The Groene Hart Biënnale (May 30 – June 21, 2026) is a new festival for art, design, and ecological regeneration in the Green Heart region of the Netherlands. The festival explores how art, design, and citizen initiatives can contribute to the restoration and improvement of the local living environment for all forms of life. Spread across four consecutive weekends, the program takes place in Nieuwkoop, Boskoop, Gouda, and Gorinchem, featuring presentations, workshops, talks, and explorations of the surrounding area.
Throughout the entire festival period (May 30 to June 21), the central exhibition can be seen in Gouda at GOUDasfalt, the extensive bottom-up creative hub on the Hollandse IJssel, directly opposite the city’s historic center.
The exhibition brings together local and international eco-regenerative art and design projects around the four main themes of the festival: Swamp Imaginaries, The Underground, Arboreal and Under Water.
Participating artists, designers, and initiatives include: Eva-Maria Lopez (DE), Christine Hvidt (DK),Nicole Spit (NL), Anne Zarske (DE), Sensing Peat (Jeanna Kolesova, Juliane Tübke, Kallia Kefala, Kim Bode, Marina Naprushkina, Philipp Modersohn, Suza Husse, Turakella Editha Gyindo), Urban Reef (NL), Dnipro River Integrated Vision (Oksana Hrabchak, Svitlana Usychenko, Fulco Treffers, Lilet Breddels) (UA), Minji Kim (KR), Letizia Artioli (IT), Pawel Pokutycki (NL), Green Office & Ecosenda KABK (NL).
The exhibition is open Wednesday till Sunday, from 11:00 to 19:00. Admission to the exhibition is free.
Full program
Location central exhibition
During the weekends a small ferry will be in operation, operated by volunteers from 12.00 till 18.00. The ferry leaves from the stop Nieuwe Veerstal.
GOUDasfalt
www.goudasfalt.nl
Gouderaksedijk 34
Gouda
More about Groene Hart Biënnale:
All information about the festival can be found at the website: www.groenehartbiennale.nl/en
Stay up to date on projects and the program and subscribe to the Green Heart Biënnale newsletter: https://news.terrestris.nl/subscription/form
The biennale is organised by Terrestris, the platform for eco-regenerative culture, and aims to return every two years to the Green Heart. More information about Terrestris: www.terrestris.nl
Contact: info@groenehartbiennale.nl
