I cannot believe I have only just found out about this… but this morning whilst reading tweets in bed (don’t judge me – it’s my day off – we all do it) I found out that THERE IS A CAT CAFÉ OPENING IN AMSTERDAM THIS MONTH!
Photo credit: Kattencafé Kopjes Facebook Page
Sorry for shouting. I am soooooo excited!!
I’ve seen cats in bars here in the Netherlands, well – I should say “a cat in a bar”, several times. But a whole café full of feline friends?? No siree!
It feels like an #onlyinHolland or should I say #onlyinAmsterdam kind of story, only it isn’t. After extensive research (Googling ‘cat cafe’) it turns out that these things already exist! Who knew?
There’s Café Miao in Copenhagen, Cat Town Cafe’s in Oakland, USA and others in Melbourne, Paris, Japan, NYC (of course) Seattle and San Diego. Ok, so I’m totally not with the programme…
BUT, this is the first in the Netherlands.
Crazy cat ladies rejoice!
If it wasn’t enough news that there’s a cat café opening in Amsterdam this month… even more exciting is the news that it was crowdfunded. Woah.
975 people joined the campaign raising a staggering €32.715!! (Source.)
Image credit: My Cat
So, what else do you need to know?
It’s called Kattencafé Kopjes and it opens its doors on 22nd April 2015 at 211 Marco Polostraat in Amsterdam.
You have to book in advance via their website.
There will be 8 cats in the café and only 20 visitors are allowed at a time.
Entry is €3 for a two hour slot.
The cats come from animal shelters Stichting Dierenleed and Dierenopvangcentrum Amsterdam. They cannot be adopted as it could be stressful for the animals to have a constant rotation of different cats.
More info on their Facebook & Twitter pages | Cat pictures: Instagram
Dus, ga je mee?
So, are you coming?
Hayley x
I’m heading to Amsterdam in June. I’m dragging my boyfriend and potentially his family to it too!!! OMG!!! Amazing – there’s one in London but it’s not especially easy to get to!
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Fantastic! I’d heard about the cat boat, and heard of cat cafés in other cities. It only makes sense that the Netherlands would get one eventually.
If you haven’t seen them, check out the Kat in de Stad books. There’s a recent one of the Amsterdam pub cats (book available in English and Dutch versions). A great photographer went around photographing those fantastic feline characters that call various bars and cafés home. He did a few editions of Utrecht cats, too.
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Thanks! Sounds awesome! 🙂
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FYI, there’s one in London as well: http://www.ladydinahs.com. Nice enough place, but ridiculously oversubscribed. Hopefully the Amsterdam one fares better, but forewarned is forearmed.
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My gorgeous Dutch partner has booked for us to go on 1st May! 🙂
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Nice! Lucky you! I’m going to book for May too 🙂
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What’s your cat’s name?
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Paris. But I didn’t name her 🙂
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Oh, that’s right…it seems like you said that. >.<
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There is the cat boat in Amsterdam too! De Poezenboot you must go see them too. Love the Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium cat cafe in London.
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Yeah, I’ve heard about that! Must visit both! 🙂
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