Stargazing in the heart of Amsterdam with the Anton Pannekoek Institute

16 February 2022

How do you cultivate enthusiasm for astronomy among more people? By going to them instead of expecting them to come to you. Beginning in February 2022, a team of astronomers from the Anton Pannekoek Institute (API) will regularly be venturing into the city armed with telescopes to give people a free look at the stars. We will be popping up at public squares and in shopping districts on clear evenings to offer unsuspecting passers-by the opportunity to view the moon and stars.

A telescope surrounded by people, one of whom (a young man) is looking through the telescope — Sidewalk Astronomy on the Museumplein

Image of two telescopes in the dark surrounded by tents — The API sidewalk astronomy telescopes during an earlier event: The Neighborhood Camping Festival