For LGBTQI+ visors and rints of Amsterdam, there are distct neighbourhoods where they n fd many iendly gay bars and diverse bs.
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GAY AMSTERDAM
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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’.
GAY AMSTERDAM · CY GUI
Gay Amsterdam Cy Gui for gay travelers. Overview of the cy, gay scene, how to get there, travel tips, popular tourist attractns Amsterdam. * amsterdam gay district map *
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. 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! Amsterdam's reputatn as one of the most gay-iendly ci Europe is well earned.
AMSTERDAM GAY BARS
History of tolerance to homosexualy Amsterdam. Relatively liberal attus the first half of the 20th century led to the tablishment of the first Dutch gay magaz, Levensrecht and Wij.
The outbreak of World War II meant setbacks as Nazi occupatn led to the opprsn of homosexualy the Netherlands.
Real progrs was ma om the 1970s on, leadg to the formatn of many LGBT groups and the release of the Gay Krant magaze. 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.