The nicest outdoor cinemas in Amsterdam
Okay, okay, okay, the weather has to be good for a while, otherwise you'll have a nice stay in the monkey with your bowl of popcorn... But when they are there, those beautiful summer evenings, you might want to spend them in the open air, watching the Better Entertainment on the big screen, right? We hear you: these are the best outdoor cinemas in Amsterdam for the summer months of 2024.
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The Spanish restaurant on the nineteenth floor of the INNSiDE By Melia Hotel on Zuidas introduces a new concept for summer evenings: Movie Nights. For €19,50 per person you have a welcome cocktail, a bucket of fresh popcorn and a timeless film classic.
The first edition will take place on Monday, July 17, and after that there will be a movie night every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday until August 27. The doors are open from 21:00 PM for a snack and a drink, and as soon as the sun sets (around 21:30 PM) the film starts.
During the last two weeks of August you can visit H'Art Museum Amsterdam again, where Movies at H'Art (formerly Movies at the Hermitage) takes place. Various award-winning films will be shown during these two weeks. There are a total of nineteen, from golden old to more recent titles such as: Mama Mia 2, Pulp Fiction, Pretty Woman, Ratatouille and Yesterday.
We don't have to say about the Eye that its location on the IJ alone is spectacular. So maybe it's even cooler now, because you can watch a movie there during sunset. Real? Yes, really. For example, five different evenings in August to be precise Ciske the Rat of Akira to see. So at the Eye Film Museum: between August 21 and 25.
The Amsterdam Forest Theater will be transformed into an open-air cinema especially for a film weekend on August 22, 23 and 24 during the Cinetree Forest Film Festival. This edition is the five-year anniversary edition, so it is extra special. For this special edition they pull out all the stops, you can watch one of Cinetree's most viewed films: Frida, Challengers, or wait for the Oscar-winning animated film The Boy and the Hero off. All this under the starry sky of the Amsterdam Bostheater. Keep an eye on the website for the current agenda and other activities.
Is the Amsterdam Bostheater too far away, but the Bijlmer is just around the corner? There they also dedicated three evenings to films. Something different, because all these films have something to do with the Bijlmer. For the real Amsterdam vibe This open-air cinema is located underneath the Kraaiennest metro station. In addition, there will be an additional open-air cinema in the Amsterdamse Poort just in front of the Sand Castle on September 14th.
Please note that you must bring your own (cinema) chair here.
Want to watch the best films from your hand mat or beach chair? You can do that at West Beach Film Festival. On the edge of the Sloterplas in Nieuw-West, you can watch the best films between September 18 and 22. The program is not yet known, but it will offer a wide range of both classics and modern films, from home and abroad.
You can also go to the Pluk de Nacht Film Festival at the IJ (near the Stenen Hoofd). Big screen, beach chairs, warm blankets? Check, check and check. While other open-air cinemas show well-known films, Pluk does it completely differently. Here the summer evenings are filled with films that have never before been seen in Dutch cinemas. At Pluk de Nacht Festival your beach chair is included and you will receive a drink on the house when you purchase your ticket.
Every Tuesday (provided the weather is good) on the city beach of Pllek it changes into an outdoor cinema in the evening. During the day you can settle down here for a day in the sun, or continue with the film in the evening, for example The Favorite.
Once the original home base to watch all your favorite Hollywood films, Floor17 was on top of the Leonardo Hotel Rembrandtpark. Not anymore, because scattered throughout Amsterdam at different locations, you will find Cityscape that projects the classics of Hollywood films on a large white screen.
Below is what is known so far about the upcoming films:
- Tue July 9, Amelie – Bar Bistro Bureau
- Wed July 10, The Bucket List – Hotel Arena
- Tue July 16, Executive – Bar Bistro Bureau
- Wed July 17, the intern – Lagerwal
- Tue July 23, Little Miss Sunshine – Bar Bistro Bureau
- Wed July 24, The Pursuit of Happiness – Hotel Arena
- Tue July 30, catch me if you can – Bar Bistro Bureau
- Wed July 31, Rain Man – Hotel Arena
- Wed July 31, The Peanut Butter Falcon – Lagerwal
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