Cafe 't Mandje is one of the longest-running gay bars in the world, opened in 1927 by local lesbian Bet van Beeren and kept by her sister Greet until the 1980s. Re-opened by their niece in 2008, the tolerant atmosphere and historic interior have been preserved, complete with photograph-pasted walls, neck ties hanging from the ceiling, a juke box with old-time music and an antique pool table.

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