Membership benefits
With the OBA membership card you can read, look and listen. The OBA pass also offers you many informative and cultural offers, available when you show your pass. The new pass, which all members will receive, is shown here.
OBA BENEFITS
• The OBA has more than 1.7 million books, cds, dvds, games, sheet music and magazines ready for you to borrow (also 3.500 e-books and 100.000 music downloads!)
• Free internet use and wireless internet for your laptop at all 28 branches of the OBA throughout Amsterdam.
• Possibility to reserve and renew popular books (eg Harry Potter)
• Possibility to request books from all Dutch libraries (show your new OBA-pass)
• Extensive collection of baby, toddler and teenage books
• Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in our Reading Café or in one of the Coffee Corners at our branches
FREE OFFERS
• FREE pass for the three Nes theatres (Theater Frascati, Brakkegrond and Engelenbak) worth € 28,50. See the links to the websites of the theatres at the bottom of this page.
• FREE cup of coffee or tea after a lecture at the Volksuniversiteit
• FREE cup of coffee or tea at the ‘Literaire Avond’ on Friday at Perdu
• FREE entry to the OBA Ladies Night (once a year)
• FREE entry ticket for 2 people to an OBA activity of your choice. Request via pr@oba.nl (one event per member per year)
• FREE OBA-pass for Stadspas holders. Check www.stadspas.nl to see if you are eligible for a FREE Stadspas.
25% DISCOUNT
• 25% discount on all OBA events
• 25% discount on all youth events organised by the OBA (in cooperation with De Krakeling)
• 25% discount on OBA selected events at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ
• 25% discount on OBA selected concerts at the Bimhuis
• 25% discount on youth shows at the Tropentheater
• 25% discount on shows by Different Vibes, Club Mozaïek and Lanterfanter at Podium Mozaïek
UNIQUE OFFERS
• 35% discount on the ‘Literair Vaararangement’ with Rederij Lovers
• 25% discount on an Uitkrant subscription (€ 18,50 instead of € 24,95). Ask at the OBA for a coupon.
• 22% discount on entrance fees to the Stedelijk Museum (POST CS)
• 20% discount on OBA selected events at the Nieuwe Kerk
• 10% discount on foreign literature and special offers (‘ramsj’) at Scheltema Bookshop
• 10% discount on foreign literature and special offers (‘ramsj’) at Island Bookstore
• Every month a special discount for a theatre or museum (check the OBA newsletter and our website)
• More information about special discounts can be found in the OBA newsletter or on our website. You can also subscribe to the digital newsletter.
The discounts are made in association with the Amsterdam Uitburo.
