B'Femme is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Reguliersdwarsstraat 48, 1017 BM Amsterdam, Netherlands.

B'Femme

Bar Bario is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Bilderdijkstraat 186, 1053 LD Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Bar Bario

Bar Buka is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Albert Cuypstraat 124, 1072 EA Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Bar Buka

Renowned, laid-back gay bar with a popular pool table, plus bingo sessions & happy hours.

Bar Spijker

Bears Amsterdam is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Sint Jacobsstraat 6, 1012 NC Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Bears Amsterdam

Black Body Shop is a shop in Amsterdam. Located at Kerkstraat 173, 1017 GH Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Black Body Shop

Quirky memorabilia fills this legendary establishment, a landmark gay bar since 1927.

Café 't Mandje

Café Montmartre is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Reguliersdwarsstraat 129, 1017 BL Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Café Montmartre

Long-running brown cafe with a largely lesbian crowd, for pool, darts & pinball plus light bites.

Café Saarein

Boisterous gay-friendly bar overlooking the canal with regular theme nights, DJs & drag acts.

Café The Queen's Head

Club Church is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Kerkstraat 52, 1017 GM Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Club Church

Club NYX is a nightclub in Amsterdam. Located at Reguliersdwarsstraat 42, 1017 BM Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Club NYX

Dirty Dicks is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Warmoesstraat 86, 1012 JH Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Dirty Dicks

Concept store with fashion accessories, lifestyle goods & home items from high-end designer labels.

Drake's Luxury Boutique

Free Willie is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Amstel 178, 1017 CZ Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Free Willie

Lellebel is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Utrechtsestraat 4H, 1017 VN Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Lellebel

Mister B is a shop in Amsterdam. Located at Prinsengracht 192, 1016 HC Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Mister B

Nate is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Utrechtsestraat 19, 1017 CH Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Nate

Pamela is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Jacob van Lennepstraat 86H, 1053 HM Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Pamela

Pink Point is a shop in Amsterdam. Located at Westermarkt t/o 9, 1016 DL Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Pink Point

Queer Market is a shop in Amsterdam. Located at Overtoom 87, 1054 BV Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Queer Market

Sauna Damrak is a sauna and bathhouse in Amsterdam. Located at Damrak 54-1HG, 1012 LL Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Sauna Damrak

Sauna Nieuwezijds is a sauna and bathhouse in Amsterdam. Located at Nieuwezijds Armsteeg 95, 1012 NB Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Sauna Nieuwezijds

Stephen & Penelope is a shop in Amsterdam. Located at Haarlemmerdijk 132-A, 1013 JJ Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Stephen & Penelope

Taboo is a bar in Amsterdam. Located at Reguliersdwarsstraat 45, 1017 BK Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Taboo

Low-lit gay nightspot with cocktails, free condoms & a dark room for private encounters.

The Cuckoo's Nest

Vrolijk Boeken & Films is an independent online LGBT+ bookshop and film store based in Amsterdam. Originally founded in 1984 as Boekhandel Vrolijk — Europe's oldest LGBT bookstore — the physical store closed in 2017. In 2018, former employee Antoine van den Berg relaunched it as an online shop offering a curated selection of LGBT+ novels, non-fiction, films, documentaries, calendars, and rainbow gifts in Dutch and English.

Vrolijk Boeken & Films

Amsterdam

Amsterdam has a long-standing reputation as a global queer capital, with the historic Reguliersdwarsstraat and warm inclusivity in the Jordaan and the Canal Belt. The city celebrates major events like Amsterdam Pride and features a wide-ranging LGBT+ nightlife, cultural institutions, and advocacy traditions rooted in Dutch liberalism.

Queer Businesses in Amsterdam

Bars

B'Femme

Bar Bario

Bar Buka

Clubs

Club NYX

Saunas & Bathhouses

Sauna Damrak

Sauna Nieuwezijds

Shops

Black Body Shop

Drake's Luxury Boutique

Mister B

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