Melkweg (Dutch for "Milky Way") is a music venue and cultural center on Lijnbaansgracht, near Leidseplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

It is housed in a former dairy and includes four music halls as well as a cinema, a restaurant and an exhibition space.

[1][2] The building originally housed a sugar refinery built in the 19th century.

The building was closed for a year, but reopened by Cor Schlösser and others as a cultural center, with its first event on July 17, 1970.

It was only open for the summer; it featured a café, a restaurant and one hall for music and theatre.