Club 8 – Pool & club

Image by Martin Sollmann

Monday evening, heavy clouds, raining. Not in the mood to go out into town, but still fancy a beer. So, luckily Club 8 is around the corner. Not that I am a fanatic pool player. But I like – even if I don’t play – the atmosphere at Club 8. People who are concentrated, and busy with something, but relaxed. Not as in some hip or less hip places in the center, noisy and overcrowded.

Pool billiard: there are 19 pool tables and 3 snooker tables. Enough to keep the waiting time down to a minimum. Actually the Club is internationally renowned, and sometimes there are international competitions.

But there’s more than pool: the whole upper floor is the actual club floor: all kinds of party events, “Kill All Hipsters” putting their hats here once in a month, next to what they do in Bitterzoet (read the article), or in Berlin.

But now – it’s Monday evening, no club night – well I don’t need to, tonight, I just sit here on one of the old couches, petting the old fat cat that calls this place her home, watch them play pool, and joking around with my buddies. Enjoy the beer.

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Club 8 | Bars, Relaxing | 1 Hour pool € 9.50
Admiraal de Ruijterweg 56b | West | +31206851703
Sun -Tue 12:00 – 03:00, Fri – Sat 12:00 – 04:00