Sign in Using FacebookAmsterdam Guide » Amsterdam Nightlife » Amsterdam Best Nightlife
Amsterdam NightlifeBest Nightlife
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Reguliersdwarsstraat 44, Amsterdam 1017 BM
Guys - and a few gals - dripping with designer gear head to this sprawling designer bar on the city's trendiest gay street for post-work cocktails and gentle hip action as DJs spin upbeat lounge and other dance music; the action spills out onto the street in the summer. Daily happy hour 5pm-7pm and all night on Wednesday. Staff here are...
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Piet Heinkade 3, Amsterdam 1019 BR
Since opening in 1973, Amsterdam's foremost jazz venue has had all the greats shuffle onto its stage - including Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and Chet Baker (who, in 1988, mysteriously fell to his death from the window of an Amsterdam hotel room). A few years ago, the Bimhuis left its Oude Schans address and moved to a stunning new waterfront...
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Leidseplein 12, Leidseplein Theater, Amsterdam 1017 PT
If you need a night of comic relief, there's no better place to get it than a Boom Chicago performance. Created by American expatriates, the shows take on Dutch life and foibles, inviting everyone to participate in a fast-paced world of wit, physical comedy and fun. Great production values, terrific food, and talented improv scenarios characterize...
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Concertgebouwplein 2-6, Amsterdam 1071 LN
Said to be the busiest classical music venue in the world (it puts on over 800 concerts a year), this stately neo-classical building dates from 1889 and has an equally grand interior. The crème de la crème of international orchestras and conductors regularly appear in the main auditorium - renowned for its acoustics - while chamber music is...
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Amstel 3, Amsterdam 1011 PG
This is not the most attractive of buildings, in fact, its design looks positively ancient compared to some of the newest city developments. Located in a complex it shares with city hall, the opera house is home, since 1986, to De Nederlandse Opera and Het National Ballet. As well as first-rate performances from its resident companies (tickets for...
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 18, Amsterdam 1017 RE
The city's most glamorous club is based around the concept of a fictional Chinese Triad tycoon who enjoys throwing extravagant parties in his opulent, Oriental-style lounge, akin to an 18th-century Chinese opium den. Its dance area has a state-of-the-art sound system and illuminated ceiling which contains no less than 12,000 tiny light bulbs. It...
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam 1017 PH
It's no coincidence that Melkweg's name, translated, is the tongue-in-cheek 'Milky Way,' given that the complex once operated as a dairy. The revamped center-city attraction is now an entertainment and nightlife magnet, offering patrons everything from dancing and live music to theater performances and film screenings. The large venue also houses...
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Polonceaukade 23, Amsterdam 1014 DA
One of the city's best kept nightlife secrets, this enormous café restaurant on the grounds of the former gasworks, Westergasfabriek, clears away its tables and chairs after dinner on Friday and Saturday and turns into a club. (Kitchen closes at 10pm.) Regularly drawing a 350-strong, 20- to 30- something crowd, it's perfect if you're seeking...
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Weteringschans 6-8, Amsterdam 1017 SG
In its former life, this live music venue was a beautiful church. These days, Christian hymns have been supplanted by more energetic rhythms, and the striking space welcomes bands from around the world. Paradiso's terrific acoustics appeal to both the audience and to performers, who range from the up-and-coming to the well-known. On weekend...
Category: Best Nightlife - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Lijnbaansgracht 238, Amsterdam 1017 PH
This centrally-located club (opposite the Melkweg) has the most inspired and eclectic programming of any of the city's nightspots. Early evening art exhibitions, fashion shows, big band acts, performance art and cutting-edge multimedia events make way for similarly diverse parties later on. Themes could be anything from Berlin cabaret to Barcelona...
