House of Bols Cocktail and Genever Experience

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Enjoy a visit to The House of Bols, The Cocktail and Genever Experience on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. Be part of an unique adventure and an unforgettable interactive experience of the glamorous world of cocktails, liqueurs, bartending and the Dutch spirit Genever. At the House of Bols you will learn all about Lucas Bols – the world’s oldest distilled spirit brand, which has been making liqueurs in Amsterdam since 1575. You will also discover Bols Genever – Holland’s rediscovered cocktail spirit, which dates back to 1820.

Visit the House of Bols and embark on a spectacular journey through flavours, aromas, images, sound and film. The tour incorporates the Hall of Taste, where you will discover all 38 Bols liqueurs and how they are made, the Delfts blue room, the World of Cocktails ‘club’ and the mysterious Bols Genever Room.

The tour ends in the revolutionary Mirror Bar, where bartenders mix your preferred Bols Genever and liqueur cocktail before your very eyes.

As winner of the Dutch Design Award for Best Exhibition and Experience, House of Bols is proving that heritage and history mix perfectly with innovation and contemporary design.

House of Bols is located in the famous Museum Quarter of Amsterdam, right across the Van Gogh Museum and next to the Rijksmuseum.

Traveler Reviews

Review by:   Robert W,    November 2017
Thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Interesting to learn a bit about the history and how the liqueurs are made. Then the samples at the end. The girl behind the bar asked me to name my favourite cocktail. Then she proceeded to make a fabulous clone of a pina colada using Bols liqueurs.

Review by:   Theresa S,    June 2016
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