From 21-25 October we will organize the another edition of the Amsterdam Alternative Dance Event (AADE).
First events confirmed:
Wednesday 21 Oct (OT301) - Subject Sue release party
With: Subject Sue, M2K
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Thursday 22 Oct (OT301) - Aili & Orson x TUKAN
With: Aili & Orson, TUKAN, charlie avalon, Umbra
Info // tickets
Friday 23 Oct (OT301) - Anderworld release party
With: BlackBeach, Camy Huot, Parrish Smith, Vonder
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Saturday 24 Oct (OT301) - ADEV after
With: Alberta Balsam, Wilco Prinsen, Keynu, Arc Vale, Waldo b2b Tania Kim, Industrial Romantico
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More to be announced soon
Now online: Fragmenta #003 - Tatiana Spiewak & Sarah Zechut
Interview with choreographic duo Tatiana Śpiewak & Sarah Zechut about their new performance ‘The upgraded woman’ (March 2026) and their first piece, which they performed in the boiling heat and chaos of the Amsterdam Alternative part of the Ring party on the 21st of June 2025.
Amsterdam Alternative just launched a new video department called Fragmenta.
Check out the Fragmenta page for more info about this project and how to join as a video maker.
Rad-Ish #011 – Cooking for Community: On Food, Culture and Activism with De Sering
In this episode, we talk with Antoniya and Daan from De Sering, a community kitchen and public space that has become a landmark in Amsterdam for its delicious meals, experimental accessible gastronomy, and vibrant programming. With meals starting from a donation of €2.50, available seven days a week, De Sering stands as an exemplar of accessible dining and community building.
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Amsterdam Alternative publishes articles about free spaces, gentrification, politics, climate, music, art, housing and other urgent topics. We publish in our bi-monthly free newspaper as well as online.
See all articlesElke dag is er wel een nieuw verhaal over ruimtegebrek, huisjesmelkers, de wooncrisis en vastgoedmiljonairs in Amsterdam. De meeste mensen kennen intussen wel iemand die op zoek is naar een huis, kantoor, werkplaats of ruimte voor een vereniging of sociaal-maatschappelijke activiteit. De stad wordt duurder, en duurder en duurder en duurder.
Amsterdam Alternative - tot voor kort gevestigd aan de Jan Hanzenstraat in Oud-West - werd onlangs ook de dupe van pandjesschuivers die co
Jeroen Kooijmans can be pretty hard on himself. The romantic yearner and perpetual overthinker filmed himself for more than thirty years, recording along the way how he drifted in and out of psychotic episodes. Miraculously, he has turned his intimate documentary debut, Love-22-Love, into a sun-kissed ode to the love of his life, the artist Elspeth Diederix. Thirty-three years in the making, with thousands of hours of footage accumulated, digitised and processed in the editing bay. And then y
September 26th / OT301, OCCII, Teatro Munganga, De Nieuwe Anita, Willem de Zwijgerkerk, Vondelbunker, LAB11 / a day-long celebration of DIY culture
Kronkel; noun, m. (-s): a strong or loop-shaped curve, a repeatedly sharply curved line, shape or form.
(in Amsterdam dialect) slightly unhinged, not quite right in the head.
Kronkel is a new multi-venue festival initiated by Geregeld Ontregeld, Pretty Ugly and Bandgurl666, taking place at several Amsterdam Alternative spots
Amsterdam, 4 augustus 2026 – Wat begon als een kraakactie tegen leegstand, speculatie en dreigende sloop is uitgegroeid tot een van de grootste en meest bijzondere woonwerkgemeenschappen van Nederland. Op 16 en 17 oktober viert Woonwerkpand Tetterode zijn 45-jarig jubileum met het feestelijke programma ‘Wervelwind’ vol open ateliers, tentoonstellingen, performances, concerten, films, workshops, Tet Talks, een symposium en een groot jubileumfeest. Al 45 jaar laat Woonwe
Amsterdam Alternative has initiated a wide variety of projects since 2015. Some were temporary but most are still running. Check some of the most current projects below or visit the projects page to see a full overview.
See all projectsFrom the 1st of February 2023 Amsterdam Alternative is running the cinema + bar on the second floor of the OT301. The spaces are being used for film & documentary screenings, discussion nights, comedy, music, dance performances, workshops, book launches, podcast recordings and more.
Anderworld is a record label founded in 2026 by Amsterdam Alternative. Not a traditional, hierarchical label, but a cooperative, post-capitalist initiative focused on music, research, and experimentation. Alongside joy and creativity, we stand for collective ownership models, community meaning, hope, and radical imagination.
Sometimes, you sense it. A gesture, a sound, something pulses quietly beneath the surface of the city. A story waiting to be heard. Rad-Ish is a podcast about the silent dreamers, everyday radicals and hidden dissenters who keep the city alive. We seek out the voices of the underground, the pillars of movements that often go unseen yet build the foundation for collective spaces and a desirable future for the many, not the few. On a regular basis we release a short episode where we pull that little red thread that runs through Amsterdam, from the people directly shaping alternative culture to those nurturing it in the background. We're here to pay attention to those who resist the obvious, and talk to those who quietly practice other ways of being.
This modular web documentary is intended as an inspirational document, a guide and an archive. It is a compilation of stories about and quests for other ways in which we can shape society. We (and many others with us) are convinced that things really can be done differently and that a different view of ownership can play a major role in this.
Thanks to all the talented photographers in the Amsterdam Alternative collective we always have great images in our newspaper and lots of nice photo reports online.
See all photographyFrom July 25 to August 8 2026, Amsterdam proudly hosts the global WorldPride celebration for the first time. On Saturday 25th Elise photographed at the Pride Park in the Vondelpark, the endpoint of the Pride Walk, where the WorldPride Amsterdam was officially opened.
"My thoughts go out to Berlin, where on the same day, the LGBTQIA+ community got attacked at the Pride March. Times like this shows us even more how important it is to celebrate, support and stand up for love, freedom and safety."
Photo report by Elise Vroonhof
On Friday 19th of June we released ‘Inter // Esse’, a six track EP by Amsterdam based Wilco Prinsen. This EP is not only the debut release by Wilco but also the first release of Anderworld Records, our cooperative, post-capitalistic record label.
The release party was held at the OT301 with live sets by Wilco Prinsen, Mathilde Nobel and Bastian Benjamin and DJ sets by Zohar and oernaut.
Thanks to all the artists for their great sets.
Photography: Hanna Rudner
On Thursday 14th of May the anual Ascension day (Hemelvaart) event took place at Rijkshemelvaart again. Always a great day with music, food, drinks and lots of friendly people.
Photography: Jeanne Beyssac
Amsterdam Alternative started as a network of solidarity and free newspaper but we’ve alwys had the ambition to create inspiring videos as well. In 2024 we created and published about 50 hrs of video about collective ownership, in 2025 we started a new video department called Fragmenta.
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Kun je als groep stadsbewoners, zonder veel verstand van landbouw, samen je eigen voedsel verbouwen? In Amersfoort gingen een paar honderd mensen die uitdaging aan. Ze richtten een coöperatie op, gingen op zoek naar grond, geen vanzelfsprekendheid in een regio waar bijna alles al vergeven is, en begonnen letterlijk vanaf niets aan hun eigen boerderij.
'Grond om te delen' volgt Herenboeren Amersfoort tijdens de opstartfase van januari tot mei 2026. Van de moeizame zoektocht naar een geschikt stuk land, via de regenachtige openingsdag, tot de eerste tassen vol groente. Het is een verhaal over doorzettingsvermogen en twijfel, over hard werken in weer en wind, en over biologisch boeren in samenwerking met de bodem in plaats van met bestrijdingsmiddelen.
Een productie van GGTV Videoproducties.
Meer over Herenboeren Amersfoort.
Camera: Pablo van Wetten
Audio/music: Peter Rutten
Edit/animation: Ivo Schmetz
Met dank aan/Thanks to:
People: Ad Vlems, Diny
Funding: AFK, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
Camera: Pablo van Wetten
Audio/music: Peter Rutten
Edit/animation: Ivo Schmetz
Met dank aan/Thanks to:
People: Melissa Koutouzis & Cody Hochstenbach
Funding: AFK, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
In the Amsterdam Alternative agenda you’ll find the public programming from our participating venues.
See the complete agendaRuigoord is a green village in which the artists in studios and workshops can work for themselves but will also participate in the community. There is a strong tradition of cooperation, strengthened by the wide circle of related creative spirits both in the Netherlands and abroad. Because of this, R
Het Groene Veld is a leafy area on the border between city and countryside. In this beautiful location, artists, local residents and social initiatives work on extraordinary projects. Besides the ADM Noord day café, where you can eat twice a week, there's a concert hall with
OCCII is an independent music venue. Situated in a building complex which was squatted in 1984, legalized in 1992. OCCII has since developed into a unique social centre for alternative music and other arts. OCCII provides a cultural program that is hand-picked for those drawn to a
Een graftuin vol leven, een monumentaal ensemble, een oase van rust en bezinning met haar eigen gebruiksregels, openingstijden en onderhoud. Het is het levenswerk Jozef van der Heijden. De laatste dertig jaar van zijn leven heeft hij gestreden als generaal van het dode
The Ru Paré Community is a community center located in a former primary school building in Slotervaart. Dozens of organizations and initiatives make it their home. There is a stage for events with a monthly social-cultural agenda with music, theatre, workshops and discussion. Besides that it
Helicopter Amsterdam is an initiative by Vincent Polak, Sophie Neijts and Bernard van Veen, founded in 2010 – as Sink Or Swim at the time. Our goal is to provide workspace for performing artists, mostly (live) musicians. As of 2020 Helicopter Amsterdam manages 500m2 for creative purposes
Maakgemeenschap De Hoop is een levendig atelierdorp, werkplek, podium en netwerk in één. Gevestigd op de grens van Zaandam en Amsterdam vind je hier ruim 320 kunstenaars, ambachtslieden en makers die samen werken, denken en maken, binnen De Hoop en daarbuiten. In een groot industrie
NieuwLand is a solidary and self-built space for living and working, and a non-commercial, volunteer-run social-political neighbourhood centre in Dapperbuurt, Amsterdam Oost. Our monthly program is filled with screenings, infonights on political activism, discussions, clothswaps, chess nights, yoga
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