The March agenda offers many and varied opportunities to get out and about. An international Pub Quiz, our Dutch Language Café, and great comedy shows like our Spring Comedy at DeDAKKAS, Saturday Fun in Badhuis and the Brewery Comedy in Amsterdam, both with reknown comedian Greg Shapiro. Let’s start the month with our diaries out […]
Join us for the Spring Edition of our popular Comedy On Top of Haarlem by The Haarlem Comedy Factory & DeDAKKAS. Friday 17 March at 8:30 pm. Featuring fun acts on the international comedy circuit in The Netherlands and guaranteeing a fantastic night of hilarity! On stage: Rami Nima, (The Netherlands), Carly Blair (U.S.A.), Edith […]
Good beer, good laughs, great times: come experience a night of beer and laughter at Amsterdam’s best comedy brewery! On Saturday 18 March at 7:30 pm. Looking for a unique and hilarious night out in Amsterdam? Look no further than a comedy show at our Breugem Brewery! Imagine sipping on some of the finest home […]
A hilarious English comedy show with an all Indian lineup! Haarlem! Looking for an epic desi comedy night? Join us on Feb 25th at Badhuis Leidsebuurt (Haarlem) for a night of laughs brought to you by the top Indian comedy talent in the Netherlands. With a growing Indian community in the Netherlands, it’s about time […]
From 10 February, no fewer than 28 paintings by Vermeer will be on display at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. Although the United States claims there are 27. It is the first time that so many Vermeers hang in one museum. For the exhibition, the Rijksmuseum has borrowed works from the Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of […]
TikTok is very harmful for people with eating disorders, doctors and experts say. This is because the video app very quickly shows people who are sensitive to it a continuous stream of videos on that subject, without them having to look them up themselves. This is according to research by RTL Nieuws, De Groene Amsterdammer […]
Women are twice as likely as men to suffer an adverse reaction after their corona vaccination. The difference between men and women is greatest after the first shot, reports side-effects centre Lareb. More than 27,000 vaccinated people participated in the study. Of these, the majority (62.5 per cent) were women. Lareb corrected the survey accordingly. […]
Not just Valentine’s Day, this February we organised more events in Haarlem and in Amsterdam, from our traditional Dutch Language Café, to our popular comedy at DeDakkas, to a specialty beer brewery tour, to the new Greg Shapiro’s solo show and for the first time Something Spicy!
If laughter is the food of love and friendship, then come get your fill at the Comedy of Love, a hilariously fun Valentine’s Day improv show. Whether you’re looking for a unique date night or flying solo, you’ll have a blast with our veteran performers like Rogier Bak and Nira Tal and new talents. This […]
Haarlem! Looking for an epic desi comedy night? Join us on Feb 25th at Badhuis Leidsebuurt (Haarlem) for a night of laughs brought to you by the top Indian comedy talent in the Netherlands. With a growing Indian community in the Netherlands, it’s about time to present a comedy show that celebrates the diversity of […]
Soon it will be possible: cycling from Haarlem to Amsterdam in one long line. A great example of pleasant exercise. The F200, the cycle path from Haarlem via Halfweg to Amsterdam is partly completed. The other part will be tackled in the near future. Want to know more? Read more…
Combine one of the best international comedians in The Netherlands with one of the best specialty beers in The Netherlands, and you get a blast of an event: that’s DUTCH TO THE RESCUE with Greg Shapiro at de Prael Houthavens Beer Brewery in Amsterdam! On Saturday 4 february at 7:30 pm. With a special Comedy […]
Take a guided tour to get an insight into the beer brewing process and taste a specialty beer of this popular beer brewery with a mission.
Square at Dome Cathedral Nieuwe Bavo becomes park.
Although there has recently been a deposit on PET bottles, many bottles still disappear into the rubbish bin. Since deposits (15 euro cents) on small bottles were introduced in 2021, many have already disappeared from street litter, but there is still room for improvement. Litter specialist Dirk Groot ‘the Zwerfinator’ found an average of 8.4 […]
It’s time to celebrate the start of the new year in Latin style! Join us for a sizzling Latin New Year’s event on Saturday 28 January 18:30-21:00 hours. Come and enjoy Latin music, a mini bachata workshop by DJ Dude, a Capoeira show by the Semente Dance School in Haarlem and the vibrant notes of […]
Start 2023 laughing at the HAARLEM NEW YEAR’S COMEDY on Friday 20 January.
Companies stop investing in own employees as focus turns to urgent recruitment needs.
About ten cars collided on the A9 near Velsen-Zuid yesterday, police reported. You could hear the crash in whole Haarlem North. One person was taken to the hospital injured.
Last week a conductor told on the train from Almere to Lelystad told travelers to keep an eye on their belongings and watch out for “Mediterranean types who come to our country to roam the place.” A fuss arose on social media after several people shared the conductor’s broadcasting. The incident happened on Tuesday evening on […]
The temperatures will drop and sleet and snow will be back in the Netherlands next week, weather forecasters say.
The start of a year is also when people evaluate what they have done during the past year and what they should change in the upcoming year: the so-called New Year resolutions. Here are 20 very common ones, numbered but not intentionally ranked in ascending order. Which one is nr 1 for you?
Many Christians around the world annually celebrate Epiphany or Three King’s Day on January 6. It is a public holiday in many countries and marks two events in Jesus Christ’s life, according to the Christian Bible. The first event was when the three wise men, or kings, visited infant Jesus. The second event was when […]
GREG SHAPIRO, Comedian. American. Dutchman. The voice of Trump in the ‘Netherlands Second’ video with over 50 million views. Celebrating 25 years in comedy. And coming to Haarlem to perform his new solo show: DUTCH TO THE RESCUE. The Show is organised in collaboration with the Haarlem Comedy Factory and DeDAKKAS, with the best view […]
During a performance at the Christmas Circus Haarlem last night, a performer was injured when he fell down from a great height. The circus artist was taken to hospital, where he was found to be responsive and out of danger. Among the visitors who saw it happen were many children. The accident happened around 8.45pm […]
As of Old and New Year’s Eve 2023, there will be a ban on fireworks in Haarlem, Bloemendaal and Heemstede. Read below which fireworks are what prohibited and which are allowed.
It is a Dutch tradition to eat ‘oliebollen’ on New Year’s Day. What’s that, what’s their origin, where to buy the best ones and how to bake them? Here we go…
Those crazy Dutch! Once you survived Sinterklaas, Christmas and dodged the fireworks during new years eve you think you can finally relax. Well, guess again. How the tradition started I don’t know but on the first of January masses of children, parents, elderly and mostly hangovered adults run in the the ice cold sea wearing […]
As the holiday season approaches, you can’t escape the constant barrage of Christmas hits playing on every radio station, store speaker system, and family member’s holiday playlist. Don’t get us wrong, we love a good holiday classic as much as the next person. But let’s be real, how many times can you listen to “Last […]