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Christmas holidays

There is lots to discover at NEMO Science Museum during the Christmas holidays. Get started in extra workshops, be amazed by the Chain Reaction and do winter experiments in the Laboratory.

  • 20 December 2025 to 4 January 2026
  • All ages

Open throughout the holidays

NEMO is open every day, including 25 and 26 December and 1 January.

Winter in the Laboratory

Why does slippery ice disappear from the road when we spread gritting salt? How do fireworks shoot so high into the air on New Year's Eve? And how can you tell if the almond paste in your stollen or pastry is really made from almonds? Find out in the Winter Lab. Lab coat? Check! Safety glasses? Check! Let's get to work!

Welcome to the world of action and reaction

  • Chain Reaction

    A spectacular demonstration of potential and kinetic energy. Discover action and reaction, cause and effect in the Chain Reaction.

  • Build your own chain reaction

    Knock over dominoes, set a seesaw in motion, launch a catapult and ring a bell.

Demo: For Sure?!

Discover how you can prove that something is really true and what happens when you put your assumptions to the test. Through impressive and interactive experiments, you will learn how scientists work step by step, with questions, predictions and experiments.

Extra workshops

  • Make a short film

    Sketch a comic strip and set it in motion with a zoetrope.

  • Build a sorting machine

    Discover how smart machines work by building your own sorter that separates large and small objects.

  • Play with reflections

    You usually use a mirror to look at yourself. You can also use it to conduct all kinds of surprising experiments.

  • Guess the device

    Your alarm clock, toaster, telephone: would you recognise everyday devices if they were taken apart?

  • Make the lamp light up

    Get started with electricity and make an electrical circuit. Can you make the light blub glow.