What happens when you bring Jupiter's eternal storms to an Amsterdam bar?
Find out on Sunday, May 17 at Vice Versa! Grab a drink and join Dr. Keren Duer-Milner - a planetary atmospheric dynamics researcher at Leiden Observatory and an official member of the Juno Science Team (NASA).
Dr. Duer-Milner spends her days investigating the deep dynamics of gas giants using cutting-edge data straight from NASA's Juno spacecraft. While we experience passing breezes and gentle weather on Earth, she looks further out to planets with banded highways of wind and massive, eternal storms that could swallow our entire world whole. Why do these violent alien skies exist, and what can they reveal about our own home?
Using striking images and simple animations, she will take us deep into the hidden physics of these giants.
No technical background is required - just bring your curiosity about the universe and a drink in your hand 🍷
📅 May 17 | Doors open 19:00, Talk starts 19:30
📍 Vice Versa, Amsterdam
🎟️ Tickets are going fast (Early Bird is already sold out!).
Grab Standard, Student, or Duo Pack tickets at the link in bio..
Arrive early to grab a seat, and stick around afterward - because good conversations don't have closing times.
The Universe isn't quiet. We are the exception.
We move through our days under a thin, sun-warmed layer of passing storms and gentle breezes. But as we look further out, the rules of the atmosphere change entirely.
While Earth looks to the Sun, the giant planets are powered from within - fueled by internal fires that create permanent, banded highways of wind. Storms on Jupiter don't just "pass"; they are eternal, planet-sized realities that could swallow our entire world whole.
Why is our weather so "tame" compared to the violent machinery of the cosmos?
On Sunday, May 17th, we are joined by Dr. Keren Duer-Milner, a member of NASA’s Juno Science Team. We’ll be diving into the physics of planetary jet streams - using direct space-based observations and simulations to map the invisible forces that dictate global circulation.
It’s a tour from our own structured winds to the giants beyond, asking one core question: What can a storm on Jupiter tell us about home?
🗓 Sunday, May 17th | 19:30
📍 Vice Versa, Amsterdam
🎫 Tickets: Link in bio.
Join us for a drink and a deeper look at the atmospheres that shape our universe.
#ThinkAndDrink #PlanetaryScience #Jupiter #NASA #junomission
8 years of history, one massive party! 🥂
We’re hitting an 8-year milestone and you’re invited to the bash. Join us for a night packed with belly laughs from our live comedy show, non-stop tracks from live DJs, and the best local pizza truck in town.
📅 When: May 16th
🕔 Time: Starts at 5:00 PM
📍 Where: Vice Versa, Ceintuurbaan, Amsterdam
Come hungry, bring your dancing shoes, and let’s toast to many more! See you there.
#8YearsStrong #AnniversaryParty #May16 #FoodTrucks #LiveComedy CheersTo8
There is something grounding about spending a Sunday evening at @viceversa020 moving past small talk to focus on astrophysics.
A big thank you to the team there for hosting us and to Ignacio Reyes Raffo (PhD) for leading the session.
It was a privilege to have him walk us through the actual methodology and science behind how we measure the universe.
It was great to see the vault full of people who value that kind of intellectual rigor on a Sunday night. Thank you all for coming and being a great audience!
We’re keeping that momentum going this Friday, May 8th, at The Book Nook.
We’ll be shifting from cosmology to human biology with Rubianca to discuss the perimenopausal era.
This is a biological transition that often begins a decade before menopause, yet it’s frequently ignored or misunderstood. We’ll be looking at the science of biomechanics, strength training, and sleep - the actual levers for health as hormones shift. It’s an important talk for women navigating this change, and just as much for the men who want to understand the science to better support them.
📆 Friday, May 8, 19:30
📍 The Book Nook, Singel 82, Amsterdam
🍷 Sangria (alco and non alco) is on the house
Tickets are available through the link in the bio
8 years of history, one massive party! 🥂
We’re hitting an 8-year milestone and you’re invited to the bash. Join us for a night packed with belly laughs from our live comedy show, non-stop tracks from live DJs, and the best local pizza truck in town.
📅 When: May 16th
🕔 Time: Starts at 5:00 PM
📍 Where: Vice Versa, Ceintuurbaan, Amsterdam
Come hungry, bring your dancing shoes, and let’s toast to many more! See you there.
#8YearsStrong #AnniversaryParty #May16 #FoodTrucks #LiveComedy CheersTo8
Stand-up every Saturday with @vicecomedy
Free hangs, improv chaos, and writing under the influence nights
Oh yeah! Our 8th Anniversary on the 16th is gonna be a full one (FREE comedy + DJs by @energy.ams + pizza truck 🍕).
Pull up & stay longer than you planned
Survived the canals? Now try the cosmos. 🛶🌌
The orange glitter has finally settled, and let’s be honest - after a week of King’s Day chaos, Amsterdam can start to feel a little... small.
If you’re ready to trade the noise for something a bit more expansive, join us this Sunday at Vice Versa. We’re hosting Dr. Ignacio Reyes Raffo (PhD in Theoretical Physics, Max Planck/UvA) to answer the question that makes your brain itch: How big is the Universe, really?
From the math behind black holes to the edge of the observable cosmos, we’re going deeper than a Heineken at a street party.
The Best Part: Monday is a bridge day (off for many!), which makes this Sunday night officially the new Saturday. 🍻✨
📍 Vice Versa, Amsterdam
🗓️ Sunday, May 3 | 19:30
🎫 Link in bio for tickets.
#ThinkAndDrink #AmsterdamEvents #BridgeDay #ScienceInThePub #MaxPlanck AmsterdamLife PhysicsLovers KingDayHangover
I was told scientists belong in labs. I decided they belong in bars. 🔬🍺
The May Series:
🚀 May 3: The Scale of the Universe (Dr. Ignacio Reyes). 🏋️♀️ May 12: The Biology of Perimenopause.
🪐 May 17: Weather on Other Planets (Dr. Keren Duer-Milner).
🎁 The Space Bundle: Grab a seat for both space sessions for €28.
✨️ We’ve officially partnered with Zoku Amsterdam. Rooftop dates are incoming - stay tuned.
Check the link in bio for the May lineup. 🔗
Finally, a way to travel 46 billion light-years without ever leaving your bar stool 🍻🚀
We actually have no idea how big the universe is. Our cosmic perspective wasn’t built on a steady line of progress, but on a mess of fierce debates, massive mistakes, and accidental discoveries. It’s the story of humanity attempting to map the unmappable.
If the universe is expanding, what exactly is it expanding into? Does the concept of "size" even apply to a system that might be infinite? Join us as we explore how we measure billions of light-years without ever leaving our own orbit, and discover what remains hidden beyond our current horizon.
🚀 May 3 | 19:30 | Vice Versa 🚀
We’re bringing in the heavy hitter for this one: Ignacio Reyes-Raffo, PhD. He’s a world-class cosmologist who makes the most staggering physics in existence feel like a casual conversation with a friend. No academic ego, no gatekeeping - just primary-source science and a cold drink.
Link in Bio for tickets & The Space Bundle
Here’s what you missed (if you weren’t there): we had the amazing @morganeinbloom and the incredible @kevafragrances.europe team come down for a sensory and educational experience on The Science of Smell, where everyone got a scent sample and learned to describe what we are smelling, how to identify it, what really goes into building a perfume, trendy scents of the moment (cause that’s a thing!) and so so much more!
Thank you once again to @morganeinbloom and @kevafragrances.europe and @viceversa020 for hosting us but THANK YOU everyone who came down and was so engaged in the Lecture! (So engaged in fact, the Q&A overran a half hour, not that anyone was complaining 🤭)
If you came for the lecture, thank you and hope to see you at the next one!
If you missed this, the next one is happening April 22 with @timetravelamsterdam
And finally, if you missed this and want an encore, stay tuned 😏
Why does your laptop, no matter how fast it gets, still think in on and off switches?
And what happens when you build a computer that thinks in possibilities instead?
At the quantum level, matter holds multiple states at the same time. Not metaphorically. Physically. The moment you measure it, those possibilities collapse into one outcome.
Scientists are now building computers that use this before the collapse happens.
Caiseal Beardow (PhD) works on making that real. This Wednesday she joins us at Vice Versa to explain how, for a room of curious people who have never needed a physics degree.
Wednesday, March 25 | 19:30 | @viceversa020
Tickets at the link in bio.
#Amsterdam #AmsterdamEvents #QuantumComputing #ScienceTalk #ThinkAndDrink SmartNightlife CuriousMinds AmsterdamNightlife
Why are we still trapped in a binary world?
We assume information must be a 0 or a 1, and that distance is an unbreakable barrier.
But the universe doesn't use a light switch.
"Wait, do I need a PhD in Physics for this talk?"
Absolutely not. In fact, if you already understand exactly how an atom can be in two places at once, you’re probably the one giving the lecture 😉
Most of us use "the cloud" every day without knowing how a server works. We use smartphones that contain billions of switches we never see. But we are hitting a limit with the way we've been building computers.
On March 25, Caiseal Beardow, PhD is joining us at the bar to strip away the jargon. We aren’t here to solve equations; we’re here to look at the architecture of a future that defies human logic.
No prior knowledge required. Just a drink in your hand and a healthy sense of skepticism and curiosity about the reality you see in front of you.
Wednesday, March 25 | 19:30 @viceversa020
Tickets available at the link in our bio.
