Anderworld Records is a new project by Amsterdam Alternative. It’s a not a traditional, hierarchycal record label but a cooperative, post-capitalistic initiative focussed on music, research and experiment.
Join us on Friday 19th of June (from 22:00-03:00 hrs) at the OT301 to celebrate the first EP Release by Wilco Prinsen.
Line up: Wilco Prinsen (live), Mathilde Nobel (hybrid), Bastain Benjamin (live), Zohar, oernaut.
More info and tickets
The new issue of our newspaper has just been published in print as well as digital. We can always use some extra hands to help distributing these newspapers through every corner of Amsterdam. Please contact if you have time to help: info(at)amsterdamalternative.nl
All the articles are also available on this website
Ever wondered how literature can be a part of the infrastructure of direct political action?
In this episode with Arthur, co-initiator of the Amsterdam based publishing initiative Spookstad, we discuss how the context of Amsterdam shapes the stories published and explore the role of publishing in building on the aesthetics of diverse political actions.
Listen on:
AA website // Soundcloud // Spotify // Youtube
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 articlesIn juni 2026 gaat een nieuw ambitieus project van Amsterdam Alternative van start genaamd: Anderworld Records. Aan onze welbekende tweemaandelijkse krant, de Ventilator Cinema, het AADE en al die andere inspirerende AA-projecten voegen we een platenlabel toe. Geen traditioneel, hiërarchisch label, maar een coöperatief, postkapitalistisch initiatief dat zich richt op muziek, onderzoek en experiment. Naast muzikaal plezier en creativiteit staat Anderworld Records voor collectieve eigendo
Pirate and community radio have been around for a long time, offering people an alternative way to listen and explore local artists and music that is not in the mainstream. Online radio is a continuation of this tradition, and in the face of Covid, it offered the possibility to experience spontaneous, live and human-curated music. Ingrid is part of this scene with her radio show Kaas FM, where she showcases artists from the local underground music scene in the Netherlands. She shared some of her
Begin 2027 opent een heuse wapenfabriek de deuren in Amsterdam. Wapenbedrijf Thales neemt dan een nieuwe locatie in Amsterdam Zuidoost in gebruik, vlak bij station Bullewijk.1 Op deze locatie komen meer dan 350 mensen te werken aan de ontwikkeling van software voor militaire en civiele toepassingen.2 Iets waar alle Amsterdammers zich tegen zouden moeten verzetten, want door Thales te verwelkomen in onze stad, laat Amsterdam de komst toe van een bedrijf dat direct profiteert van oorlo
The atelier; the studio; the workplace – or whatever you may call it – all form important infrastructure for artists, writers, and researchers to think about, create, and exhibit their creative practice. When it comes to anti-squat arrangements, where promises and temporalities are indefinite, the spaces which artists inhabit in Amsterdam become entangled with vague timelines and precarious agreements. While there is much to be grateful for – the opportunity to work on personal
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 photographyReclaim the Seeds Amsterdam organizes an annual, donation-based festival that combines the exchange of seeds with talks centered on political and social context, practical workshops, and lectures on topics related to seeds, sovereign growing practices, and biodiversity.
Photo report Reclaim the seeds - 15 March - Fruittuinen van West.
Photography: Jeanne Beyssac
On Sunday 8th of March (International Women's Rights Day) thousands of people joined the feminist march in Amsterdam to protest for equality, freedom and solidarity. The crowd walked from from Dam Square to Museumplein and raised their voices against oppression, inequality, femicide and discrimination of women and girls worldwide.
Photography © Jeanne Beyssac
On Sunday 15th of February we hosted another edition of the Noodle Show. A laid-back Sunday afternoon for electronic music makers and curious listeners. For this edition, the guest speaker was Tripping Jaguar — a Dutch electronic artist known for deep, psychedelic journeys across downtempo and related emphasized “storytelling” sound worlds. After the talk the floor was opened for a collaborative live jam, where people can plug in their own hardware and “noodle” together—drum machines, synths, samplers, modular, grooveboxes… anything that makes sound.
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.
See all videoEen film over en door de mensen van Het Groene Veld.
Help ons mee in strijd voor het behoud van Het Groene Veld! Teken de petitie, hang een poster of kom langs!
Kijk op: https://hetgroeneveld.amsterdam
Camera/edit: Elffin van Baars
Camera: Niels Douma, Tibbe van Diemen, Denys Parchenko, Isa van Lier
Productie/Regie: Isa van Lier, Oscar Zeegers
Met dank aan: Sara, KJ, Hay, Femke, Wybe, Inez, Ollie, Anouk, Isobel
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 agendaHet Dok is een voormalig ambachtschoolgebouw in de Artisbuurt. In de jaren negentig werd het gebouw betrokken door krakende kunstenaars afkomstig uit de roemruchte Graansilo. ‘Mogelijkhedenplaats’ Plantage Doklaan is inmiddels in bezit van de vereniging van gebruikers van het pand. Het g
In the heart of Amsterdam, you’ll find Splendor: a club for every kind of music, conceived and founded by 50 top-flight musicians and their public. Splendor is a meeting place, a club, a workspace, a musical laboratory and much, much more. Splendor is made possible by its 54 music
Het Fort van Sjakoo verkoopt kritische en opstandige literatuur. We werken alleen met vrijwilligers, zo houden we ook nog wat over om aan andere collectieven weg te geven. We zijn politiek en anarchistisch, maar nemen die thema’s heel breed. Je vindt hier planken als Underground Literatuur, Ge
LI-MA plays a key role in the future-proof archiving, conservation and distribution of works from the field of media art. LI-MA is a platform for digital art and media art in Amsterdam. With years of experience in conservation and management and as a leading pioneer in the field, LI-MA plays a ke
De Workship is de werkruimte van podiumdichter Mark Opfer en contrabassist William Barrett. Hier bieden we programma’s op het gebied van muziek, theater, film en lezingen. Door middel van kleinschalige culturele programmering verbinden we een duurzame innovatieve community met (podium)k
De Ceuvel is een duurzame broedplaats voor creatieve en sociale ondernemers op een voormalige scheepswerf aan het Van Hasseltkanaal in Amsterdam-Noord. In 2012 diende een groep architecten het winnende plan in voor een prijsvraag van de gemeente Amsterdam. Ze kregen het terrein voor 10 jaar te
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
Podium voor Ongehoord Geluid Zaal 100 is er voor van alles, maar niet voor alles: geen privéfeesten, partijpolitieke of religieuze bijeenkomsten, hersenloze disco of andere rituelen, maar wel voor tenenkrommend amateurtheater, merkwaardige concerten, bizarre dansvoorstellingen, dichtkunst va
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