Come for
Pride history
A city connected to major milestones in LGBTQ+ rights and decades of visible community.
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
Pride history, creative freedom and the feeling that the world has arrived at the same table.
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Why Amsterdam
A city that understands visibility can be both a celebration and a responsibility.
Amsterdam’s relationship with LGBTQ+ history gives its Pride celebrations a meaning that extends well beyond a single parade. During WorldPride, people from around the world arrived carrying different stories, freedoms and expectations—and found space to meet one another in the open.
Stay for
Shared experience
Canals, cultural moments and public spaces that become meeting places during Pride.
Carry home
A wider world
The relationships and perspective that happen when people cross borders and stories meet.
The story behind the journey
How KLM created connection and belonging at WorldPride Amsterdam.
From Pride House and the Canal Parade to employee networks and community flights, this is the human work behind an airline’s LGBTQI+ inclusion initiatives.
Read the full storyThe SCWB perspective
Travel is most powerful when a destination changes how possible life can feel.
For LGBTQ+ travellers, visiting somewhere new can offer a glimpse into a life that feels freer, safer or simply more possible.
From SCWB’s WorldPride Amsterdam reporting
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