24 uur Zuid: Hartwig Proxy opens its doors

To celebrate Amsterdam's 750th anniversary, the WTC is exhibiting a 70-square-meter 3D-printed model of the city. At a scale of 1:2000, the model depicts 75 striking and historic buildings. Using digital technology, the model changes color and interactively depicts stories about Amsterdam as a water city and a green city.

At the new cinema in The Pulse of Amsterdam, you can see a film daily in one of the six (wheelchair-accessible) screening rooms, also with a Cineville card. The selection is varied: from cult classics and arthouse to mainstream films. Before or after the film, you can enjoy food and drinks at the bar-restaurant Lucy. More information

Rialto VU is located in the New University Building on the VU campus. In four cinemas and two theaters, students, residents, expats, employees, and anyone visiting Zuidas can enjoy films and premieres, performances like the monthly Fiction & Science, specials, and festivals like Movies That Matter. View the calender

The ABN AMRO Kunstruimte (Art Space) offers space to one of the largest corporate collections in the Netherlands. The collection provides a broad picture of post-war visual art in the Netherlands. In addition to changing exhibitions, the permanent collection can be visited, with works by various modern art movements and artists such as Willem de Kooning, Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein and Anish Kapoor.

The AkzoNobel Art Space houses the AkzoNobel collection of artworks by internationally renowned artists and young talent. AkzoNobel has been collecting and exhibiting contemporary art since 1996 and the collection is intended as a source for innovation and creative reflection.

Every Thursday you can visit the Zuidas market on George Gershwinplein: the place for fresh groceries, delicacies and various tasty snacks for lunch.

On the Maurice Ravellaan you can visit the open-air exhibition 'Zuidas: Building Connections'. Nine street artists from the Netherlands and abroad transformed 120 m of construction hoardings into colourful street art, with themes such as hope, future, past, experiences, community, unity and acceptance. Free access.

Artist Lily van der Stokker transforms the world’s ‘visual waste’ - images and words in public spaces that demand our attention - into the subject of her work. With Nothing Wall, a 92-meter-long, hand-painted mural, she turns the construction fence of the future Hartwig Museum into a place filled with enlarged scribbles, curls and doodles. Free to visit 24/7. More information.

In this exhibition and a public program, scientists and artists explore how different belief systems – ancient, conflicting or emerging – shape the way we see and understand the world. Featuring works by Suzanne Plomp, Marcos Kueh & Ritvik Khushu, Simone Albers, and Fiona Lutjenhuis. More information.

Puruñeka Duo, featuring Spanish percussionist Tirso Ortis Garrígos and Icelandic percussionist Matiss Leo Meckl, performs a percussion program centering on rhythm, movement, and repetition. With works by Philip Glass, Minoru Miki, Anders Koppel, and others, a varied concert emerges for instruments including marimba and vibraphone. This concert is part of the Grachtenfestival | More information and tickets.

Soprano Fleur Strijbos and guitarist Emma Wills perform Spanish repertoire with a richness of emotions and timbres. This concert is part of the Grachtenfestival | More information and tickets.

Enjoy a morning concert featuring great piano works from the Romantic era. Alfredo van de Munt plays Schuberts Drei Klavierstücke, Chopins Second sonate in b-minor, and Réminiscences de Norma by Liszt.  This concert is part of the Grachtenfestival | More information and tickets.

In her singing Helena Casella explores various genres such as R&B, neo-soul, hip-hop, modern jazz and Brazilian rhythms and thereby creates personal and recognizable stories. Free entrance. This concert is part of the Grachtenfestival | More information.

The concert 'Schaduwspel' (Shadowplay) offers a moment of reflection. Inspired by the storytelling power of jazz musicians such as Bill Frisell, Aaron Parks, and Pat Metheny, guitarist, storyteller, and performer Noah Stakenborg and jazz saxophonist Jeline Weening create a soundscape that extends beyond just the notes. In addition to playing, texts are recited about how we can truly reconnect with one another in these times. Free entrance. This concert is part of the Grachtenfestival | More information.