Cafe de Ooievaar is one of the smallest tasting rooms of the Netherlands. Its known for the fine jenevers, a comprehensive range of old Dutch liqueurs and of course different beers on tap. Cafe Ooievaar is located in front of Amsterdam’s Central Station.
This is what the building of Cafe de Ooievaar looked like in 1928.
Close to Cafe de Ooievaar is Cafe in ‘t Aepjen, one of the few preserved wooden cafés in Amsterdam!
About the author — Martijn, Amsterdam guide
Martijn has guided hundreds of tours through Amsterdam’s Red Light District and De Wallen over the past years. He writes from first-hand experience — the shows he has seen, the bars he knows and the streets he walks every week — and his tours and photos also feature on TripAdvisor. Everything here is checked against what he and our local guides see on the ground.
Experience: years guiding Red Light District & De Wallen tours in person
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