Tivoli Vredenburg Bar is a bar in Centrum, Utrecht.
The bar inside Utrecht's main music venue, Tivoli Vredenburg. Five concert halls from Dutch pop to jazz. The ground-floor bar is open without a ticket.
Food program: Bar snacks and light bites pre-show
Tip: The bar is open for non-gig-goers from 16:00 during weekday drink hours. Check the evening programme first.
Address: Vredenburgkade 11, 3511 WC Utrecht
Utrecht favourite waterside terrace, packed April to October. Tables line the Tolsteegplein quay. Dutch bar food and draught beer; no reservations.
Signature drink: Heineken on draught with a Dutch bitterbal
Food: Dutch snacks and bitterballen
Tip: Arrive before 17:00 on warm days or you will be standing. The quay terrace has the best canal view in the city.
The longest beer list in Utrecht: 200 Belgian bottles and 20 draught lines in a canal-side werfkelder. Open until 04:00 on weekends. A city institution.
Signature drink: Delirium Tremens on draught, 200-bottle cellar list
Food: Belgian snacks, bitterballen, mussels
Tip: The Trappist shelf behind the bar has 40 bottles; ask the barman to pull one with a glass-rinse ritual.
Utrecht favourite waterside terrace, packed April to October. Tables line the Tolsteegplein quay. Dutch bar food and draught beer; no reservations.
Signature drink: Heineken on draught with a Dutch bitterbal
Food: Dutch snacks and bitterballen
Tip: Arrive before 17:00 on warm days or you will be standing. The quay terrace has the best canal view in the city.
vandeStreek Brewery taproom on two floors with a werfkelder and canal terrace. Twenty taps of Utrecht-brewed ales, IPAs and session beers on tap.
Signature drink: Playground IPA on draught from the Utrecht brewery
Food: Bar snacks, cheese boards and shared plates
Tip: The Playground IPA and the seasonal sour rotate most often; ask what just came in from the Nieuwegein brewery.
Former hidden Catholic church from 1860 with original vaulted ceilings and pipe organ. Belgian beer list and food in the most atmospheric bar room in Utrecht.
Signature drink: Chimay Bleue served at cellar temperature
Food: Belgian mussels, stoemp and Belgian cheese
Tip: Sit in the original nave under the vaulted ceiling; it is one of the most striking bar spaces in the Netherlands.
Open-fire bar in a former forensic centre on Gansstraat. Wild and craft beers on tap, natural wines by the glass and food from the in-house Lavett bakery.
Signature drink: Wild-fermented sour ales from Dutch and Belgian craft breweries
Food: Open-fire small plates, Lavett sourdough
Tip: The wild-fermented tap list changes weekly; the barman will let you taste before you commit to a pint.
Arthouse cinema and brown cafe on Springweg, open since 1885. Two film halls with world cinema, a loyal local crowd at the bar and a street-side terrace.
Signature drink: House pilsner with a bowl of traditional Dutch borrelnoten
Food: Soups, sandwiches, arthouse cinema snacks
Tip: Buy a cinema ticket and return to the bar for a drink between screenings; the bar stays open after films end.
