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Movie theater

A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....

s and 31 arthouse cinemas in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

in 2009, with ca. 675 screens , 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

Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various French businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France.-History:...

. Pathé Theatres B.V. operates a chain of theaters (most multiplex) in the Netherlands:

Cinema De Kroon, Zwolle
Zwolle
Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...

(4 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/zwolle/lokatie.asp)
City
Leidseplein
The Leidseplein is a square in central Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Lying in the southwest of the Grachtengordel district of Amsterdam, the Leidseplein is immediately northeast of the Singelgracht canal. It is situated on the crossroads of the Weteringschans, the Marnixstraat, and the Leidsestraat...

(7 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/bioscoop/city)
Pathé ArenA
Amsterdam ArenA
Amsterdam Arena is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the largest stadium in the nation and it was built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost of €140 million, and was officially opened on 14 August 1996. It has been used for association football, American football, concerts, and other events...

(14 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/arena/lokatie.asp)
Pathé Breda
Breda
Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...

(7 screens, http://www.mustsee.nl/miface.asp?pnm=asp/cinema/breda_mustsee_belbios.asp?void=0&cinema=239&show=day)
Pathé Buitenhof (6 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/buitenhof/lokatie.asp)
Pathé De Kuip
Feijenoord Stadion
The Feijenoord Stadion, better known by its nickname De Kuip , is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands that was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the area "Feijenoord" in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name .Capacity at completion: 64,000. Maximum capacity: 69,000...

(14 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/dekuip/lokatie.asp)
Pathé De Munt
Munttoren
The Munttoren or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street....

(13 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/demunt/lokatie.asp)
Pathé Delft
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....

(7 screens, http://www.mustsee.nl/miface.asp?pnm=asp/cinema/delft_mustsee.asp?void=0&cinema=218&show=day)
Pathé Eindhoven (8 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/eindhoven/lokatie.asp)
Pathé Groningen (9 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/groningen/lokatie.asp)
Pathé Helmond
Helmond
Helmond is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.- Quarters and Neighbourhoods :*Quarter 11 Inner City**Neighbourhood 0 Centrum**Neighbourhood 2 Leonardus**Neighbourhood 3 Heipoort...

(5 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/helmond/lokatie.asp)
Pathé Scheveningen (8 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/scheveningen/lokatie.asp) - near Kurhaus
Kurhaus (Scheveningen)
The Kurhaus is a prominent building located in Scheveningen, The Hague in The Netherlands .- History :It was built between 1884 and 1885 by the German architects Johann Friedrich Henkenhaf and Friedrich Ebert . It consisted originally of a concert hall and a hotel with 120 rooms. Having suffered...
Pathé Spuimarkt (9 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/spuimarkt/lokatie.asp)
Pathé Schouwburgplein (7 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/lokatie.asp?1=1&bios_id=6&nav_id=41) - near De Doelen
De Doelen
270px|thumb|De DoelenDe Doelen is a concert venue and convention centre in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was originally built in 1934 but then destroyed in 1940 during the German bombardment of Rotterdam in May 1940 at the outset of World War II...

, in the neighborhood Cool in the quarter Stadscentrum (Town Center), Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
Pathé Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....

(7 screens, http://www.mustsee.nl/miface.asp?pnm=asp/cinema/tilburg_mustsee_belbios.asp?void=0&cinema=148&show=day)
Pathé Tuschinski
Tuschinski
Pathé Tuschinski is a movie theater in the Netherlands, in Amsterdam, originally exploited by Abraham Icek Tuschinski, who had it built in 1921 at a cost of 4 million guilders, in a spectacular mix of styles, as designed by Hijman Louis de Jong; Amsterdam School, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau and Art Deco...

(6 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/tuschinski/lokatie.asp)
Pathé Zaandam
Zaandam
Zaandam is a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811...

(6 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/zaandam/lokatie.asp)
Rembrandt (3 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/lokatie.asp?bios_id=3&nav_id=117) - Oudegracht
Oudegracht
The Oudegracht, or "old canal", runs through the center of Utrecht, the Netherlands. It starts in the southeast of the city. Here the Kromme Rijn and the Vaartse Rijn arrive to meet the original moat of the fortified town, and the Oudegracht goes from there...

, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
Rembrandt Arnhem
Arnhem
Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

(5 screens, http://www.pathe.nl/arnhem/lokatie.asp

The largest theaters are Pathé De Munt in the center of Amsterdam (13 screens), Pathé Arena in Amsterdam Zuidoost

Amsterdam Zuidoost

Amsterdam-Zuidoost is one of fifteen boroughs of the city of Amsterdam. It consists of four residential areas—Bijlmermeer, Venserpolder, Gaasperdam and Driemond—as well as the Amstel III/Bullewijk Business Park and the ArenA Boulevard area.Amsterdam-Zuidoost has approximately 86,000...

(14 screens), and Pathé De Kuip in Rotterdam (14 screens). Near De Munt is Pathé Tuschinski

Tuschinski

Pathé Tuschinski is a movie theater in the Netherlands, in Amsterdam, originally exploited by Abraham Icek Tuschinski, who had it built in 1921 at a cost of 4 million guilders, in a spectacular mix of styles, as designed by Hijman Louis de Jong; Amsterdam School, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau and Art Deco...

with 6 screens. The chain sells the Pathé Unlimited Card (PUC) for unlimited entrance to regular showings at all its Dutch theaters for € 19 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.

The Groninger Filmkaart, for €20 per month, allows unlimited entrance at the two movie theaters MustSee Euroborg

Euroborg

Euroborg is the stadium of football club FC Groningen, with a capacity of 22,329 seats. Located to the south-east of Groningen, the Euroborg site houses a casino and a movie theatre, a school, a supermarket and a fitness centre. A temporary railway station at the Euroborg has opened in late 2007....

(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

IMAX

IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...

theaters:

Omniversum, The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

- IMAX Dome
Pathé Imax, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

- IMAX 15/70, in Pathé ArenA
Pathé IMAX, Eindhoven - IMAX 3D, in Pathé Eindhoven

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

Almere

Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the...

, 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

Utrecht (city)

Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

, at the Jaarbeurs

Convention center

A convention center is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees...

-side (westside) of Utrecht Centraal railway station

Utrecht Centraal railway station

Utrecht Centraal is the central railway station for the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. It is the largest railway station in the Netherlands in terms of size, with fourteen platforms With Utrecht being located centrally in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal is also the largest station in terms...

. 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

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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

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Table of movie theaters in the Netherlands

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