LGBTQ+ city guide
Amsterdam
Start on Reguliersdwarsstraat, then choose Zeedijk or Warmoesstraat. Prik, De Trut, Bar Buka, and the Homomonument are separate stops.
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easy first evening · bars
Reguliersdwarsstraat is the walkable first evening in this census: Soho at number 36, Exit Café at 42, Bar Blend at 41, Blend XL at 44, and Montmartre XL at 48. Treat the street as one outing. Zeedijk, Warmoesstraat, Kerkstraat, and De Pijp are separate trips.
bars · history
Zeedijk holds Café The Queen's Head at number 20 and Café 't Mandje at number 63. The Queen's Head calls itself an iconic gay bar whose doors are open to everyone. 't Mandje's site leads with Bet van Beeren and "Fun & respect since 1927." This is its own walk from Centraal, not a continuation of Reguliersdwarsstraat.
late night · fetish
The public queer room on Warmoesstraat in this census is Eagle Amsterdam, a gay fetish club at number 90. Regular hours are men-only, with a stated welcome for trans men and non-binary people who identify as men. Theme nights can differ. Check the agenda rather than assuming a mixed door.
bars · late night
Spijker Bar, a gay bar since 1978, is at Kerkstraat 4. Naked Tuesday is men-only. Other nights the site says heterosexual visitors are guests. Club Church, further along the street, did not yield a readable first-party hours page and is not listed.
women-focused · bars
Bar Buka is a lesbian and queer bar on Albert Cuypstraat in De Pijp. The site says about 95 percent of guests are women and that all genders are welcome. It is not a walk-on from Reguliersdwarsstraat. The site does not print a weekly hours grid.
parties · queer culture
De Trut is a volunteer-run queer party whose door is Bilderdijkstraat 165 E. The organisation says that door is not a correspondence address. It is not a nightly bar. The homepage checked on 29 September 2026 named a Sunday 4 October 2026 party and TRUTPOST on 15 November 2026. Do not assume every Sunday.
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bar · Reguliersdwarsstraat
Gay bar at Reguliersdwarsstraat 36. It is the orientation point for the street's first evening.
bar · Reguliersdwarsstraat
Gay night bar at Reguliersdwarsstraat 42. The official site calls it that. Club NYX is in the same building and is a separate held record.
bar · Reguliersdwarsstraat
LGBTQIA+ bar for the community and friends, on Reguliersdwarsstraat since 2019. The official pages place the opening in July 2019.
bar · Reguliersdwarsstraat
The larger Blend room at Reguliersdwarsstraat 44, on the same official site as Bar Blend and Montmartre XL.
bar · Reguliersdwarsstraat
Bar Blend's site calls Montmartre XL an iconic Dutch gay bar, back after more than 40 years, at Reguliersdwarsstraat 48.
bar · Zeedijk
Iconic gay bar on Zeedijk. The official site says the doors are open to everyone. Drag Queen Bingo is on Tuesday.
bar · Zeedijk
Café on Zeedijk whose site leads with Bet van Beeren and "Fun & respect since 1927." A June 2025 post said the bar had reopened after renovation. The current pages checked do not use a women-only or lesbian-bar label.
bar · Kerkstraat
Gay bar at Kerkstraat 4 since 1978. Saturday bingo is at 17:00. Read the site's audience and nudity notes before you go.
bar
Queer bar at Utrechtsestraat 4h. The official site says it is trans and queer womyn owned. It does not describe itself as a women-only bar.
bar · De Pijp around Albert Cuypstraat
Lesbian and queer bar on Albert Cuypstraat in De Pijp. The site says about 95 percent of guests are women, that all genders are welcome, and that there is no dress code.
club · Oud-West around Bilderdijkstraat
Volunteer-run queer party since the 1980s. Profits go to Stichting Fonds De Trut. The 2025 subsidy figure on the site was €87,253. The door is Bilderdijkstraat 165 E, and the site says that is not a correspondence address.
club · Warmoesstraat
Gay fetish club at Warmoesstraat 90. Regular nights have no cover. Nudity is allowed and footwear is required. Check the agenda for daytime events.
cultural space
Queer-run cultural space at Humberweg 3. The programme is event-led. There is no standing weekly hours grid on the contact page.
cultural space
LGBTI heritage organisation inside the Amsterdam public library. The site calls it the organisation with the largest LGBTI collection in Europe. Exhibitions and the book department are free year-round.
landmark
Outdoor memorial at Westermarkt. The official site places it at Westermarkt, 1016 DV. It is not a bar.
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31 July 2027–8 August 2027
Pride Amsterdam publishes the next festival as 31 July–8 August 2027. The Canal Parade page says Saturday 7 August 2027, 12:00–18:00, on the route Oosterdok, Nieuwe Herengracht, Amstel, Prinsengracht, and Westerdok. The 2026 WorldPride edition is complete. Do not use 2026 dates as the next edition.
15 October 2026–19 October 2026
The organiser site confirms the 30th edition as 15–19 October 2026. Named programme items include the Mr Leather NL 2027 election on Friday 16 October, 20:00–23:00 at Akhnaton; Meltdown the same night, 23:00–05:00; Mr Rubber Europe on Saturday 17 October, 20:00–22:00 at IJLand; and INVASION, a men-only fetish party, Saturday 17 October, 22:00–05:00. A free shuttle runs from the back of Centraal to the Amsterdam-Noord events. Confirm the rest of the grid on leatherpride.nl.
10 March 2027–21 March 2027
The official English page calls the next edition the 30th Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival and dates it 10–21 March 2027. The 2026 edition ran 18–29 March 2026 at Het Ketelhuis in Westergas. Do not state Het Ketelhuis as the 2027 venue unless the festival site says so.
Dates awaiting official announcement
Milkshake 2026 was 25 and 26 July 2026 at Westerpark. That edition is complete. The homepage checked 29 September 2026 only invited a pre-register for 2027 and did not publish dates. Do not copy the July 2026 weekend forward.
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