June is expected to be slightly more springlike than May and the weather bureaus have assured Dutch News that you can peel off at least one layer as you enjoy lots of sports events and festivals. Museums and theatres are included too, for a bit of indoor warmth if necessary. Kick off the summer in Amsterdam In Amsterdam, summer starts on the first of the month with the Amsterdam Open Air festival in the Gaasperpark, no matter what the weather is like.
Choose from 10 stages and 160+ artists, including Straf_werk, Technoforest, Kanaal 40 and Vunzige Deuntjes (gross tunes). June 1 and 2. Website Catch Avedon’s Capote at the Kunsthal Relationships is the name of a retrospective consisting of over 130 photographs by American fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam.
Avedon photographed some of his famous sitters, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol and Truman Capote among them, at different points in their careers. Capote reportedly didn’t like his older and puffier version very much, but then who does. From June 1.
Website Go back to the Boijmans The Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam is opening its doors for 5 weeks as part of the Rotterdam Architecture Month . Craving for Boijmans is a good opportunity for those who are gagging to see what has been done tot he iconic building since renovation work started in 2019. The list of what will be on show was not complete at the time of writing but will include a performance created by.