During Amsterdam Art Week 2025, we will guide you through the most inspiring art locations in the city – at your own pace. Specifically for visitors, we’ve curated DIY tours by neighbourhood, so you can choose the route that best suits your day, style, or mood. From gallery-hopping in the city centre to hidden studios in Amsterdam Noord: each route offers a unique perspective on the city’s art scene.
Click here for access to our AAW2025 Secret Cheat Sheet – your personal guide full of tips, locations, and hidden gems per neighbourhood.
DIY Tour: De Pijp/South – Art in Motion Between Galleries, Studios and Alternative Spaces
De Pijp offers a diverse art scene full of young creators and experimental exhibitions.
Galerie Fleur & Wouter / GoMulan Gallery – Van Ostadestraat 43A
Van Ostade Biënnale VI: Positions
Natalia Jordanova and Stefano Caimi
16 min walk | 5 min bike
De Ateliers – Stadhouderskade 86
Offspring 2025 – Open Studios
Wednesday to Sunday, 12:00 – 18:00
17 min walk | 5 min bike
de Appel – Tolstraat 160
Every Act of Struggle: Intrusion and Assembly
Noor Abed, Simnikiwe Buhlungu, Chad Cordeiro, Iswanto Hartono, and Pieter Paul Pothoven
6 min walk | 3 min bike
Josilda da Conceição – Pieter Aertszstraat 70
Danny
Quintus Glerum & Christos Mavrodis
(optional stop)
VU Art Science Gallery – De Boelelaan 1111
Water Views
Valerie van Leersum, Tanja Engelberts, Suzette Bousema, Huniti Goldox, and Jana Romanova
ABN AMRO Art Collection – Gustav Mahlerlaan 10
Ophelia’s Awakening – Selma Selman
Digital Deluge – group exhibition
DIY Tour: East – Art at the Intersection of Experiment and Reflection
In East, established institutions and new initiatives come together in a district full of artistic energy.
Loods6 – KNSM-Laan 143
We Can Talk About Something Else
Luna Maurer & Roel Wouters, Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen, Jonas Ohlsson & Magnus Monfeldt, Sander Plug & Lernert Engelberts, Matthew Lax
38 min walk | 10 min bike
Bradwolff Projects – Oetewalerstraat 73
Zarafa, le bel animal du roi
Adriana Bogdanova
12 min walk | 4 min bike
Framer Framed – Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71
Past Disquiet
Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti
24 min walk | 8 min bike
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten – Sarphatistraat 470
Open Studios (tickets required)
Thursday to Sunday
12 min walk | 5 min bike
Capital C – Weesperplein 4b
BEDROCK – Young Collectors Circle
Open on weekdays: 08:00 – 22:00
Set off, discover new perspectives, and let yourself be surprised by art in places you might not expect.
