Leatherbars

Argos

Warmoesstraat 95 from 22.00 hours

Amsterdam oldest leatherbar and still going strong. Spacious ground floor bar. Illuminated dick points the way to its main attraction: the darkroom in the cellar. Crowd is of all ages and a mix of all the kinky subgroups in the gay scene.

Club Church

Kerkstraat 52 From Wednesday-Sunday. Wednesday - Thursday from 20.00 hours Friday and Saturday from 22.00 hours Every second and last Sunday from 14.00 hours

Club for the cruising man, with every night different themes

Club Jacques

Warmoesstraat 93 from 21.00 hours

A pub fashioned in the time honoured Warmoesstraat-leatherscene style. Attracts the same crowd as the Argos. CLOSED DOWN!

Cuckoo's Nest

Nieuwezijds Kolk 6 from 13.00 hours

Rough wood interior gives the bar on the ground floor a western feel. This bar is popular with office workers on the way from work to catch the train home (around 17.00 hours) and with the Amsterdam leather and kinky scene (from around 23.00 hours). It's main attraction: the darkroom downstairs, supposedly the biggest in Europe. A tip for men over 6ft2: you'll have to spend your time in the darkroom on your knees!

Dirty Dicks

Warmoesstraat 86 Fr/Sa from 24.00 hours

Cozy bar with a typical Warmoesstraat crowd: leather and jeans. Easygoing and with darkroom.

Eagle

Warmoesstraat 90 from 22.00 hours

The owner is a legend in the leather scene (quite a character!). Crowded with men clad in leather and jeans of all ages. Friendly and easygoing; darkroom present.

Spijker

Kerkstraat 4 from 13.00 hours

Pub off the beaten track, but well worth the visit. Located in the cellar of a 17th century building, with pool table and open fire place. De Spijker has a mixed, mostly local crowd leaning towards the leather scene and friendly staff. Next to the pool table are the stairs leading to the toilets (mirrored!) and a small, very dark darkroom.

The Web

St. Jacobstraat 6 from 14.00 hours

Just off the shopping street Nieuwendijk, this bar with high ceilings and a rough, industrial interior is visited by a mixed crowd of leather, rubber, skin, army and regular gay men In the bar they check each other out; upstairs there is the action in it's surprisingly airy darkroom. The real surprise of this bar is its rooftop terrace. When the temperature is right the rooftop terrace is open for the horny men who want to do it under the sun or the moon (George M. check this out!).