Amsterdam's best clubs for clubbing

Amsterdam is renowned worldwide for its DJs, festivals and vibrant nightlife. You'll find a club for every taste in Amsterdam. From industrial buildings with raw parties to chic venues with slick parties. Clubs pop up everywhere in and around the city, attracting thousands of dance lovers on weekends.

Amsterdam is known for its nightlife. All over the city you will find a diversity of great clubs in factory halls, churches, basements, boats, rooftops, gas holders, etc. In short, the choice is huge! Amsterdam NOW tips the best clubs in town.

Escape: Iconic club on Rembrandtplein continues to innovate

Escape has been the heart of Amsterdam nightlife for 40 years. From legendary nights to futuristic visuals.

In the middle of the bustling Rembrandtplein, where day and night merge, stands a name that every Amsterdammer knows: Escape. Since 1986, this club has been a fixture in the city's nightlife scene. What once began as an ambitious nightclub grew into an icon where generations of partygoers have spent their nights.

Rembrandtplein 11 , Amsterdam

Jimmy Woo: club for those seeking luxury and ultimate nightlife

Iconic nightclub where exclusivity and imagination come together in the heart of the city

In the beating heart of Amsterdam hides a world accessible to only a few. Jimmy Woo is not your average nightclub, but a carefully curated experience where style, music and mysticism come together. Once you step inside, you enter a universe where the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur.

Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 18 , Amsterdam

Chicago Social Club: nightclub that keeps the Leidseplein awake

Intimate club The Soos for fine house, hip-hop and techno nights

In the middle of Leidseplein sits a club that has been spinning house and tech house since 2011. Chicago Social Club is not a mega club, but that's exactly what makes it what it is: compact, messy and just right. Thursday through Saturday until deep into the night, with a door that only opens for those 21 or older.

Leidseplein 12 , Amsterdam

At Chin Chin Club you will experience the most fun night out

Socialclub Chin Chin is a restaurant, karaoke bar and club all in one

Socialbar the Chin Chin Club is a fine addition to Amsterdam's nightlife scene. This hot spot offers Asian food, delicious cocktails, fun games and turns into a lively club with a great crowd after ten o'clock at night. Every weekend at the Chin Chin you can dance late into the night to the best R&B and pop music. Also fun: they have a karaoke booth!

Rozengracht 133 , Amsterdam

TillaTec: nightclub in De Baarsjes for techno and inclusivity

Dance spot reviving former club The School

A new heart has been beating in the former technical school building on Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat since April 2024. TillaTec is not a reboot of The School, but a completely separate club with a distinct identity. Techno, queer culture and 24-hour raves are the ingredients.

Dr Jan van Breemenstraat 1 , Amsterdam

LOFI: Raw club where techno and the night take center stage

Industrial Sloterdijk, sharp programming and a dance floor with clear rules.

LOFI is in a former GVB bus garage and still feels industrial, but with a club heart. You come here for long sets, good sound and a floor where the focus is on music and dancing together.

Basisweg 63 , Amsterdam

The Loft: Exclusive high-altitude clubbing in the A'DAM Tower

Panoramic views, international DJs and intimate vibes make The Loft the hidden gem of North

High above the IJ, on the sixteenth floor of the iconic A'DAM Tower, is one of Amsterdam's most impressive nightlife venues: The Loft. A place where music, views and exclusivity come together and where every night feels like a carefully curated experience.

Overhoeksplein 1 , Amsterdam

Nyx

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On the spot where the illustrious club Exit used to be the mecca of Amsterdam's gay scene, the new gay club NYX recently opened its doors. Under the motto "after nyx the sun rises," the famous Reguliersdwarsstraat finally has its gay nightclub back. In the club that feels underground, with a fat nod to Berlin, gays dance shoulder to shoulder with straight people. The three-story...

Reguliersdwarsstraat 42 , Amsterdam

Home port: the place where DJ sets last ten hours

In the Western Docklands, headliners spin marathon sets for sold-out venues

In an industrial park on the western edge of town stands Thuishaven, an event venue with five indoor and outdoor areas. Here DJs don't play a set of an hour and a half, but five or ten. Every Sunday, from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., sometimes continuing until 4 a.m.

Contactweg 68 , Amsterdam

Supperclub: Dining, dancing and entertainment under one roof

An iconic hot spot where restaurant and nightclub merge into a sensory total experience

On the bustling Singel in the heart of Amsterdam is a place where conventions disappear and experience takes center stage. Supperclub is neither a standard restaurant nor an ordinary nightclub. It is a destination where food, art, music and freedom come together in one evening. Here everything is about letting go, connecting and embracing the unexpected.

Singel 458 , Amsterdam

Dance around the clock at club Shelter in A'DAM Tower

A Funktion-One sound system and a 24/7 permit, in North

In the basement of the A'DAM Tower sits a club that can run throughout the weekend. Shelter is built in the former Shell office, with exposed concrete on all sides and a sound system that really gets you going. Techno, house, UK Garage: the programming is serious and the door policy even more serious.

Overhoeksplein 3 , Amsterdam

Club Maïa: International allure and state of the art sound

A new addition to Leidseplein

Club Maïa is a new addition to Amsterdam's nightlife scene, located on the same street as the iconic Jimmy Woo and the always busy Chicago Social Club. This is where you go for great nights out with fine people and dancing to R&B, disco and house music.

Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 14 , Amsterdam

Doka in Volkshotel converted to sound bar

Underground where night, music and culture converge

Doka, Volkshotel's cocktail bar, has been converted into a sound bar. Doka thus becomes an underground and intimate place where the night, music and other forms of culture come together.

Wibautstraat 150 , Amsterdam

Nachbar: the intimate club that has kept the center going for years

Co-founder Hervé built a home for psychedelic and progressive club sound

On the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal sits a club with room for 350 people that has been a fixture on the Amsterdam night for years. Nachbar runs on local and international talent, with regular club nights and a distinct sound. Small in size, big in programming.

Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 169 , Amsterdam

New nightclub Basement opens under Leidseplein

In new club in basement Heineken Corner, local DJs spin weekly

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In the middle of touristy Leidseplein sits a club that deliberately wants nothing to do with it. Basement literally dives into the basement for house and disco, with a sound system that doesn't lie. No mainstream stuff, just regular faces behind the turntable.

Leidseplein 19 , Amsterdam

The Jewel: Dancing in a 100-year-old school building

Two dance floors, international DJs and a glass roof in the Baarsjes

In the Baarsjes stands a former vocational school that trained carpenters and metalworkers more than a century ago. Now the building has been converted into a nightclub. Brick walls, tall columns and stained-glass windows provide the backdrop for house, techno and UK garage.

Postjesweg 1 , Amsterdam

MeWe: Boutique club to dine and dance in luxury

Dine & Dance: New club aimed at the 25+ generation.

MeWe is a boutique club where dinners by celebrity chef Dennis Huwaë transition smoothly into club nights. With a unique blend of luxury and accessibility, MeWe offers exactly what the modern city dweller is looking for.

Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 14 , Amsterdam

Paradiso: the pop temple of Amsterdam

For more than 50 years the most popular concert hall in the Netherlands

Located in an old church building near Leidseplein, Paradiso is a veritable temple to live music for visitors and artists alike. The main hall is praised for its special atmosphere and beautiful acoustics, which has allowed the stage to host the biggest names in music over the years.

Weteringschans 6-8 , Amsterdam

Sissi's combines restaurant, club and creative space

On the Anthony Fokkerweg, co-creation comes to life with food, music and club nights

Sissi's is back, in a new location. The new space is a restaurant, club and creative lab all in one. Come eat, drink, dance and dance, at Sissi's it's always a party!

Anthony Fokkerweg 3 , Amsterdam

Galaxy

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Melkweg is one of the most famous music venues in the Netherlands and abroad. The special thing about the Melkweg is its programming. As many as five art disciplines are united under one roof: music, dance/theater, film, photography and media art. Five venues host concerts, dance events, theater and dance performances, film screenings, media art presentations and photo exhibitions. The old, empty milk factory was transformed in the summer of 1970 into one of Amsterdam's most important hotspots with international allure. The...

Lijnbaansgracht 234 , Amsterdam