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Unmissable events during Amsterdam 750
Updated 13 October 2025 at 07:54
In 2025, Amsterdam will be 750 years old. Leading up to this special anniversary, there will be a year-long festival programme jam-packed with events, activities and celebrations, all leading up to the big day on 27 October.
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Amsterdam's 750th birthday
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Amsterdam's anniversary year is reaching its climax. During the last 75 hours of the 750th anniversary, there's still plenty to do: from ADE in the ArenA and the Great Amsterdam Quiz to a 75-metre-long cake, storytelling festival and communal meals. You'll find the list right here.
Incredible events this year:
24 Hours Amsterdam
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To celebrate Amsterdam 750, several editions of 24 Hours will take place in 2024 and 2025. During 24 Hours, one district of Amsterdam takes the spotlight for 24 hours, with locations such as theatres, museums, shops, hotels, associations, community centres, and clubs all participating. Residents can join in workshops, tours, and exhibitions - in a rich and varied program for young and old. So whether you are creative or sporty, love music, architecture or good food and drinks, or are laidback or eager to learn, there is something for everyone to experience during 24 hours.
- 7 September 2024 | 24 Hours Oost
- 12 October, 2024 | 24 Hours Nieuw-West
- 22 March, 2025 | 24 Hours Centrum
- 12 April 2025 | 24 Hours Zuidoost
- 17 May 2025 | 24 Hours Weesp
- 13 September 2025 | 24 Hours Noord
- 11 October 2025 | 24 Hours Zuid
SAIL Amsterdam 2025
SAIL was initially organised to celebrate Amsterdam's 700th anniversary. It turned out to be a huge success, so much so that SAIL is now held every five years and has become one of the most significant events in the Netherlands. Get this: in 2025, everything coincides with a double celebration - the 10th edition of SAIL and the 750th birthday of Amsterdam. It's going to be a big one!
SAIL Amsterdam | 20-24 August 2025
Admire the 'Toll Privilege'
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Every year on Amsterdam's birthday, you can observe the Tolprivilege (Toll Privilege) from 1275 in the Treasury of the Amsterdam City Archives. This is the oldest written document in which Amsterdam is mentioned. Because the parchment is sensitive to light and temperature fluctuations, this mesmerising artefact can only be shown a few days each year. Each year, a well-known Amsterdammer unveils the Toll Privilege. In 2023, it was the turn of Freek Wallagh, the night mayor of Amsterdam.
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 October 2024 | Amsterdam City Archives - De Bazel, Vijzelstraat 32 | free
ToekomstTiendaagse
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The anniversary year is a year for looking back and forward. During the ToekomstTiendaagse, we question: what will Amsterdam look like in the future? What will we eat? How will we get around and live together? And how will the city be designed? With exhibitions, open days, conferences, competitions and showcases of innovations, Amsterdam and the rest of the metropolitan region will take the spotlight. Dozens of contributors are working on the programming for the ToekomstTiendaagse, closing with the big Midsummer Festival on the Ring.
ToekomstTiendaagse | 12-21 June 2025
Festival op de Ring A10
On the longest day of the year, Saturday, 21 June 2025, the entire A10 ring road around Amsterdam will be closed to traffic. A 15-kilometre parade full of music, dance, theatre and much more entertainment. Amsterdam will only be 750 years old once in its lifetime, and the city aims to celebrate it in the most unique way possible.
Free tickets with timeslots are available to reserve from 21 May 2025, 10:00.
Read our event highlights and practical tips.
Festival on the Ring A10 | 21 June 2025, 12:00 - 23:00 | free
The Grote Amsterdam Quiz
The Grote Amsterdam Quiz consists of preliminary rounds at various locations in the city, such as catering establishments, community centres and sports clubs. The winning team per location may proceed to the final, which will take place on November 1, 2024. There are great prizes to be won, and participants will, of course, earn eternal fame as Amsterdam Experts of the Year. While the finale will be in the Dutch language, many of the preliminary rounds are at English-speaking locations. Check the agenda for full details.
The Great Amsterdam Quiz | November 1, 2024
Opening Amsterdam 750
Trailer Opening Concert Amsterdam 750
With a spectacular opening concert in Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome, the jubilee year will kick off strong. Step into a musical time machine with The Metropole Orchestra, ISH Dance Collective, Live in Concert and Zo! Gospel Choir will take you on a musical and visual journey past important moments in Amsterdam's history.
Opening Concert Amsterdam 750 | 27 October 2024, 20:00 - 23:30 | Ziggo Dome
