Dutch Pub Guide
Friesland, Groningen & Drenthe - beer bars, pubs and brewpubs


Introduction
This page lists beer pubs in the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Groningen & Drenthe.

Why the three provinces lumped together? I could barely get enough pubs for a page out of all of them. Not the best drinking country, children, the north of the Netherlands.

Index
Assen
Bolsward
Emmen
Groningen
Harlingen
Hoogeveen
Leeuwarden
Sneek
Winschoten


Drenthe
Flevoland
Friesland
Gelderland
Groningen
Limburg
Noord Brabant
Noord Holland
Overijssel
Utrecht
Zeeland
Zuid Holland
Breweries in Drenthe

None. Drenthe is the only Dutch province without a brewery.


Breweries in Friesland

Brewery location type
Friese Brouwerij Us Heit Bolsward microbrewery


Breweries in Groningen

Brewery location type
Groningse Stadsbrouwerij Groningen microbrewery



For more about Dutch breweries & beers:
Dutch breweries Every Dutch brewery and every Duch beer.
Dutch beer tasting notes Detailed tasting notes for many Dutch beers.
Dutch Brewing Industry Background information, statistics and history.
Drinking in Holland Information you should know.



Dutch Pub Guide
Assen

The Bulls Eye
Rolderstraat 1,
9401AM Assen.

Tel.: 059 - 231 6475
 
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 17:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 17:00 - 03:00,
Sunday closed.
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food:
A large fake Irish pub, furnished with architectural salvage.
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Dutch Pub Guide
Bolsward

Friese Brouwerij Us Heit
Sneekerstraat 43,
8701 XC Bolsward.

Tel: 0515-577449
Fax: 0515-577976
Email: friese@bierbrouwerij-usheit.nl
http://www.bierbrouwerij-usheit.nl
 
Opening hours: Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri tour at 16:00,
Sat 10:00 - 17:00,
Wednesday and Sunday closed.
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food:
The sampling room of the US Heit brewery.
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Dutch Pub Guide
Emmen

Café De Brasserie
Hoofdstraat 53,
7811 ED Emmen.

Tel: 0591 - 616 675
Fax: 0591 - 616 498
Email: info@debrasserie.nl
http://www.debrasserie.nl/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 09:00 - 02:00,
Sat 10:00 - 05:30,
Sun 11:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: +-100
Regular draught beers:
Food:
Brown beer café in a building dating from 1900. Its Saturday closing time is the latest I've ever seen for a Dutch pub. I suppose that's one reason to visit Drenthe.
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Groothuis
Stationsstraat 75,
Emmen.

info@eetcafegroothuis.nl
http://www.eetcafegroothuis.nl/
 
Opening hours: Wed - Mon 15:00 - ???
Tuesday closed.
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €5-8, meals €13-22.
Brown café just around the corner from Emmen station.
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Dutch Pub Guide
Groningen


Damsterdammetje
Damsterdiep 2/1,
9711 SK Groningen.

Tel. 050 - 3121276
Email: damsterd@dds.nl
http://home.wanadoo.nl/gert.eikelenboom/

 
Opening hours:
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: 8
Regular draught beers:

Food:
A single-storey building that in previous incarnations was a flower shop and a bus waiting room.
Rating: Public transport:



Belgisch Café de Pintelier
Kleine Kromme Elleboog 9,
9712 BG Groningen.

Tel: 050 - 318 5100
Fax: 050 - 311 9358
http://www.pintelier.nl/
 
Opening hours: Sun - Wed 15.00 - 02.00,
Thur - Sat 15.00 - 03.00
Number of draught beers: 10
Number of bottled beers: +-45
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €2-4. Duvel €3, pils €1.80.
A 1930's style brown café that opened in 1997.

As well as being an ABT member, it's also part of the Genevergenootschap (Genever Society) and sells 45 Belgian, Dutch and French genevers.
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Paard van Troje
Kleine Kromme Elleboog 5,
9712 BS Groningen.

Tel.: 050 - 312 0050
Email: pvt@centaurus.nl
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 16:00 - 02:00,
Sun 20:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 9
Number of bottled beers: +-50
Regular draught beers:
Food:
Groningen's two principal beer cafés are usefully only a couple of doors away from each other in a tiny street just off the market place.
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Der Witz
Grote Markt 47,
9711 LX Groningen.

Tel: 050 - 314 1417
Email: info@derwitz.nl
http://www.derwitz.nl/
 
Opening hours:
Number of draught beers: 8
Number of bottled beers: 10
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €2-5. Duvel €3.10, pils €1.80.
A long, narrow pub in a typical old Dutch house. For some reason it has a German theme (Der Witz means "The Joke") and sells several German beers and Korn.
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Van Erp Dranken
Grote Kromme Elleboog 16,
9712 BK Groningen.

Tel.: 050 - 312 6414
Fax: 050 - 313 9324
http://www.vanerpwijn.nl/
 
Opening hours: Mon 13:00 - 18:30,
Tue, Wed, Fri 10:00 - 18:30,
Thur 10:00 - 21:00,
Sat 10:00 - 17:30
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers: 500
Regular draught beers:
Food:
A specialist beer shop in the centre of Groningen.
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Dutch Pub Guide
Harlingen

het Skûtsje
Heiligeweg 70,
8861 EB Harlingen.

Tel: 0517 - 416 678
Email: h-vanes@home.nl
http://www.harlingen-skutsje.nl/
 
Opening hours: Mon, Tue - Sat 14:00 - 02:00,
Sun 16:00 - 02:00,
Tuesday closed.
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: +-25
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Brown café with a bit of a beer theme.
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Dutch Pub Guide
Hoogeveen

Cafe de Lijst
Hoofdstraat 34,
7901 JR Hoogeveen.

Tel.: 0528 - 277 747
Email: info@cafedelijst.nl
http://www.cafedelijst.nl/
 
Opening hours: Wed - Mon 14:00 - 01:00,
Tuesday closed
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 18
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
Spend any time in the north of the Netherlands and you'll spot the much reduced beer choice. This brown pub counts as a spcialist beer outlet in Drenthe.
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Dutch Pub Guide
Leeuwarden


Grand café De Dikke Van Dale
Nieuwestad 69,
8911CK Leeuwarden.

Tel.: 058-2990563
info@dedikkevandale.nl
 
Opening hours: Mon - Wed 11:00 - 02:00,
Thur - Sat 11:00 - 03:00,
Sun 12:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 6
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €3-8, meals €10-13 . Pils €1.90
A rather grand cafe/restaurant named after the Dutch dictionary.
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De Strohoed Cafe
Eewal 72b,
8911 GV Leeuwarden.

Tel.: 058 - 212 7499
 
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 15:00 - 01:00,
Fri - Sat 15:00 - 02:00,
Sun 12:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: +-70
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
A brown café that is one of the north's few genuine beer pubs.
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Dutch Pub Guide
Sneek


De Draai
Wijde Noorderhorne 13,
8601 EB Sneek.

Tel.: 0515 - 422 866
Email info@kafededraai.nl
http://www.kafededraai.nl/
 
Opening hours: Sun - Mon 17:00 - 02:00,
Tue - Wed 14:00 - 02:00,
Thur - Fri 14:00 - 03:00,
Sat 10:00 - 04:00
Number of draught beers: 11
Number of bottled beers: +-80
Regular draught beers:
Food:
A light brown beer pub in a typical old-fashioned Dutch house.

Westvleteren is listed amongst their bottled beers, thogh there is, of course, no guarantee that they will have it in stock when you visit.

ABT member.
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Dutch Pub Guide
Winschoten

Carambole
Blijhamsterstraat 2,
9671 AV Winschoten.

Tel.: 0597 - 424 190
 
Opening hours: Wed - Thur 19:00 - ???,
Fri - Sun 15:00 - ???,
Monday and Tuesday closed.
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: +-120
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks.
If you understand a little Dutch, you won't be surprised that this pub offers a wealth of billiard-type games. ("Carambole" means cannon, in the bashing couple of balls against each other sense.)
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