Club Church — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Located minutes from Vondelpark, in Leidseplein, this is probably the most famous Gay clubs in Amsterdam, and can be quite intimidating to even the most seasoned event attendees. The front entrance is not very welcoming and if you're not there at the right time the doors may be locked. There may be daily events which you can view on their website. On some days there are two separate events so it may be closed while they switch over and clean for the second event.

When you enter, walk through the two doors and greet the nice people at the window. Pay your entrance fee with pin, cash or debit and they will give you a tag and direct you to the coat check. They will give you a hanger and a number you need to stick in your sock or somewhere (very old school). Then you go to a little room (they can see you changing from the main room) and remove your clothing or change into whatever, put your street clothes on the hangar or into the backpack or bag (which I certainly hope you brought) and return it to them.

After this, you are free to do what you want. On the main level there is the bar and stage. You can dance or socialize. There are steps upstairs or downstairs.

Downstairs there are several dark rooms and showers, bathrooms and sinks. The darkrooms are so dark I can't describe what's in there. You need to see for yourself. There are separate cabins where you can lock the doors and there are slings in some of them. The other rooms I could not see.

Upstairs is a nice view of the bar and the main stage. Off to the left are two slings and a big mattress area, a few smaller rooms with GHs.

There is something for everyone here but if you just want to hang out and chat with friends, that works too, but mostly on the main level.

Things to note: There are no towels for the showers. They provide condoms and I'm not sure if it's lube or hand sanitizer - so think about that. They have many friendly staff or volunteers standing and walking around willing to help or answer questions. They also pick up empty glasses or bottles which is important.

My advice is to not stress and just go in and have fun. You can always leave if you want to. Everyone is very nice and feeling the same way as you are.

Don't let this chance pass you by if you're visiting Amsterdam and the Leidseplein area. Gay, straight, bi are welcome. No judgement or rules. You'll...

The main gay club in Amsterdam. If you only have time to visit one I'd recommend this one. It's very different on different days of the week- Thursdays are my favorite, the most mixed (all genders welcome), most diverse - trans, gender non-conforming and queer women come to this night (there's even a guy in a wheelchair comes to dance sometimes and everyone makes space for him 😊), wear anything or nothing, as you like, but don't make a fuss if some people are naked, and more friendly (tbh I think some women being in a gay club always makes a more social atmosphere) and usually a better balance between social and sexual. On Thursday nights there's also queer drag cabaret or some sort of show on stage about 1am. Friday and Saturday nights of course are bigger and more sexual. Friday and Saturday nights are usually either sportswear or underwear only. Other nights of the week usually there're few people, mostly older guys. The best time is usually between about 1am (when the straights mostly leave on a Thursday night 😂🙊) until about 3/4am, after which is desperate-hour 🙈. If you're straight and curious to go to a gay club - do, welcome, but please make an effort to actually dance and not just be stiff and awkward! When there're too many straight guys being uptight and awkward it kills the mood for everyone. The music varies widely too- sometimes, often tbh, the music is trash and so hard to dance to, but sometimes it's good. But don't go here aiming for excellent music. What's special about here is it's relatively a good, respectful and friendly crowd, with relatively little non-consensual grabbing 🙄🤬, better than most other gay clubs...

At what point should going to a bar to have fun become an unpleasant experience? Yesterday, Thursday, August 14, I went with a friend who is on vacation here and we decided to go to Church, which really didn’t catch my attention but we still decided to go We arrived and ordered 2 glasses of wine not even 15 minutes had passed when my friend went down to the bathroom and I’m with my glass Still halfway and a person from the bar (Dyed blonde hair, white skin, poorly made up with eyeliner, black sleeveless T-shirt and shorts) Take my drink and vote for it in front of me To what I say Hello is my drink and he just makes the gesture of washing the glass and putting it empty on the bar with the face of (I don’t care if it was your drink) To which obviously bothered me and I don’t say anything I just go down to look for my friend to tell him that I’m leaving because I found it unpleasant what happened and we went up from the bathroom and I tell my friend that there I had the drink when they threw it to me to which the same person pours water on my face as if I had gone to that bar to ask for free We paid for a ticket and bought drinks so that whoever is said to give us good attention treats us that way However, he calls the security guard to take us out without first wanting to let us take out our bags Already outside I’m explaining to him that he shouldn’t act that way and he just had an arrogant attitude as if the reason was his This was definitely the first and last time I go How horrible that you come to a country where these things are not supposed to happen and you realize that the same people in the...