l a s t s e p t e m b e r ,
as the leaves on
the Dutch elms began to burnish and drift into the
swan-speckled waters of the Oudezijds Achterburgwal
canal, a gathering took place that saw the city’s
beau
monde
amass en masse for the social-media hyped
opening of the summer.
They were there to raise a bottle of craft beer to the
launch of the Dutch capital’s first ‘barcade’, a hipsterish
concept borrowed, inevitably, from Brooklyn by Serdar
Tonkas, the Ton Ton Club’s 31-year old co-founder. But,
while the beautiful, retro arcade interior of his new
venture, stuffed with iconic 1980s and 90s game
machines, such as
Mortal Kombat
and
Daytona USA
,
would not look out of place in New York’s coolest
borough, the setting just might.
Located off the Oudekerksplein, site of the oldest
church in Amsterdam, this nightlife paradise for 20-
HIPSTER HAUNT
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Bearded locals at
Mata Hari wine bar
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The Oudezijds
Achterburgwal canal
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