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106 ❯❯ Amsterdam Area by Area

Bars

Lux
De Admiraal
1 5
MAP L4 • Herengracht 319
MAP K6 • Marnixstraat 403
• 020 625 4334 Split-level, late-opening designer
One of the smarter proeflokalen bar. DJs spin every night.
(tasting houses) in the city – and
Het Molenpad
unlike the rest, De Admiraal stays 6
open until late. Collapse on the MAP K5 • Prinsengracht 653
couches after knocking back the • 020 625 9680 • €
liquors and jenever (gin). A charming brown bar near the
Frozen Fountain (see p109) and the
Leidsestraat – equally suitable for
design lovers and the shopped-out.
Vyne
7
MAP K4 • Prinsengracht 411
Wine bar-cum-Italian delicatessen
with trademark interior by architect
firm Concrete.
Café Saarein
8
MAP K4 • Elandsstraat 119
Once an infamous women-only bar,
now men are welcome. Quiet during
De Admiraal the week, rowdy at weekends. There
is a pool table and good bar food, too.
The Bar With No Name
2 Van Puffelen
MAP L4 • Wolvenstraat 23
MAP K3 • Prinsengracht 377
• 020 320 0843 • € 9
Known to the locals as Wolvenstraat, • 020 624 6270 • €€
this 1970s-style lounge bar- The rich and beautiful flock to this
restaurant is the haunt of young elegant haunt – the biggest brown
advertising darlings and other bar in town.
affluent beings. Open from
Walem
breakfast to bedtime, it serves 0
imaginative sandwiches, soup MAP L6 • Keizers gracht 449
and pan-Asian cuisine. One of the city’s original designer
bars, this was the creation of
Café de Pels
3 renowned Dutch architect, Gerrit
Rietveld. Inside, it’s bright and
MAP L5 • Huidenstraat 25
A low-key, easy-going neighbourhood minimalist; outside, there are
bar – locals read the papers at the charming terraces.
big table by the window. The café
is a great place to recover from a
hangover on a Sunday; breakfast
is served until 1:30pm.
De Zotte
4
MAP K6 • Raamstraat 29
• 020 626 8694 • €€
This Belgian bar (appropriately
named “Drunken Fool”) has a huge
range of beers. Delicious food helps
to soak it all up. Tables by the canal at Walem

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