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Drinking in Amsterdam
- Check out local "brown bars" with their gorgeous wood panelling and booths.
- Boom Chicago In the Leidseplein. This is a great place to watch an American comedy show. They've been in Amsterdam for many years now. Great food, drinks, and a good time! They also have a quiz night in English for the large expat community. http://www.boomchicago.nl
- Hard Rock Cafe This is close to, or right next to the Holland Casino also close to the Leidseplein. Great service, great food, plenty of drinks.
- Schuim Spuistraat 189, +31 20 638 93 57. The super comfy cafe is a great place to spend entire rainy days at a time. It heats up quite a bit at night. Pot smoking seems to be tolerated even though Schuim is definitely not a "coffee shop".
- Vrankrijk Spuistraat 216 The most well-known and permanent squat café in Amsterdam has been a fixture on Spuistraat for over eighteen years. You have to ring at the door to be let in (the black door on the right with a single buzzer, please don't bother the people living in the building at the yellow-and-black checkered door on the left!), but once inside, you will find a super-cozy bar with an all-volunteer staff and the best prices in the inner city. All profits go to support various good causes. Open every night of the week, special nights are Monday night: queer night; Tuesday night: fancy cocktails to support refugees; Saturday night: dance night, the café's cavernous disco hall is opened for a mix of 80s, ska, and new wave; Sunday night: film night. Sunday through Thursday: 9pm - 1am; Friday and Saturday: 10pm - 3am.
- In De Wildeman Kolksteeg 3. A very well stocked beercafe, or actually beer tasting room (bierproeflokaal) in the center of the inner city. 17 beers (usually from various countries) and a cider on draught, and about 250 different bottled beers offered. There is no music played, which makes for a very friendly and talkative atmosphere, and it even has a separate non-smoking room.
- Gollem Raamsteeg 4 A special beer café, serving many beers, especially from Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic and other countries.
- De Bierkoning Paleisstraat 125 Not a café, but a 'supermarket' specialized in beer.
- Cafe de Jaren - Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20-22, with a minimal art-deco interior next to Hotel d'Europe and a great view of where all the main canals come together.
- Brouwerij 't IJ Or in English The IJ Brewery. Its label with an ostrich egg is a visual pun, as IJ and 'ei' - the word for egg - sound the same in Dutch. East of the centre, close to Artis Zoo, in a former bath house beside a windmill. A small scale brewery where delicious beer in several varieties and strengths is brewed and sold - at a bar - on the premises. Open Wednesday to Sunday, from 15:00 PM to 20:00 PM. The beer is available at some specialist beer shops, and of high quality and, in some cases, alcohol content. Internationally renowned!
- Backstage Utrechtsedwarsstraat 67This café is really the only place in Amsterdam where strangers talk to each other and become friends after a while. As owner Gary Christmas puts it, "We don't have customers, we have friends." Gary offers a nice assortment of drinks (no alcohol) and sandwiches which fit very well into the ambiance. Easily spend a few hours here making friends. Open Monday to Saturday from around 10 am to 6 pm.
- Café l'Opera Rembrandtplein 27-29 A friendly spot for coffee, a beer, or something stronger. You may at first only notice the outside seating and the enclosed terrace, but there is also an elegant, (usually) quieter indoor area. Food, too, but you don't see many eaters.
- Café Belgique Gravenstraat 2, +31 (0)20-6251974 Easily one of the smallest bars in Amsterdam, there is seating for at most 15 people, but if you can get in you will enjoy it thoroughly. Specializing in Belgian beers, Belgique's menu is extensive and it includes some hard to find beers on tap. This place is smoke friendly so don't be surprised to see people rolling joints as they drink.
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