NETHERLANDS GUIDE

this is not
on your
bucketlist
But it should be
November, which is the last month of the cultural year,
is not an end but rather a new beginning. A Re Opening.
We immerse ourselves in the celebratory spirit of typical
Leeuwarden autumn festivals such as Explore the North
and the Northern Film Festival and provide a lot of surprises
during this three-week autumn festival.
autumn 2018
Rembrandt & Saskia
The Frisian Saskia Uylenburgh was the first great love
of Rembrandt van Rijn. The couple married in 1634.
Saske, her Frisian baptismal name, was born and raised
in Leeuwarden. The most famous Frisian newlyweds
ever are the theme of the exhibition Rembrandt & Saskia:
Love in the Golden Age.
DATE: 5 until 21 November
LOCATION: Leeuwarden, Friesland
DISCIPLINE: Music, Film, Festival, Light
DATE: 23 November 2018 until 17 March 2019
LOCATION: Leeuwarden, Friesland
DISCIPLINE: Exhibition
Must do’s in 2019
continuous Sense of Place Art in nature reserves Friesland
continuous Leeuwarden Free Tour City tour Leeuwarden
continuous 11Fountains Art in public spaces Friesland
continuous Borrow a Frisian Authentic acquaintances Friesland
14 Okt until 13 Jan Not Afraid of the New Exhibition Drachten
23 Nov until 17 Mar Rembrandt & Saskia Exhibition Leeuwarden
3-5 May Here Comes the Summer Festival Vlieland
24-25 May Frisian Street Festival Festival Leeuwarden
30 May until 2 June Oranjewoud Festival Classical music festival Oranjewoud
14-23 June Oerol Festival Terschelling
21-23 June Hooked Festival Workum
27-30 June CityProms Classical music festival Leeuwarden
5-7 July MadNes Music Ameland
18-21 July Welcome to The Village Festival Leeuwarden
July/August Opera Spanga Opera Spanga
August Skûtsjesilen Sailing event Friesland
3-8 August Sneekweek Sailing event Sneek
September Into The Great Wide Open Festival Vlieland
November Northern Film Festival Film Leeuwarden
November Explore The North Music Leeuwarden
Photo credit:
Rembrandt van Rijn, Saskia en
profil in kostbaar kostuum (detail),
1633-1642, olieverf op paneel
Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel,
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel
More information:
2018.nl/en