Here’s a summary of highlighted events for the upcoming weekend in The Hague and surrounds. Click on the links for more details. Please check the websites of the organisers for the most up to date information and any last minute changes. Have a great weekend!
Winternachten Festival (19-22 January 2017)
Winternachten Festival brings together writers, journalist, thinkers, poets and audiences in Theater aan het Spui and Filmhuis Den Haag. The 22nd edition of the most beautiful literary event of The Netherlands carries the motto ‘Is This the Real Life?’ centering on what exists but remains hidden, and talking about the fake - what isn’t there but is shown to us.
The Hague International Network: Donald Trump Inauguration & New Year Reception (20 January)
20 January is the inauguration of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States of America. The Hague International Network organizes an event in cooperation with the World Trade Center The Hague. You can watch the inauguration live on a big led screen and we have several distinguished speakers in our panel to give comments. Among them is Mr Han ten Broeke (Dutch MP for VVD), Nikola Dimitrov (The Hague Institute for Global Justice), Chris van Voorden (InnovationQuarter), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (MEP for D66)
After the inauguration we have the New Year Reception. First half hour the drinks are on the house (offered by Mondano). After 6 drinks are at your own expense, but the snacks are on the house.
National Tulip Day Amsterdam (21 January)
National Tulip Day (Dutch: Nationale Tulpendag) is an annual event in January that preludes the tulip season in the Netherlands. The event has been held on the Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam since 2012. During this day a special garden of 200,000 tulips covers the square. In the morning people can view the tulips from a gangway, and in the afternoon people can pick tulips for free. The tulips are from North Holland.
Faces from the Dutch Golden Age Exhibition (until 9 April 2017)
Ongoing events & exhibitions:
- Kidd & The City: Urbanizing Landscapes Exhibition (until 26 March 2017)
- Faces from the Dutch Golden Age Exhibition (until 9 April 2017)
- Slow Food. Still lives of The Golden Age (from 9 March until 25 June 2017)
Upcoming:
- 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam (25 January – 5 February)
- WBII January Networking (26 January)
- Royal Conservatorium The Hague Open Evening (26 January)
- Pub Quiz and Night Tour at Prison Gate Museum (26 January)
- Cadance Festival (27 January – 12 February)
- Women Economic Forum (27-28 January)
- Burns’ Night Ceilidh Dance (27 January)
- NR Red Carpet Gala (28 January)
- Dr Martin Luther King Tribute & Dinner (29 January)
- Royal Conservatorium The Hague Open Day (28 January)
- Shakatak (28 January)
- Border Kitchen: Yaa Gyasi (28 January)
- STET English Theatre Jack and the Beanstalk (03-04 February)
- Colin Blunstone (04 February)
- Beats and Beethoven at Paard Van Troje (04 February)
- Feel At Home in The Hague Community Fair (05 February)
- Connecting Women February Event (06 February)
- Free Financial Awareness Seminar in Rijswijk (07 February)
- Happiest Kids in The World Book Launch The Hague (11 February)
- Ferocious Dog at Paard van Troje (18 February)
- Def Americans at Paard van Troje (24 February)
- The Kik at Paard van Troje (25 February)
- The Dandy Warhols at Paard van Troje (27 February)
- 2017 The Hague CPC Half Marathon (12 March)
- 2017 Night at The Park (24 June)
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