 2010 is ‘A nautical encounter between the past, present and future’. It is a worth visiting event for boat enthusiast, water sports adherent and passionate people. An impressive and incomparable fleet can be viewed in the vibrant exhibition of historic ships and nautical heritage. Besides this cultural and sports activities including music, entertainment, art for young as well as old will also be organized everyday. Most of the activities at SAIL 2010 are free of cost for the visitors.

This biggest celebration on water takes place in every 5 years. Earlier it was held in 2005. The exhilarating highlights are the visual fleet of tall ships, classic ships, variety of striking modern yacht, modern ships, sailing heritage craft, impressive replicas and naval vessels that are on display here. A number of private boats are also there to join the sail in the harbour. Tall ships accompanied by a number of historic sailing boats and motorboats is a not to miss panorama. This is a five days long event and ships arrive from all around the globe as U.K., Russia, Poland, Scandinavia, Romania, Ukraine, Germany, Italy and other countries to participate in one of the largest maritime festival in the world. Closing ceremony will take place daily with breath taking fireworks on water which is truly a fabulous view. To make this grand festival a memorable one preparations are in full swing.

This weekend will probably be the busiest weekend in Amsterdam as one of the most entertaining and fun events of Amsterdam ‘Gay Pride’ is going to be organized from 5 till 8 August. During this period the city will indulge itself in many of the cultural as well as sportive events. The real spectacular event is the world’s only Gay Canal Parade which is held in Amsterdam. This Canals Parade is the exciting affair with more than 50 boats floating through the canals of the city ‘Amsterdam’. Besides that the street parties with international DJ, artists and club circuit parties at every corner is another attraction. The main parties and gay events usually takes place in the center of Amsterdam. The beginning of the Amsterdam Gay Pride will be celebrated on a grand level at a new gay bar ‘Taboo’. In this years majestic celebration the Exit Club and the Exit Café will also be re-open from 30 July till 8 August while the April bar will be able to re –open from 5 August till Sunday. The closure of these three bars took place due to some legal conflict about rent payments. The closing party will take place on 8 August late in the afternoon. Many of the gay parties will be hosted by the city this year. The city will also enjoy cruising and masterbeats to series of circuit parties in this weekend.

This electronic pass is introduced in stages as the project is technically complicated as it covers the entire network of the country. Thus it is planned to use this card as obligatory in Amsterdam. The card is already in process in Rotterdam. ‘Amsterdam all in 1 travel ticket’ is also available at Schiphol Airport. Through this OV card it will be possible to travel unlimited within Amsterdam on bus, metro or tram for 24 to 96 hours. Besides that 2 single train rides from Amsterdam to Airport has also been included. If you expect to walk more in your trip then the option of buying the disposable card each time you use a tram or bus is possible. It would be a little expensive to buy OV chipkaart on the buses or trams.

Passenger will have to check in and check out while moving on their respective trip. The use of the card is quite simple. You just have to swipe the card in front of OV Chipkaart reader machine installed at platform whenever you enter or leave the vehicle. A sound of beep will indicate you that you are checked in. The same process should be repeated in front of OV Chipkaart machine when you check out the vehicle. At some of the metro and train stations gate barriers have also been used. The Strippenkaart would become invalid in 15 municipalities around Amsterdam such as Marken, Volendam, Aalsmeer along with Amsterdam as this card is being used as an obligatory step in Amsterdam.

From 29th of April the hall has been opened for the visitors also. In addition to this ‘Anne Frank House Online’ website has also been launched for the convenience of the visitors. The guests will be able to experience a 3-D virtual visit of Anne Frank House through this site. Although a large number of visitors trip this Secrete Annexe and it has reached its maximum capacity but this facility will be helpful in attracting much more visitors. Anne Frank Museum is the same house where Frank family hid to escape persecution from Nazis from July 1942 till August 1944 during World War II. Within this period Anne Frank wrote her experiences in the diary. After this period they were deported to the concentration camps where only Otto Frank, Anne’s father, survived. Anne’s diary was published by Otto Frank after the war.

But as the real estate development took place the tall and high apartments around ‘De Otter’ seized the wind. According to windmill experts and foundation, windmill has to work for its maintenance and for that wind is an essential factor. But at this location the windmill is getting deteriorate as it is no longer getting enough wind to work. So the foundation decided to quit and swing the windmill to a Heritage park in Uitgeest so as to provide it as much wind needed (about 15 miles North of Amsterdam).

The decision of Foundation was opposed by many of the heritage organizations and the city authorities are also not in the favor to give the monumental permission to the owner but is willing to maintain and conserve the windmill at its original location. Recently after carrying out a wind test the Raad Van State, the highest court of Netherlands, has decided that city authorities need not to grant any moving permit to the owner of windmill ‘De Otter’ as the windmill can catch enough wind on the present location so as to work and continue to exist. Now this important cultural property will persist to survive at its original location.

With time the garden is also updating itself. In 2010 the experience of Audio- visual Keukenhof Discovery tour is the main attraction that welcomes the visitors of every age group. The incredible package of discovery tour can be hired near the Keukenhof entrance. It includes photos, videos, sound recording and interviews. Further in addition to about seven million blooming bulbs it also showcases other countless floral eminence. Apart from this the Rijksmuseum and the Keukenhof also offers a special Tulip tour. This tour starts with the view of ‘The Nightwatch and The Milkmaid’ as well as the presentation of current Tulips in Amsterdam followed by Keukenhof Tulip fields visit on the Tulip bus.