From 21 to 24 September 2025, representatives of more than 35 European seas, lakes, rivers, wetlands, lagoons, and glaciers will confluence in the Netherlands.
When two or more rivers meet in a landscape, they flow together and continue as one body of water: they ‘confluence’. The Confluence 2025 is a growing interdisciplinary community of water representatives that strives for new dialogues and relationships with Europe’s water bodies. The network was founded by the Embassy of the North Sea, TBA21–Academy, and ILP Mar Menor. The first edition of the Confluence took place in 2023 at the Mar Menor in Spain – the first European ecosystem to be granted the status of a legal entity. In 2024, this ever-growing community of water bodies gathered at the Venice lagoon. The Confluence of European Water Bodies 2025 will open in Amsterdam on 21 September 2025, inaugurated by the British writer Robert Macfarlane, followed by a three-day programme organised by the Embassy of the North Sea. During the Confluence we will be exploring new ways to represent water in the cultural, political and legal domain. The programme, taking place in Amsterdam and Bergen aan Zee, includes workshops, lectures, films, art installations, performances, concerts, and future thinking sessions. The general public is very welcome at the public venues including De Balie, UvA, Mediamatic, the Amstelkerk and Filmtheater Cinebergen.
When two or more rivers meet in a landscape, they flow together and continue as one body of water: they ‘confluence’. The Confluence 2025 is a growing interdisciplinary community of water representatives that strives for new dialogues and relationships with Europe’s water bodies. The network was founded by the Embassy of the North Sea, TBA21–Academy, and ILP Mar Menor. The first edition of the Confluence took place in 2023 at the Mar Menor in Spain – the first European ecosystem to be granted the status of a legal entity. In 2024, this ever-growing community of water bodies gathered at the Venice lagoon. The Confluence of European Water Bodies 2025 will open in Amsterdam on 21 September 2025, inaugurated by the British writer Robert Macfarlane, followed by a three-day programme organised by the Embassy of the North Sea. During the Confluence we will be exploring new ways to represent water in the cultural, political and legal domain. The programme, taking place in Amsterdam and Bergen aan Zee, includes workshops, lectures, films, art installations, performances, concerts, and future thinking sessions. The general public is very welcome at the public venues including De Balie, UvA, Mediamatic, the Amstelkerk and Filmtheater Cinebergen.
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Confluence of European Water Bodies 2025
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