Grote Broek

De Grote Broek
Depiction of building
Grote Broek from front
Map
Former namesDe Grote Karel
AddressVan Broeckhuysenstraat 46, 6511 PK
LocationNijmegen
Coordinates51°50′38″N 5°51′58″E / 51.8438°N 5.8660°E / 51.8438; 5.8660
TypeSocial centre
Website
grotebroek.nl

De Grote Broek (English: The Big Trousers) is a legalised squat and self-managed social centre in central Nijmegen in the Netherlands. It was occupied in 1984 and legalised from 2002 onwards. It spans two sides of a city block and has entrances on both Van Broeckhuysenstraat and Tweede Walstraat. The project consists of two separate housing co-operatives living above a cafe on one side and Extrapool and a music venue on the other. Groups with shared political objectives are hosted at the centre.[1]

  1. ^ Redactie (13 December 2018). "Koken voor een betere wereld". Het Algemeen Nijmeegs Studentenblad. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.