Maarten Vos

Review of Nederlands Instituut voor Beel...

Sound & Vision is quite a disappointing experience...

Sound & Vision is quite a disappointing experience, which also requires a hefty entrance fee. And if a lot of interactive experiences do not work at all or do not work properly, you go home with a nice feeling. We would not recommend anyone to go here.

And it started so positively. At the entrance you are warmly welcomed by a few young people (working students?) Who explain how things work. That was fine. But after that it goes downhill quickly ...

After payment of no less than 16 per ticket (for everyone from 12 years) you will receive a plastic ring with which you can do all kinds of interactive things. At least that is the intention. Unfortunately, quite a few turned out to be out of use during our visit. Also annoying is that in many cases it is poorly or not explained what the intention is what to do. So you have to tap a bit on tablets, but what is expected of you is unclear.

Everywhere in Sound & Vision there are columns where you can view and listen to videos and / or sound fragments. But unfortunately they are often barely intelligible (not even with headphones on). Not only is the volume far too low, you also suffer from ambient noise. Every now and then it seems as if you are in the pool in terms of noise. And about the headphones: it is not very pleasant to have to put on warm headphones that dozens of predecessors have already worn that day. You can only hope that they are cleaned thoroughly every day. I would say: watch the old movies at home via YouTube.



Something that is really outdated and actually no longer possible is a part where you have to guess whose living room you see. There are still long-dead people among them, such as Gerrie Knetemann.

All in all, we found it a great disappointment and certainly not worth repeating. If you dare to ask 16, you really have to be in perfect order. And that is certainly not the case here.