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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AA website // Soundcloud // Spotify // Youtube
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.
This debut release is the first document of Wilco Prinsen’s explorations with the modular synthesizer and is based on both live and studio recordings from the period 2017 - 2025. This period was a transformative one, moving from indie band territory towards the domain of electronica, driven by curiosity and attracted by freedom in sound and composition. The transition was never clean, and that unresolved tension is precisely what moves him as a musician and what this release attempts to document.
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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 articlesSomewhere in Amsterdam there is a place where a hawk nests, a child builds a fort, an artist welds a theatre set, a volunteer organizes a festival, a neighbour grows tomatoes, and someone repairs a broken bicycle. It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. It is Het Groene Veld. According to the municipality, we are an Experimental Living and Working Community, to visitors, we are a free space and to some civil servants, we are a complicated planning file. And according to a hawk, we are pr
Over the years, different movements have emerged to address environmental challenges and seek more sustainable solutions. One of the most innovative of these initiatives is the creation of Zoöps. The guiding idea of a Zoöp is: what if all forms of life could actively participate in the decision-making process of organizations and have their own voice? To make this possible, the Zoönomic Institute developed the role of the Speaker for the Living, someone who speaks on behalf of the
Amsterdam heeft sinds enkele weken weer een nieuw stadsbestuur. Nou ja, nieuw is het niet echt: dezelfde partijen (GroenLinks en PvdA, nu samen met Pro en D66) blijven de stad besturen. Het programma 2026-2030 leest alsof er een totaal nieuwe aanpak komt – een radicale breuk met hun eigen beleid van de afgelopen jaren. Of zijn het radicale woorden voor oud beleid? Is het één grote groen-, zwart- en witwasserij? Wij lazen voor AA het bestuursakkoord. We zoomen vooral in op h
Every two months we publish a music tip top 6 in our newspaper and on our website. All the releases have been picked with care but we won’t rate the releases. You can do the judging yourself. Tips and links to releases are always welcome (music(at)amsterdamalternative.nl). Wilco Prinsen Inter // Esse Label: Anderworld Release date: 06-2026 Genre: Electronica, IDM Format: Digital Listen on Bandcamp KUTMAH Sacred Conversations Label: All C
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 agendaAs an off-grid organization, we utilize plots of land that are temporarily available. Over the years, we've occupied four different locations, and currently, we're based in Amsterdam-Slotervaart. Here, we've transformed eleven shipping containers and two greenhouses into a hub for meetin
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
The Plein Theater in Amsterdam East is a vibrant hub for imagination and exchange. In the historic Amstel Brewery on Mauritskade, we create and present cross-genre performances. A theater where neighbors can both watch and make, while also serving as a frontrunner in contemporary dance & music,
Het 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
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
Rialto is een combinatie van twee bioscopen, onder verdeeld in Rialto De Pijp, in de Amsterdamse wijk De Pijp. En Rialto VU, het kloppende culturele hart dat de bewoners en bezoekers van Buitenveldert, de Zuidas en de VU Campus met elkaar verbin
Rijkshemelvaartdienst (RHVD) aan de Oude Haagseweg is een vereniging die zich bezig houdt met vrijheid voor leven, kunst en cultuur. Sinds 1989 hebben zij dit met muziek, performances, shows en exposities laten zien tijdens verassende festivals. De sfeer tijdens deze festivals, andere evenementen, m
De Culturele Stelling van Amsterdam is een verdedigingslinie in en rond de stad waarin onafhankelijke creatieve initiatieven, zelfstandige woon-werkpanden en vrije culturele ruimten zich hebben verenigd sinds 2012. Amsterdam heeft van oudsher een reputatie als ‘vrije stad’ en ‘v
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