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Community workshops are central to The Owl’s Nest: places where people can make, repair, work on their own project, learn a skill, share knowledge, take part in a workshop or meet others. What you can do there varies by location.
The Owl’s Nest is a project built around a shareable work model. This makes it possible for community workshops to take shape in different places and through different operators. Each place can have its own character and its own capabilities.
Practical work, learning, knowledge sharing, meeting others, recovery and participation each have a place within it. People can take part or contribute, while professionals and organisations can collaborate around activities and projects or explore how the work model could also take shape elsewhere.
Practical work, shared knowledge and room to move forward.
You can start with something practical, explore what is possible, find a location, contribute or learn more about The Owl’s Nest. Choose the route that best matches what you are looking for.
Explore concrete ways to make or repair something, learn, meet others, pick something up again or move forward step by step. Each listing shows where this is possible and how you can get started.
From repair, woodworking, metalworking and electronics to arts, digital activities and social contact. Capabilities differ by location, as does the way you can get involved with them.
Bring your own project, repair or partly completed work. Learn how workshop use works, which capabilities and facilities are available at each location and which arrangements and costs may apply.
Learn or try a technique with guidance. See which workshops are currently available and what you can expect during a session.
Contribute time, knowledge and practical help, materials and equipment, or financial resources. Explore specific requests and broader campaigns and see where a contribution is welcome.
View the locations and what you can find there, including practical capabilities, facilities, access and local arrangements.
Learn more about the principles and history of The Owl’s Nest, discover different ways to take part, explore projects or see how professionals and organisations can collaborate. If you would like to make something similar possible in your neighbourhood, school, organisation or town, you can also learn how The Owl’s Nest could take shape there.
Learn how the project developed, which principles underpin it and how the shareable work model can be carried out by different operators and at different locations.
Explore projects that are built up and developed over time. Some begin with a practical idea, others with a question, experiment or need. They show how knowledge, experience, materials and collaboration can develop as the work progresses.
Information on how practical work, learning, recovery and participation can connect with education, care and treatment, support, reintegration, employers, referrers and other social contexts.
Would you like to create a place in your neighbourhood, school, organisation or town where people can work practically, share knowledge, learn, repair, make things and meet others? Explore how The Owl’s Nest could take shape there, what is needed and which knowledge and experience can help you get started.
Requests make specific needs visible, campaigns bring contributions together around a broader or longer-running need, and updates show what is changing. Below you can see a selection of the most recent requests, campaigns and updates.
For Halloween 2026, a small idea at Tugelastraat became a dark mining scene with wood, stone, plants, lighting and the fictional story of a miner named Hub.
A financial contribution helps Linux Café Haarlem buy parts to repair, upgrade and return laptops and computers to useful service.
Give old laptops, desktop PCs, monitors and other computer hardware another useful destination through repair, reuse with Linux or preservation of older systems in the collection.
A request for volunteers to help build a masonry wall at the back of The Owl's Nest workshop at Paul Krugerstraat.
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