Spuistraat area
In Spuistraat and the surrounding streets there are traditionally a number of very diverse gay places:
Café: Prik
Restaurant: 't Sluisje
Cruise bars: The Cuckoo's Nest · The Web
Sauna: Nieuwezijds
Street parties: King's Day · Pride
More: History · Links
updated: 05-11-2022
Please note that many places are closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Check the website or social media of the particular place for current info.
C A F É
Prik
A friendly environment with surprising drinks, bites and good music
Spuistraat 109
1012 SV Amsterdam
Since July 14, 2006
Opening hours: (subject to change)
- Weekends: 15.00 - 03.00 hrs
- Weekdays: 16.00 - 01.00 hrs
- Weekends: 15.00 - 03.00 hrs
- Weekdays: 16.00 - 01.00 hrs
R E S T A U R A N T
't Sluisje
The best and only dragshow restaurant in town
Torensteeg 1
1012 TH Amsterdam
Since 1995
Opening hours: (subject to change)
- Daily: 17.00 - 24.00 hrs
- Daily: 17.00 - 24.00 hrs
C R U I S E B A R S
The Cuckoo's Nest
The hottest gay men's bar in Amsterdam
Nieuwezijds Kolk 6
1012 PV Amsterdam
Since November 1984
Opening hours: (subject to change)
- Weekends: 13.00 - 02.00 hrs
- Weekdays: 13.00 - 01.00 hrs
- Weekends: 13.00 - 02.00 hrs
- Weekdays: 13.00 - 01.00 hrs
The Web
One of the most relaxed fetish gay bars
Sint Jacobsstraat 6
1012 NC Amsterdam
Since May 1, 1986
Opening hours: (subject to change)
- Weekends: 13.00 - 02.00 hrs
- Weekdays: 18.00 - 24.00 hrs
- Weekends: 13.00 - 02.00 hrs
- Weekdays: 18.00 - 24.00 hrs
S A U N A
Nieuwezijds (NZ)
Stylish and popular gay sauna
Nieuwezijds Armsteeg 95
1012 NB Amsterdam
Since December 6, 2013
Opening hours: (subject to change)
- Weekends: 12.00 - 10.00 hrs
- Weekdays: 12.00 - 02.00 hrs
- Weekends: 12.00 - 10.00 hrs
- Weekdays: 12.00 - 02.00 hrs
T H E P A S T
History
of the gay places in the Spuistraat areaDuring the late 1950s there was already the chic gay café Circuit at the southern end of Spuistraat. At the same time there where three more ordinary gay bars called Jamaica Inn, Paraplu and La Vie en Rose located in a small, nearby street called Voetboogstraat.
Gay café Le Circuit at Spuistraat 330, here in 1955
Photo: Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening - click to enlarge
Photo: Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening - click to enlarge
By the end of the 1970s, several gay brothels opened in the northern part of Spuistraat, like a place that was later known as Blue Boy, which closed in 2004. Another brothel at nr. 44 was later turned into a sauna with cinema and eventually became LGBT gift shop Gays & Gadgets. The only gay brothel that still exists is Boys Club 21.
> See also: The Amsterdam Gay Bar Culture 1930-1970
More about the history of the gay places in the Spuistraat area will follow later!
Links
Cruise bars: Cruising Amsterdam
Shops: Man to Man · Gays & Gadgets · Underground
Memorabilia: Spuistraat @ Historypin
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+ bars and cafes
- 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
- GoGiGi
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 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
- GoGiGi
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
Linkpartners:
- Amsterdam Masseur Homo/Hetero?