Amsterdam got 1 big gay sauna, called Thermos. Thermos is every day open from noon till early morning.
The main street in Amsterdam with gay leather and cruise bars is the Warmoesstraat. The bars here usually get started around midnight (and Sunday afternoon).
Before that you can go to the Web, Cuckoosnest or Spijker Bar. These places already get started in the early afternoon each day, and are quite busy after working hours.
Argos
Warmoesstraat 95Bar Argos is the oldest leather bar in Amsterdam. Two floors with a bar upstairs and large play area with dark room, cabins, sling and glory holes in the basement.
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Club Church
Kerkstraat 52Church is a new gay dance & cruise club on Kerkstraat (near Leidsestraat). Daily different (fetish) themes. Special dance & fetish parties every weekend. Clean & friendly!
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Club Cockring
Warmoesstraat 96Club Cockring is one of the best-known gay clubs in Amsterdam. The club has 3 floors. There is a dance floor downstairs, with shows and international strip guys in the weekend. Music is usually techno. Most muscled guys take their shirts off.
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Cuckoo' s Nest
Nieuwezijds Kolk 6Cuckoo' s Nest is a small gay bar... with a huge play area in the basement. There is a labyrinth with different types of cabins. The water sports area is not hard to find: just follow your nose...
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Dirty Dicks
Warmoesstraat 86Dirty Dicks is a very sleazy gay bar in the leather zone of the Warmoesstraat. Golden shower party every last Thursday of the month. Sleazy enough for ya?
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Eagle
Warmoesstraat 90The Eagle Amsterdam is a very big, rough gay cruise bar in the Warmoesstraat. On the ground floor there is a bar. Don't forget to order drinks first before going in; the bar staff gets annoyed easily.
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Spijker
Kerkstraat 4Popular bar with a local crowd in their thirties. Pool table, fireplace, fresh flowers on the bar and two TV's, one showing cartoons and the other showing hardcore gay action movies :-)
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The Web
Sint Jacobsstraat 6Gay cruise and pickup bar. Like the Cuckoo's Nest (around the corner), this bar opens early and is popular after work and early in the evenings.
More info and reviews Map: 76 Every Sunday afternoon there are cruise and play parties in the Warmoesstraat, every other week in club Cockring and the Church.
Less frequent are Wasteland (gay / straight fetish party, about twice a year), XXXLeather in club Church and the annual Leather Pride parties for the Get Ruff weekend.
Club Church
Kerkstraat 52Church is a new gay dance & cruise club on Kerkstraat (near Leidsestraat). Daily different (fetish) themes. Special dance & fetish parties every weekend. Clean & friendly!
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Dikke Maatjes Sauna - Thermos Sauna
Raamstraat 33Every first Saturday of the month the Thermos Day Sauna is host to the Dikke Maatjes Sauna. The balcony is the place to be when you are a Bear, Chubby, Cub, Chaser or Admirer.
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Horsemen and Knights - Club Cockring
Warmoesstraat 96Horsemen and Knights is the big willy gay play and cruise party, afternoon in the Cockring. Dress code: naked or underwear. Door open 15:00-16:00. Horsemen members have free entrance. So: pants down for the ultimate test!
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Nude Club Amsterdam - Club Cockring
Warmoesstraat 96Nude Club Amsterdam is as the name implies a nude gay cruise and play party at the Cockring once a month on Sunday afternoon. Dress code: shoes only. Safe only. Door open 15:00-16:00
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Obscene - De Kade
Zuiddijk 9 - 11New mixed fetish party by Wasteland. Obscene is all about fetishism with a humorous and pervy twist. Expect a night of dancing, playing, exploring and most of all fun! Expect off-stage, interactive performances.
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RUFF! - Lexion Venue
Overtoom 65 (NOT AMSTERDAM)RUFF! is the new main party of the Amsterdam Leather Pride / Get RUFF! and with that a worthy successor of the infamous Playgrounds parties.
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S.O.S. - Club Church
Same Place - Same place
Nassaukade 120Erotic cafe and club with regular men-only play nights. "A busy and very active night" for gay and bisexual men only!
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SM Bunker - De Garage, NDSM terrain
Neveritaweg 15Gay S&M party for hardcore SM lovers. SM equipment available in the club like Stretch table (pain-bench), Andreas cross, Body hoist, Bondage racks, Bondage stakes, Cage, Prison-cell, Slings,
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Wasteland - Northsea Venue
Who's Your Daddy? - Club Church
Kerkstraat 52Who's Your Daddy is a gay bear (cruise / play) party, for big & hairy guys and their admirers. Located at Club Church and in co-operation with Bear-Necessity.
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XXXLeather - Club Church
Kerkstraat 52Men-only gay fetish, dance and cruise party, and of the biggest in gay Amsterdam. As from this year, XXXLeather will be held in cruise club Church.
More info and reviews Map: 31 Cruising in the parks happens after dark in the Oosterpark (east of Amsterdam) and the Vondelpark. AYOR of course. After dark no police checks but be very careful about robbery etc.
South of Amsterdam is the Nieuwe Meer, with car cruising going on. During the summer this is also a clothing-optional gay recreation area with lots of cruising in the bushes.
Nieuwe Meer
Anton Schleperspad AmsterdamThe Nieuwe Meer is the biggest cruising area in Amsterdam. 24x7 cruising here. Recently, local administrators tried to prohibit cruising activities by having huge great cows wandering about there...
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Oosterpark
Next to TropenmuseumThe Oosterpark gets cruisy after dark, mostly at the east side of the lake. Some guys walk around, others go by bike.
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Vondelpark
near LeidsepleinThe best park to hang out a bit in during the day. A busy cruising spot at night is the Rozentuin (Rose Garden) in the middle of the park (AYOR).
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Adonis Cinema
Warmoesstraat 92Gay cinema with couches and a large screen. The cinema entrance is in the back of the Adonis Cinema adult shop.
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Drake's - Drakes Cinema
Damrak 61Drake's is a gay shop and cinema on the Damrak. Looks like a souvenir shop from the outside, but inside ...
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William Higgins' Le Salon
