Accessibility at ADE
If you have accessibility requests or requirements that are not covered on this page, please contact [email protected] and we'll do our best to accommodate your request.
The ADE Conference takes place in various locations in the heart of Amsterdam. Although we've gathered some beautiful venues to house our conference programs, they can provide challenges for people with disabilities. Therefore, this page entails details about what to expect in terms of the accessibility of the conference locations.
Besides that, below you can read more about the accessibility of the different ADE Info & Ticket Desk locations.
NOTE: more updated information on the venues for ADE 2025 will be communicated closer to ADE.
The ADE Festival and Arts & Culture program are out-of-home productions, meaning that these events are organized by external organizations. Therefore, the accessibility of these events is not determined by ADE. Please contact the individual events organizations for more information on their accessibility.
Accessibility ADE Pro Conference
✓ How to get there
Felix Meritis is located on the Keizersgracht 324. There are several parking garages nearby: Parkeergarage Rokin, Parkeergarage Kalverstraat, Q-Park Europarking and Q-Park de Bijenkorf. Taxi’s can come to the corner of the street, close to the venue, for dropping off. Public transportation offers several options about 500 meters away.
✓ Accessible Programs
The ADE Pro program is divided over all the rooms of Felix Meritis, which are located on different levels. The following rooms are wheelchair accessible via the two different elevators in the building:
- Restaurant & Reception
- Concertzaal
- Zuilenzaal
- Shaffyzaal
- Teekenzaal 1 & 2
The building has a small number of mezzanine floors and balconies, making some areas less accessible. The Koepelzaal, Sterrenzaal and the balcony of the Shaffyzaal are not accessible via the elevators. Signing is provided on location for routing.
If you have any questions about this or need assistance, please send an email to [email protected] and we'll try to accommodate your needs.
✓ Accessible Entrance
Guests with a wheelchair can access the building through the main entrance, where a ramp is available to be placed. Our staff knows about this and is happy to place this for you. The ground floor entails the reception, restaurant, wheelchair accessible toilet as well as the Concertzaal. From here, two different elevators lead to different rooms upstairs – there’s a lift in the front of the building (leading to levels 2, 6, and 8), and also the back of the building (leading to levels 1, 3, and 5). This information is provided in the elevators as well.
✓ Wheelchair Accessible Toilet
There is an extra large toilet available in the Felix Meritis
✓ Distance between ADE Pro locations
Felix Meritis located is in between two other Pro Conference locations. The distance to the ADE-entrance of the Andaz Hotel (Keizergracht 440) is 240m. The wheelchair accessible entrance of the Pulitzer Hotel (Prinsengracht 323) is 450m away from Felix Meritis and Rosewood Amsterdam (Prinsengracht 432 – 436) is 600m away.
✓ How to get there
The Pulitzer Hotel is located on the Keizersgracht (note: see Accessible Entrance below). There are several parking garages nearby: Parkeergarage Rokin, Parkeergarage Kalverstraat, Q-Park Europarking and Q-Park de Bijenkorf. Taxi’s can come right up to the front entrance of the location for dropping off. Public transportation offers several options about 500 meters away.
✓ Accessible Programs
The ADE Pro program in the Pulitzer Hotel takes place in the Garden Room and is wheelchair accessible.
✓ Accessible Entrance
Wheelchair accessible entrance: Prinsengracht 323, 1016 GZ Amsterdam (this is the Pulitzer Hotel's main entrance)
The official entrance for ADE visitors is at Keizersgracht 224, however this entrance is not wheelchair accessible. Guests with a wheelchair can access the building through the main entrance of the Pulitzer Hotel. From the lobby of the hotel, there is a hallway taking you to the backside of the hotel, where the Garden Room is located in which the ADE Pro sessions are taking place. Following the hallway, there’s a lift that can take you to the level of the Garden Room.
Please send an email to [email protected] in case you'd need to enter the Pulitzer Hotel via its main entrance.
✓ Wheelchair Accessible Toilet
There is an extra large toilet available in the Pulitzer Hotel.
✓ Distance between ADE Pro locations
The wheelchair accessible entrance of the Pulitzer Hotel (Prinsengracht 323) is 450m away from Felix Meritis, 650m away from the Andaz Hotel and 900m away from Rosewood Amsterdam.
✓ How to get there
The Andaz Hotel is located on the Keizersgracht. There are several parking garages nearby: Parkeergarage Rokin, Parkeergarage Kalverstraat, Q-Park Europarking and Q-Park de Bijenkorf. Taxi’s can come right up to the front entrance of the location for dropping off. Public transportation offers several options about 500 meters away.
✓ Accessible Programs
The ADE Pro program in the Andaz Hotel takes place on the ground floor and is wheelchair accessible.
If you booked your stay in the Andaz Hotel, the hotel rooms on other levels can be reached by elevator.
✓ Accessible Entrance
The entrance to the Andaz Hotel used by ADE visitors (Keizersgracht 440) is wheelchair accessible.
✓ Wheelchair Accessible Toilet
There is an extra large toilet available in the Andaz Hotel.
✓ Distance between ADE Pro locations
The Andaz Hotel is 240m away from Felix Meritis, also located on the Keizersgracht. The wheelchair accessible entrance of the Pulitzer Hotel (Prinsengracht 323)is 650m away from the Andaz Hotel and the entrance of Rosewood Amsterdam is 300m away from Andaz Hotel.
More detailed information on the accessibility of the new ADE Lab locations will be publised shorlty. Below we have already listed the new locations of this year at Westergas.
Accessibility ADE Lab Conference
As of ADE 2025, ADE Lab expands and builds its own 'ADE Lab Village' in Westerpark. In Westerpark, it will take place at the following locations:
〰 WestWeelde
Address: Klönneplein 4, 1014 DD Amsterdam
〰 Radio Radio
Address: Pazzanistraat 3, 1014 DB Amsterdam
〰 Pacific Amsterdam
Address: Polonceaukade 23, 1014 DA Amsterdam
〰 Bakkerswinkel
Address: Polonceaukade 1&2, 1014 DA Amsterdam
〰 Mossel & Gin
Address: Gosschalklaan 12, 1014 DC Amsterdam
〰 Amsterdam Flavours
Address: Pazzanistraat 7, 1014 DB Amsterdam
〰 Gashouder Office
Address: Klönneplein 1, 1014 DD Amsterdam
Read more about the new ADE Lab locations in this news item.
Accessibility ADE Info & Ticket Desks
Address: Keizersgracht 324, 1016 EZ Amsterdam.
You will find this Info & Ticket Desk outside, in front of Felix Meritis at the Keizersgracht. The desk is accessible for wheelchair users. Since this desk is right in front of Felix Meritis, and close to the Andaz and Pulitzer hotel, it's the most convenient location for people who'd like to visit the ADE Pro Conference.
See the accessibility details of conference location Felix Meritis for more information on how to get to the location on top of this page at 'Pro Conference'.
If you need any assistance to make the process of picking up your wristband a pleasant experience, please send an email to [email protected] and we'll try our best to accommodate your request.
Information about other Info & Ticket Desks will be communicated shortly.
More detailed information on our Info & Ticket Desks can be found here:
