The Amsterdam Top 202026

The twenty rooms we would send someone to in Amsterdam this year, in order.

How this list was built

Ordered by NOX editorial score, weighted with Instagram freshness, room impact, scene importance and longevity. An editor can lock any position. See /about for the full method.

The full method

Paradiso

A converted church that has hosted almost everyone worth hosting since 1968. The balcony is the best seat in Dutch live music.

CentrumCathedral$$Indie, Live music, EclecticNo Instagram signal yet

OpulentInstitution

Shelter

Underneath the A’DAM tower, dark and low-ceilinged, with a door policy that has kept it feeling like a club rather than a landmark.

NoordSweatbox$$Techno, HouseNo Instagram signal yet

BasementAll night

Radion

An old dental school with a 24-hour licence and residents who use it. Sunday here is not an afterparty, it is the party.

Nieuw-WestWarehouse$$Techno, HouseNo Instagram signal yet

WarehouseArt space

The Amsterdam Top 202026

Paradiso

Shelter

Radion

Melkweg

Garage Noord

Thuishaven

Lofi

Levenslang

Marktkantine

Claire

Doka

Bitterzoet

Chicago Social Club

Skatecafe

Disco Dolly