Gay Village Amsterdam - Gemeente Amsterdam - North Holland - Netherlands by Category

Contents:

• GAY AMSTERDAM – THE NOMADIC BOYS
• GAY AMSTERDAM
• LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• GAY AMSTERDAM GUI | AN LGBTQIA+ GUI TO AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM GAY TOUR WH A LOL: 100% PERSONALIZED & PRIVATE
• GAY AMSTERDAM: THE BT BARS, HOTELS AND PARTI
• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
• GAY VILLAGE AMSTERDAM
• CATEGORY:AMSTERDAM GAY PRI

GAY AMSTERDAM – THE NOMADIC BOYS

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’.

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). 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.

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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. 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). ” Although Amsterdam is packed wh gay bars, tablishments foced on queer women are rare and Bar Ba aims to highlight Amsterdam’s LGBTQ women.

In 1987, the Homomonument was unveiled on the bank of the Keizersgracht nal, facg the spot where the activists attempted to lay the wreath.

Amsterdam’s gay-iendly culture and strong anti-discrimatn laws mean you n expect most hotels the cy to wele gay travelers and upl.

LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Amsterdam has a long and fierce reputatn of tolerance and rpect for the rights of mori, cludg those of gays and lbians and homosexual upl n openly show their feelgs for one another public whout fear the Dutch pal. Wh four distctive gay districts the cy centre, rabow flags on nearly every other street and the annual Gay Pri celebratn, Amsterdam is the place to be for gays worldwi. After the suici of ntroversial gay entreprenr, Sjoerd Kooistra, June 2010 who owned half of Amsterdam’s gay venu, the lol scene was plunged to a noticeable prsn.

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Although Amsterdam is still as safe as many other big ci Europe, the cints have proven that Amsterdam isn’t immune to gay bashers. On the bright si, 2011 the cy is still full of energy and geo boys and girls and the loss of some classic venu has ma room for new gay entreprenrs to make their mark.

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Other areas clu the Kerkstraat (near Leidstraat) wh two gay hotels (The Goln Bear and Amistad) as well as a kky cise club, Warmostraat the Red Light district (wh cise bars, a leather scene and a cema) and the Zeedijk (home to some sy lol fés).

And last but not least there's a vast ncentratn of party plac around the Amstel, Halvemaansteeg and Rembrandt rmatn: Spuistraat 44, GAYtic(Specialised Gay Touristic Informatn, Monday - Saturday 11. 00) and Spuistraat 44 (si shop Gays & Gadgets) the Gay Informatn Centre (Gaytic) the Spuistraat you n fd all rmatn about party's, shps and gaymagaz. After some rt, the leather muny out to play at Amsterdam Leather Pri late the munyImage om Henri BlommersIn terms of march and activism, the Homomonument by the Wterkerk is often one of the central meetg pots for the LGBTQIA+ muny Amsterdam.

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Next to the monument, you'll also fd Pk Pot, Amsterdam's official LGBTQI+ rmatn ksk, which provis rmatn about the Homomonument and general rmatn on LGBTQI+ servic, groups and rmatn centr Amsterdam. And Amsterdam, s largt cy and home to the world's first gay monument, Homomonument, remas as LGBTQ iendly as ever: there's even a dited LGBTQ rmatn ksk jt adjacent to the monument, while 2020 saw the but of an official Dutch edn of RuPl's Drag Race, Drag Race Holland.

One of the worlds most unique pri celebratns of s kd, Amsterdam Gay Pri transforms the cy's central nal belt to a para route, wh boats servg as floats. Amsterdam's streets (and nals) are rich wh LGBTQ history and plac of importance, cludg the world's first monument dited to LGBTQ people, Homomonument. Openly gay, profsnal tour gui Henk Vri leads rmatn-rich LGBTQ-themed walkg tours, both group and private, of the s through his pany Special Amsterdam Tours.

The Dutch Ristance Mm (Verzetsmm) is a stop on De Vri' tours, and featur rmatn on some of the openly gay Dutch eedom fighters who sacrificed their liv to stop the Nazis.

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There are also several themed gay tours cludg a nightlife crawl of Reguliersdwarsstraat, known as Amsterdam's most famo gay streeet, om Gaily Tour—a ee drk is clud. Two mms are dited to photography, FOAM and Huis Marseill, while Amsterdam-based gay photographer Erw Olaf was the subject of a solo exhibn durg 2021 at the 22-year-old Galerie Ron Mandos.

Meanwhile, those seekg a ltle relaxatn, hot tub soak, and gay isky fun a bathhoe should check out Niwezijds Gay Sna, which offers some full-service spa servic cludg massage, pl a monthly afternoon/night dited to bears, daddi, cubs, chubs, and their admirers (every last Saturday) and all genr inti and sexual orientatns (every send Saturday at an event dubbed "Genr Fluids").

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And don't fet to spend some retail therapy time, startg wh a vis to LGBTQ liftyle store Gays & Gadgets, fetish wear and gear shop Black Body, and the ()famo Drake's, which doubl as a high end fashn and home ncept store and men-only cisg club!

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Another long-nng gay bar, the 2-story yet pact Spijker Bar opened 1978 jt off the nals and keeps thgs fun wh alternative tun, a pool table and gam, and a darkroom (hello, gloryhole! Like some smaller (and more budget-iendly) Amsterdam properti, the Amistad Hotel ed to pos self as explicly "gay iendly, " and is close to many bars, but swched ownership recent years and currently sts a wir while still makg sure LGBTQs feel wele (the ee daily breakfast helps! Relatively liberal attus the first half of the 20th century led to the tablishment of the first Dutch gay magaz, Levensrecht and Wij.

For any visor lookg for up-to-the-mute rmatn on the Amsterdam gay scene, the Pk Pot found close to the Anne Frank Hoe at Wterkerk provis an excellent overview. The iendly folks behd the unter at this gay tourist rmatn stand are always willg to help wh maps, club night listgs and sir advice. Found jt bi the Pk Pot at Wterkerk, the Homomonument stands as a tribute to all the LGBT people who lost their liv durg the opprsn of World War II.

The pots of the triangle dite the lotns of the Anne Frank Hoe, Dam Square’s Natnal War Memorial and the headquarters of the gay rights group COC. There are of urse plenty of excellent gay clubs to vis too, and a nice selectn of gay hotels for those lookg for the plete Amsterdam gay experience.