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Amsterdam bars

While crawling around Amsterdam's bars a visitor may find time to question that other type of Dutch cap, frothing at the top of his glass. But rest assured: there's a rationale behind serving beer with two fingers of foam on top. Also... read more»

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• De Diepte
• St Pieterspoortsteeg 3-5

• Its name – the Depth – refers to the bowels of damnation. In this...  read more»

• De Drie Fleschjes
• Gravenstraat 18

• While the saints are in De Nieuwe Kerk, the sinners can be found next...  read more»

• De Duivel
• Reguliersdwarsstraat 87

• Cypress Hill, The Roots and Gang Starr have all popped by this small...  read more»

• De Kat in ’t Wijngaert
• Lindengracht 160

• From ‘The Cat in the Vineyard’, you can spy the site of the...  read more»

• De Ponteneur
• 1e van Swindenstraat 581

• Spacious and perpetually popular. Come here for some hearty...  read more»

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• De Schutter
• Voetboogstraat 13-15

• A spacious and restful wooden-floored, first-floor bar with fine,...  read more»

• De Still
• Spuistraat 326a

• De Still’s defining feature is its giant range of whiskies (from...  read more»

• De Zotte
• Raamstraat 29

• De Zotte, appropriately enough, is Belgian for ‘drunken fool’:...  read more»

• Diep
• Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 256

• Dieply cool, this brown café-meets-opulent disco palace interior...  read more»

• Dulac
• Haarlemmerstraat 118

• A wildly OTT grand café fitted out in surreal art deco style...  read more»