A major Yayoi Kusama retrospective at the Stedelijk, spanning seventy years of dots, pumpkins and much more.
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3 events, All 88 of the Kröller-Müller's Van Gogh paintings shown together for the first time since 1984, in the heart of the Hoge Veluwe.
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 An evening for newcomers and internationals in The Hague. Meet other internationals, enjoy live music and ask experts about housing, childcare, taxes, healthcare and social clubs.
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3 events, Four days of 10 to 25 km walks through the Schoorlse Duinen, forests and beach near Bergen, from 29 September to 2 October 2026. |
4 events, Yoshitoshi's moonlit woodblock series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon on show at the Van Gogh Museum for the first time. |
8 events, Haarlem's vinyl weekend: a free record fair on the Grote Markt with 65+ dealers, plus gigs, DJ sets and listening sessions across town.
Free (fair); some events ticketed  The Kustmarathon Zeeland: a tough coastal marathon from Burgh-Haamstede to Zoutelande plus a weekend of runs and walks, 2 to 4 October 2026.
€55  Leiden throws its biggest party of the year to mark the end of the 1574 siege, with hutspot, herring, a funfair and a grand parade.
Free  Autumn in a glass: more than 40 Dutch bock beers under one roof at De Hallen in Amsterdam West.
€27.50 |
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An open air record fair on Arnhem's Kerkplein beside the Eusebiuskerk, with free entry and up to 25 stalls of vinyl and CDs.
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A free one day fair in Eindhoven's Klokgebouw with advice on housing, jobs, tax, schools and settling in for internationals.
Free (register online) |
7 events,The TREK Singelloop Utrecht: flat, fast 10 km and 5 km races around Utrecht's canal ring on Sunday 4 October 2026.
€32
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Metropool Enschede becomes a record shop for one day, with Variaworld dealers selling LPs, singles and CDs from 11:00 to 16:30.
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4 events, A major Willem de Kooning retrospective at the Rijksmuseum, with his famous Woman paintings in the Gallery of Honour.
€25 |
7 events,The ASML Marathon Eindhoven: a flat, fast city marathon weekend with runs and walks on 10 and 11 October 2026.
€95 – €115  Comic Con Holland brings celebrity guests, cosplay, gaming and a big geek market to Vijfhuizen, just outside Haarlem.
€23.99 – €49.99
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The smallest record fair in the Netherlands, inside Gouda's 15th century Agnietenkapel, with free entry and a handful of dealers.
Free |
8 events,The Menzis 4 Mijl van Groningen: 30,000 runners race 6.4 km from Haren to the Vismarkt on Sunday 11 October 2026. Sold out.
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Around 100 metres of LPs, singles and CDs at Congrescentrum Annapark in Almere, with free entry on a Sunday in October.
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5 events,The Sallandse Wandelvierdaagse: four days of 8 to 40 km walks through the Salland countryside around Raalte, 13 to 16 October 2026. |
6 events, A child-friendly Halloween at Walibi Holland for brave little monsters up to 12, during the autumn holiday. |
9 events,Jubilee Duin en Bollen Vierdaagse: walks of 5 to 30 km from Lisse, Katwijk, Hillegom and Noordwijkerhout, 15 to 18 October 2026.
€7 – €21  Twenty-five masterpieces from Madrid, including Van Eyck and El Greco, visit the Mauritshuis in a one-off exchange.  A giant brick playground at the Jaarbeurs for the autumn holiday, with huge models and building zones for all ages.
€28.50 |
12 events, A weekend of bock beer tastings, quizzes and silly contests in Haarlem's brown cafés, just a short hop from Zandvoort.
Free entry, pay per tasting  Walibi Holland's Halloween Fright Nights: haunted houses, scare zones and roller coasters until 23:00 on selected days.  Three days of Dutch bock beers in a pop-up festival on Utrecht's leafy Janskerkhof square.
From €10.95 |
15 events,The Amsterdam City Walk: 10 to 33 km routes through Amsterdam on Saturday 17 October 2026, the day before the marathon.
€18 – €22.50 The TCS Amsterdam Marathon weekend, 17 and 18 October 2026: marathon and half sold out, 7.5K and kids runs still open.
Sold out  Nine days of experimental design across Eindhoven, from graduate shows to industrial halls at Strijp-S.  Around 500 flea market stalls under one roof at EXPO Greater Amsterdam, just outside Haarlem, with free parking.
€6 |
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10 events,Amsterdam Dance Event turns 30: five days of club nights across the city plus the ADE Pro daytime conference.
Tickets per event; ADE Pro Pass from €725 |
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10 events, Hundreds of night walks, stargazing sessions and lights-out activities across the Netherlands on the darkest night of the year.
Mostly free  Ice skating in front of the Rijksmuseum: Amsterdam's Museumplein rink is back from 24 October 2026. |
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Billed as Europe's largest one day record fair: 100+ stands of vinyl, CDs and collectables at the WRZV Hallen in Zwolle. |
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9 events,The Berenloop: a scenic, tough marathon and half on Terschelling, plus 5 and 10 km races, on 31 October and 1 November 2026.  Europe's biggest flea market fills the old NDSM shipyard halls in Amsterdam Noord with hundreds of stalls.
€6 |
10 events, PAN Amsterdam, the big autumn fair for art, antiques and design, returns to RAI Amsterdam for its 39th edition. |