Trans Europe Halles

Trans Europe Halles (TEH) is a member-led non-governmental organisation born on 6 March 1983 and currently based in Sweden. We are a bottom-up value-driven activist network that connects 140+ grassroots cultural centres in 40+ countries across and beyond Europe. Among other things, TEH advocates for the DIY, independent and alternative cultural sector, and advises conscious planners, developers, and policymakers.  

Our mission is to generate strong connections between grassroots cultural centres and enable them to fulfil their potential: activate communities, neighbourhoods, cities, and regions through arts and culture. We advocate for social justice, spatial justice, and diversity in places where these values are challenged. We act as a counterweight against displacement, abandonment, gentrification, segregation, and other urban plagues, and stand up for what we believe to be the very foundation of democracy: citizen engagement, decolonisation, and freedom of expression.