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Drinking
18
De Kroon
GRAND CAFE
A popular venue for media events and movie-premiere parties that's been restored to its
original 1898 splendour: expect high ceilings, velvet chairs and the chance to wave at the
hoi polloi below on Rembrandtplein from your second-storey windowside perch. Or sit at
the English-library-themed bar and be mesmerised by the curious display of 19th-century
medical and scientific equipment.
(
www.dekroon.nl
;
Rembrandtplein 17-1;
from 11am;
4/9/14 Rem-
brandtplein)
19
Eijlders
During WWII Eijlders was a meeting place for artists who refused to toe the cultural line
imposed by the Nazis, and the spirit lingers on. It's still an artists cafe with classical music
jams on the second Sunday of every month, poetry readings the third Sunday and lots of
locals drinking beer the rest of the month.
(
www.eijlders.nl
; Korte Leidse- dwarsstraat 47;
BROWN CAFE
from noon
Fri-Mon, from 4.30pm Tue-Thu;
1/2/5/7/10 Leidseplein)
20
Bo Cinq
DESIGNER BAR
Beautiful people and their admirers flock to this ultralong, gleaming bar after work and on
into the wee hours. We dig that on any given night there's a healthy balance of expats and
Dutch locals. Grab a mojito and strike your best languid pose on one of the couches as you
try to decipher the multiple languages being spoken around you.
(
www.bo5.nl
; Prinsengracht 494;
from 5pm Mon-Sat;
1/2/5 Prinsengracht)
21
Café Schiller
THEATRE CAFE
