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Schiedamsesingel 173

Transcafé Rotterdam is a warm, welcoming social gathering for everyone exploring gender identity, hosted twice a month at COC Rotterdam Rijnmond, one of the oldest LGBTQ+ rights organizations in the world. On the first and third Sunday of every mo...

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Café KeerWeer

Keerweer 14

Café Keerweer has been a household name in Rotterdam’s gay community since 1985: a small, camp, and colorful cabaret bar that’s one of the city’s great late-night institutions. Cozy and unpretentious, it’s known for its plenty of drag queens, live...

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Café Bonaparte

Nieuwe Binnenweg 117A

Café Bonaparte is a long-standing gay and drag night café in the heart of Rotterdam, part of the city center’s cluster of LGBTQ+ bars. Recently taken over by new ownership (2026), it remains a late-night spot for the queer community. Check its soc...

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Café Strano

Van Oldenbarneveltstraat 154

Strano is an essential ingredient in any night out in gay Rotterdam: a small, cozy, trendy bar-club that’s been part of the scene for over two decades. Intimate and stylish, with red leather couches, baroque touches and a little dance floor lit by...

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Elio

Van Oldenbarneveltstraat 148A

Elio is Rotterdam’s cheerful new queer bar, opened in April 2025 as the younger, more laid-back sibling of the city’s famous Ferry, and quite possibly home to the largest bright-pink-painted bar in the Netherlands. Set in the beloved former premis...

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Ferry

Westblaak 127

Ferry is the beating heart of LGBTQ+ Rotterdam, a stylish, multi-concept venue right downtown that rolls a gay bar, restaurant, nightclub, art gallery and shop into one. By day and early evening it’s an easygoing café-restaurant with a creative me...

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Bar Loge 90

Schiedamsedijk 4

Bar Loge 90 is one of Rotterdam’s most enduring and lively gay bars, a genuine landmark of the local scene for over 30 years, handily located on Schiedamsedijk near Beurs metro station. Warm, laid-back and welcoming, it’s the kind of neighborhood ...