Movie theaters in the Netherlands

Theater Tuschinski in Amsterdam

Rialto in Amsterdam

There are ca. 132 movie theaters and 31 arthouse cinemas in the Netherlands in 2009, with ca. 675 screens ^{[1] [2]}, in addition to 79 small arthouse cinemas and a number of adult movie theaters.

The main movie theater chains in the Netherlands are Pathé (and Minerva owned by Pathé), Jogchem's, Wolff Cinema Groep, and Utopia/Utopolis.

Pathé Theatres B.V. is part of the EuroPalaces movie theater chain with 75 movie theaters with 730 screens (2004), mainly in France, which in turn is part of Pathé. Pathé Theatres B.V. operates a chain of theaters (most multiplex) in the Netherlands:

• Cinema De Kroon, Zwolle (4 screens, [3])
• City (7 screens, [4])
• Pathé ArenA (14 screens, [5])
• Pathé Breda (7 screens, [6])
• Pathé Buitenhof (6 screens, [7])
• Pathé De Kuip (14 screens, [8])
• Pathé De Munt (13 screens, [9])
• Pathé Delft (7 screens, [10])
• Pathé Eindhoven (8 screens, [11])
• Pathé Groningen (9 screens, [12])
• Pathé Helmond (5 screens, [13])
• Pathé Scheveningen (8 screens, [14]) - near Kurhaus
• Pathé Spuimarkt (9 screens, [15])
• Pathé Schouwburgplein (7 screens, [16]) - near De Doelen, in the neighborhood Cool in the quarter Stadscentrum (Town Center), Rotterdam
• Pathé Tilburg (7 screens, [17])
• Pathé Tuschinski (6 screens, [18])
• Pathé Zaandam (6 screens, [19])
• Rembrandt (3 screens, [20]) - Oudegracht, Utrecht
• Rembrandt Arnhem (5 screens, [21]

The largest theaters are Pathé De Munt in the center of Amsterdam (13 screens), Pathé Arena in Amsterdam Zuidoost (14 screens), and Pathé De Kuip in Rotterdam (14 screens). Near De Munt is Pathé Tuschinski with 6 screens. The chain sells the Pathé Unlimited Card (PUC) for unlimited entrance to regular showings at all its Dutch theaters for € 18 per month.

The Cineville Pass allows unlimited entrance to regular and part of the special showings at 13 Amsterdam movie theaters (all movie theaters except the movie theaters of Pathé and the adult movie theaters), with together 29 screens, for € 17.50 per month.^[3]

The Groninger Filmkaart, for €20 per month, allows unlimited entrance at the two movie theaters MustSee Euroborg (10 screens) and Images (3 screens, Wolff Cinema Groep), both in Groningen. There is also a version for €35/month giving also unlimited entrance to any person accompanying the card holder (not more than one per screening).

IMAX theaters:

• Omniversum, The Hague - IMAX Dome
• Pathé Imax, Amsterdam - IMAX 15/70, in Pathé ArenA.

As of May 2006, in 10 movie theaters 2k digital cinema projection is available for at least part of the screens. For example, for 3 of the 8 screens in Utopolis Almere, with Barco, DP 100 2K projectors (2048x1080 pixels). Distribution of the data may in future be by cable or satellite, but is now by physically transporting a portable harddisk. Since 2007 Pathé Tuschinski and Pathé Buitenhof also sometimes apply digital projection.

A Wolff theater with 18 screens will arise in Utrecht, at the Jaarbeurs-side (westside) of Utrecht Centraal railway station. Using Wolff's definition of a megaplex theater, one having 16 or more screens, it will be the first one in the Netherlands.

Some Pathé theaters offer live broadcasting of operas and some concerts. Admission prices are two or three times the regular ones.

Table of movie theaters in the Netherlands

Town	Municipality	Province	Theaters with number of screens[4]
's-Hertogenbosch	's-Hertogenbosch	North Brabant
Alblasserdam	Alblasserdam	South Holland
Alkmaar	Alkmaar	North Holland
Almere	Almere	Flevoland
Alphen aan den Rijn	Alphen aan den Rijn	South Holland
Amersfoort	Amersfoort	Utrecht
Amstelveen	Amstelveen	North Holland
Amsterdam	Amsterdam	North Holland	De Balie (nl) 1[5], Cavia 1[5], Cinecenter 4, EYE 2, City (nl) 7. Het Ketelhuis (nl) 3, Kriterion (nl) 3, Melkweg (nl) 1, The Movies 4, Pathé ArenA 14, Pathé De Munt 13, Pathé Tuschinski 6, Rialto (nl) 3, Smart Cinema 2, Studio K 2, Tropentheater 1[5], De Uitkijk (nl) 1
Apeldoorn	Apeldoorn	Gelderland
Arnhem	Arnhem	Gelderland	Pathé Rembrandt Arnhem 5
Assen	Assen	Drenthe
Bergen (NH)	Bergen (NH)	North Holland
Bergen op Zoom	Bergen op Zoom	North Brabant
Best, North Brabant	Best, North Brabant	North Brabant
Beverwijk	Beverwijk	North Holland	Cineworld
Breda	Breda	North Brabant	Pathé Breda 7
Castricum	Castricum	North Holland
Delft	Delft	South Holland	Pathé Delft 7
Den Burg	Texel	North Holland
Den Helder	Den Helder	North Holland
Deventer	Deventer	Overijssel	Luxor [22]
Doetinchem	Doetinchem	Gelderland	Cinecity
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	South Holland
Drachten	Smallingerland	Friesland
Dronten	Dronten	Flevoland
Echt	Echt-Susteren	Limburg
Ede	Ede	Gelderland
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	North Brabant	Pathé Eindhoven 8
Emmeloord	Noordoostpolder	Flevoland
Emmen	Emmen	Drenthe	Utopolis 7 [23]
Enschede	Enschede	Overijssel	CineStar [24]
Geertruidenberg	Geertruidenberg	North Brabant
Geleen	Sittard-Geleen	Limburg
Goes	Goes	Zeeland
Gorinchem	Gorinchem	South Holland
Gouda	Gouda	South Holland
Groningen	Groningen	Groningen	Megabioscoop MustSee Euroborg 10 (impressie mustsee) [25], Images 3, Pathé 9
Haarlem	Haarlem	North Holland	Brinkmann 5, Filmschuur 2, Palace 1
Hardenberg	Hardenberg	Overijssel
Harderwijk	Harderwijk	Gelderland
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Friesland
Heerhugowaard	Heerhugowaard	North Holland
Heerlen	Heerlen	Limburg	Royal Theater, Filmhuis De Spiegel, H5 theaters
Hellevoetsluis	Hellevoetsluis	South Holland
Helmond	Helmond	North Brabant	Pathé Helmond 5
Hengelo	Hengelo	Overijssel	Cinema Hengelo [26]
Hilversum	Hilversum	North Holland
Hoofddorp	Haarlemmermeer	North Holland
Hoogeveen	Hoogeveen	Drenthe	Luxor [27]
Hoogezand-Sappemeer	Hoogezand-Sappemeer	Groningen
Hoorn	Hoorn	North Holland
Houten	Houten	Utrecht
Huizen	Huizen	North Holland
Hulst	Hulst	Zeeland
Kampen	Kampen	Overijssel
Klazienaveen	Emmen	Drenthe
Leeuwarden	Leeuwarden	Friesland
Leiden	Leiden	South Holland	Trianon (nl), Lido/Studio, Kijkhuis
Lelystad	Lelystad	Flevoland
Lisse	Lisse	South Holland
Maastricht	Maastricht	Limburg
Malden	Heumen	Gelderland
Meppel	Meppel	Drenthe	Luxor [28]
Middelburg	Middelburg	Zeeland
Naaldwijk	Westland	South Holland
Nieuwegein	Nieuwegein	Utrecht
Nijmegen	Nijmegen	Gelderland
Oostburg	Sluis	Zeeland
Oosterhout	Oosterhout	North Brabant
Oss	Oss	North Brabant
Oudenbosch	Halderberge	North Brabant
Panningen	Peel en Maas	Limburg
Purmerend	Purmerend	North Holland
Reuver	Beesel	Limburg
Roermond	Roermond	Limburg
Roosendaal	Roosendaal	North Brabant
Rotterdam	Rotterdam	South Holland	Lantaren/Venster, Pathé De Kuip 14, Pathé Schouwburgplein 7
Schagen	Schagen	North Holland
Schiedam	Schiedam	South Holland
Schijndel	Schijndel	North Brabant
Sittard	Sittard-Geleen	Limburg
Sneek	Súdwest-Fryslân	Friesland
Spijkenisse	Spijkenisse	South Holland
Stadskanaal	Stadskanaal	Groningen
Steenwijk	Steenwijkerland	Overijssel
Terneuzen	Terneuzen	Zeeland
The Hague	The Hague	South Holland	Filmhuis, Omniversum, Pathé Buitenhof 6, Pathé Scheveningen 8, Pathé Spuimarkt 9
Tiel	Tiel	Gelderland
Tilburg	Tilburg	North Brabant	Pathé Tilburg 7
Uden	Uden	North Brabant
Utrecht	Utrecht	Utrecht	't Hoogt, Catharijne (nl), Louis Hartlooper Complex (nl), Pathé Rembrandt 3
Veenendaal	Veenendaal	Utrecht
Veldhoven	Veldhoven	North Brabant
Venray	Venray	Limburg
Vlissingen	Vlissingen	Zeeland	CineCity [29]
Voorschoten	Voorschoten	South Holland
Waalwijk	Waalwijk	North Brabant
Wageningen	Wageningen	Gelderland
Weert	Weert	Limburg
Wijchen	Wijchen	Gelderland
Winschoten	Oldambt	Groningen
Winterswijk	Winterswijk	Gelderland
Woerden	Woerden	Utrecht
Zaandam	Zaanstad	North Holland	Pathé Zaandam 6
Zaltbommel	Zaltbommel	Gelderland
Zandvoort	Zandvoort	North Holland
Zeist	Zeist	Utrecht
Zevenaar	Zevenaar	Gelderland	Movie Unlimited [30]
Zoetermeer	Zoetermeer	South Holland	Utopolis
Zutphen	Zutphen	Gelderland
Zwolle	Zwolle	Overijssel	Cinema De Kroon (Pathé) 4

See also

• Film in the Netherlands
• Cinema of the Netherlands
• nl:Categorie:Bioscoop

Notes and references

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]
3. ^ Cineville
4. ^ Not complete.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Screenings not every day.

External links

• Movie theaters in the Netherlands (PDF)
• Cinema program in the Netherlands
• Cinema Context: an encyclopedia of cinemas in the Netherlands from 1896 (Dutch and English)
• upcoming releases in the Netherlands