Gay Tourist Informatn Centre (Amsterdam) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

Contents:

• OUTSI AMSTERDAM: GAY GUI
• GAY AND LBIAN NIGHTLIFE AMSTERDAM
• GAY TOURIST INFORMATN CENTRE
• GAY-IENDLY HOTELS AMSTERDAM
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• GAY AMSTERDAM

OUTSI AMSTERDAM: GAY GUI

It origally opened 1970, and although wasn’t the first gay bs the area, was the first one to be openly so, favourg large, open wdows to barred-up on. In the late 70s and to the 80s, the street then began to explo wh new gay bars and clubs, helpg to cement Amsterdam’s role as an ternatnal gay pal.

Highlightg the broad cross-sectn of visors to the area, Realy is a bar that typilly ters to Surame and Antillean homosexuals, referrg to self as a ‘gay bar wh a tropil flavour’. The Homomonument by the Wterkerk is a good optn for first port of ll. Next to the Homomonument is Pk Pot, Amsterdam's official gay and lbian rmatn ksk.

Pk Pot provis rmatn about the Homomonument, as well as general rmatn on gay and lbian Amsterdam.

GAY AND LBIAN NIGHTLIFE AMSTERDAM

If you haven’t found what you were lookg for at Vrolijk, try IHLIA, an ternatnal gay/lbian library, archive, rmatn and documentatn centre about homosexualy and sexual diversy the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA). Durg Amsterdam Gay Pri and Kg’s Day, the bars this district are prime viewg platforms for everythg gog on around and on the water.

As well as beg home to several gay-iendly hotels and bed & breakfasts, the street boasts Club Church, which hosts large-sle club nights, often themed, throughout the week. But this street was also home to the first gay & lbian bar the Netherlands!

GAY TOURIST INFORMATN CENTRE

While Amsterdam is famo for embracg and terg to the gay traveller, the rt of the Netherlands is often overlooked. There are plenty of gay iendly stutns outsi Amsterdam's storied nals. Vis a PANN party Utrecht, one of the bt gay parti the Netherlands.

GAY-IENDLY HOTELS AMSTERDAM

Formost among them is the PANN party seri, which has been voted for three years a row as the bt gay party the herlands. The straight iendly event seri featur performanc and mic, and is anized by the gay and youth advocy anizatn Stichtg Pann.

Rotterdam also has a thrivg gay scene whose epicenter is foced on bars suated around Van Olnbarneveltstraat and the neighborhood of Wtblaak. Cosmo is an extremely laid-back bar jt 5 ms walk om Keerweer and Rotterdam's ma gay club, the four-floored Club WHY (was: Gay Palace) is right next the day you'll want to explore the cy's many mms and archectural Hague and SchevengenThe Netherland's royal cy, The Hague, is well versed terg to queens. Gay bars Cafe Vk, De Landman, Cafe Duijnstee, and Trmf bar are among the better known.

THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

Consired by many to be the gay pal of Europe, Amsterdam is one of the most welg statns the world for LGBTQ travelers.

It has numero neighborhoods all over the cy dited to the LGBTQ muny, where you’ll fd gay bars, clubs, and hotels. Those who are gay Amsterdam will feel totally at home this welg cy which has long been at the foreont of LGBTQ activism and fight for acceptance.

The Netherlands, more broadly, is a culturally liberal untry and has historilly been a lear the fight for gay rights. In 2019, a Eurobarometer poll reported that 97% of Dutch people agreed that gay, lbian, and bisexual people should have the same rights as straight people (the send hight percentage the EU). Amsterdam has long been at the center of LGBTQ culture the Netherlands, home to some of s earlit gay bars and clubs.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

You’ll have no trouble fdg hotels that wele gay guts, and ’s unlikely for you to enunter issu when displayg affectn public. Along wh nightlife, you’ll also fd gay-owned and gay-iendly shops, rtrants, and f the areas, as well as a high nsy of LGBTQ lols.

Around Amstel River, you’ll fd a buzzg, vibrant gay district packed wh tradnal Dutch bars and historic queer tablishments.

GAY AMSTERDAM

Reguliersdwarsstraat is nsired the ma gay street Amsterdam. It’s the heart of Amsterdam’s gay scene and is packed wh bars, rtrants, and clubs. Kerkstraat is the olst gay area Amsterdam, close to the Leidseple nightlife district.