Bonnetje voor een Ander – English

Welcome to this page! Here, you can find information on the ‘Bonnetje voor een Ander’ initiative and a list of the participating café’s (see above!).  Perhaps you made it to this page because you participated in the ‘Bonnetje voor Ander’ initiative already and in that case: you are part of the soul of our city at its best so thank you.

In the cold wintermonths and with the holidays around the corner, the people of Amsterdam like to get together. They of course prefer to do this in the warmth and cosiness of a bar or café, but unfortunately this is not within reach for everybody in the city. Ordering a nice, hot drink is not a possibility for everyone. That’s why the ‘Partij van de Arbeid’ (our political party in the city council) started the ‘Bonnetje voor een Ander’ initiative, in cooperation with several cafés in our city.

The idea is inspired by a Neapolitan tradition, the caffè sospeso. Participating spots in all parts of our city, offer the guests two options: pay for an extra coffee, a ‘Bonnetje voor een Ander’ (ticket for someone else), without consuming said drink or use a ‘Bonnetje voor een Ander’ to drink a coffee or tea when you don’t have the financial means to do so otherwise. This way, everybody in our city can enjoy the warmth and cosiness of the neighborhood café without a financial threshold.

“Looking out for each other is part of our social city. The neighbourhood café is often a place that serves as the livingroom of a neighbourhood, where people meet and talk to each other. Unfortunately we also see a lot of loneliness in our city, especially during the winter months, because a big part of social life costs money. With this initiative, people of Amsterdam can keep meeting each other, no matter the size of their wallet.” – Lian Heinhuis, faction leader Partij van de Arbeid Amsterdam

The ‘Bonnetje voor een Ander’ initiative starts on Friday December 13th and will keep going for the duration of a month. But of course it would be beautiful if this will become a part of tradition in Amsterdam as well.

Participating cafés per neighbourhood

  • Centre:
    • Café Bouwman, Utrechtsestraat 102
    • ‘t Blauwhooft, Hendrik Jonkerplein 1
    • Café Oosterling, Utrechtsestraat 140
    • Café R. de Rosa, Boomstraat 41A
    • Café Waterlooplein 77, Rapenburgerstraat 169
    • Buurtboerderij Centraal, Kattenburgerstraat 5
    • Café De Gaeper, Staalstraat 4 H
    • ‘Skek, Zeedijk 4-8, 1012 AX Amsterdam
  • New-West:
    • Café De Roosenboom, Jacques Veltmanstraat 56
    • OBA Postjesweg, Postjesweg 340
  • North:
    • Café ’t Sluisje, Nieuwendammerdijk 297
    • OBA Molenwijk, Molenwijk 21
    • OBA Van der Pek, Gentiaanstraat 1
  • East:
    • Café Gijs de Rooy, Javastraat 1
    • De Groene Olifant, Sarphatistraat 510
    • KAFFEE, Dapperplein 45
    • Kalemegdan Balkan Podiumcafé & Bar, Tweede van Swindenstraat 94
    • Kanis, Levantkade 127
  • Weesp:
    • ‘t Helletje, Stationsweg 13
  • West:
    • Café ‘t Binnepretje, Bos en Lommerweg 133
    • Café de Toog, Nicolaas Beetsstraat 142 hs
    • Café L’Affiche, Jacob van Lennepstraat 393
    • OBA Mercatorplein, Mercatorplein 89
  • S0uth:
    • Bar Bouwmeester, Rijnstraat 36
    • Eddy Bar, Gerard Doustraat 58
    • Van Wou, Van Woustraat 25
    • Wildschut, Roelof Hartplein 1
    • OBA Roelof Hart, Roelof Hartplein 304
  • South-East:
    • Oma Ietje, Heesterveld 3
    • 30ML Coffee & Food Arena, Bijlmerplein 155

Of course, every café can join this initiatieve. Send an email to Jacob Schaap at [email protected]