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BARS

Café The Minds
Spuistraat 245
1012 VP Amsterdam, Netherlands
+31 20 6236784
http://www.theminds.nl/home/home.html

*don’t let the word café fool you. This is a punk bar w/punk/hardcore tunes playing. Patrons= a few “normal” people, crust punks and hardcore punk types. Place is small, has pool table. Cheaper beer than at other places.

VENUES/CLUBS

Korsakoff
http://www.korsakoffamsterdam.nl/index.html
Lijnbaansgracht 161
1016 VX Amsterdam, Netherlands
+31 20 6257854

*this is a fairly big dance club or night club. No Techno or house, DJ’s spin some punk, metal, new wave, goth & alternative stuff. Ministry/Slayer/Joy Division for example (you can smoke pot and hash in here/full bar too)

Winston Kingdom (in Red light district)
http://www.winston.nl/agenda.php
Warmoesstraat 131
Amsterdam
Venue w/punk/hardcore shows on certain nights. Of course you smoke pot/hash in here basically you can do that in most clubs. Packed to the gills on many punk/HC nights.
*cool thing is you can book a reservation for no fee and just pay at the door. If there is a popular band playing and you don’t book a reservation you probably won’t get in. See AUC below.

The Cave
http://www.thecave.nl/html/about_us.html
Prinsengracht 472
1017 KG Amsterdam
020-6268939
info@thecave.nl
* sometimes they have HC and punk shows check their site first

SQUATS/COLLECTIVES/Voku/Restaurants

Barcelona squat: **endangered? could be closed, email or call first
http://squat.net/barcelona/
Boetzelaerstraat1
Amsterdam

Einde van de Wereld (Quo Vadis boat):
Javakade t.o. 4
Amsterdam
tel. 020 - 4190222.
http://www.eindevandewereld.nl/
Restaurant on a boat, veggie and meat dishes. No reservations, arrive early.

ADM:
Hornweg 4
http://www.admleeft.nl/
Has voku and events, music, etc.


Overtoom 301 (OT301) (film academy)
Overtoom 301
1054 HW Amsterdam
http://squat.net/overtoom301/pages/events.html
Cultural center (films, art, performance art, DJ’s, Live music, drum n bass, jazz, punk etc… (see calender)
De Peper (Vegan restaurant inside Overtoom 301)
http://www.depeper.org/

Vrankrijk
http://www.myspace.com/vrankrijk
Spuistraat 216
Amsterdam
the Netherlands
1012 VT
*This is a legal squat. They have a bar (cheap beer) Bar nights=No techno/house, rap, hip-hop or pop. Just punk rock/ HC and some new wave. They have “discos” on the weekend which are basically club nights.

Occii
www.occii.org/
Amstelveenseweg 134
1075 XL Amsterdam
tel. 0031-20-6717778
*Legal squat has punk shows, full bar, cheap beer/spirits. You can smoke pot/hash in there too.

De Binnepret (part of Occii)
Eerste Schinkelstraat 16, Amsterdam
http://www.xs4all.nl/~binnenpr/
EETcafe MKZ (veg. food nights aka Voku)
Tues, Wed, Fri (call to reserve)


Zaal 100 (Book reservation, always crowded)
http://www.zaal100.nl/index.html
De Wittenstraat 100
Amsterdam
Jazz, other live music, squatters info/discussion night. Veg. restaurant open at least 2x/week.

Molli:
Van Ostadestraat 55 Amsterdam
http://squat.net/nl/index.html
Voku, squatters night, films…..
Info Sites:
Squat.net
http://squat.net/nl/index.html -
Essential site for:
(shows, voku or Volkskeuken(folks kitchen)vegetarian or vegan cheap eats) A lot of squats that I didn’t mention above can be found here.

Amsterdam Punk’s Myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=106222146

(AUC)Amsterdam Underground Collective Essential site for:
*lists shows in Amsterdam & environs
reservations & tickets to shows at Winston & other venues (not all shows allow reservations)

Punk Rock Amsterdam
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=81891406

Underwater Amsterdam http://www.underwateramsterdam.com/
*site for lots of events, art, parties etc. Sometimes they list voku, punk HC shows or events in squats.

http://nl.indymedia.org/en/Agenda/Agenda.shtml )info and calendar site)

GET OUTTA TOWN:
Ruigoord: community outside of Amsterdam….http://www.ruigoord.nl/

ACU (This is in Utrecht)
http://www.acu.nl
Voorstraat 71
3512AK Utrecht
Netherlands
*Check out this legal squat if you think that you will make it to Utrecht on a Friday or Saturday. They have a bar, cheap beer, smoke what you like, live music along the lines of punk, HC, alternative. DJ spins after shows on Fri/Sat. Also has various “political” nights and films. Also has Veggie eats night approx. 3,50 Euros. Every night something is going on there.

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