Shelter

About Shelter

Techno and house are the whole point here, played loud enough and long enough that the room stops being a room and becomes a single dark, sweating mass moving in the same direction. The rhythm of the week is unusual: doors open late on Friday and Saturday nights, but the real weight falls on the small hours of Saturday and Sunday, when the club runs through to 7am and Sunday morning turns out to be the busiest stretch of all. Prices sit in the mid range rather than the premium end, and the crowd skews late-twenties to mid-forties, a mix of Western European regulars and visitors who have found their way across the water to Overhoeksplein in Noord. Smart casual is enough to get in. It opens year-round and has picked up mentions among Amsterdam's best clubs.