News about Amsterdam gay and lesbian nightlife http://www.gayvillage.amsterdam nl 31 Mar 2026 07:54 GMT https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20260331-amsterdam-ranks-18th-gay-nightlife-index.php According to the recently published Global Gay Nightlife Index 2026, Amsterdam ranks 18th among cities with the best gay nightlife. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20260331-amsterdam-ranks-18th-gay-nightlife-index.php 22 Feb 2026 08:00 GMT https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20260222-gaycafe-montmartre-moved.php Gay café Montmartre has reopened its doors at Reguliersdwarsstraat 48, after it was previously located at number 129 in the eastern part of the street. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20260222-gaycafe-montmartre-moved.php 17 Nov 2025 08:00 GMT https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20251117-lola-and-bfemme-closed.php Both the queer food bar Lola the Green Aardvark and the lesbian café B'Femme recently closed their doors. There's a possibility, however, that a successor for a similar clientele will open for both places. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20251117-lola-and-bfemme-closed.php 5 Aug 2025 08:00 GMT https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20250805-number-gay-lesbian-places-stayed-stable.php Although it's often the perception that the number of gay bars is going down, figures show that the number of LGBTQ nightlife venues in Amsterdam has remained stable over the past 10 years. This is striking because the total number of bars in the city declined during the same period. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20250805-number-gay-lesbian-places-stayed-stable.php 02 Jul 2025 08:00 GMT https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20250702-brug34-succeeded-by-nate On June 1, bar Nate opened on the corner of Utrechtsestraat and Herengracht as a successor to café Brug34. Like its predecessor, Nate will again focus on an LGBT audience. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20250702-brug34-succeeded-by-nate 12 May 2025 08:00 GMT https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20250512-web-bears-amsterdam After the cruise bar The Web closed last week, the place reopened last weekend under the name Bears Amsterdam, which also indicates the new target group. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20250512-web-bears-amsterdam 13 September 2024 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20240913-montmartre-reopened-in-reguliersdwarsstraat Yesterday, gay café Montmartre reopened in Reguliersdwarsstraat, in the building where previously the Reality Bar was located. Montmartre itself was previously located in the nearby Halvemaansteeg for more than 40 years. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20240913-montmartre-reopened-in-reguliersdwarsstraat 8 september 2024 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20240908-amstel-fifty-four-closed In mid-August, café Amstel Fifty Four was closed. This place was the successor to the famous Amstel Taveerne, which was opened exactly 60 years earlier and was the center of the typical Amsterdam gay scene alongside the Amstel river. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20240908-amstel-fifty-four-closed 24 june 2024 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20240624-reality-bar-closed Yesterday, the Reality Bar in the eastern part of Reguliersdwarsstraat closed its doors after almost 30 years. The place focused specifically on gays with a Surinamese or Antillean background. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20240624-reality-bar-closed 21 april 2024 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20240422-queer-club-raum-opened Last Friday, the long-awaited queer club RAUM opened near Sloterdijk station. The club is specifically aimed at electronic underground music for and by LGBTQ people. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20240422-queer-club-raum-opened 15 december 2023 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20231215-free-willie-opened Yesterday, a new gay bar opened along the Amstel under the name Free Willie. The place is aimed at visitors who like to be naked and is located in the building that previously housed the clubs YOLO and Roque. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20231215-free-willie-opened 22 november 2023 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20231122-montmartre-closes-doors The well-known gay café Montmartre in Halvemaansteeg will close its doors on December 4. This means that one of the last places dissappears from the once popular gay nightlife area along the Amstel. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20231122-montmartre-closes-doors 11 april 2023 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20230411-lesbian-bar-bfemme Last Sunday, the lesbian bar B'Femme was festively opened. Now, Amsterdam has three cafés especially for women. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20230411-lesbian-bar-bfemme 21 february 2023 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20230221-three-boats-canal-parade The highlight of Pride Amsterdam is the famous Canal Parade. This year, however, only three boats from gay and lesbian bars will participate, which is probably the lowest number ever. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20230221-three-boats-canal-parade 15 july 2022 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20220715-mandje-open-again As of today, the famous café 't Mandje at Zeedijk is open again, after the place had been closed since the start of the corona crisis in March 2020. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20220715-mandje-open-again 19 february 2022 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20220219-clubs-open-again After being closed for a long period, the clubs are finally open again. For now only until 1.00 hrs, but from next week all cafés, bars and clubs may go back to their normal closing times again. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20220219-clubs-open-again 13 february 2022 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20220213-new-gay-bar-opened A new gay bar recently opened in Amsterdam under the name Pikketanussie. The place has the same owners as the former gay café FAME, which has now found a new place in the Korte Reguliersdwarsstraat. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20220213-new-gay-bar-opened 21 April 2021 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20210421-limited-opening-terraces On Wednesday, April 28, the terraces of cafés and restaurants may reopen under strict conditions, as Prime Minister Rutte announced on yesterday evening. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20210421-limited-opening-terraces 14 October 2020 https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20201014-all-bars-closed-again From October 15, 2020, all bars and restaurants are again obliged to keep their doors closed. This is one of the new measures with which the cabinet hopes to halt the rapid growth in the number of corona infections. https://www.gayvillage.amsterdam/news/20201014-all-bars-closed-again