Summer holidays in Eye

Are you looking for a fun day out with the children or grandchildren in Amsterdam during the summer vacation? Visit Eye for the best family films, interactive tours and much more!

still Splish Splash Forever! (Natascha Beller, CH 2026)

There is always something to do for children in Eye during the summer holidays. Watch the most beautiful family films, such as Splish Splash Forever!, Vier Feest met Dikkie Dik en de verdwenen knuffel and Rally – van Parijs naar de Piramides. Explore the exhibition What is Film? with Missie Superogen (free up to 17 years). Or come and enjoy the sun on our terrace overlooking the IJ.

Discovery route for families

Go on a mission together in the exhibition, free for 17 and under. Pick up the booklet when you visit the exhibition and discover the superpowers in your eyes!

still Splish Splash Forever! (Natascha Beller, CH 2026)

Splish Splash Forever!

Summery family film from Swiss filmmaker Natascha Beller. Eleven-year-old Pola and her best friend Polly spend their days at the Splish Splash swimming pool. But then the pool closes down...

still Vier feest met Dikkie Dik en de verdwenen knuffel (Joost van den Bosch & Erik Verkerk, NL/BE 2024)

Vier feest met Dikkie Dik en de verdwenen knuffel

Dikkie Dik discovers that Beer, his favourite cuddly toy has disappeared. And without him, he cannot sleep. Luckily, Dikkie Dik’s best friend Poes Muis comes to help.

still Rally: Van Parijs naar de Piramides (Rasmus Sivertsen, NO 2026)

Rally – van Parijs naar de Piramides

Norwegian family-oriented animation about an exciting rally to Egypt. Can a brave magpie and a fearful hedgehog beat the evil tech millionaire Busk?

A child moves shapes over a light box in the animation table in Eye

Create your own animation

Make a stop-motion video for free on the animation tables with your own phone. On 28 & 30 Dec and 2 & 3 Jan between 14:00-16:00, a professional animator will help you get started.

Four kids move in front of the Green Screen installation

Discover the exhibition What is film

Find out more about film history, make your own mini-film or chill in a film pod. It's all possible in the interactive exhibition What is film. Free to visit for up to 17 years.

During the summer holidays, Eye is open every day of the week from 10:00

poster Splish Splash Forever! (Natascha Beller, CH 2026)

Children's screenings

During the summer holidays you can see the most beautiful children's films every day in Eye's four screens.

Eye Bar & Restaurant terras © Corinne de Korver

Enjoy a drink, a bite to eat, and a film

Visit the most beautiful terrace in Amsterdam

See the menu and book your table

In a lush green landscape, in the foreground, five people lie napping on train tracks

still Tropenkolder (Riair Rizaldi)

Eye(s) Open – New Perspectives on Colonial Film Heritage

Eleven artists respond to Eye’s collection of colonial-era films from Indonesia and Suriname. The artists have created ten new works based on these films.

In a colourful illustration, various film characters are depicted in a slightly caricatured style

Queer Power

World Pride in Amsterdam! Eye celebrates freedom, diversity and inclusivity with Queer Power, an ode to queer makers from all over the world.

Celluloid

In Eye Filmmuseum kun je film op celluloid ervaren – er worden regelmatig analoge films op 35- en 70mm filmstrips vertoond.