The Tabakspanden are a group of buildings standing on the Spuistraat in central Amsterdam, adjacent to the Keizerrijk and Wijdesteeg alleyways.

Named after a former owner, the speculator Hendrik Tabak, they were mostly squatted from 1983 onwards, although the artist Peter Klashorst also rented an apartment and gallery space.

[4][5] The Tabakspanden are named after the speculator Hendrik Tabak, who bought the cluster of buildings after World War II.

The Tabakspanden were well known for their colourful facades and graffiti, with the Slangenpand (Snakehouse) easily identified by the snake painted across the front exterior of the building.

[8] At one stage the artist Peter Klashorst rented an apartment and gallery space which he called Cash & Carry, based at Spuistraat 219.

[13][14] The building at 199 Spuistraat was occupied on 6 March 1983, by 200 squatters while the police were busy with an Ajax Amsterdam football match.

Van Elsen commented "I continue to believe that it is a missed opportunity that Amsterdam [Council] and De Key want to destroy a breeding place and urban arts zone.

[22] The works were delayed on 30 April 2016, when a 51 year old German man set fire to the buildings and then jumped to his death.