Category: events
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Light Festival 25-26
✨ Locals tip: start or end your Amsterdam Light Festival route with us! The perfect pit-stop for a glass of mulled wine or hot chocolate. Complete your evening with our worldly dishes. From November 27 to January 18, you’ll find the official Amsterdam Light Festival information desk in our restaurant for all festival info. We…
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Bethlehem Dinner 2025
RESERVE FOR Fadi kattan Date & Time: Sunday, November 30, 18:00Location: A Beautiful Mess – AmsterdamPrice: € 155 per person In Amsterdam for the first time: world-renowned Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan brings his signature culinary experience to the Netherlands for an exclusive dinner, one night only. Inspired by his award-nominated cookbook Bethlehem: A Celebration of…
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Voices unleashed – June 15, ’25
Creative hearts, feelers and makers! Your monthly dose of community vibes, creative spark, slowing down, honest sharing and new friends. Back on the third Sunday of the month.Maybe just block them all in your calendar already;) Cozy, real, inclusive and supportive. Living room vibes, goosebump moments and cheek-hurting laughs! On June 15th, we close with…
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April 25, ’25 – Kings Night
Exactly one year ago, on April 25th, Queen Máxima opened our new location of A Beautiful Mess. It was a milestone we’re incredibly proud of – made possible by our amazing participants and team, who work every day to bring people together and contribute to more humane asylum reception in the Netherlands. That’s why we’re…
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Lazy Kid Sunday
During Sunday Brunch, kids take center stage at A Beautiful Mess! Every Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., A Beautiful Mess is transformed into a paradise for children. Think table tennis, a foosball table and A Beautiful Mess-style coloring pages. Kids can sometimes even bake cookies, while parents relax and enjoy the delicious food…
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Feb. 13 – hospitality dinner
We are not building a higher fence, but a longer table. With fences getting higher and higher in Europe for people on the run, welcoming places are needed more than ever. That is exactly what Refugee Company is building in and around asylum seekers’ centers. Now in Arnhem, Utrecht and Amsterdam, but preferably we cook…