Welcome!
Here you'll find the most complete and up to date overview of Amsterdam's gay and lesbian nightlife!
Compared to other Gay Capitals, Amsterdam is almost like a Gay Village. But despite being small in size, the Amsterdam gay scene has a long history and a large variety of places. They are concentrated in and around the following streets, each with its own character:
Amstel area (local & cozy)
- Cafés: Amstel Fifty Four · Brug34 · Free Willie
- Dragshow bar: De Lellebel
Kerkstraat (queer & fetish)
- Café: Spijker
- Cruise club: Church
- Street party: StreetHeart Festival
Reguliersdwarsstraat (trendy & international)
- Cafés: BLEND · BLEND XL · Exit Café · Reality Bar · Soho · Taboo Bar
- Food bar: Taboo Kantine
- Lesbian café: B'Femme
- Restaurant: Garlic Queen
- Club: NYX
Spuistraat area (all sorts)
- Café: Prik
- Restaurant: 't Sluisje
- Cruise bars: The Cuckoo's Nest · The Web
- Sauna: Nieuwezijds
Warmoesstraat (leather & fetish)
- Cruise bar: Dirty Dicks
- Cruise club: Eagle Amsterdam
- Street party: Leather Pride
Zeedijk (local & cozy)
- Cafés: 't Mandje · The Queen's Head
- Street party: Hartjesdagen
Elsewhere in the city (queer & lesbian)
- Food bars: Lola the Green Aardvark · Pamela
- Lesbian: Bar Buka · Café Saarein
- Clubs: De Trut · Raum
- Street party: Liberation Day
- Dance parties: BACKDOOR · Bear-Necessity · BOPS · Danserette · Femmazing · Flirtation · F*cking POP Queers · FunHouse · HEADRUSH · Is Burning · Lesbique · Rapido · Spellbound · Spielraum · WTF Saturday! · XXX Leather
- Festivals: Kwaku Roze Zondag · Milkshake · Superflirt · Tropikali
- Cafés: Amstel Fifty Four · Brug34 · Free Willie
- Dragshow bar: De Lellebel
Kerkstraat (queer & fetish)
- Café: Spijker
- Cruise club: Church
- Street party: StreetHeart Festival
Reguliersdwarsstraat (trendy & international)
- Cafés: BLEND · BLEND XL · Exit Café · Reality Bar · Soho · Taboo Bar
- Food bar: Taboo Kantine
- Lesbian café: B'Femme
- Restaurant: Garlic Queen
- Club: NYX
Spuistraat area (all sorts)
- Café: Prik
- Restaurant: 't Sluisje
- Cruise bars: The Cuckoo's Nest · The Web
- Sauna: Nieuwezijds
Warmoesstraat (leather & fetish)
- Cruise bar: Dirty Dicks
- Cruise club: Eagle Amsterdam
- Street party: Leather Pride
Zeedijk (local & cozy)
- Cafés: 't Mandje · The Queen's Head
- Street party: Hartjesdagen
Elsewhere in the city (queer & lesbian)
- Food bars: Lola the Green Aardvark · Pamela
- Lesbian: Bar Buka · Café Saarein
- Clubs: De Trut · Raum
- Street party: Liberation Day
- Dance parties: BACKDOOR · Bear-Necessity · BOPS · Danserette · Femmazing · Flirtation · F*cking POP Queers · FunHouse · HEADRUSH · Is Burning · Lesbique · Rapido · Spellbound · Spielraum · WTF Saturday! · XXX Leather
- Festivals: Kwaku Roze Zondag · Milkshake · Superflirt · Tropikali
(Opening hours are subject to change. Please note that many places are closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Check the website or Facebook page of the place for current info)
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News
about gay & lesbian nightlife in Amsterdam
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April 21, 2021:
October 14, 2020:
News about Reguliersdwarsstraat: Reguliers.net
Links
Useful links about gay nightlife in:
- Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
- The rest of the world
+ Various LGBT links
Gay nightlife in Amsterdam
Streets:
- Reguliersdwarsstraat
- Warmoesstraat
Guides:
- Gay Amsterdam
- Nighttours: Amsterdam
- Iamsterdam: LGBTQI+ scene
- Patroc: Amsterdam
- Queer Europe: Amsterdam
- Gay Cities: Amsterdam
- Pinksider: Amsterdam
- The Gay Passport: Amsterdam
- Queer In The World: Amsterdam
- Gay Out: Amsterdam
- Travel Gay: Amsterdam
- GayTravelr: Amsterdam
Calendars:
- Gay Amsterdam: Agenda
- Tom of Amsterdam
- Gay Parties Amsterdam
- GiGi
Prides:
- Pride Amsterdam
- Queer Amsterdam
- Leather & Fetish Pride
- Black Pride
Tickets:
- Gaygo Tickets
Tours:
- LGBT Gay Tours Amsterdam
Photos:
- LGBT nightlife in Amsterdam
- Gay Businesses 1983-2010
Memorabilia:
- Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Nightlife
History:
- Graveyard of LGBTQI pubs & clubs
Gay nightlife in The Netherlands
Guides:
- Nighttours: Netherlands
- Queer In The World: Netherlands
- GayTravelr: Netherlands
- Saunas4men: Netherlands
Calendars:
- Nighttours: Netherlands
Photos:
- Wikimedia: LGBT Nightlife
Memorabilia:
- Dutch Gay & Lesbian Nightlife
- LGBTQI+ Buttons
History:
- LGBT history in the Netherlands
Gay café Kalff in Utrecht during a memorial
for gay disco De Roze Wolk (1982-2006)
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for gay disco De Roze Wolk (1982-2006)
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Gay nightlife in the rest
of the world
of the world
Cities:
- Queer Berlin
Streets & Villages:
- Canal Street, Manchester
- Le Marais, Paris
- Hell's Kitchen, New York City
- Church-Wellesley, Toronto
- Village, Montréal
Guides:
- GayBars.eu
- Gay Travel Guide Europe
- Queer Europe
- Spartacus Intern. Gay Guide
- Gay Cities
- Pinksider
- The Gay Passport
- Queer In The World
- Gay Out
- GayTravel
- Travel Gay
- GayTravelr
- Saunas4men
Calendars:
- Gay Events Belgium
- IGLTA: Pride Calendar
- Gay Pride Calendar
- GayPrides.com
- GiGi
Photos:
- Wikimedia: Gay bars
Buttons:
- LGBTQI+ Buttons
T-Shirts:
- Wearing Gay History
- Throwback Gay Bar T-Shirts
History:
- Wikipedia: Gay bar
- Brussels Almanack Dykes
- Molly Houses in London
- Lost LGBT Scene Project
- England: Pride of Place
- OUTgoing New York City
- San Francisco Gay History
- The Lesbian Bar Project
- GayBarchives
Various LGBT links
LGBT news:
- Gay News
- Queer.de · Schwulissimo
- PinkNews · Advocate
Podcast:
- Making Gay History
Museums:
- Schwules Museum, Berlin
- Queer Britain, London
- American LGBTQ+ Museum, NYC
- GLBT Historical Society, SF
Archives:
- IHLIA LGBT Heritage
- Fonds Suzan Daniel
- Centrum Schwule Geschichte
- ONE Gay & Lesbian Archives
Contact: info@homohoreca.nl
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