What's On In Amsterdam In June

As summer hits Amsterdam in June, the city’s cultural calendar shifts gears and starts to centre around outdoor events, including food festivals and open-air concerts. Continue reading to discover the best things happening in Amsterdam over June.

FRIDAY JUNE 1ST – SUNDAY JUNE 10TH 2018

Taste of Amsterdam

📅 Friday June 1st to Sunday June 3rd
Many of Amsterdam’s leading restaurants participate in this innovative food festival in Amstel Park and serve smaller, bite-sized versions of their signature dishes during the event. This means that guests at the festival can sample an enormous array of gourmet dishes while exploring a microcosm of Amsterdam’s culinary scene.
📍Amstelpark, Amsterdam

📅 Sunday June 10th
As its name suggests, this annual road running event trails through Amsterdam Zuidoost’s largest park, Gaasperplas. The race’s organisers have created several routes around Gaasperplas that cover five or 10 kilometres and pass by the park’s central lake and other scenic terrains.
📍Gaasperplas, Amsterdam

MONDAY JUNE 11TH – SUNDAY JUNE 18TH 2018

Veggie Festival

📅 Friday June 15th to Sunday June 17th
This forward-thinking food festival revolves around vegetarianism, veganism and flexitarianism and exclusively features dishes, meals and bites that are made from plant-based and meat-free products. Many culinary experts are present at the festival and sell their wares from stalls and food trucks. The festival takes place on NDSM-Werf in Amsterdam-Noord, which is accessible via a regular ferry that departs from Central Station.
📍NDSM-Werf, tt. Neveritaweg 61, Amsterdam

Bacchus Wine Festival

📅 Friday June 8th to Sunday June 10th and Friday 15th to Sunday 17th
Amsterdamse Bos hosts one of the largest wine festivals in the Netherlands over two separate weekends in June. It is appropriately named after Bacchus, the Roman God of parties and grapes harvests. Most merchants at the festival hail from Amsterdam or other nearby cities and bring with them an enormous selection of high-quality Old and New World wine. The festival organises special events throughout both weekends, including wine tasting sessions, talks and live concerts.
📍Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen

Open Garden Days

📅 Friday June 15th to Sunday June 17th
On the third weekend of June every year, private gardens and courtyards throughout Amsterdam open to the public. These secret sanctuaries are mainly located in Amsterdam’s historic canal belt and are often hidden behind buildings that date back to the 16th or 17th centuries. During the weekend, visitors are free to roam through these charming, urban gardens and discover stunning locales around the city that are usually inaccessible.
📍Various locations

MONDAY JUNE 19TH – SUNDAY JUNE 24TH 2018

Amsterdam’s Stadsschouwburg theatre hosts many shows during Holland Festival

Strange Sound Beyond

📅 Saturday June 23rd to Sunday June 24th
This annual electronic music festival takes place in Amsterdam-Noord’s industrial NDSM-werf – a former dockland that has been converted into an expansive cultural hub. The festival revolves around avant-garde and innovative dance music, and always features a mix of international and local talent.
📍NDSM-Werf, tt. Neveritaweg 61, Amsterdam

Holland Festival

📅 Thursday June 7th to Sunday July 1st
Venues throughout Amsterdam participate during this month-long performing arts festival and collectively host events ranging from groundbreaking dance pieces to in-depth talks about filmmaking. The festival is the oldest and largest of its kind in the Netherlands and showcases work created by hundreds of international artists.
📍Various locations

MONDAY JUNE 25TH – SATURDAY JUNE 30TH 2018

Zoomeravonden in ARTIS

📅 From early June until late August
Every Saturday during the warmer months of the year, Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo keeps its gates open until sundown, allowing visitors to wander through its enclosures and see its furry, scaly, and feathered residents well after normal business hours. The zoo also hosts events during these evenings, including live concerts, guided tours, and workshops.
📍ARTIS, Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, Amsterdam +31 900 2784796

Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.