{"id":7031044,"date":"2026-08-07T00:02:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/amsterdam\/open-garden-days-amsterdam-behind-the-canal-houses-a-hidden-green-world-amsterdamian\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:02:43","slug":"open-garden-days-amsterdam-behind-the-canal-houses-a-hidden-green-world-amsterdamian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7031044","title":{"rendered":"Open Garden Days Amsterdam: Behind the Canal Houses, a Hidden Green World | Amsterdamian"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Every June, something lovely happens in Amsterdam. For one weekend, the hidden gardens behind the canal houses open their doors, and we get to wander into places that are normally closed to everyone but the people who live there. The event is called Open Tuinen Dagen<\/em>, or Open Garden Days<\/a><\/strong>, and it\u2019s one of my favourite weekends of the year.<\/p>\n

I love this event because I love gardens and because I\u2019m curious. Behind every one of those beautiful canal fa\u00e7ades there is a green space: big or small, fancy or simple, depending on the owner and how much they love their plants. Most of the time you can only guess what\u2019s back there. During Open Garden Days, you get to walk in and see for yourself. You buy one ticket, grab a map, and move from garden to garden at your own pace during those three days.<\/p>\n

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What Open Garden Days is<\/h2>\n

Open Garden Days is an event organised every year by Museum Van Loon<\/a>, and the idea is simple: for three days in June, owners of private canal gardens, together with a few museums and institutions, open their gates to the public. The gardens are spread between the Brouwersgracht and the Amstel, in the middle of the canal ring, and there are usually more than thirty of them to visit.<\/p>\n

These are real, lived-in gardens, and are quite varied. Some are formal and neat, others wild and modern. Each one tells you something about the person who made it, and that is a big part of the charm of this event. <\/p>\n

Every year the event has a theme. This year it\u2019s called Hof van Heden \u2014 Echoes of Eden: passion for the Canal Garden<\/strong>, referring to the passion and the dreams people pour into their canal gardens. A part of the money raised during the event goes to the Grachtentuinen Fonds (the Canal Gardens Fund), which helps keep Amsterdam\u2019s green heritage open to everyone.<\/p>\n

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Which gardens, and where to start<\/h3>\n

Here\u2019s the part that surprises a lot of first-timers: the addresses of the gardens are kept secret until the event itself. There\u2019s no list published beforehand. You collect your passe-partout at one of the start addresses, and inside you\u2019ll find all the addresses with a short description of each garden. Then you make your own route along the canals.<\/p>\n

For this year, the five start addresses where you collect your passe-partout are:<\/p>\n