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Amsterdam : Top 10 Types of Café

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1. Bruin Café

Snug, smoky and old-fashioned, these brown cafés are places for beer and gossip.
2. Grand Café

Always grand in size, sometimes these cafés are grand in style too.
3. Eetcafé

Eetcafé means, unsurprisingly, Eat Café, and eat is exactly what you do in one. Good cooking at a little below restaurant prices.
4. Hip Hangouts

Some cafés flash their designer credentials – and attract a suitably hip and trendy crowd.
5. Music Cafés

Live music or top DJs make a good start to an evening of clubbing (see Clubs).
6. Games Cafés

Devotees of billiards, chess, darts or board games will find entire cafés given over to single pursuits.
7. Coffee & Cake

Sometimes there’s no alcohol at all, just tea, coffee and more calories than you’d care to mention.
8. Nachtcafés

When all else is closed, these night cafés open their doors through the wee hours, though tread carefully – some may be a little seedy.
9. Gay Cafés

From the stylish to the sweaty, Amsterdam’s famous gay cafés cater to all tastes.
10. “Coffeeshops”

Here, intoxicants take a different form, and smoking rather than drinking is the predominant activity.