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The Bent Guide is the most up-to-date and comprehensive gay guide ever written about Amsterdam. Chock full of information about the main gay and lesbian tourist traps as well as essential insights into Amsterdam’s lesser-known traditional and alternative queer crowds, The Bent Guide is an extensively researched guide to "everything that’s not straight in Amsterdam.”

The Bent Guide is available on Amazon.com

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Divided into the most basic of human urges: Drink, Eat, Sleep, Shop, Fuck, Dance & Learn, its easy to navigate format has something for everyone. From twinks and trendies, to bears, leather boys and SM dykes. It’s entertaining, highly readable and full of indispensable queer info such as what types of people attend a venue, what kind of music to expect and (most importantly!) what to wear.

Pink Point Amsterdam's official gay & lesbian info kiosk and publisher of The Bent Guide Unlike the other travel guides to Amsterdam, ‘The Bent Guide’ has been written and compiled by locals. Published by Pink Point – Amsterdam's gay and lesbian information kiosk – 'The Bent Guide’ has been distilled from Pink Point’s 9 years experience in telling visiting gays and lesbians where to go, what to do and generally how to get bent in Amsterdam. In addition, the guide is written in a humorous, easy-to-read style. It is informative and entertaining at the same time. Go for more information on Pink Point to Pinkpoint.org

author darren reynoldson

Pink Point has a long-term commitment to gay tourism in Amsterdam and knows that other gay guides to Amsterdam are published irregularly and are often poorly researched. We wanted to publish a book that was comprehensive, accurate, critical yet also humorous, one that we would be comfortable using ourselves and could recommend to visitors. We chose a format that we know, by assisting literally thousands of visitors a year, is easy to use and based on what the customer wants to know.

selected media reviews about the second edition of ‘the bent guide’

"For an honest, frank, and at times bitingly funny - and salacious - understanding of the gay scene in one of the world's great queer capitals, Amsterdam, The Bent Guide more than delivers the goods. The reliability of the info and the clarity of presentation make it the best gay guide out there on Amsterdam...researched carefully, packed with insider tips and insights, and intelligently arranged. ..an outstanding resource". read more
Andrew Collins, editor of www.gaytravel.about.com

"Pick up the excellent Bent Guide"
Lonely Planet Amsterdam #4, 2004

“Reynoldson is one travel writer who makes sure he sharpens his nails well before pulling out his pencils. The Bent Guide is bitchier than Bette Davis on a bad hair day.”
Gay News, Amsterdam, Sept 2005

“Reynoldson’s razor sharp sense of poking fun at all our many fag foibles means we’ll be laughing and nodding along to his distinctly bent point of view."
Gay & Night, Amsterdam, Oct 2005

"If you do not know the city, the best thing is to get The Bent Guide, the best and most detailed guide gay to Amsterdam"
Gay Barcelona, July 2006

BENT GUIDE, THE: Gay and Lesbian Amsterdam (3rd Ed.) by Darren Reynoldson, Illus. by Eddie Varekamp. ISBN: 978-90-808851-2-7 / 90-808851-2-6. 134 pages/paper/$13.95