{"id":83037,"date":"2026-02-25T15:12:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=83037"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:13:03","slug":"cinecenter-arthouse-cinema-lijnbaansgracht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/cinecenter-arthouse-bioscoop-lijnbaansgracht\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinecenter on Lijnbaansgracht: Arthouse without compromise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Across from the Milky Way, on Lijnbaansgracht, sits a cinema that never entered the race for the biggest popcorn bin. Cinecenter opened on Sept. 20, 1976, designed by architect Gerard de Klerk in a sleek modernist building. Three theaters at the start, a fourth in September 1979. And the same principle ever since: quality films, international arthouse, independent cinema. No blockbusters.<\/h2>\n

The four theaters are named after movie icons, which immediately tells you what kind of cinema this is. Coraline is the largest with 113 seats, Peppe-Nappa and Pierrot have 103 seats each, and Jean Vigo is the smallest with 52 seats. Together they account for 254 seats. What runs in those theaters is another story. Right now L'\u00c9tranger, the film adaptation of the Camus classic by Fran\u00e7ois Ozon, is having its Dutch premiere here. And More than Babi Pangang, a documentary about the first generation of Chinese Dutch, is also premiering here. That's exactly the kind of program Cinecenter makes: films you won't find at Path\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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In 1998, the interior received a thorough overhaul. The lounge bar environment that was put in then is still there. You can go there before and after the movie, giving the theater something of a place where you stay longer than just for the screening. Gerard de Klerk designed the building for the film, but the atmosphere inside also invites you to hang out for a while. That suits the neighborhood: Lijnbaansgracht and the Leidsekwartier neighborhood are rich in culture, with the Melkweg literally around the corner.<\/p>\n

Four theaters named after film icons, a lounge bar to extend the evening, and a program that consistently chooses quality over box office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cinecenter is not a cinema you choose by chance. You go there because you know what you want to see, or just because you're curious about what's playing. Four theaters named after movie icons, a lounge bar to extend the evening, and a program that consistently chooses quality over box office. It's been that way for nearly fifty years, and it works.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tegenover de Melkweg, aan de Lijnbaansgracht, zit een bioscoop die nooit heeft meegedaan aan de race naar de grootste popcornbak. Cinecenter opende op 20 september 1976, ontworpen door architect Gerard de Klerk in een strak modernistisch gebouw. Drie zalen bij de start, een vierde in september 1979. En sindsdien hetzelfde principe: kwalitatieve films, internationale arthouse, … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":83932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-83037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[83933],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Vier zalen, geen blockbusters, en een lounge bar voor en na de film","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Cinecenter draait geen Marvel en geen Fast & Furious. De bioscoop aan de Lijnbaansgracht kiest al vijftig jaar bewust voor onafhankelijke films, Europese arthouse en bijzondere internationale producties. Vier zalen, 254 stoelen, en een programma dat je nergens anders in de stad vindt.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Cinecenter","adres":"Lijnbaansgracht 236","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/www.cinecenter.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83037"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83938,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83037\/revisions\/83938"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83037"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=83037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}