Amsterdam Brown Cafés:
If you want to discover real Amsterdam, add a visit to some of the
city's 'Brown Cafes' , Bruine cafes.
Brown cafes are where Amsterdam’s people of all ages meet for
a few beers after work, play the odd hand of cards, and quite often
debate, ventilate, share their wisdom, gossip or tell stories. These
relaxed pubs are truly local - but in the spirit of Amsterdam, all
you need to do once you step in to be welcome is break the ice with
conversation, or even better, a funny comment. Even if you don't
understand a word of Dutch, Amsterdam’s people like
This true experience is a friendly 'proeflokaal' dating back to
1679 and their jenever concoctions have theatrical names such to
talk, and laugh, and they are happy to do this in another language:
most locals are pretty fluent in English and German, and sometimes
Spanish or French.
How to Recognise
a Brown Café
These characteristic pubs, with their picturesque dark interiors
Brown Cafés do have a few characteristics in common: the
walls and ceilings have turned brown from age and cigarette smoke
and a few antique gems - such as art deco, enamel posters, or old
pictures of the city - are usually placed as decoration.
At the brown cafes are the places where one can find the true meaning
of the Dutch word Gezelligheid.
Our recommendation:
• Café Chris
Bloemstraat 42
Tel: +31 (0)20 624 59 42
• Café Eijlders
Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 47
020 - 624 2704
• Café van Zuylen
Torensteeg 8
• Café de Drie Fleschjes
Gravenstraat 18
1012 NM Amsterdam
tel +31 (0)206248443
• De Pilsener Club
BEGIJNENSTEEG 4
T 020 623 17 77
• Cafe Kobalt
Singel 2
• Hard Rock Cafe
Max Euweplein 57-61
• De Zotte Belgisch Bierproeflokaal
Raamstraat 29
• Cafe De Waard
Leidseplein 14
• Cafe Toussaint
Bosboom Touss Straat 26
1054 AS Amsterdam
020 6850737
• Cafe de Jordaan
Elandsgracht 45 |
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