Amsterdam Cafe Crawl: Brown Cafés in the Jordaan

Cafe Papeneiland

Pay at the table. Prinsengracht 2, 1015 DV, on a canal corner. Often from about 11:00. Brown cafe since 1642. Public street outside. This is a drinks bill.

Cafe Thijssen

Pay at the bar or terrace. Brouwersgracht 107, 1015 GC. Usually from late morning. Opened 1990. Named for a Jordaan writer. Public street outside. This is a dr…

Cafe Hegeraad

Pay at the cafe if you sit down. Noordermarkt 34, 1015 NA. Square is public all day. Brown cafe on the Noordermarkt beside the church. Monday and Saturday mark…

Cafe Nol

Pay at the bar. Westerstraat 109, 1015 LX. Evenings are the honest hours. Opened 1 July 1966 by Nol and Miep Uilenbroek. Jordaan songs, a famously coloured int…

Cafe 't Smalle

Pay at the bar or terrace. Egelantiersgracht 12, 1015 RL. Monday to Thursday from 14:00. Hoppe distillery around 1780, now a brown cafe. Public quay outside. T…

De Twee Zwaantjes

Pay at the bar or terrace. Prinsengracht 114, 1015 EH. Usually from mid-afternoon. Current cafe since 1921. Terrace with a view of a famous tower. This is a dr…