This rather sophisticated bar near Centraal Station is a great way of beating train delay blues. There's free Wi-Fi, round-the-clock food from breakfast to...
Singel 2Freshly refurbished, Lexion expects you to be over 21, sans jeans or sports gear and, if you're male, accompanied by a lot of ladies, please. If you hate...
Overtoom 65, Westzaan
Former milk factory 'Milky Way' offers a galaxy of stellar programming and a newly rebuilt main hall. Often ridiculously crowded - but great value and down...
Lijnbaansgracht 234A
Ministry is a small and stylish club with a music policy that tends towards funky and soulful urban sounds. Groove to the latest hip hop, R&B and dancehall...
Reguliersdwarsstraat 12Once hot, then despised, then reopened, then closed, More is now open once again. No weekly nights, but one-off events for local organisations such as...
Rozengracht 133
This 'night theatre' has found its niche as a place where performance meets clubbing. Every night brings a show of some kind, be it photos, classical...
Lijnbaansgracht 238This three-storey, 1662-built venue comes complete with restaurant, cocktail bar, café (with great canal-side terrace), disco and cultural activities. It's...
Singel 460A steady force in Amsterdam nightlife, restaurant/theatre/nightclub Panama overlooks the IJ in one of the city's most booming areas. A deserted strip back...
Oostelijke Handelskade 4As an Amsterdam institution, this large ex-church is a safe clubbing bet, with a trusty formula of following on from live shows with a DJ or club night from...
Weteringschans 6-8Packing in as many as 5,000 mainstream clubbers, the cavernous Powerzone is more like an outdoor dance party that has found its way indoors. The staff,...
Daniel Goedkoopstraat 1-3Pre-war-style furnishings and booths add up to a Brief Encounter aesthetic, and the charming service makes you feel special in an old-fashioned way - though...
Frans Halstraat 42Dreadlocks, spiral fluorescent designs, alternative lifestyles and plenty of cannabis. All four Rokerij outfits are central to the city's psychedelic trance...
Lange Leidsedwarsstraat 41'Empower the Imagination', commands the website. If there's a crusty/shaman/fire-breather hidden deep down inside of you, this long-established artists'...
Ruigoord church, Ruigoord 15, Ruigoord
Women-friendly during the week, Sappho turns totally lez on Friday nights, as a couple of hundred gay girlies and their friends of every gender and...
Vijzelstraat 103The Sinners people are youthful, beautiful, well groomed and well funded - some of them are even famous, albeit in a 'big in Hollandwood' sort of way. Think...
Wagenstraat 3-7