Bars & ClubsAmsterdamEagle Amsterdam
Warmoesstraat 90
Long-running bar/club set over three floors. Attracts leather/denim crowd but open to all. Live DJs on Fridays and Saturdays, darkroom in the basement.
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamPrik
Spuistraat 109
Loungy, kitschy bar with friendly prices and boys. Awarded ”Most popular gay bar in Netherlands” in 2014, and for good reason! It’s fun, always busy and cool. Cheap drinks on Monday evening.
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamRapido
Weteringschans 6-8
One of Amsterdam’s gay parties, playing house for a shirts-off kinda crowd. Held in an abandoned church, it happens four times a year only, so check website for the next.
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamSpijker
Kerkstraat 4
Alternative music, pool table, traditional pinball, and two screens broadcasting cartoons and... hard gay porn!
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamTrut
Bilderdijkstraat 165
Since the 80s, this non-commercial party celebrates dykes, trans, queers and everyone in between. All the employees are volunteers.
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamFAME
Amstel 50
FAME is one of the newest gay bars in Amsterdam! Small, but quite cool, with karaoke nights!
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamWeb
St Jacobsstraat 6 (btwn Nieuwendijk & NZ Voorburgwal)
Cruising bar with a darkroom and a rooftop. Think Tom of Finland!
Bars & ClubsRotterdamCafe Praag
Schiedamsesingel 175
Café Praag is the ground-floor café of the COC, Rotterdam’s gay and lesbian center, open every Friday from 5 to 8 pm.
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamCafe Mandje
Zeedijk 63
recently reopened after 25+ years; originally opened in 1927 as Amsterdam’s first gay bar by dyke-on-bike Bet van Beeren
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamClub NYX
Reguliersdwarsstraat 42
Exit, one of Amsterdam’s most popular gay clubs, had been closed since March 2010, but a new owner is set to bring it back to life. The club is due to reopen in early 2012.
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamGarbo
Amsteldijk 223 (at Miranda Paviljoen & Brasseriede Lakey)
4pm-midnight 1st Sat only; dinner, drinks, dancing, this location starts October 2010, check website before that date for location
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamSupperclub
Singel 460
More than just a restaurant, Supperclub is a gallery, bar, club and diner combined. Eat out then drink and party in this polysexual hangout.
Bars & ClubsAmsterdamTaboo
Reguliersdwarsstraat 45
Cozy and busy gay bar with great service, friendly staff and daily happy hours. Extensive cocktail menu.