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De Drie Fleschjes

Behind the Nieuwe Kerk, in the short Gravenstraat, De Drie Fleschjes has served jenever and liqueurs to the people of the Dam for nearly four hundred years. The wall of casks behind the counter, the drankorgel, has stood in the same place all that time.

What it is
Tasting room
Opened
1650, the year Dutch Wikipedia gives: the house itself gives 1619
Area
Nieuwe Kerk
Nearest museum
Our Lord in the Attic, 500 m

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    What De Drie Fleschjes is known for

    1. The drankorgel

      The drinks organ: a wall of some fifty casks with taps, still in its place behind the counter.

    2. The mayors' flasks

      A cabinet of painted flasks made for many of Amsterdam's former mayors.

    3. Behind the Nieuwe Kerk

      The lane is closed on one side by the church, a minute from Dam Square and the Royal Palace.

    What to know

    • Dutch Wikipedia dates the tasting room to 1650 and calls it the oldest café still open in Amsterdam
    • The house itself gives 1619 as its founding
    • It was the tasting room of the liqueur distiller Bootz

    Where De Drie Fleschjes is

    Address

    Gravenstraat 18
    1012 NM Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Nearest station

    Dam, on the tram, about a minute away

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    A tasting room of the seventeenth century

    De Drie Fleschjes, the three little bottles, was the tasting room of the distiller Bootz. It dates from the middle of the seventeenth century, and the house itself gives 1619.

    The drankorgel with its fifty casks still stands in the same place, and a cabinet holds flasks made for many of the city's former mayors.

    De Drie Fleschjes: common questions

    Where is De Drie Fleschjes?
    At Gravenstraat 18, in the Centrum district of Amsterdam. The nearest station is Dam, on the tram, about a minute away.
    Which museums and sights are near De Drie Fleschjes?
    Our Lord in the Attic is 500 m away, Rembrandt House Museum is 800 m away, A'DAM Lookout is 1.3 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is De Drie Fleschjes known for?
    The drankorgel, The mayors' flasks, Behind the Nieuwe Kerk. A tasting room of the seventeenth century in the lane behind the Nieuwe Kerk, with a wall of fifty casks and a cabinet of flasks painted for the city's mayors.
    When did De Drie Fleschjes open?
    In 1650, the year Dutch Wikipedia gives: the house itself gives 1619. Dutch Wikipedia dates the tasting room to 1650 and calls it the oldest café still open in Amsterdam.

    What visitors say about De Drie Fleschjes

    Rating from Google

    4.8

    746 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 19 October 2026.

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