Interview with Sietse Bakker, programme director
"If you have Amsterdam in your heart, it is forever."
With a thousand days left until Amsterdam's 750th anniversary, we speak to Sietse Bakker (38), programme director of Amsterdam 750.
Amsterdam is set to celebrate its 750th anniversary in 2025. Starting on October 27, 2024, something will happen every day for 365 days in a row. Celebrating the anniversary altogether. On this site you can read all about the plans and how you can participate.
With a thousand days left until Amsterdam's 750th anniversary, we speak to Sietse Bakker (38), programme director of Amsterdam 750.
The municipality and amsterdam&partners announced the theme of Amsterdam's 750th anniversary year: 'Amsterdam. Forever...'.
Many (former) habitants of Amsterdam can still remember it: the celebration of the city's 700th anniversary.
On October 27, 1275, the city, then called 'Amestelledamme', received the famous Toll Privilege from the Dutch Count Floris V.