Soñando
14-16 NOVEMBER 2025
Takes place in a wonderful location in the neighborhood of
Addresses:
Oranjekerk, Tweede van der Helststraat 1-3, 1073 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands (Fri, Sat)
Willem de Zwijgerkerk, Olympiaweg 14, 1076 VX Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sun)
Oranjekerk, an intimate and beautiful church, with a great wooden dance floor
will be the main venue for this edition, Friday and Saturday, right in the heart
of
Address: Oranjekerk, Tweede van der Helststraat 1-3, 1073 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands
With a perfect woodenfloor, Willem de Zwijgerkerk, will be the Sunday's venue.
Address: Willem de Zwijgerkerk, Olympiaweg 14, 1076 VX Amsterdam, Netherlands
We are looking forward to offer an event in a beautiful location; convenient times, good provisions, nice atmosphere, experienced international DJ’s with a ‘feel’ for the dancers. We are happy to welcome an international group of dancers, from all regions, with a nice quality of dance and social behavior. This will create a nice ronda and a weekend to remember!
Parking is available on the street around Orangekerk which costs €6.50 per hour on Monday to Sunday (between 09h and 00h).
Parking close to Willem de Zwijgerkerk is free of charge on Sundays!
Check Seety application for your convenience and some welcome discounts.
https://seety.co/parking-rules/poi/place-of-worship-oranjekerk-amsterdam
We recommend P+R RAI as the cheapest and closest solution. You can park your car for €13 per 24 hours. If you arrive after 10h or during the weekend you pay only €6 per 24 hours.
Note that you have to take your car out of the parking lot before the end of 24h period, after that you'll pay €5.50 per hour to a maximum of €33.00 per 24 hours.
https://www.rai.nl/bereikbaarheid/p-en-r
The venue is one metro stop away. Depart from Europaplein and arrive at De Pijp; each stop is a 7-min walk from its respective departure/arrival point.
Alex Hawat/Lebanon
Alex has been, since 2012, dedicated to the art of tango DJing, focusing on enriching the milonga experience. My approach goes beyond mere music selection; it’s about crafting narratives that encourage every dancer to express themselves fully through each tanda and cortina. He strives for a seamless musical journey from start to end of his set, creating an atmosphere where music speaks to everyone, fostering a deep connection between the dancers and the rhythms of tango, bringing the essence of tango to life on the dance floor.
Bénédicte Beauloye
Benedicte Beauloye, alias DJ Bomboncito, is playing tango music since 2015 and travelling all over Europe for the past 15 years. Along with Jens-Ingo Brodesser she developped "Tango Time Travel", a project that provides high quality digital transfers from restored original shellac and early vinyl records.
Francesco Cieschi/Italy
Francesco is an Italian dancer, teacher, performer, and musicalizador for Argentine Tango living in Berlin. In the last twelve years he has worked and traveled in Europe, Asia and South America, collaborating with many prominent artistic personalities at the most important tango events. He is a recognized Tango DJ with international fame. Basing his sets on a repertoire of Golden Age hits, his knowledge of the music and understanding of the dancers, being himself a very active milonguero, enables him to produce energetic sets of enjoyment and passion.
Vincent van't Laar/Netherlands
Vincent van't Laar, as a social dancer, organizer and fanatic marathoner he is well aware of the important duty of the DJ to read the room for the required energy and to offer a coherent and flowing transition between the orchestras and singers of the 30s/40s. He performed as a DJ at marathons, festivals and milongas in Austria, Egypt, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Poland.
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To be announced...
Paulo Matos/Portugal
What to expect? Traditional tango music, mostly focused on the golden age (late 30s and 40s) with occasional deviations for earlier or later periods. Tango for him is a journey of search driven by deep feelings, a quest to match music and dance, a way to build connections between partners and the ronda. He has been playing in local milongas and international events in Portugal, Spain, Latvia, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Ukraine, Uruguay and South Korea.
Marathon includes: International dancers, 100% role-balanced, wooden dance floor, snacks and water
This was the closest and cheapest solution we found if you're looking for an hotel close to Orangekerek. It's pretty basic, but it's clean and confortable. You're a 3 minutes walking distance.
For more than 85 years, Stayokay has offered its local and international guests the ideal starting point for new and valuable experiences. Stayokay offers no unnecessary luxury, but a well-catered stay in informal surroundings.
Stayokay Hostel Amsterdam Zeeburg is at 15 minutes biking distance to the marathon venue. (Stayokay supplies the bikes.) Or you can use tram 3 which takes 13 minutes + 9 minutes walking. From Amsterdam Central Station, you can reach the hostel using public transportation in 20 minutes.
You can further consider the following accommodation options ‐ you might get discounts on some of them while booking directly.
Note that, with the aid of public transportation, you can increase your options for accommodation. Oranjekerk, the venue for the event, is close to several public transportation stops, as in, tram 3 and 12; and the night bus 84. You can find even more options for public transportation with the application 9292.nl, which is a daily source of travel information for public transport for all kinds of passengers.
Marijke
