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Indian community events in the Netherlands

The Netherlands has the largest Indian community in the Benelux and a calendar to match. Amsterdam and Amstelveen are the centre — Amstelveen alone has several Indian schools and a dozen grocers — and the tech corridor around Eindhoven has grown a second one around ASML and the High Tech Campus. The Hague adds something no other city has: a large Surinamese-Hindustani community with its own temples, the Gandhi Centre, and festivals that predate the recent wave of arrivals by decades. Expect Bollywood dance workshops in town libraries, Garba and Durga Puja in the polder towns, stand-up comedy tours stopping in Amsterdam, and Diwali celebrations that fill a Rotterdam cruise boat.

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Festivals in the Netherlands

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Once a week, and only when something new is on within 10 km of where you live — garba nights, Diwali melas, meetups, concerts. Free, and one click switches it off.

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Diwali 2026 in the Beneluxwhere to celebrate, when to do the puja

The festivals at the Atomium, in Almere, Amstelveen, Rotterdam and Rijswijk, the temple pujas, the Lakshmi Puja muhurat for Brussels, Amsterdam and Luxembourg — and why the sparklers stay in the box in Brussels.

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Questions people ask

Where is the Indian community in the Netherlands?
Amstelveen and Amsterdam Zuid have the densest recent community; Eindhoven has the tech workers; The Hague has the long-established Surinamese-Hindustani community. Utrecht and Rotterdam are growing fast. Events on this page are grouped by those cities.
Is Diwali a public event in the Netherlands?
Not a public holiday, but every major city has a community celebration on a weekend near the date (8 November in 2026). The Hague and Amstelveen run the largest ones; Rotterdam’s takes to the water.
Can I add an event in the Netherlands?
Yes — post it from the Namaste Community app. Members see it ranked by distance, and it appears on this page once a moderator has approved it.

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Post it from the app under Events, wherever you are. It is free, a moderator checks it, and it appears here and to every member nearby. Running several a year? Email hello@namaste.community for a listing invite.