Nice opera & ballet in Amsterdam. I would recommend to visit it if you are in the city. Awesome…read morelive orchestra music and ballet performance will make an indelible impression on you about Amsterdam and Holland culture in a common. We've attended on Tristan and Isolda and it was awesome! In addition this house places near by Amstel river and you can see it from terrace

What a nice opera house. Pretty much you can't get a bad seat anywhere…read more Giving them 5 stars for their coat check system. This is the fastest and most efficient coat check system ever. They served like 1000 people in 3 minutes.

It's the blue floor. The blue linoleum floor. It is so undeserving of tango dancers. Such a…read moresensual, initimate dance. Other venues bait dancers with their wooden floors. Or better still, their "floating" wooden floor. The blue floor, the low ceiling, the four pillars that always get in the way and being on the fourth floor of a building facing the Melkweg, don't combine to make this the ideal tango venue. That's enough about the floor! Academia is one of the oldest tango schools in Amsterdam. And one of the largest. (Aside: many parties claim to have been the first to bring tango to the Netherlands; there are many stories, many contradictions and I take them all with a pinch of salt. Actually, a handful of salt.) They offer lessons five evenings a week, from a variety of teachers. Some schools offer lessons three or four evenings, but then always from the same teachers. While other schools might have lessons only once or twice each week. This is probably the most attractive thing about Academia: choice of evenings, choice of teachers, and a chance to have a catch-up lesson should you miss on. It is also worth mentioning that Academia is very centrally located, has a bar, seating all around the dance floor and a nice, old fashioned atmosphere. Some venues play a mixture of traditional and modern ("neo") tango or even non-tango, but here you shoukd expect to hear only traditional tango.

From the owner: Tango Argentino: Lessen, workshops, choreografie, privé lessen, salons met optredens /live muziekread more

This is a very nice Cuban salsa school also offering Kizomba, Bachata, Rueda and Ladies Styling…read moreclasses. They teach M-F in two rooms and have a wide range of offerings from beginner to advanced, from 6-10pm. They are in partnership with Cafe Sao Paulo next door to offer dance nights a few times a week. The teachers are good and students friendly. They also have experienced dancers who aren't officially teachers to help even out the M/F ratio; I've never had to stand on the side waiting for a guy to "open up." Compared with other schools I've been to, class sizes are smaller and you get more personalized attention.

At this address you will find Zaal 100, a podium for jazz, spoken word and experimental music; also…read moreRestaurant 100 that serves only vegetarian (often vegan) food at very low prices and, of relevance to this review, Studio 100. The latter is a high-ceilinged room with climbing frames along one wall and was the gym in the school that this building once was. I know, it doesn't sound very attractive. But read on. Every Wednesday evening, Studio 100 becomes Tangoland. This is one of only two places in Amsterdam where you can come for a drop-in lesson. No commitment, no planning, just one and a half hours of of tango instruction. As I mentioned in another review, I wil try and avoid rating subjective qualities such as the quality of teaching, but one thing that helps make the lessons here so worthwhile is the small size of the class. Instead of having 13 couple competing for the attention of the teachers, here five couples will do just that on a busy evening. On a quite evening you will get evenb more attention. Last week, no one else turned up so my partner and I had a private lesson. That is nice! Some points worth noting: there is only one lesson/workshop per week, so levels are mixed. The teachers do adjust to each pair's ability and the more experienced dancers will be given more challenging exercises to work on. The lesson is not suited to beginners. If you have a good basis of tango, then you can come here. After the lesson/workshop, there is free dancing ("milonga" or "salon" in the vernacular). Because of the low attendance figures, this will probably feel more intimidating than other salons, where you can hide in the background until you're ready to take the floor. The way how everyone is huddled around one table that makes it seem like the rest of the world is locked out. But nothing could be further from the truth - the regulars here are open to newcomers and welcome them with open arms. Or a close embrace ;-) Did I mention that this might be the best dance floor in Amsterdam? And that it is free to come and dance after the lesson? (The lesson ends around 22:00.) If you have an allergy to 14-week long courses or just want some extra instruction, you might want to pop along here some Wednesday.

This theater puts on cute little renditions of classic stories for children, in Dutch. Even if your…read morechild isn't that fluent in Dutch they will probably enjoy the bright costumes and the strong emoting done by the actors. The lights stay on 'in the house' the entire time, so children can feel safe and don't have to sit in the dark. It's also fine if they talk or make noise, they're accustomed to that. There are also a few breaks during the play where the actors encourage the children in the audience to get up and dance or move around, so that is great for the fidgety-pantsed little ones in the audience. They put on a few different versions of the play for different age ranges, so the time and date of the play will vary based on how old your child is. They also have free cookies and limonade, and a clothes rack with little costumes the kids can wear before and during the play. Be sure to reserve your spot on the website before you show up. Downsides of this place are that it's expensive. It's about 19 euros for one adult and one child. There is no discount for the adult or anything. I also don't like that they only open 15 minutes before the show, and it's not even clear from their website when they actually open. So I find I am always trying to get there right on time, which means I am inevitably 10-15 minutes late, because I'm traveling with a toddler, and then I always miss the first few minutes of the play. That's kind of a lot to miss when the whole show is like 45-60 minutes long. They also push their dance lessons every time I am paying for my tickets, and the last time I was there I asked what the difference was between their dance lessons and the Amsterdam Dance Center, and they said "I don't know. Why don't you tell me." So, not helpful. That being said, they fill a niche for children's theater that is consistently available year-round, even during school holidays, so they're still worth checking out.

Just positive things about this school. Such a wonderful place (in the centre of Amsterdam) to…read moreenjoy my first salsa steps. Atmosphere is really cosy and made a lot of new friends. The level of the lessons is quite challenging but at the same time with a lot of fun. After few months I was able to dance with intermediate and advanced (from other schools) with no single problem at all. Last but not least, Rodolfo is a great teacher, you will notice that from the beginning (I did!!!). His level of salsa expertise is above the level of other teachers I have seen in The Netherlands.

It is hard to be objective when it comes to assessing the quality of dance teachers or dance…read moreschools, so I'll try and avoid that pitfall and stick to some of those things that some people call "facts". This dance school is small. Or more accurately, the dance floor is small. And that is probably the biggest disadvantage of this school. In second place would be the lack of air flow, resulting in it becoming a bit too hot. Many tango schools have a bar but this one is too small for a bar. Having said that, there is a dedicated group of tango students who continue to take lessons here. The aforementioned disadvantages don't seem to mean much to them. One of the advantages of its size is that many of the students know each other. And the lack of a bar isn't such an issue when a bottle of wine appears out of nowhere at the end of the evening. What makes this tango school stand out from others? Lessons are given in blocks of five. (It's a personal thing, but I find short blocks much better than long ones that might be 10 or 14 weeks long. Fourteen weeks sounds like a punishment!) They have a "tango fitness" class - a cross between a tango lesson and an aerobics class, which I don't think is available elsewhere. It is the only place I know of that has lessons for show tango or stage tango. When you have gone through the late nights, the early starts, the hours of rehearsals necessary for such a show, your fellow performers take on a much different role than "fellow students". And that might be the secret of the place.

It's a big gym with new professional equipment. They have both concentrated muscle area power based…read moreweight lifting equipment as well as physiotherapy based equipment. They have a cafe/juice bar, saunas next to the locker rooms, lockers, communal showers in the the locker rooms, two separate areas for dance, yoga, pilates, martial arts, spinning classes etc. I pay about €50 a month for unlimited access without time restrictions. It's a bit pricey, but I like this gym. I paid €25 for registration, but it wasn't just to put my picture in the system with my data, I also got a 2 hour session with one of the competent, knowledgable and friendly trainers who made a fitness plan with me and printed it out. They keep the plan there so you can pick it up when you arrive and never forget to take it with you. They use an electronic scanning system for access to the gym which is a thumb-sized keychain with a chip in it. The trainers and employees are very nice and professional and the clientele is decent. All in all, it's a bit pricey but worth it.

Hello fitness lovers, I would not recommend this gym because:…read more- Administrative chaotic (Mrs. Jaime is a very unfriendly staff I have ever seen!) - The access key does not always work, you usually have to ask the staff to open the entrance. - Nothing is done with problems and complaints - Do not adhere to the conditions of their website, be careful! - Not too much equipment in the gym. - It's really all about money. High price and low service !! So, don't waste time and money. There are many gyms or sports schools in the city of Amsterdam.

Heleen Klop is an excellent photographer who knows how to capture just 'that' moment. Her workshops…read moreare a real eye & heart opener, chapeau!

From the owner: Bruidsfotografie - Gezinsreportages - Loveshoots - Corporate events…read more Wij fotograferen mensen en willen het verschil maken in het leven van mensen door het maken van betekenisvolle beelden die een leven lang meegaan.