Virtual Culture tips

Most places, which offer culture experiences, have had to close down for now due to the Corona outbreak. Luckily, many museums, orchestras and websites offer a lot of different culture online. See a list with culture tips from Finland and the Netherlands collected by the embassy staff members.

Tips from Finland

Concerts

• Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra https://yle.fi/aihe/rso-english(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• The Finnish National Opera and Ballet: https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Sibelius Academy of Uniarts Helsinki: https://www.youtube.com/c/UniartsFi(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)

Sibelius Monument in Helsinki

Museums

• Finnish museum available virtually  https://museot.fi/en.php(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Visual Arts: https://taide.art/exhibitions(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Amos Rex: https://amosrex.fi/en/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window) 
• Ateneum Finnish National Gallery: https://ateneum.fi/art-collections-online/?lang=en(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window) 
• Finnish Air Force Museum: https://ilmavoimamuseo.fi/virtualmuseum/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window) 
• Helsinki City Museum: http://www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi/en/pictures-objects-helsinki/verkkoaineistot/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Studio of Alvar Aalto: https://bit.ly/2xdXVuT(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• The Finnish Museum of Photography:https://www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/en/collections(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)

Outdoors

• Suomenlinna: http://fmedia.fi/suomenlinna/history_of_buildings.html(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• WWF Wildlive: https://luontolive.wwf.fi/en/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)

Tips from The Netherlands

Concerts and Dance performances

• Concertgebouw: https://www.concertgebouw.nl/live-streams(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window) 
• NDT: https://www.ndt.nl/ndtv.html(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• National Opera & Ballet: https://www.operaballet.nl/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Scapino Ballet: https://www.scapinoballet.nl/nl/voorstellingen/scapino-bij-u-thuis(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)

Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Photo: Embassy of Finland in the Netherlands

Museums

• Rijksmuseum: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/from-home(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Stedelijk Museum: https://www.stedelijk.nl/en(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Groninger Museum: https://www.groningermuseum.nl/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Mauritshuis: https://www.mauritshuis.nl/nl-nl/verdiep/de-collectie/bekijk-het-mauritshuis-met-je-oren/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Naturalis: https://www.naturalis.nl/natuur-ontdekken-gaat-altijd-door(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Haags Historisch Museum: https://www.haagshistorischmuseum.nl/virtueel-museumbezoek(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Canon of the Netherlands: https://www.entoen.nu/en/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)  
• Anne Frank House: https://www.annefrank.org/en/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Boijmans van Beuningen: https://www.boijmans.nl/en/boijmans-online(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)

Keukenhof in 2019. Photo: Embassy of Finland in the Netherlands

Outdoors

• Keukenhof tulip park: https://keukenhof.nl/en/keukenhof-virtually-open-2/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window) 
• Nestkastlive. A look into birds’ life: https://nestkastlive.nl/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)

 Films

• IDFA: https://www.idfa.nl/en/info/watch-films-online(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)  

For children

• Teylers Museum: https://www.teylersmuseum.nl/nl/bezoek-het-museum/wat-is-er-te-zien-en-te-doen/teylers-tips-voor-kinderen(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Nemo Science Museum: https://www.nemosciencemuseum.nl/nl/ontdek/(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)
• Van Gogh Museum: https://vangoghmuseum.nl/nl/plan-je-bezoek/zien-en-doen/haal-het-museum-in-huis?_ga=2.32188286.1909634936.1585035473-1415021963.1585035473&v=1(layout.types.url.description) (Opens New Window)