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Category: Brown Cafés - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Leidseplein 6, Amsterdam 1017 PT
A familiar presence in the city, this cozy brown bar has been an Amsterdam mainstay since the late 19th century. Dark woods and subtle lighting impart a pub-like feel that patrons find particularly appealing when it's cold outside. When the weather warms, a glass-enclosed area towards the front lets folks take in...
Category: Live Music - 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...
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...
Category: Bars - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Vondelpark 5, Amsterdam 1071 AA
Dating from 1937 and designed by brothers HAJ Baanders and J Baanders, the 'Blue Tea House' is a glorious example of functionalist architecture. Resembling a flying saucer – which looks like it has carefully negotiated the trees to land in the middle of the Vondelpark – this café somehow feels like one of the city's...
Category: Brown Cafés - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Overtoom 50-52, Amsterdam 1054 HK
This versatile brown cafe (once a bank) pulls in patrons throughout the day, thanks to an inviting ambience, good beer, and tasty food. Lunch and dinner menus are both available in the separate dining room, and the bar sports a pool table and sofas to lounge on. Come evening, bartenders play a variety of hip music,...
Category: Bars - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Rembrandtplein 24, Amsterdam 1017 CV
This renowned art-deco café remains virtually unchanged since its establishment in 1913, and is especially popular with literary and artistic folks. Paintings of former owner, Frits Schiller, adorn the walls and it's a welcome respite from many of the square's other noisy watering holes. The restaurant at the rear...
Category: Live Music - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Haarlemmerweg 8-10, Amsterdam 1014 BE
Although one tram runs two minutes from here, lack of transport connections and the non-central location deter some from visiting the grounds of these gentrified gasworks, an industrial heritage site. But do make the effort; you will be pleasantly surprised. The park is the creation of American landscape artist...
Category: Live Entertainment - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam 1017 RR
Centrally-located on the Leidseplein, this highbrow cultural and political center screens films, hosts new media and gay events, and stages debates and literary evenings - some of which can be watched live on its website. It's also where IDFA, the superb annual documentary film festival, takes place. Naturally, its...
Category: Live Entertainment - 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...
Category: Live Entertainment - Amsterdam Nightlife
Address: Amstel 115-125, Amsterdam 1018 EM
Crowning the River Amstel, the grand dame of theatrical venues was originally built as a circus theatre in 1894 by the French/German circus family of the same name; stables for the animals still remain below the building. But although the circus comes to town every Christmas - and sometimes during the summer months -...
