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Bars

The Minds
0 metres 500 3
0 yards 500 BROUWERSG RACHT Centraal MAP M4
Station • Spuistraat 245
Prinsengracht PRINS HEN DRIKKADE • 020 623 6784
• www.theminds.nl
NIEUWEZIJDS VOORBURGWAL
EGELANTIERSGRACHT KEIZERSGRACHT Herengracht SPUISTRAAT DAMRAK An old-school punk bar,
with combat boots and
JORDAAN NIEUWE battered skateboards
hanging from the rafters,
ZIJDE
ROZENGRACHT RAADH UISSTRAAT DAM WARMOESSTR. OUDE The Minds is different
from the usual trendy
PRINSENGRACHT KEIZERSGRACHT SPUISTRAAT ROKIN Oudezijds Voorburgwal club scene in the city. It
ZIJDE
KLOVENIERSBURGWAL
has good beer on tap,
plenty of loud music and
SPUI a pool table, if you think
you’re up to competing
LEIDSEGRACHT Herengracht SINGEL AMSTEL 2 km with the locals.
Singel
ROKIN
Amstel
Prik
VIJZELSTR. REMBRANDT- 4
PLEIN
MAP M2
• Spuistraat 109 • 020
Keizersgracht
320 0002 • www.
De Pieper
1 prikamsterdam.nl
MAP K6 • Prinsengracht 424
While the name of this extremely
• 020 626 4775 popular, award-winning gay bar may
This easygoing, neighbourhood sound rude, it’s actually Dutch for
bar, a little off the usual “carbonation”, with a nod to their
tourist track, has an signature drink – Prosecco on tap.
especially convivial “Spicy mango” is a favoured cocktail
atmosphere and with tourists and locals alike (though
pleasant location. Prik remains essentially Dutch).
A laid-back sort of Monday nights bring cheap pints, on
place, with boho Tuesdays it’s discounted gin and
furniture and ancient tonics, and on Friday and Saturday
wooden tables, it has evenings, DJs pump commercial
a mini-terrace beside house and pop music throughout the
the canal, a good hip rainbow-neon, dimly-lit interior.
range of draft beers
and a fantastic
De Pieper selection of liqueurs.
Brouwerij ‘t IJ
2
MAP H4 • Funenkade 7
• 020 528 6237 • Open 2–8pm daily
• www.brouwerijhetij.nl
Adjacent to a landmark 1814
windmill and within a former bath-
house, this micro-brewery produces
excellent local beer. Tours of the
brewery are every Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. Regular and seasonal
beers can be enjoyed at the tasting
house and sunny terrace until 8pm. Prik, one of the city’s popular gay bars
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