THE 10 BEST Amsterdam Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• AMSTERDAM GAY PRI
• 5 M TO CENTRAL STATN - VERY GAY AREA - CLOSE TO EVERYTHG
• GAY TOURIST INFORMATN CENTRE
• GAY CLUBS AMSTERDAM
• NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA
• THE 10 CLOSEST HOTELS TO AMSTERDAM GAY PRIVIEW MAPHOTELS NEAR AMSTERDAM GAY PRI
• WIFI CENTRAL CLOSE TO GAY AREA
• GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI
• GAY BARS AMSTERDAM

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

Tripadvisor performs checks on and my other heterosexual iend both me here whout realisg was a gay bar. Tripadvisor performs checks on gay club Amsterdam which plays great mic and has super cheap drks and great ethics! The COC, a gay rights anizatn, was found Amsterdam 1946 and is the world’s olst ntually operatg anizatn of s kd.

In 1987, the Homomonument beme the first memorial to homosexuals persecuted World War II, and 2001, the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage.

LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Knowg all this, may seem surprisg that Europe’s most historilly acceptg cy lacks a te gayborhood.

SoHo is centrally loted the biggt LGBTQ+-iendly sectn of Amsterdam, and ’s steps away om popular gay bars Taboo, and Bar BLEND. Cafe t’ Mandje (“the basket”) holds the honor of beg Amsterdam’s first official gay bar.

AMSTERDAM GAY PRI

Get on your kne, all fours, or whatever nsensually works for you to worship at the altar of this gay cise club. If you’re lookg for a soak, steam, or somethg more obscene, this gay sna has got you vered — wh a towel, at least. Unlike most global Pri events, which memorate NYC’s 1969 Stonewall Rts and the birth of the Gay Liberatn Movement, Amsterdam Pri began 1996 solely as a celebratn of love and diversy.

5 M TO CENTRAL STATN - VERY GAY AREA - CLOSE TO EVERYTHG

In 1987, Amsterdam unveiled Homomonument, the world’s first monument memorializg homosexuals persecuted unr the Nazi regime.

Loted Wtermarkt, th l of pk grane form a triangle the square — a reclamatn of the symbol gay men and women were forced to wear ncentratn mps durg World War II. One fac the Natnal War Memorial Dam Square where gay activists laid a lavenr wreath 1970 and were subsequently arrted, sparkg the ia for this monument. Another fac Anne Frank’s hoe and is scribed wh a quote om a gay Jewish poet, Jab Israel Haan: Naar Vriendschap Zulk een Mateloos Verlangen (“Such an endls sire for iendship”).

The third fac the COC Nerland headquarters, which holds the distctn of beg the world’s olst ntually operatg gay rights anizatn.

GAY TOURIST INFORMATN CENTRE

This LGBTQ+ rmatn center and souvenir shop loted next to the Homomonument has been operatn for over 20 years.

The rosarium, loted halfway through the park, is famoly known as the most equented gay cisg area the cy. This ty gay-owned boutique hotel facg Kerkstraat is a five-mute walk om the cy’s most popular gay bars on Reguliersdwarsstraat and a short stroll to Mmple. In the 1990s, the ne rooms this 16th-century rowhoe served as a bawdy boutique hotel for upsle gay clientele: Rooms me equipped wh bondage gear, slgs, and even g.

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

NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA

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.

THE 10 CLOSEST HOTELS TO AMSTERDAM GAY PRIVIEW MAPHOTELS NEAR AMSTERDAM GAY PRI

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. Read our transparency report to learn 2018 • FriendsAmsterdam was full of gay pri flags around the cy, bars, hangg off of wdows etc. Read our transparency report to learn 2018 • CouplMy wife and I happened to vis fay and cintally we realised was a Gay Pri para the before yterday.

WIFI CENTRAL CLOSE TO GAY AREA

My home is a vibrant gay area and is 5-7 mut walkg om Central Statn and has an elevator.

Read our transparency report to learn jt returned om a short holiday Amsterdam and want to troduce Hans at the Gay Tourist Informatn Centre. Spuistraat and his partner n the Informatn Centre and has the most amazg knowledge of what available Amsterdam, GAY and STRAIGHT.

GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI

The Amsterdam gay club scene is vibrant and thrivg, wh plenty of optns to choose om.

Many clubs are exclively gay, while other clubs host regular or semi-regular gay nights. The list here is a selectn of the bt gay clubs Amsterdam has to offer, so your night on the town n be spent at jt the right spot. Another mastay gay club Amsterdam, De Tt has been around sce the 80s and has always been a scene favoure thanks to s non-mercial approach.

This relatively mastream club the heart of the Amsterdam gay district of Reguliersdwarsstraat attracts a young crowd and is welg of straight visors. While is not a dited gay bar, on the first Saturday of every send month Occii plays host to Spellbound, the cy's most beloved unrground gay dance party.

GAY BARS AMSTERDAM

AboutVis Niwezijds Gay Sna if you're up for some good, gay and clean fun a morn and luxur sna near Amsterdam's Central Statn. Top ways to experience Niwezijds Gay Sna and nearby attractnsThe area Neighbourhood: CentmAmsterdam’s buzzg hub, wh s sprawlg work of tram rails and a seemgly nstant flow of tourists and muters, yields nvenient accs to some of the bt sightseeg, shoppg, and street life Europe. The place is not the largt gay sna that I have vised but had all of the prerequis, steam and dry snas, banas, and maz.