Gay Amsterdam guide

Amsterdam Gay Guide

This is the Amsterdam gay guide by Nighttours.com and Amsterdam4Gays.com. We try to list all gay clubs, gay bars, men saunas and gay and cruise parties, so you know where to go and when in one of the gay capitals of the world. Just Come Out and Party!

News and highlights

28 Jan: Havana closing party

Bar Havana at the Reguliers closes. Again... On Saturday 28 of January a Final Closing party should rock the bar, featuring all the DJ's and stars from the past, and of course hosted my Miss Havana herself, Nicky Nicole.

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Over 100.000 visitors in 10 days at nighttours.com

Over <b>100.000</b> visitors in 10 days at nighttours.com

The year here started very well with way over 100.000 unique visitors to nighttours.com in the first 10 days of the year! Join them and also start planning your gay pride weekends and holidays for 2012! Please support us and try make all your hotel reservations here.
Gay pride calendar 2012

Club Sandwich new party photos added

Photos of the new gay dance and cruise party at Roses
Photogallery added 17 days ago

Book your 2012 gay prides and events

Book your <b>2012</b> gay prides and events

The year has started, and most of the main gay pride and event dates have been announced for 2012. This is the time to decide where to be proud this year: Madrid, San Francisco, Berlin, Sydney, Amsterdam, London, New York? Check out our full International Agenda now to pick and mix. And make sure you book your hotels conveniently via Nighttours.com
Gay pride calendar 2012

More news and updates

Events

30 Apr Queensday

4 May Memorial Day

3 - 5 Aug Amsterdam Gay Pride

4 Aug * Canal Parade

2 - 4 Nov * Get Ruff! Leather Pride Weekend

1 Dec World AIDS Night

28 Dec - 1 Jan 2013New Years Weekend

Tourist Guide

Amsterdam is not a large city, but it is in the top 5 of the most popular tourist cities in Europe. The famous Amsterdam canals are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Nightwatch by Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum is a must see. Other museums like the van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank House everyday have a large cue to get in.

And lets not forget about the Red Light district, and the many coffeeshops which attract a complete different type of visitos. Read our tourist guide for all the highlights, especially selected for the gay traveller.

What to do as a tourist

Gay Nightlife

For a relative small city (800.000 inhabitants) Amsterdam has am extensive gay nightlife, with lots of gay bars, clubs and parties. Most well known are the main gay street Reguliersdwarsstraat, with the main gay bars. The Warmoesstraat with cruise clubs and bars, and the leathershops. The most popular party is Rapido, taking place 4 times a year in an old Church.

We diveded this guide into Drink showing all gay bars, pubs and cafes. Drink showing all gay clubs and parties. And Cruise showingyou the cruise clubs and bars and the gay sauna.

Gay guide to Amsterdam

Gay Pride and Queensday

Gay pride is the biggest local event in Amsterdam. The highlight is the parade, which is on boats through the main canal. It has almost half a million spectators watching from the side. The rest of the weekend is filled with various culture events, massive street parties and many indoor gay parties.

Another popular event is Queensday, which is a celebration for the (royal) Queen of The Netherlands. There is an outside free market in the whole center, with many music and dance stages. In the gay streets always lots of activities and large gay dance parties like Rapido take place on the days surrounding Queensday.

Amsterdam gay pride

Where to stay

Amsterdam hotel guide

Amsterdam is a very open minded and gay friendly city. There are some gay hotels but you can take any nice hotel you like in the center. Read all about our suggestions for hotels and which areas are best in our hotel guide. Please make your final reservation via this website, this way we can keep this site alive, thanks!

Hotels and accommodation