Amsterdam Cafe Crawl: Brown Cafés in the Jordaan
90 min
1.8 km
10 stops
About this tour
Amsterdam still drinks in brown cafés that outlived the workers who filled the western canal belt. A self-guided cafe crawl with quizzes in the StepQuests app. Most doors open from late morning.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Cafe Papeneiland
Pay at the table. Prinsengracht 2, 1015 DV, on the Brouwersgracht corner. Often from about 11:00. Brown cafe since 1642. Public street outside. This is a drink…
Cafe Thijssen
Pay at the bar or terrace. Brouwersgracht 107, 1015 GC. Usually from late morning. Opened 1990. Named for writer Theo Thijssen. Public street outside. This is…
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 Noorderkerk. Monday and Saturday…
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, pink interior. This is…
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 toward the Westertoren. This is a drinks bi…
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