When the football season ends, Ajax's stadium is reborn as a musical amphitheatre hosting tours by the likes of U2, Madonna and the Rolling Stones, outdoor...
ArenA Boulevard 1
This beach place is great even when the weather sucks (thanks to the open fire, perhaps). It's not a club as such, more a restaurant/bar, but it does pull...
Bert Haanstrakade 2004
Part of the Pakhuis Wilhelmina breeding ground for underground young artists in the docklands, this café aims to host challenging dance nights and...
Veemkade 576, Docklands
One of the most interesting venues in Amsterdam, Wilhelmina is often overlooked by casual clubbers. Is it the club's IJ-oriented location? The absence of...
Veemkade 576It's a club Jim, but not as we know it: it says on the door you'll need valid student ID to get in. DJs spin cheerful chart tunes and drink prices are...
Handboogstraat 11-13With a capacity of 2,000, this is about as big as clubbing gets in central Amsterdam - and in 2007 it will continue to expand with three new areas. Ever...
Rembrandtplein 11
Multi-levelled club with each floor dedicated to a different musical genre; choices when we visited included pop, R&B and bouncy house. There's also a...
Reguliersdwarsstraat 42Barely opened and already packed - it's unavoidable in a city that craves new impulses. Especially when electro music's own Eva Maria, house legend...
Pazzanistraat 1A surprisingly cosy musical arena in the ArenA complex, the Heineken Music Hall regularly plays host to pop, rock and dance acts who are too big for the...
ArenA Boulevard 590Another multi-purpose venue, these beautiful buildings were once an orphanage, before changing into a youth hostel. From there, it was only a short step to...
's Gravesandestraat 51Some venues pay designers pot-loads of money to try and buy their way to the seediness that the Kingdom manages without even trying. Weekly clubnight XL has...
Jan van Galenstraat 6-10
Freshly 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, WestzaanIts modern architecture and peripheral location do nothing for its ambience, but the Meervaart does offer an interesting mix of cabaret and theatre shows,...
Meer en Vaart 300
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
A former dairy (the name translates as 'Milky Way'), the Melkweg acts as a home away from home for music of all styles, and thus draws a suitably eclectic...
Lijnbaansgracht 234a