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Een grafische illustratie van het gebouw van Waag, een burcht met vijf torens, met als achtergrond een stad-achtige netwerk infrastructuur in turquoise lijnen tegen een zwarte achtergrond
30 years of Waag

From basement modem to gigabit: how Waag helped shape the history of the internet

Did you know that Waag Futurelab is actually a physical and material part of the internet? Discover why there is a fibre optic cable running through our monumental building and how we helped build an internet that did not belong to Silicon Valley, but to everyone – including creators, thinkers and dreamers.
klimaatstreepjescode
Urban Ecology Lab

Warming Up festival 2025: Regenerative technology

Waag Futurelab is participating in the Warming Up festival in November. Together with FIBER, Waag is organising a workshop and panel discussion on the theme of regenerative technology.
BioHack Academy presentations
DIY biotechnology

BioHack Academy autumn programme

Are you interested in DIY biotechnology? Sign up for the BioHack Academy!
Foto van een werkstuk van de FabAcademy show 2024, een soort bril-achtig voorwerp
FabLab

Register now for Fab Academy 2026!

Learn how to make (almost) anything - in twenty weeks! Registrations have started for this worldwide renowned digital fabrication education trajectory at Waag.
All the tyres from Iceland is gemaakt van gebruikte autobanden, geplaatst in een circel op de Y-helling van NDSM-werf.
artist in residence

'All the Tyres from Iceland' by Michael Pinsky on display at NDSM

From 23 September, Waag presents Michael Pinsky's new work “All the Tyres from Iceland” at the NDSM shipyard. Pinsky is artist-in-residence at Waag.
6
Nov
19:30
21:30
the (im)possibilities of social media

Waag Open: social socials

9
Nov
14:00
15:30
social socials

Workshop: make socials social again

13
Nov
19:30
22:00
TextileLab

Meetup: the regenerative city

20
Nov
18:00
20:15
Future Internet Lab

Hortus ex Machina: Principles of Care

24
Nov
19:30
21:00
Warming Up festival

From generative to regenerative technology

27
Nov
20:00
23:00
Warming Up festival

(De)Growing Infrastructures

4
Dec
19:30
21:30
fake it till you make it

Waag Open: fake news, no thanks

8
Jan
2026
19:30
21:30
Join us and improve quantum computers

Waag Open: quantum game night

Mission

Waag Futurelab contributes to the research, design and development of a sustainable, just society

  • By collectively researching emerging technology, and questioning underlying cultural assumptions;
  • By experimenting with and designing alternatives on the basis of public values;
  • By developing an open, fair and inclusive future together with civil society.