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Brown cafes with a dog under the table, a designated dog beach on the Gaasperplas, and a canal-house hotel that takes one small dog.
16 places7 categories12 neighbourhoods3 with an off-leash area
16 places, each checked against the venue's own information
Neighbourhoods covered: Jordaan, Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Oost, Centrum (Grachtengordel), Centrum, Amsterdam, De Pijp, Amsterdam, Oud-West, Amsterdam, Amstelveen / Amsterdam-Zuid, Amsterdam, Houthavens, Amsterdam, Jordaan, Amsterdam and 2 more.
No photo yetA classic Jordaan brown cafe on the Egelantiersgracht, in a building tied to an eighteenth-century jenever distillery. Inside are wood panelling, brass fittings and a mezzanine; outside is a small canal-side terrace, with extra seating on a boat in summer.
A designated off-leash dog beach on the west side of the Gaasperplas lake, part of the Gaasperpark recreation area. Dogs can swim from the gently sloping shore, and a large adjoining lawn offers space to run.
Amsterdam's best-known craft brewery, whose main tasting room occupies a former bathhouse beneath the De Gooyer windmill on the Funenkade. Around ten of its beers are poured on tap with snacks such as boiled eggs, grilled sausage and cheese, and a large terrace with long tables opens in summer.
A five-star hotel of 25 interlinked seventeenth- and eighteenth-century canal houses on the Prinsengracht, with 225 rooms, the Jansz restaurant, a bar and a private garden. It sits in the heart of the canal ring, close to the Anne Frank House and the Nine Streets, and runs a private salon boat for canal cruises.
No photo yetA dog-themed pub two minutes from Dam Square serving global street food, pub classics (including a sell-out Sunday roast), seven beers on tap and classic cocktails. True to its name, all well-behaved dogs are welcome inside the pub and on its large covered terrace.
No photo yetA dedicated omelette-and-brunch restaurant with three Amsterdam locations (De Pijp, Jordaan, City Centre) serving its own Eggspresso coffee blend and all-day breakfast. Per the house FAQ, dogs are the only pets allowed at all locations, provided they are well behaved, leashed and seated under the table.
No photo yetAmsterdam's largest and most famous 47-hectare city park with lawns, ponds, rose gardens and café terraces. Dogs are welcome throughout the park on a leash, and local dogs meet daily on the large central grass fields.
A roughly 1,000-hectare urban forest with trails, meadows, lakes and the Bosbaan rowing course. Dogs may run off-leash in most marked areas and swim in designated ponds.
No photo yetA retired pier on the IJ waterfront, now a small sandy city beach used as Amsterdam's central dog beach. Dogs can run off-leash and splash at the water's edge within walking distance of Centraal Station.
No photo yetA brown café dating to 1642 on the corner of Prinsengracht and Brouwersgracht, famed for its homemade appeltaart. Dogs are welcome inside the low-beamed interior and on the small canal terrace.
No photo yetA German-style 'living room café' near Leidseplein lined with books, pouring Andechs and other German beers on its canal-side terrace. Dogs are explicitly welcome both inside and on the terrace.
No photo yetA sustainable waterfront restaurant built from shipping containers on the NDSM wharf with its own sandy city beach. Dogs are warmly welcomed on a leash on the beach and terrace overlooking the IJ.
No photo yetA no-nonsense beer bar and eatery in Amsterdam Oost with a large communal-table terrace near Oosterpark. It pours 14+ craft beers on tap and serves rotisserie chicken and burgers, and is very relaxed about dogs on the terrace.
No photo yetA colourful craft brewery and taproom in a converted Noord warehouse, serving beers like Mannenliefde Saison and Thai Thai Tripel with burgers from The Beef Chief. Leashed dogs are welcome on its sunny terrace.
No photo yetA boutique IHG hotel a short walk from Centraal Station with a pet program covering beds, bowls, treats and walking routes. Dogs and cats of any size or weight stay at no extra charge.
No photo yetA five-star hotel set in a former 15th-century convent and city hall between two canals, with a private inner garden and The Flying Dutchman brown-café bar. Pets are welcome in rooms for a small daily cleaning fee.
Leash rules, off-leash hours and whether dogs are allowed inside are set locally and change without notice. Each listing here says what the venue or the responsible authority publishes, and the listing page links to the page we checked, so you can confirm the current rule before you set out. Outside a signed off-leash area, keep the dog on a lead.
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Heath and common land where off-lead walking is written into the rules, plus pubs with a dog wash in the garden.
A brasserie that says outright it welcomes dogs, dog cafes in the Marais, and one of the city's thirteen off-leash areas.
Beer gardens older than most countries, a forest where the lake is legally open to dogs, and the most dog-tolerant cafe culture in Europe.
Terraces where a leashed dog is welcome by law, the city's one official dog beach, and a brewery hall with room to spare.
Third-wave coffee with a water bowl, the first dog park in the old city, and a rooftop with a view over the Tagus.
An extinct volcano inside the city, a meadow where the whole town walks its dogs, and a rooftop brewery on the Grassmarket.
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