As part of the celebrations for the EDL, 'Nederland Vertaalt' consists of a translation contest and a 'Vertaaldag', taking place on September 25. Each year this event aims to underline the importance of good (literary) translation and bring it to the attention of a wide audience.

The freedom of spirit on the book pages should not be banned by censorship. Tsjechisch Centrum invites you to a debate and an exhibition on prohibited books.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the independence of Panama from the Kingdom of Spain, Instituto Cervantes Utrecht wishes to present the contributions that Panama has made to the Spanish language through its historical-cultural evolution. 

The Embassy of Hungary invites you and your kids to the travelling exhibition 'Poetry Images', a collection of contemporary Hungarian illustrations of children's poems displayed in Emmen and OBA Amsterdam.

The international project Europe Readr continues its journey across the Netherlands, this time heading to the Emmen Library.

Yunus Emre Institute invites you to the piano recital 'A musical gift from the Sultan to the Queen', a musical event showing us a dimension of the Ottoman image management in their external and communication preferences and in their diplomatic language.

The Embassy of Spain in the Hague invites you to the Ciclop Extension Laboratory Week, an extension of the 'Ciclop festival', and a complement to its pedagogical part and international connections.

In order to place the national debates on the return of colonial heritage in an international perspective, the Goethe-Institut Niederlande and the Institut Français des Pays-Bas invite you to deBalie for a debate with experts from museums in France, the Netherlands, Germany and Senegal.

In a joint effort to widen cultural dialogues and practices between Finnish cultural institutions and the areas in which the Finnish institutes operate, the network has launched the online seminar series 'In Conversation with the Finnish Institutes', which will address seven topical matters spacing from decolonisation to Sámi arts and culture.

The latest work by composer Theo Loevendie, written for Metamorphoses and made possible by the Performing Arts Fund, will finally be performed in the Yunus Emre Institute in Amsterdam.

In October of each year, Dutch Design Week (DDW) takes place in Eindhoven. The biggest design event in Northern Europe presents work and ideas of more than 2600 designers to more than 350,000 visitors from home and abroad. In more than 110 locations across the city, DDW organizes and facilitates exhibitions, lectures, prize ceremonies, networking […]

In the frame of the seven-hundredth year of the death of the sommo poeta Dante Alighieri, Istituto Italiano di Cultura Amsterdam presents 'Intonazioni Dantesche dell'Ottocento', a concert focusing on one of the most imaginative figures of his entire 'Divine Comedy': Conte Ugolino della Gherardesca.

The Instituto Cervantes Utrecht organised the fifth "Cervantes Children's and Youth Book Market" for October 30, a day full of activities for young and adults to discover the magic of books.

The Spanish Embassy in the Hague invites you to Amsterdam for the seventh edition of the local Spanish Film Festival ASFF, organized by the Sin Fin Cinema platform, in collaboration with several Spanish institutions in the Netherlands.

Amsterdam Museum and DutchCulture invite you to the Symposium 'Collecting the City', meant to deepen our knowledge about expanding stories of the city.

The Irish Embassy in the Hague invites everyone to attend the conversation with the author Claire Keegan, who will talk about her latest publication during a dedicated evening of the literature and music festival Crossing Borders.

Czech Centre Rotterdam organises an afternoon discussion at the Haagse Hogeschool in The Hague which aims to bring the figure of Václav Havel closer to the young generation.

Join us and our Italian friends of the IIC Amsterdam for an evening in the name of live jazz music.

The German author Maxim Leo comes to the Netherlands for a four-appointments reading tour presenting his latest book, 'Wo wir zu Hause sind – Die Geschichte meiner verschwundenen Familie'.

Together with three artists from Amsterdam, Simon and Rosie will perform their 'failed' work in the upcoming edition of  Ne Mosquito Pas on November 19.