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Top 3 frequent flyers per region in 2018

Number of artists that travelled abroad in 2018 per region

Heat map of distribution of International Dutch cultural activities across the globe in 2018

Each year, DutchCulture tracks the international events that Dutch artists and cultural organisations produce and take part in abroad. This helps to give a sense of the cultural impact that the Netherlands has in other countries.

Dutch cultural activities continue to be strongly international; in 2018, we tracked 15,181 cultural activities across 108 different countries. This mapping provides an overview of the top countries, artists, disciplines and more, as well as looks at some of the changes and influences that affect international cultural activity.

DutchCu|ture | Database 2018

Priority Countries Selected countries tailor-made approach Selected countries with a focus on a safer, more just and future-ready world Shared Cultural Heritage countries Top countries in 2018 by number of Dutch cultural activities

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Marina Otero Verzier Topkapi Films Lidewij Edelkoort Mariska de Groot

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MVRDV Niels Bourgonje Maarten Baas Matteo Marangoni Bjorn StenversAnnie M.G. Schmidt Armin van Buuren Hans Klok Marlene Dumas

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Gertjan Hulster, Arne Gielen, Marco te Brommelstroet & Jeroen Dirks Floor Rieder Dieter Vandoren Novascape Herman Koch Afrojack

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Top 50 country ranking 2015-2018

1 South by Southwest, United States

2 Theater aan Zee, Belgium

3 Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub, United States

4 Erasmus Huis Jakarta, Indonesia

5 deSingel, Belgium

6 Tomorrowland, Belgium

7 Parookaville, Germany

8 Comédie du Livre, France

9 Hakkasan Nightclub, United States

10 Seoul International NewMedia Festival, South Korea

11 International Children's Land Film Festival, Turkey

12 Centre Pompidou, France

13 Sunrise Festival, Poland

14 KF Gallery, South Korea

15 Venice Biennale, Italy

16 FILE Festival, Brazil

17 Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum, Germany

18 Tursak Children's Film Festival, Turkey

19 ISY Music Festival, China

20 Hï Ibiza, Spain

21 Theatre Heidelberg, Germany

22 Poppositions, Belgium

23 Festival on Wheels, Turkey

24 Commerzbank Arena, Germany

25 Instituto Plataforma Brasil, Brazil

26 Dutch Centre, United Kingdom

27 Airbeat One Festival, Germany

28 Schloss Neuhaus, Germany

29 Electric Daisy Carnival, United States

30 Sydney Opera House, Australia

31 Mikroport. club, Germany

32 StAnza, United Kingdom

33 London Design Fair, United Kingdom

34 David Geffen Hall, United States

35 Atrium Kiel, Germany

36 Animator festival, Poland

37 Theater Rampe, Germany

38 School Oswaldo Justo, Brazil

39 LAVO New York, United States

40 IMM Cologne, Germany

41 Dutch Days Foshan, China

42 Ancienne Belgique, Belgium

43 Ministry of Sound, United Kingdom

44 Creamfields, United Kingdom

45 BRONKS, Belgium

46 Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece

47 The Great Escape, United Kingdom

48 Maison de la Poésie, France

49 Arlequin, France

50 Actoral, France

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The top destination countries remain relatively stable, with Germany and the U.S. remaining as top destinations, accounting for 21% and 15% percent of all international events respectively. While cultural capitals, such as New York (470 events), Berlin (355 events), and London (334 events) are important hot spots, Dutch cultural events are widely dispersed. Events took place in 2584 different cities, with 88% of events taking place outside capital cities.

The EU continues to play a crucial role in the Netherlands’ international cultural activities. In 2018, 54% of all Dutch international cultural events took place in the EU, and five of the top ten most visited countries for Dutch artists were in the EU. While strongest in nearby countries (Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Italy),

Strong and stable ties

Music remains the dominant international cultural activity, accounting for 45% of all events, followed by audiovisual media (15%) and performing arts (14%). This is reflected in both the frequent flyers (74% of the top 50 are musicians) and the top venues (34% are music-specific venues).

Stage and festivals are the most important venues for artists looking to go abroad, making up 30% and 28% of all venue respectively. These venues often have multi-disciplinary events which bring together artists from around the world for short but powerful bursts of culture.

Key disciplines and venues

Based on a multiple linear regression, a significant relationship (F(3,98) = 15.932, p < .000) was found between a the number of activities in a country and that country’s geographic distance from the Netherlands, its population, its GDP per capita. Together, these three variables predict 33 percent of the variation in the number of events per country. In addition to these elements, other more contextual factors also play an important role in influencing Dutch cultural events in a country. For example, whether the Netherlands has a specific programme with a country or whether the country has key cultural events for the year (e.g. a country with a 2018 cultural capital city).

events were spread across Europe with Dutch artists working in 1538 cities across every single EU country.

Influencing factors

Colophon Editor: Erin Chang

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