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De Kring is normally a members club but for a while now they have opened up their club on weekend nights for different kinds of usually very good parties. Club Up is attached to De Kring and is an actual club. It has a separate entrance on the Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 26 but. Parties are usually at the side of Club Up and sometimes if they’re bigger the parties are on both sides of the club with the entrance at De Kring.

The club is becoming more and more popular which means that you will often have to queue op for a while unless you come really early or really late. But as soon as you get in line you will easily get in as they don’t have a strict door policy and inside you will always find an eclectic mix of different kinds of people having a good time.

I always have a good time here, the music and the atmosphere are good, its almost always busy, I can almost certainly guarantee you some wild nights!

Friday and Saturday nights are almost always busy and good, but just to be sure check the websites for the program.

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De Kring / Club Up | Bars, Music | Entrance fee € 10.00
Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 7-9 | Center | +31206236985
23:00 – 04:00 daily

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Toko MC is a mix of a lot of different things. It’s a restaurant, a bar, and a theatre but you can also go dancing here and they also have art exhibitions. I love the bar for a drink in day- or nighttime, and have had some great parties here.

The parties are good because they usually feel like being at someones houseparty, a real mix of different people dancing and having fun. Also I love the interior, everything is just really laidback. 

If you are hungry, please try the peanut soup! It’s very very tasty!

The theater is also worth visiting. Check the website for events like concerts, parties, exhibitions and theatershows.

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Toko MC | Art & culture, Bars, Music, Restaurants (Caribbean) | Peanut soup € 6.50
Polonceaukade 5 | West | +31204750425
Tue – Thu 12:00 – 01:00, Fri & Sat 12:00 – 03:00, Sun 12:00 – 01:00

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De OCCII (pronounce “okki”) is one of the locations in Amsterdam that you should definitely know about when you are interested in alternative music. But, okay, it depends on which kind of alternative music you like. I am not always in the mood for the kind of music that the OCCII is known for: experimental, punk, hardcore, sometimes a techno party, but basically it is pretty loud and noisy. Well, the programming is good, just, you have to be in the mood for it. I usually go to concerts there if the guys from Subbacultcha do the programming, but last time, I must admit, I left before the end of the show – let’s say, I wasn’t in the mood…

Well, everything about Amsterdam is small, and a venue with about 200-250 m2 is considered a large space, even if it is not, if you are accustomed to spaces in other cities. If you think of a larger garage you come pretty close in what the OCCII originally was: It used to be one of the first (horse-) tram sheds in Amsterdam. It got squatted in 1984, and operates now as a volunteer-run, independent concert/event hall.

The programming ranges from indie/ free jazz/ hardcore/ electronic to dance parties of all kinds of style. It is not an expensive place, 7 Euros entry for an evening full of live music is reasonable, and you might bump into a surprisingly high quality performance.

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OCCII | Music | Entrance € 7
Amstelveenseweg 134 | South | +31206717778
Depends on the event – check the website

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OT301 is generally an alternative cultural center: up-to-date underground music, alternative, experimental, on the edge. An independent movie and theater venue, and any kinds of activities: courses from self-defense to salsa, but all with the understated punk attitude. OT301 also houses Subbacultcha-events (check out: www.subbacultcha.nl) like the event I attended the other day: Modern Witch performed some dark experimental electronic tunes around her mystical moody voice. Well, for my taste it was a bit too dark, but she managed to balance that out with some pretty good danceable rhythms.

You get the idea: experimental, that’s what this place is about. No wonder that OT 301 is run by an artist initiative (EHBK), working closely together with Steim, the internationally recognized center of development in the electronic performing arts. You may call it avantgarde but the focus of OT301 is to provide an alternative to the mainstream commercial culture, be it in being experimental, be it in being politically radical.

A fun thing to try out: take part in Tuesday’s ping-pong bar. In the bar and the concert hall 4 ping-pong tables wait for potential competitors. They play a fun system on the table in the bar room: as many as possible walk around the table, hit the ball when it’s their turn, and when they loose the ball they have to leave the table until only two competitors are left.  Try it, it’s fun, and it’s free….

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OT301 | Art & culture, Cinemas, Music, Restaurants (Vegan)
Overtoom 301 | West
Tue, Thu & Sun 18:00 – 01:00, Fri 18:00 – 03:00

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Have you ever been to a Berlin living room cafe? Vintage furniture, a bit run-down, Cafe Brecht is all about “Gemütlichkeit” – coziness, the translation is an approach at best. One of the ancestors of your German grandmother could have lived here, nothing would have changed, only time would have eroded the walls since then, and a bar and more lazy chairs would have been added.

Tea is being served in a teapot that looks like being taken right out of your grandmothers cupboard, there is freshly made cake, also a thing that you might be familiar with if you know a typical Berlin living room cafe. A selection of several German beers complete the menu.

It is very relaxed inside, time doesn’t seem to play a role, you can tell by the knitting gear that decorates the tables and invites you to just continue knitting, just like you grandmother would have done. In the evenings you might pop into some event, be it a poetry reading, be it a bit of live music, but that’s rather occasional. Lately Brecht was transformed into a pop-up store with fashion from one of the local art academies.

Actually what I like most about Brecht is that they sell my favorite brand of German beer – which is the original black forest beer “Tannenzäpfle”, and it’s the only place where you can get it in Amsterdam.

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Cafe Brecht | Art & culture, Bars, Coffee & tea, Music | Red wine € 4
Weteringschans 157 | Center | +31206272211
12:00 – 01:00 daily

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A Californian bass guitar player coming to Amsterdam for love and music. He opens this little spot in the Amsterdam area Westerpark: Mark Hodson. He didn’t want to give me his full name in the first place ’cause I have a shady past, you know…’ I will leave this up to himself. Anyway, he looks like rock’n roll and that’s the spirit of the bar – it only needs a couple of more years to look as run-down as you’d expect a rock’n roll bar to look like.

Well, about the Jet Lounge itself: It’s a nice little spot with a good reputation among the singer/song writers in Amsterdam. The open mic sessions on Tuesday are nice, and again: it’s not a neighborhood open mic event, I think the standard of the people you come across at such occasions is high (with variations, of course), and you can enjoy good music in an intimate setting – it’s like they are performing in your living room.

Mark likes cocktails and he enjoys preparing them (he is a bit of a one-man-show). It seems for Mark cocktails are an integral part of rock’n roll live (awarded cocktail bar of the year in 2009 by Time Out magazine Amsterdam).

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Jet Lounge | Bars, Music | Cocktail € 6
Groen van Prinstererstraat 41 | West
Tue – Thu 18:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 20:00 – 03:00

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Just having celebrated the first anniversary the CC Café is looking back on a year full of live music of all possible styles. We’ve seen singer/song writers, the Amsterdam Songwriters Guild, blues and jazz, latin and world music, and a variety of individual styles on the open mic evenings. The man behind the bar is René, and he does not hesitate to make you feel personally involved with CC café. Chances are that he still remembers your name when drop by next time.

The pup is more stylish than the other venues I have written about. (it’s not a venue, it’s a pub). A bit more designed, dimmed light, a velvet curtain behind the stage and black lights, it’s certainly not a rock’n roll bar. You enter the bar at street level, in the back it splits up into two floors, downstairs you will find a quiet area, the smoker’s lounge. The top floor offers a small stage, fully equipped with a drum kit, PA, microphone, a keyboard etc.

The Wednesdays are hosted by Ferial, and she is good in what she’s doing. She definitely is a personality, she is music. She invites a variety of co-musicians to perform together with her, but it is Ferial who runs the show, and it’s a pleasure to see her performing with all instruments that she can get her hands on. On other days there are blues nights, latin, jazz, female singers, but you have to check the website for the schedule. 3 Euros contribution required.

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CC Muziekcafé | Bars, Music | Beer € 2.50
Rustenburgerstraat 384 | South
Sun – Thu 19:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 19:00 – 03:00

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Sunday afternoon, a band called “A Boy Named Sue” is playing Johnny Cash cover songs, and the mood is terrific. They know how to make the crowd swing, and from something around 16:00 there is party at Hesp, the place is crowded. Even Henk Schiffmacher, the world famous tattoo artist, is spotted (it’s a bit of his home cafe). On Friday nights it is less crowded, but still a place to have good time. The bar tenders are doing their best to entertain, and you can tell they love their job.

But Hesp is not only a bar to have a good time on a Friday night, Hesp also accommodates a full Restaurant with a variety of international dishes for a reasonable price. On the Sunday afternoon live music events you can meet me occasionally, swinging out a weekends’ hangover to prepare myself for the following week on the job.

I must admit, when it comes to drinking beer, I have my favorite brand, but for people who are curious to try different sorts, Hesp has a whole menu of at least twenty different kinds of tap beer, this in addition to at least twenty sorts of bottled beer.

In the summer Hesp blinks out with one of the nicest terraces Amsterdam has to offer, right at the river Amstel. It’s the most mediterranean area of Amsterdam. But I am too much ahead now – it is still closed and we will have to wait a little until then.

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Cafe Hesp | Bars, Coffee & tea, Music, Restaurants (Intern.) | Dinner +/- € 16.50
Weesperzijde 130-131 | East | +31206651202
Mon – Thu 10:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 10:00 – 02:00, Sun 11:00 – 01:00

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Canvas (which resides at the seventh floor of the former Volkskrant building) is an easy going restaurant, club and cocktail bar with a little alternative attitude. You enter the building through the main hall, pass the guards, then on the left-hand side you’ll find the elevators to the seventh floor.

The interior is a little alternative, self-made, food is being served at foldable beer tables. There is graffiti and secondhand lampshades, and there are chesterfield benches to hang out before or after dinner. Food and service is better than the interior suggests.

DJ´s, singer-songwriters, theme/parties or cocktail nights (5 EUR a cocktail), you can have it all @ canvas. But whatever takes place at Canvas, nothing can beat the view: I think it’s one of the best Amsterdam has to offer. In the summer there are two terraces open, one is part of the restaurant, the other is a surfer style beach bar – they are unfortunately closed now, let’s wait for spring. The cocktail nights are hosted by Marcel Barlag, the cycling DJ. He comes with his bicycle fully equipped with his dj set and his records, playing 70′s sounds.

Next to exhibiting hip photography they also host events like a cloth exchange market: bring the cloths that you’ve had enough of, find someone who likes them, and trade them in for items that you like of his/her collection. Very nice idea!

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Canvas op de 7de | Bars, Music, Restaurants (International) | Canvasburger € 13
Wibautstraat 150 | East | +31207163817
Mon – Thu 11:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sun 11:00 – 03:00

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This place was formerly known as Boom Chicago, named after the American comedy club that is housed here with edgy sketches on actual themes and a lot of funny improvisation.

Since March they changed their name from BC12 to Chicago Social Club. Besides comedy you will find a lot of good house/techno parties on the agenda! I like this place because it is not a massive club, rather intimate with only one dance floor that attracts a cool, mixed crowd of people looking for a good night out.

When you enter the venue you can first have a drink at the large bar, but if you can’t wait to party, walk a little further where the deep house, techno or sometimes hip hop will welcome you. Just check out the agenda on their site to see if there is a party of your taste. On weekdays the bar is open till late, and I can recommend the nice apple martini’s they serve here.

On Friday and Saturday you have to pay for entrance, the rest of the week the bar is free of charge. More in for a night full of American humor?, check their calendar.

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Chicago Social Club | Bars, Music, Theaters | Club entrance € 12.50
Leidseplein 12 | Center
Mon – Thu 12:00 – 03:00, Fri – Sat 12:00 – 04:00

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De Nieuwe Anita is actually THE underground place in the west. A bar like a living room in the front area. Vintage, second hand, looks like a squatted place – only the negative attitude is missing. Mostly good music, it’s a good place to hang out, BUT:

the real thing is going on in the back, down under – The Nieuwe Anita is also a venue for alternative music, underground films and dance parties. And again: I usually drop by on the Subbacultcha events because they pretty much rock, and the guys at Subbacultcha know how to get the good bands just right before they become famous.

Yesterdays Band “The Luyas” played some fantastic electro-pop tunes down in the basement, quiet, introvert passages alternating with powerful drum sequences. And an amplified horn supporting the synthesizer – when was the last time you came across a horn in a pop concert?

Tuesday nights there is live music behind the bar, and that can be quite good, but what can I say – a matter of taste of course, but worth a try-out. On other days De Nieuwe Anita feels like a family hangout. The pub quiz virus hasn’t passed it’s cozy living room, and once in a month (first Sunday) the Anita folks gather to guess the answer of impossible to answer questions. That is fun – but you got to know the dutch language to take part. One good alternative spot to visit.

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De Nieuwe Anita | Art & culture, Bars, Music | Beer € 2,20
Frederik Hendrikstraat 111 | West
Mon – Tue & Thu 20:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 20:00 – 02:00

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I’m a bit biased about this spot (and that’s a huge understatement), cause I worked together with the ‘founding fathers’. Started by students which previously worked at another Kriterion project (the gas station at the A10 in Zeeburg) this project was intended to be a cultural café with multiple forms of (performing) arts on its agenda. This initial concept is unfortunately only realized half, skimming down the performances to only musical ones and with lesser art exhibitions as (I) hoped for. But I still like to visit this spot regularly, cause even in the slimmed-down version it’s a really nice bar with both a lively clientèle and an attentive staffing.

The place is basically divided in two. In the first part you’ve got the actual bar, where they succesfully created a living room atmosphere with couches, cushions and a very comfy armchair. Because this is seen as the bar section they don’t serve hot meals here (except for lunch, snacks and pie). The singer-songwriters who perform at ‘Skek are placed in this section as well.

For dining you have to be in the second part of the place, in the rear around the corner. The main menu is pretty simple and changes only every two months. Their homemade skekfriet (french fries) is well-known and pretty tasty. More thorough is the drink menu, which is understandable if you look at their clientèle: students.

In summary: if you are a student or still feel young enough to pretend to be one, I definitely know you’ll like it here!

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‘Skek | Bars, Music, Restaurants (Pub food) | Main meal € 12.50
Zeedijk 4-8 | Center | +31204270551
Sun – Thu 12:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 12:00 – 03:00

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As being one of five projects of the Kriterion family, Studio/K is the biggest and the most remarkable one among them. The cultural centre opened its doors five years ago at Timorplein in the up and coming Suriname area. Fifty students work here fifteen hours a week, being responsible for every part of the management temselves, making it more then just a student job. The popularity of the place is unfortunately a bit limited to students and yuppies, but the easy atmosphere, also known at its fellow Kriterion projects ‘Skek and Bioscoop Kriterion, definitely makes up for it.

The activities of Studio/K are threefold: first of all Studio/K is a theatre. In two of the rooms they show, besides the famous blockbusters, a lot of arthouse, Dutch and classic movies. One of these rooms and another room are used for theatre performances, workshops and meetings. Besides, you can rent the different rooms for private use, group courses or other activities. Furthermore, Studio/K has a bar-restaurant where they serve breakfast/lunch from 11:00 to 16:00 and dinner from 18:00 to 22:00 (student discount on ‘weekly dishes’ on Monday till Wednesday). Lastly, Studio/K serves as a club, organizing (theme) parties with music varying from jazz to oldschool techno.

Studio/K is a great place to spend your afternoon and/or evening, as it has a bunch to offer under one roof. One warning though: once you’re in, be sure to keep track of time and money. For me, both are gone before I realize.

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Studio/K | Bars, Cinemas, Music, Theaters, Restaurants | Meals from € 12.50
Timorplein 62 | East | +31206920422
Sun – Thu 11:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 11:00 – 03:00/04:00

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Melkweg (dutch for milky way) – do I need to say anything about it? All the major cities have one, or maybe a few, temples of pop culture, and here in Amsterdam it’s the Paradiso and the Melkweg. Needless to say more, it’s not a secret tip, but still it’s a good place. Concerts of internationally renowned bands, independent or cult cinema, dance parties, festivals, exhibitions, just about anything cool happens in the Melkweg.

I went to the Melkweg when I moved to Amsterdam more than one and a half decades ago, and still the programming is good enough to drag me in once in a while, be it for the stage events, be it for the film selection, exhibition, dance event, you name it.

The Nordic Gold Festival the other day was a three-day-event with films, dance, performance and music from Finnland. I kind of like Scandinavian pop music. LCMDF was the name of the band that was playing when I popped in. Dreamy, yet pretty fresh pop music, with a touch of 80′s. Some Anne Clark, or Siouxie and the Banshees in it. Those Scandinavian pop bands have something refreshing with them, something between alternative and pop – something pretty individual.

There is a cafe/restaurant (entry on the backside of the complex, in the Marnixstraat) if you are passing by during the day and only want to sniff some air of pop culture, or check out on the exhibition space (also from that side).

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Melkweg | Art & culture, Bars, Cinemas, Music | Party & membership € 14
Lijnbaansgracht 234a | Center | +31205318181
Ticket offlice from 16:30 daily (check website for program)

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In Amsterdam it is not common to go to a hotel bar to enjoy a drink or to meet people, but The College Hotel is one of the few places where you can do exactly that. Every last Sunday of the month you can listen to some afternoon jazz in this stylish boutique hotel, situated close to the museum district. It is housed in an old 19th century school building with matching high ceilings, which gives it a mysterious touch.

The name of the venue refers to the fact that all of its staff members are students of local hospitality schools. They can be a bit inexperienced, but their motivation makes up for it!

The lounge bar has a fireplace and multiple cozy spots with discrete lighting. This creates a warm and intimate ambiance to spend a Sunday afternoon with your friends or lover.

When my friends and I where here on Sundays, we enjoyed the live jazz music from around five ’till seven. The hotel attracts a diverse crowd, that consists of twenty somethings as well as more mature visitors, and is a nice mixture of tourists and locals.

Overall, I find this hotel bar the perfect place for a nice glass of wine or one of the delicious cocktails they serve. If you would also like to go for a small bite or dine a la carte, the College Hotel has a restaurant where they serve dishes of Dutch origin with an international touch. For special events check out their agenda.  

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College hotel | Bars, Music, Restaurants (French/Dutch) | Dinner € 35
Roelof Hartstraat 1 | South | +31205711511
Sun – Thu 09:00 – 00:45, Fri – Sat 09:00 – 01:45

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Sound Garden: punk rock, alternative. table football, pinball, a pool table. Sound Garden. It’s like it’s been here forever, I don’t remember Amsterdam without it. I especially love the two pretty well done wall paintings of Henry Rollins, right when you enter, and the other one of Iggy Pop around the corner above the lounge corner. Well, lounge corner? It’s pretty shabby, those sofa’s have seen decades of spilled beer and cigarettes burning holes in them. But that’s rock’n roll, isn’t it?

I like to go to Sound Garden whenever I feel like some action, and that would mean in my case playing a round of table football, I always find someone to play with. But that’s a point to remember: I don’t play like a beginner, but you are likely to meet real pro’s, with their own strict rules, and who wins stays in the game. So that can mean a pretty short stay, depending on who you bump into. But anyway, it’s for the fun, and the challenge.

No, summer is gone, and the nice big terrace outside in the garden, along the channel, is closed. But also the winter has its’ good parts. On Thursday night there is live music: singer/song writers, rock’n roll, experimental, but preferably not too noisy (due to the neighbors). Also a good pair: first warm up at the Sound Garden, then (on Thursdays) head a 3 hundreds meters further to the trance night at the Korsakoff (check the Korsakoff article) for some dancing.

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Sound Garden | Bars, Music | Beer € 2.10
Marnixstraat 164 – 166 | Center | +31206202853
Sun – Thu 15:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 15:00 – 03:00

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Pompstation is a new New York industrial style place in town. They have great food and wines. On Fridays and Saturdays they have after dinner dance, with live performances by young and rising jazzy performers and bands. I had an excellent food and wine experience on a casual Tuesday evening.

I chose the salad of green asparagus, confit of tomatoes and smoked sliced eggplant with a great vinaigrette. My main course was an ‘aged’ ribeye from the Creekstone Prime Black Angus USA Corn Fed. Very tasty and tender, this can become their bestseller.

The wine list has a wide range of beautiful offerings, from easy and nice prices up to the the famous and starred, and from France to the New World. There’s something to choose for everybody.

The interior is industrial, with the use of pure and original materials, impressive. Service is very nice, helpful and professional but still has to get used to their own restaurant setting, it has only to be fine-tuned!

The only thing is the location, which is a bit out of centre, but with tram 14 (stop at ‘Borneostraat 1 – terras’) you will overcome that problem. I say have fun and enjoy!

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Pompstation Bar & Grill | Bars, Music, Restaurants (BBQ & Grill) | Main € 28.50
Zeeburgerdijk 52 | East | +3120692288
Restaurant Tue – Thu 18:00 – 22:30, Fri – Sat 18:00 – 22:30
Bar Tue – Thu 16:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 16:00 – 03:00

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Update: the Korsakoff finally has a new website with recent information: that’s an improvement guys (if only all links would function)!

The Korsakoff is an alternative low-profile club with good DJ’s in different genres and styles. Now they emphasize more on electro/dance than they did before, alternative is now Saturday and Sunday only. There is a dance floor on street level and a bar on the second floor with a balcony above the dance floor to watch the crowd dancing, moshing, head-banging, whatever suits the sound of the evening. No dress code though, only at the special dress-up event nights.

Thursday night is trance night, and it’s always crowded. Downstairs in the hall the dancing crowd, partly painted with fluorescent body paint – like an old school Goa party, remember the 90ies? Upstairs is a bar, the chill zone, for the occasion decorated tropical style, also here lots of fluorescent paint, you can even have a massage.

Because the Korsakoff is open late, even on weekdays, it’s perfect if you are in the mood for dancing after having spent the evening in another bar like the Sound Garden (check the article) for example which is just a few minutes walking distance. But prepared to find the place empty if you are too early, mostly the crowd comes in only after closing time of the surrounding bars. During the week there is no entrance fee, in the weekends it’s 5 Euro. Even the drinks are reasonably priced.

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Korsakoff | Bars, Music | Weekend entry € 5
Lijnbaansgracht 161 | Center
Tue – Thu 23:00 – 03:00 Fri – Sat 22:30 – 04:00

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The Weekly News Amsterdammer had exposed the shameful state of musical life in our capital Amsterdam. Where in other countries the officials provide good Concert Halls, our government had the motto that art is not a matter for the government.

It was Bernard Haitink who once described the Concert Hall as the best instrument in the orchestra it houses. This must have been what the great and the good of Amsterdam had in mind in 1881, when they decided that the Dutch capital should have a proper Concert Hall worthy of the name. Seven years later in neoclassical architecture, the Concert Hall, was finished. This building now enjoys a worldwide reputation, just like the Royal Concert Hall Orchestra does.

For this prestigious project architect Van Gendt chose the Viennese Classicism style of architecture inspired by the Neue Gewandhaus in Leipzig, rounded corners and the auditoriums surrounded by broad corridors.

The Concert Hall has diverse music entertainment. From opera, orchestra’s, jazz to classical music; there is a style of music for everyone. The Concert Hall has many events: an orchestra of young adults, a free lunch concert in which you are treated to beautiful music, a Sunday Morning Concert or a concert given by especially talented young musicians. Just came back from one and these youngs ones are so full of talents, really great to see.

Before the Sunday morning Concert starts, you can join the Concert Hall tour for €6.00.

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Het Concertgebouw | Music | From € 0.00
Concertgebouwplein 2-6 | South | +316718345
Open 40 minutes prior to the concert

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Mozaiek is the cultural spot to be… It has been here for a couple of years and is still doing a great job for the community. It is a theater, so cultural shows are given here. I come to this spot for lunch, diner or just a drink in the cafe.

Many different people come here and the atmosphere is great. The staff is great and very friendly and the food is good as well. It is not of excellent quality, but it isn’t very expensive and therefore a great place to go to.

What I like the most at Mozaiek is the Turkish breakfast on Sundays from 11:00 – 15:00 hours. If you like this, you have to come, this is great!

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Mozaiek | Bars, Coffee & tea, Music, Restaurants (Turkish) | Main course € 15
Bos en lommerweg 191 | West | +31205800383
Sun – Thu 11:00 – 00:00, Fri – Sat 11:00 – 01:00

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