Gay Bars in Amsterdam · Page 2

From the old days, but updated

Gay bar that registers as the one of the city's oldest, first opened in 1964, with different management since...

Amstel · Amstel 54, Amsterdam

• drag
• go-go boys
• outdoor seating
• happy hour
• cocktail lounge
• cabaret

The circuit comes to town

Occasional but always huge and glossy dance parties for the circuit crowd, staged a few times a year and often...

385 Binnenkadijk, Amsterdam

• 30+
• 40+
• dancing

This is a very popular bar

The most frequented and award-winning of all the Amstel watering holes, Montmartre takes its inspiration from the...

Amstel · Halvemaansteeg 17, Amsterdam

• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• 50+
• dancing
• 18+
• mixed LGBTQ+

When you're young and in lust

A mixed and indie-thinking basement dance party for those identifying themselves as "dyke, trans, queer or...

Amsterdam Oud-West · Bilderdijkstraat 165, Amsterdam

• 20+
• dancing
• 18+
• mixed gay/straight

Busy bar with men

Small and buzzy bar with just enough room for stools and men standing no more than two deep. Smoking and lounging...

Reguliersdwarsstraat · Reguliersdwarsstraat 45, Amsterdam

• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• drag
• happy hour
• cocktail lounge
• cabaret

Strict and themed (mostly straight) erotic bar

Gay- and straight-embracing two-floor establishment devoted to unbridled sexual pursuits across the spectrum,...

Westerpark · Nassaukade 120, Amsterdam

• Backroom
• dancing
• leather
• cruising
• mixed gay/straight

Cafe 't Mandje

Is this the world's oldest gay bar?

An extraordinary institution started in 1927 by motorcycle-riding, leather-jacketed maverick lesbian Bet van Beeren...

Nominated for Best of GayCities 2023 - Legendary Bar

Zeedijk · Zeedijk 63, Amsterdam

• 50+
• pub
• mixed gay/straight
• bar food

It's a (mostly) woman's world

Frisky and very decorated queer corner bar that started life in 1978, when ten women formed a collective and took...

Jordaan · Elandsstraat 119, Amsterdam

• lesbian
• trans-friendly
• pool table
• happy hour
• mixed LGBTQ+
• mixed gay/straight
• bar food
• LGBTQ+ owned

Bi-monthly-ish dance den for bears and friends

Big, hairy and testosterone-fuelled (but also relaxed and "attitude-free") late-night party for dancing...

Amsterdam Oost (East) · Oostelijke Handelskade 4, Amsterdam

• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• dancing
• leather
• bears

For the love of drag

The Amstel neighbourhood's top bar for drag, featuring resident performers, with cabaret from Thursday to...

Reguliersdwarsstraat · Utrechtsestraat 4, Amsterdam

• trans-friendly
• drag
• karaoke
• mixed LGBTQ+
• cabaret