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Netherlands Gay Bars & Clubs

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

Amsterdam

Prik

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.

Clubs

Amsterdam

Rapido

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

Amsterdam

Coffeeshop The Dolphins

Kerkstraat 39

THE PURREST COFFEESHOP IN TOWN OVER 20 YEARS.... Friendly staff, smokers area, Lavazza-coffee and vaporizors available for the best 420Experience.

Bars

Amsterdam

Montmartre

Halvemaansteeg 17

5pm-1am, till 4am Fri-Sat, very Dutch

Bars

Amsterdam

Spijker

Kerkstraat 4

Alternative music, pool table, traditional pinball, and two screens broadcasting cartoons and... hard gay porn!

Clubs

Amsterdam

Trut

Bilderdijkstraat 165

Since the 80s, this non-commercial party celebrates dykes, trans, queers and everyone in between. All the employees are volunteers.

Bars

Breda

Café de Halte

Halstraat 30

On Halstraat, Café de Halte has been part of Breda’s gay life since 1967 - the city’s very first gay venue, and still going strong as a cosy café with a club vibe. Sociable and laid-back early on, it builds into a livelier, dancier night towards t...

Bars

Amsterdam

Café Pub Soho

Reguliersdwarsstraat 36

Cool gay lounge with a terrace and vintage London pub vibes.

Bars

Amsterdam

Cuckoo’s Nest

NZ Kolk 6

Founded in 1984 as a leather bar. Now reputed for its darkroom, one of the largest in Europe. Better take a map!

Bars

Breda

Flamingoos

Sint Janstraat 5

Flamingoos is Breda’s coziest gay café - a warm, characterful little bar decked out in rich, glowing colors, where the gezellig atmosphere and easy conversation keep regulars coming back. It’s the kind of relaxed, friendly local that’s perfect for...

Bars

Breda

't Piggenhuis

Nieuwstraat 19

’t Piggenhuis is a genuine Breda institution - a much-loved gay café where everyone feels at home and all are welcome. Unpretentious and warm, it’s the sort of place locals treat as a second living room, easy to settle into whether you’re a regula...

Bars

Amsterdam

Web

St Jacobsstraat 6 (btwn Nieuwendijk & NZ Voorburgwal)

Cruising bar with a darkroom and a rooftop. Think Tom of Finland!

Bars

Rotterdam

Apollo

1 review

Schiedamsesingel 175

Clubs

Rotterdam

Gay Palace

1 review

Schiedamsesingel 139

Bars

Rotterdam

Gay Play

1 review

Gravendijkwal 92

Bars

Rotterdam

Cafe 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.

Nieuwe Binnenweg 117

Keerweer 14

Zeedijk 20 (off Nieuwmarkt)

4pm-1am, till 3am Fri-Sat, bingo Tue

Clubs

Amsterdam

Bear Necessity @ Panama

Oostelijke Handelskade 4

Probably the biggest bears’ party in Amsterdam. Tickets: 15-20€.

Bars

Amsterdam

Cafe 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

Clubs

Amsterdam

Club 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.

Clubs

Amsterdam

Danserette @ Akhnaton

Nieuwezijds Kolk 25

Gay dance party with classic and new pop hits from the 1990s till now. Tickets: 15€.

Mauritsweg 34