A tradition in the third weekend of June: the Open Garden Days Amsterdam! For three days, from Friday to Sunday, visitors have the opportunity to visit a variety of canal gardens – also called the city’s best kept secret, because they are not visible from the streets.

Every owner of a canal garden has a relationship with the past. You’re surrounded by history: by the buildings, the trees, the coach houses, the pavilions and the sheds. What choices do you make while designing or conserving a garden? What do you maintain, what do you add? As a visitor of those canal gardens you will encounter gardens that seem centuries old, but are in fact quite new, or you will encounter gardens that seem new, but actually work with very old style elements and techniques. Every edition has its own theme, announced in spring together with the dates.

Opening hours

The Open Garden Days run from Friday to Sunday in the third weekend of June; the 2027 dates are announced in spring. In 2026 the opening hours were as follows:

Tickets

Tickets are sold through the online presale in the Open Garden Days website of Museum Van Loon until the day before the event. In 2026 a presale ticket cost €25.00; children under 12 go free with an adult.

During the Open Garden Days tickets are available at one of the starting addresses at the door or via the Open Garden Days website (2026: €27.50).

What to expect at Open Garden Days