Pub

A pub in Amsterdam looks different to a British or Irish pub — the local equivalent is the bruine kroeg (brown café), dark-wood interiors stained by centuries of pipe smoke, with beer and genever as the menu. But the city also has a strong Irish-style and English-style pub tradition, partly serving the expat community and partly the Dutch interest in a proper Sunday-roast operation. This archive collects both: the traditional Amsterdam brown cafés that function pub-style (Café ‘t Smalle on Egelantiersgracht, Café Chris on Bloemstraat in continuous operation since 1624), and the Irish and English pubs scattered across the centre that show major football matches and pour Guinness properly. Each listing notes which tradition the venue sits in.