Pilsener Club

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  • Address
    Begijnensteeg 4, Centrum
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  • Phone
    623 17 77

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Lonely Planet review

Also known as Engelse Reet (ask the bartender for a translation), this small, narrow and ramshackle place doesn't allow you to do anything but drink and talk, which is what a 'real' brown café is all about. It opened in 1893 and has hardly changed since. Beer comes straight from the kegs in the back, via the 'shortest pipes in Amsterdam' (most places have vats in a cellar or side room with long hoses to the bar); connoisseurs say they can taste the difference.