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

Contents:

• LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• GAY AND LBIAN NIGHTLIFE AMSTERDAM
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• GAY CLUBS AMSTERDAM
• GAY BARS AMSTERDAM
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS

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Tripadvisor performs checks on gay club Amsterdam which plays great mic and has super cheap drks and great ethics! Centrally loted wh great mic are two other assets of this fun Amsterdam gay hangout.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Reguliersdwarsstraat – close to Rembrandtple – beme a fol pot for gay nightlife, and remas so to this day. Taboo Bar, Cocktails © Wiskerke / Alamy In the heart of the famed gay stretch, Reguliersdwarsstraat, Taboo has a terrace which is perfect for afternoon people-watchg or late-night drks on warm summer nights.

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

The Queen's Head Bar, Gay Bar, Snacks The Queen’s Head is loted the old centre of Amsterdam.

GAY AND LBIAN NIGHTLIFE AMSTERDAM

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

Cafe 't Mandje Bar, Gay Bar, Snacks © Anamaria Mejia / Alamy Stock Photo Amsterdam’s first gay bar was opened 1927 by Bet Van Beenen. PRIK Bar, Gay Bar, Snacks Courty of Prik >Prik (which means bubble Dutch) has been open sce 2006. De Tt Bar, Gay Bar, Snacks >This non-prof bar and Amsterdam stutn is only open on Sundays.

Club NYX Nightclub, Snacks © Firn / Alamy One of the most popular gay clubs Amsterdam, Club NYX attracts a lively crowd and is spread over three floors, each wh s own mic genre. Amstel Fifty-Four Bar, Gay Bar, Snacks © Jani-Mark Häsä / Alamy Durg the day, you might be fooled to thkg that this bar is a typil Dutch brown fe – albe a grand one, wh an exquise chanlier and plh booths as well as vio screens. 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.

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.

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The bt gay bars. In 1811, the untry crimalized homosexual activy.

The first gay bar, operated by an out lbian, opened s doors 1927. 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.

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Cafe t’ Mandje (“the basket”) holds the honor of beg Amsterdam’s first official gay bar.

One n’t help but thk pk this zy cy-center gay bar. Get on your kne, all fours, or whatever nsensually works for you to worship at the altar of this gay cise club.

THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

Niwuzijds (Gay Sna). If you’re lookg for a soak, steam, or somethg more obscene, this gay sna has got you vered — wh a towel, at least. Like many urban areas, Amsterdam’s gay bar scene has seen a cle recent years.

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.

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

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.

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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.

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.