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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volunteer-run Sunday-night queer club in Amsterdam-West since 1985.
De Trut has been running every Sunday night since December 1985 out of the basement of the Tetterode complex — a former type foundry in Amsterdam-West squatted in 1981. Doors open at 10 PM, close at 3 AM. Entry is €3, cash only. Drinks are priced to match. The entire operation is volunteer-run with a flat, consensus-based structure and no owner or manager. Net profits go to the Trutfonds, which distributed €87,000+ to global LGBTQ+ projects in 2025. Phones must be off inside — no photos, no filming, no exceptions. The door policy filters for queer community, not clout. DJs spin house, electropop, punk, and disco for a genuinely mixed crowd of gay men, lesbians, trans, and non-binary regulars. Forty years in, it's still the real thing.
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