Filmtheater Hilversum in Hilversum
Filmtheater Hilversum is a five-hall arthouse cinema on the Herenplein, with tickets from €8.50, Cineville free, a foyer bar and parking five minutes away.
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The renewed foyer of Filmtheater Hilversum after the 2025 expansion, with new seating and tables: Filmtheater Hilversum
Quick answers
- Halls
- Five, including the Boutiquezaal
- Address
- Herenplein 51211 DR Hilversum
- Boutiquezaal
- 39 red seats, including 2 loveseats
- Tickets
- €12.50 standard; Cineville free
- Opening hours
- From 10:00 or 13:00; closes 23:30–00:00
- Address
- Herenplein 5, 1211 DR Hilversum
- Nearest station
- Hilversum, 530 m (8 min walk)
- Parking
- Q-Park Hilvertshof, 5 min walk
- Contact
- (035) 623 5466
Holidays at Filmtheater Hilversum
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- New Year's EveScenes from a Marriage
- New Year's DayBolero
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Five halls, from the Boutiquezaal to the colour halls
All five halls are seated, and for most screenings you choose a seat on the seat map when you book online. The Boutiquezaal has 39 red armchairs, including two loveseats and small tables; the other halls are named after their colours.
- Halls
- Rood, Geel, Groen, Blauw, Boutiquezaal
- Boutiquezaal
- 39 red armchairs, 2 loveseats
- Other halls
- Seat counts not published
- Seat choice
- Online seat map for most films
- Boutiquezaal front row
- Removable for events
- Climate
- Air-conditioned, average 21°C
The building has five halls: Rood, Geel, Groen, Blauw and the Boutiquezaal. In the four colour halls the wall colour returns in the seats. The Boutiquezaal has luxury armchairs and a removable front row, so it can be used for film and for events.
The Gele Zaal and Boutiquezaal opened in November 2025; the other three date from the 2008 building. Seat counts for the four colour halls are not published, so the Boutiquezaal's 39 seats are the only official hall figure.
The halls have air conditioning and a fresh-air circulation system at an average 21°C. The Gele Zaal is entered at the rear and has the best wheelchair-friendly places; the accessibility section explains the route and the seating advice.
How many seats does Filmtheater Hilversum have?
The cinema has five halls but does not publish a total seat count. The only official hall figure is the Boutiquezaal's 39 seats; the other four halls' capacities are not on the venue's pages.
- Halls
- Five
- Boutiquezaal
- 39 seats
- Other halls
- Capacities not published
- Vue Hilversum
- Seven halls
- Regional cinema peer
- De Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort: 175 seats in 3 film halls
That makes a like-for-like local comparison difficult. Vue Hilversum, the town's commercial multiplex at Langgewenst 20, has seven halls including a Dolby Cinema, but its Hilversum page does not list hall capacities. Published figures for the regional arthouse cinema De Lieve Vrouw in Amersfoort show three film halls of 73, 59 and 43 seats, 175 in total. It has fewer halls than Filmtheater's five halls, so it is a scale benchmark rather than a local substitute.
The 2025 expansion added the Gele Zaal and Boutiquezaal to the original three halls, so any pre-2025 total no longer describes the building. For a group or a private screening, ask the venue directly rather than relying on an old capacity figure.
| Venue | Halls | Seats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filmtheater Hilversum | 5 | 39 in the Boutiquezaal; total not published | https://filmtheaterhilversum.nl/zaalverhuur/ |
| Vue Hilversum | 7 | Not published | https://www.vuecinemas.nl/hilversum |
| De Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort | 3 | 175 (73+59+43) | https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lieve_Vrouw |
Tickets and prices at Filmtheater Hilversum
A standard ticket is €12.50; CJP and students pay €9.00, children's and family films €8.50, and Cineville is free. Book online or at the box office, where you pay by PIN or with a gift card; cash is not accepted.
The Wednesday evening preview costs €8.50. Films longer than 150 minutes carry a €2.00 surcharge and films longer than 240 minutes €5.00. A 10-film strip costs €99.50, a SENVER ticket including coffee and cake €11.00, and a group ticket €9.50 per person for at least 40 people.
Cineville membership is €24 a month, or €19 for members under 30, and gives unlimited access except to specials such as Film&Food. Online you pay with iDEAL, a credit card, a Filmtheaterbon or Nationale Bioscoopbon, or account credit; at the box office you pay by PIN or with one of those gift cards, and cash is not accepted. Filmtheaterbonnen and Nationale Bioscoopbonnen can be bought at the box office.
Reserve by phone on (035) 623 5466; reservations are held until 30 minutes before the start. Online tickets can be cancelled until the screening starts, with the amount returned as account credit or a credit voucher rather than to your bank. Box-office tickets can be rebooked only at the box office, up to one day before the film, and email cancellations cost €1 per ticket.
- Standard
- €12.50
- CJP and students
- €9.00
- Children and family
- €8.50
- Cineville
- Free
- Long film
- +€2.00 over 150 minutes
- Very long film
- +€5.00 over 240 minutes
- 10-film strip
- €99.50
- Group
- €9.50 per person, min. 40
- School group
- €5.50 per person, min. 40
- Booking
- Online 24/7; box office PIN or gift card
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard | €12.50 |
| CJP and students | €9.00 |
| Children and family films | €8.50 |
| Wednesday evening preview | €8.50 |
| SENVER, including coffee and cake | €11.00 |
| 10-film strip | €99.50 |
| Group, minimum 40 | €9.50 per person |
| School group, minimum 40 | €5.50 per person |
| Cineville | Free |
| Film longer than 150 minutes | +€2.00 |
| Film longer than 240 minutes | +€5.00 |
Coffee, beer and cake in the foyer
The foyer bar serves coffee, tapped beer and wine, plus snacks and cakes. The wine comes from local partner Il Divino and is poured by volunteers; cakes are from Toetjes van Titia, cheese from Echte Liefde and nuts from C'est Bon.
The foyer was enlarged and refurnished in 2025 with tables and chairs, armchairs and bar stools, so there is room to sit before or after the film.
The bar also sells savoury snacks and small cakes from Hilversum suppliers. The apple and carrot cakes from Toetjes van Titia are the daytime favourite, with savoury grilled vegetable or cheese snacks in the evening.
Show your film ticket at De Open Keuken, five minutes' walk away on the Laanstraat/Weversplein, for 15% off your dinner.
- Coffee and beer
- Coffee, tapped beer and wine
- Wine
- Il Divino, poured by volunteers
- Cake
- Toetjes van Titia
- Cheese
- Echte Liefde
- Nuts
- C'est Bon
- Discount
- 15% at De Open Keuken
- Foyer
- Enlarged in 2025
Accessibility: step-free access, subtitles and audio description
Every hall has wheelchair spaces. The cinema is step-free on the ground floor, with a lift to the Boutiquezaal and an accessible toilet. The Gele Zaal has the best wheelchair-friendly places; wheelchair spaces are booked by phone or at the box office, not online.
In the Gele Zaal you enter at the rear and the aisle slopes down to the front row. Visitors with limited mobility are advised to choose a seat near the back rows. The rear row is temporarily further back, which can make subtitles harder to read if you are under 1.60 m; booster cushions are available.
Earcatch provides audio description for many films, and Subcatch provides special subtitles for Dutch films and documentaries. Both work through an app on your phone or tablet, with the sound or subtitles synchronised to the film.
There is one disabled parking space at Herenplein 5, about 25 m from the entrance. The page also lists one at Groest 94, 150 m away, and six in the Hilvertshof garage, 300 m away.
- Step-free
- Ground floor, no thresholds
- Lift
- To the Boutiquezaal
- Accessible toilet
- Yes
- Wheelchair places
- Phone or box office; not online
- Gele Zaal
- Entered at the rear; sloped aisle
- Subtitles
- Rear row harder under 1.60 m
- Audio description
- Earcatch
- Subtitles app
- Subcatch
- Disabled parking
- Herenplein 5, about 25 m
Getting to the Herenplein from Hilversum station
The cinema is 530 m from Hilversum station, about an eight-minute walk. The closest bus stop, Groest, is 120 m away and is served by buses 1, 6, 104 and 106.
From the station, walk through the centre to the Herenplein. The cinema is the modern building with the large glass wall.
Several stops serve the centre: Kerkbrink (280 m, 4 min, bus 104), Langestraat (340 m, 5 min, buses 1, 6, 104, 106 and 121), Schapenkamp (350 m, 5 min, buses 3, 58, 59, 70 and 104) and Kapelstraat (380 m, 6 min, buses 1, 6, 104, 106 and 121). Stationsstraat is 430 m away with buses 1, 5, 6, 106 and 121.
From Hilversum station, take bus 1, 6, 104 or 106 to Groest, or bus 3, 58, 59, 70 or 104 to Schapenkamp. The station is the main rail hub for the Gooi.
After a late screening, check the NS journey planner for the last train before booking; the station is an eight-minute walk. If the train has gone, the N32 night bus runs a loop from Hilversum station through Huizen and Bussum, with departures every 60 minutes and connections to trains from Utrecht and Amsterdam; a published departure time from the station is 02:23. For other destinations, book a taxi or use the 24-hour Q-Park Hilvertshof garage.
Main station
Hilversum, 530 m (8 min)
Closest stop
Groest, 120 m (2 min)
Lines to Groest
Bus 1, 6, 104, 106
Other stops
Kerkbrink, Langestraat, Schapenkamp, Kapelstraat, Stationsstraat
From the station
Bus 1, 6, 104, 106 to Groest
Late-night option
N32 hourly; check NS last train
Where to park near Filmtheater Hilversum
The closest garage is Q-Park Hilvertshof at Groest 100, 350 m and about five minutes' walk; it charges €3.00 an hour with a €15.00 day maximum. The municipal garages Gooiland and Gooische Brink are six minutes away and cheaper for an evening: €2.77 an hour, €6.41 evening rate, €9.64 day rate.
Gooiland (Koningshof 1, 364 spaces) and Gooische Brink (Brinkweg 1, 400 spaces) are both municipal garages with a 1.90 m height limit. Their day ticket is €9.64 between 08:00 and 18:00; the evening ticket is €6.41. The venue's contact page points to both for cheap parking between 18:00 and 08:00 and estimates 10 minutes' walk; the mapped route is about 6 minutes.
Q-Park Hilvertshof has 575 spaces, six disabled spaces and a 2.00 m height limit, and is open 24 hours. Q-Park Markt (the garage the area data calls Silverpoint) at Schapenkamp 12 charges €1.50 per 23 minutes (per 18 minutes on Saturday), with a €17.50 day maximum.
For a film plus dinner, Hilvertshof is the closest choice; for a long evening, the municipal garages are cheaper. The venue's own contact page lists Hilvertshof as Groest 86, while Q-Park gives Groest 100 for the same garage.
| Garage | Address | Walk | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q-Park Hilvertshof | Groest 100, 1211 ED | 350 m, 5 min | €3.00/h; day €15.00 |
| Gooiland | Koningshof 1 | 390 m, 6 min | €2.77/h; day €9.64; evening €6.41 |
| Gooische Brink | Brinkweg 1 | 400 m, 6 min | €2.77/h; day €9.64; evening €6.41 |
| Q-Park Markt | Schapenkamp 12 | 460 m, 7 min | €1.50 per 23 min; day €17.50 |
- Closest garage
- Q-Park Hilvertshof, 350 m (5 min)
- Hilvertshof rate
- €3.00/h; day maximum €15.00
- Gooiland
- Koningshof 1; 364 spaces
- Gooische Brink
- Brinkweg 1; 400 spaces
- Municipal rate
- €2.77/h; evening €6.41
- Municipal day
- €9.64 (08:00–18:00)
- Height limit
- 1.90 m at Gooiland and Gooische Brink
- Q-Park Markt
- €1.50 per 23 min; day €17.50
Address, phone and opening hours
Filmtheater Hilversum is at Herenplein 5, 1211 DR Hilversum. Call (035) 623 5466 or email [email protected]. The cinema opens at 13:00 Monday to Wednesday and at 10:00 Thursday to Sunday.
- Address
- Herenplein 5, 1211 DR Hilversum
- Phone
- (035) 623 5466
- [email protected]
- Mon–Wed
- 13:00–23:30
- Thu
- 10:00–23:30
- Fri–Sat
- 10:00–00:00
- Sun
- 10:00–23:30
Official links
A non-profit film theatre since 1978
Filmtheater Hilversum has been the place for quality film in the media city since 1978. It has occupied its own building on the Herenplein since 2008 and now has five halls.
The cinema is run by Stichting Filmtheater Hilversum, a non-profit organisation. It has been the place for quality film since 1978 and moved to the Herenplein building in 2008, when the first screening took place on 7 March. The move took the programme from four to twelve screenings a day.
A 2025 expansion added the Gele Zaal and the Boutiquezaal and enlarged the foyer, taking the cinema from three to five halls. The expanded building was officially opened on 4 November 2025. It now programmes at least twelve screenings a day and receives more than 140,000 visitors a year.
The programme mixes new arthouse releases with theme programmes, children's activities, Royal Opera House and Royal Ballet screenings, a film club and school programmes. Once a year the cinema holds an open-air screening in the Dudokpark and its own Filmfestival Hilversum.
The organisation is independent in its programming. It is financed mainly by ticket and bar sales, with subsidies from the municipality of Hilversum and Europa Cinemas, and Rabobank Gooi en Vechtstreek as a sponsor since January 2020. More than 140 volunteers, six permanent staff and a supervisory board keep it running.
- Founded
- 1978
- Own building
- Herenplein, opened 7 March 2008
- Halls
- Five since November 2025
- Programme
- At least 12 screenings a day
- Visitors
- More than 140,000 a year
- Team
- 140+ volunteers, six staff
- Festival
- Filmfestival Hilversum and Dudokpark open-air
Photos
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The renewed foyer of Filmtheater Hilversum after the 2025 expansion, with new seating and tables: Filmtheater Hilversum
The exterior of Filmtheater Hilversum on the Herenplein, with its large glass facade: Filmtheater Hilversum
Rows of yellow seats in the Gele Zaal of Filmtheater Hilversum: Filmtheater Hilversum
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Frequently asked questions
Answers to the questions visitors ask most about times, tickets, halls, parking and access.
What time do films start at Filmtheater Hilversum?
There is no fixed daily start time: the programme changes by day and week. The new film week runs Thursday to Wednesday and is published on Monday, so check the week programme for your date. The venue publishes closing times of 23:30 Sunday to Thursday and 00:00 Friday and Saturday.
How many halls does Filmtheater Hilversum have?
The cinema has five halls: Rood, Geel, Groen, Blauw and the Boutiquezaal. The Boutiquezaal has 39 red armchairs, including two loveseats and small tables. Seat counts for the four colour halls are not published.
How much is a ticket at Filmtheater Hilversum?
A standard ticket is €12.50. CJP and students pay €9.00, children's and family films €8.50, and the Wednesday evening preview €8.50. Films longer than 150 minutes cost €2.00 more, and films longer than 240 minutes €5.00 more.
Can I use Cineville at Filmtheater Hilversum?
Yes, Cineville is free at Filmtheater Hilversum. Book online and scan your Cineville pass at the pillar in the foyer. A Cineville membership costs €24 a month, or €19 for members under 30, and excludes specials such as Film&Food.
Do I need to book a seat?
For most screenings you choose a seat on the online seat map when you buy a ticket. You can also buy at the box office during opening hours, which takes PIN or a gift card, not cash; Cineville tickets are sold there from 90 minutes before the film. Phone reservations on (035) 623 5466 are held until 30 minutes before the start.
Where can I park near Filmtheater Hilversum?
The closest garage is Q-Park Hilvertshof at Groest 100, 350 m and about five minutes' walk, charging €3.00 an hour with a €15.00 day maximum. Gooiland and Gooische Brink are about six minutes' walk and cheaper in the evening at €2.77 an hour or €6.41 for the evening.
How do I get to Filmtheater Hilversum by train?
Hilversum station is 530 m from the cinema, about eight minutes' walk. From the station you can also take bus 1, 6, 104 or 106 to the Groest stop, which is 120 m from the entrance.
Is Filmtheater Hilversum accessible for wheelchairs?
Yes. The ground floor is step-free, a lift reaches the Boutiquezaal, and there is an accessible toilet. The Gele Zaal has the best wheelchair-friendly places. Book a wheelchair space by phone on (035) 623 5466 or at the box office, not online, so the hall can be prepared.
Can I eat or drink at Filmtheater Hilversum?
The foyer bar serves coffee, tapped beer, wine from Il Divino, cakes from Toetjes van Titia, cheese from Echte Liefde and nuts from C'est Bon. Show your film ticket at De Open Keuken, five minutes away, for 15% off dinner.
Can I cancel or change my ticket?
Online tickets can be cancelled until the screening starts; the amount comes back as account credit or a voucher, not as a bank refund. Box-office tickets can be rebooked only at the box office, up to one day before the film. Email cancellations cost €1 per ticket.
Does Filmtheater Hilversum have air conditioning?
Yes. The halls are kept cool in summer and warm in winter, with a fresh-air circulation system and an average temperature of 21°C.
What is the address and phone number of Filmtheater Hilversum?
The address is Herenplein 5, 1211 DR Hilversum. The phone number is (035) 623 5466 and the email address is [email protected].
Can I hire a hall at Filmtheater Hilversum?
Yes. Outside regular opening hours you can hire a hall for a private screening, including the Boutiquezaal with its 39 armchairs and removable front row. Contact the venue for availability and terms.
Does Filmtheater Hilversum have a film festival?
Yes. The cinema holds its own Filmfestival Hilversum and an annual open-air screening in the Dudokpark. The rest of the year mixes new arthouse releases with theme programmes, opera and ballet, a film club and school screenings.
Are there subtitles or audio description?
Earcatch provides audio description for many films, and Subcatch provides special subtitles for Dutch films and documentaries. In the Gele Zaal the rear row is temporarily further back, so subtitles can be harder to read if you are under 1.60 m; booster cushions are available.
Can I bring my own food and drink?
No, outside food and drink are not allowed in the foyer or the halls. Drinks and snacks bought at the bar can be taken into the screening.
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