Bars
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Club with dance and play space over two floors and a rotating schedule of theme nights, posted on the club's website.
Small cruise bar with a fetish lean but no dress code outside special parties. It picks up after midnight.
Award-winning gay cocktail bar on Spuistraat open since 2006, known for its friendly and inclusive mixed queer crowd. Famous for prosecco on tap, a relaxed neighbourhood atmosphere, and weekly events including pub quiz and karaoke.
Amsterdam-based LGBTQ+ events production company running large circuit-style dance and sex parties several times a year at rotating city venues. Rapido events are a fixture of the Amsterdam gay party scene.
Large gay lounge bar done up like a London pub, with a street terrace when the weather allows.
Traditional gay jeans bar with pool table. ›Separating the men from the boys for over 40 years.‹
Cruise bar with leather and denim roots that welcomes every type.
Bear bar in central Amsterdam that took over the old The Web premises in May 2025.
Gay pub on the Zeedijk open since 1998, the last remaining gay pub on Amsterdam's historic queer street. Known for Tuesday drag bingo, 1950s kitsch décor, a canal terrace, and regular bear nights.
Brown café near Rembrandtplein where Dutch pop and schlager singalongs spill onto the street, long one of Amsterdam's best-loved gay bars.
Après-ski themed gay bar next to Club NYX, with a mixed crowd that arrives after 1am.
Busy gay bar on Reguliersdwarsstraat with weekly drag shows, a street terrace and a crowd of all ages.
Non-commercial queer disco with a mixed crowd, cheap drinks and a low door price. Space is limited, so queue by 9:30pm.
Opened as a leather bar in 1984 and has since dropped the fetish dress code. The cruising labyrinth in the basement fills up late in the evening.
One of the world's oldest gay bars, opened in 1927 by Bet van Beeren on the Zeedijk. Famous for its ceiling decorated with donated neckties and its defiant history through WWII, a beloved Amsterdam landmark and pilgrimage site for queer visitors.
Amsterdam's most popular lesbian bar in the De Pijp neighbourhood on Albert Cuypstraat. One of the few dedicated lesbian spaces in the city with karaoke, DJ nights, and a relaxed local atmosphere. Open Thursday through Sunday.
A large LGBTQ+ nightclub across multiple floors on Reguliersdwarsstraat, Amsterdam's main gay street. Known for drag performances, themed nights, and a diverse mixed crowd that parties into the early hours on weekends.
One of Amsterdam's oldest feminist and queer bars, open since the 1980s in the Jordaan neighbourhood. A relaxed lesbian and queer institution with a loyal regular clientele. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 4pm.
Gay bar on Reguliersdwarsstraat, Amsterdam's main LGBTQ+ strip, open since 2019. Two floors with cocktails, drag bingo, themed nights, and DJ sets on weekends for a mixed queer crowd.
A queer gift shop on Utrechtsestraat that transforms into a beloved drag cabaret bar in the evenings, with regular performances by Amsterdam's drag community. A neighborhood institution mixing kitsch, camp, and genuine community warmth.
A gay café on Korte Reguliersdwarsstraat in Amsterdam's gay district, opened by the owners of the former café FAME.
A gay bar in Haarlem, about 20 km west of Amsterdam, open late on weekends.
A queer and BIPOC safe-haven bar in Amsterdam's Oud-West that also hosts parties around town.