Entertainment entertainment in Amsterdam
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Muziekgebouw aan ‘t Ij
This magnificent, mod building plays host to everything from the Holland Symfonia (which typically backs the National Ballet) to the prestigious Metropole Orkest, which does smart arrangements of jazz and pop. Free lunchtime concerts are normally held in the main hall once a month on different weekdays from September to May – check the website for details.
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Concertgebouw
Each year, this neo-Renaissance centre presents around 650 concerts attracting 840,000 visitors, making it the world’s busiest concert hall (with reputedly the best acoustics). The venue holds free, half-hour ‘lunch concerts’ on Wednesdays at 12.30pm between September and June.
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Stadsschouwburg
Amsterdam’s most beautiful theatre was built in 1894 and refurbished in the 1990s. It features large-scale productions, operettas, dance and summer English-language productions and performances. Most major festivals also seem to have a presence here.
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Koninklijk Theater Carré
The largest theatre in town offers mainstream international shows, musicals, cabaret, opera, operetta, ballet and circuses.
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