Beste Schwule Bars & Clubs in Amsterdam

Café 't Mandje

Zeedijk / Warmoes

The oldest gay bar in the Netherlands, open since 1927 — a tiny Zeedijk institution covered in leather memorabilia, biker jackets, and a century of queer Amsterdam history.

Exit Café

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Late-night gay bar in the number 42 complex on Reguliersdwarsstraat — the classic last stop, pouring until 05:00 on weekends.

Café Montmartre

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Amsterdam institution for Dutch sing-along nights since 1983 — reopened February 2026 at Reguliersdwarsstraat 48 after four decades on Halvemaansteeg.

Lellebel

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

The most famous Drag show bar in Amsterdam. Come and have a great fun. Fun place with napkins! The staff is super friendly and the atmosphere is awesome on Friday. Come and have a great fun.

Spijkerbar

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Institution an der Kerkstraat-Ecke seit 1979 – Billardtisch, Drag-Bingo sonntags und eine berühmt-freundliche Happy Hour.

Prik

Jordaan

Award-winning gay bar on Spuistraat pouring prosecco on tap since 2006 — cocktails, toasties and weekend DJ sets.

Saarein

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Urige alte Kneipe mit großartiger Musik und tollen Leuten. Es gibt auch Billardtische.

The Queen's Head

Zeedijk / Warmoes

Freundliche Bar mit Drag-Shows, Bingo und jede Menge Spaß. Bingo dienstags, das ist ziemlich voll und macht großen Spaß. Die Drag-MCs sind lustig und bieten witzige Unterhaltung.

Bears Amsterdam

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Amsterdam bear bar in the former premises of The Web — rebranded May 2025, same cruisy spirit, new name over the door.

The Cuckoo's Nest

Zeedijk / Warmoes

Cruise bar near Nieuwendijk running since 1984, famous for the labyrinth of cabins downstairs.

The Otherside

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

The gay coffeeshop of Reguliersdwarsstraat since 1985, open daily 10:00-24:00 at the west end of the street.

Mankind Café

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Ein großartiger Ort zum Entspannen und Kaffeetrinken, aber auch für erstaunliche Partys. Ausgezeichnete Bar mit großer Getränkeauswahl. Die Barkeeperin Ms.

Taboo Bar

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Busy happy-hour gay bar mid-Reguliersdwarsstraat — two-for-one drinks twice a night and a terrace in summer.

Eagle Amsterdam

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Men-only cruise bar on the Warmoesstraat leather strip since 1979 — three floors, darker as you descend.

Dirty Dick's

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Warmoesstraat leather and cruise bar — a dark, no-nonsense space for the leather and fetish community with a darkroom and an authentically underground character that distinguishes it from the…

Club NYX

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Amsterdam's main gay nightclub on Reguliersdwarsstraat — four floors, multiple rooms, international DJs, and the full-scale gay club experience in the city's primary gay street.

Club Church

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Amsterdam cruise and fetish club since 2008 — themed nights from naked to leather, plus drag shows upstairs.

Bar BLEND

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

The busiest of the new-generation bars on Reguliersdwarsstraat — pop, cocktails and a packed dance floor, with the bigger BLEND XL across the street at number 44.

Café-club SoHo

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Two-floor English-pub-style gay bar and dance spot on Reguliersdwarsstraat, famous for its Wild Wednesdays.

Bar Nate

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Gay neighbourhood bar on Utrechtsestraat — coffee by day, cocktails by night. Opened June 2025 in the former Brug34.

Free Willie

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Men-only naked bar on the Amstel — clothes checked at the door, drinks and conversation as normal. Open since December 2023.

't Sluisje

Centrum / Reguliersdwars

Drag-show dinner restaurant on the Torensteeg since 1995 — three-course menu served by the queens themselves.

Bar Buka

De Pijp

The lesbian bar of Amsterdam — cocktails and community on the Albert Cuyp market street since 2019.

De Trut

West

Volunteer-run queer Sunday disco in an old squat basement since 1985 — cheap drinks, no phones on the dance floor, profits go to LGBTQ+ causes.

Club RAUM

Westpoort

Queer club and cultural space in the western harbour, open since 2024 — big-room techno nights with a strict safer-space door.

TILLATEC

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PAMELA

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BLEND XL Amsterdam

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