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International Film Festival Rotterdam (June 2nd - 6th)

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces it will celebrate the close of its 50th edition with a full lineup of programmes taking place from 2 to 6 June, extending on demand until 9 June. The festival will bring audiences together both online and in person in a hybrid format that includes a film programme available on demand in the Netherlands and physically in Rotterdam, as well as in collaboration with cinemas across the country, adapting as required to Covid-19 restrictions.

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Rotterdam Architecture Month (June 2nd - 27th)

In daily online and offline programming, exhibitions, tours and festivals, the innovative power of architecture is shown and linked to the major developments taking place in the city. The exhibition in the parking garage includes scale models of major area developments in Rotterdam, such as the seven city projects and the model of the city centre. Also included are contributions from a wide range of Rotterdam-based architectural firms and educational institutions. These contributions are an explicit expression of their own vision for the future development of the city. The exhibition can be visited in person by anyone, without an appointment.

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North Sea Round Town (June 24th - July 11th)

Enjoy three weeks of jazz, blues, soul, funk, hip hop, and pop at various locations around the city during the fifteenth edition of North Sea Round Town. Despite Corona, the organization is doing everything it can to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary with live music at as many different, surprising locations in the city as possible. There are also online concerts, many of which are free to attend.

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Rotterdam Art Week (June 30th - July 4th)

The Rotterdam Art Week, which has since grown into a must for art, design and architecture lovers, takes place in the summer this year. Art Rotterdam is once again the hub of the Art Week and by joining forces a nice program has been put together. There are special openings of exhibitions in museums and art institutions, pop-up shows, trade fairs, specially arranged cultural walks and open studios, all of which enhance and enliven the art climate in the city.

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Atelier Nelly and Theo van Doesburg

A new look at the work of Nelly and Theo van Doesburg is possible thanks to the restoration of their architecture archive. The exhibition recognises Nelly as a key figure in the consolidation of the reputation of Van Doesburg and De Stijl. The magnificent focus of the exhibition will be on the couple’s most striking joint project: their studio-house in the Parisian suburb of Meudon. Sketches, drawings and scale models rarely (if ever) exhibited before reveal the house’s rich history.

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Delfshaven Festival (July 16th until August 8th)

Explore this unique part of town with exhibitions, walking & cycling tours, food, drinks and lots of other activities for all ages.

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Youthquake (until augustus 22nd 2021)

Kunsthal Rotterdam will be kicking off the new year with the multimedia exhibition ‘Youthquake. The Desire for Eternal Youth’. The exhibition reveals the strong influence youthfulness has on our image culture, at the hand of garments, photographs and videos. The fashion world provides excellent possibilities for being ageless – or at least for appearing to be ageless. And the desire to remain forever young is a theme that is also disseminated widely through marketing strategies and the (social) media.

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Fake me hard (June 30th - August 15th)

AVL Mundo in Rotterdam will transform into a place where you can dive into the world of big data, algorithms, deepfakes and fake news. The raw exhibition FAKE ME HARD is about how people and tech can work together safely. More than 40 works of art, performances and debates show the complex reality of the 21st century and offer citizens escape routes.

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We Are Animals (until October 24th)

The exhibition ‘We Are Animals’ brings together a great variety of extraordinary animal creations by over thirty contemporary artists. Works by artists such as Maurizio Cattelan, Candida Höfer, Paul McCarthy, and David Shrigley show the relationship between human beings and animals, and reveal how we, as humans, see and try to understand ourselves better through animals. Sculptures of feathered polar bears, installations with wild wolves, monumental paintings of cuddly cats, and poignant photographs of zoos: this provocative selection of works has resulted in an exciting, must-see exhibition that offers food for thought.

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Remix Rotterdam (until January 9th, 2022)

This exhibition mixes it up, bringing together objects from all over the world – objects whose origins stem from the meeting of peoples and cultures. Remix Rotterdam freely associates on the basis of four different kinds of encounter: universal and artistic encounters, trade relations and colonial interactions as they were experienced in the colonial era. Each encounter brings objects and artworks together that combine to tell a story. The Rotterdam-based artist Paul van der Eerden was invited to trace the interrelations between the museum collections from a personal perspective. His intuitive encounters result in surprising combinations and links.

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Check out this page to see what's going on in Rotterdam!

International Film Festival Rotterdam (June 2nd - 6th)

Rotterdam Architecture Month (June 2nd - 27th)

North Sea Round Town (June 24th - July 11th)

Rotterdam Art Week (June 30th - July 4th)

Atelier Nelly and Theo van Doesburg

Delfshaven Festival (July 16th until August 8th)

Youthquake (until augustus 22nd 2021)

Fake me hard (June 30th - August 15th)

We Are Animals (until October 24th)

Remix Rotterdam (until January 9th, 2022)

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