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Cafe 't Mandje

(12 Ratings)
Is this the world's oldest gay bar?

An extraordinary institution started in 1927 by motorcycle-riding, leather-jacketed maverick lesbian Bet van Beeren (1902–67), who bought the bar in Zeedijk (off the Warmoesstraat) from her uncle and made it her own until her death in 1967, when younger sister Margaretha 'Greet' van Beeren (1923-2007) took it over and ran it until 1982, when the area had taken a turn for the worse. The small and heavily decorated bar lay dormant (but dusted, aired and vacuumed) until 2008, when the...

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Nominee for Best of GayCities '23

Hours
Wed and Thu 4pm—midnight
Fri 4pm—2am
Sat 3pm—2am
Sun 3pm—midnight


Featured in Best of GayCities '23
Nominated - Legendary Bar


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Reviews

bgluckman
bgluckman first review First to Review
Over a year ago

A fun neighborhood place with a cool historic vibe. A nice change of pace from the rest of the red light district.


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