My Amsterdam Stag Weekend: A Real Groom's Review
A Legendary Stag do Destination
Editor's Note (December 2025): This real story from a past stag has been updated to ensure all travel tips and activity details are current for the 2026season.
What went on during my Stag weekend in Amsterdam stays in Amsterdam. No names will be named, no specifics mentioned. For the record, my conduct was all above board and can only be described as exemplary!
I’m a bit of a ‘smoker’, so when we were planning my final weekend of freedom, I decided straight off that I wanted to go to Amsterdam. There was a group of 14 of us all paid up and ready for adventure!
Friday: Hummer Limos & Red Light District
My Amsterdam Stag do was kick-started at the airport with our transfer, which turned out to be a 16-seater Hummer Limo. It came complete with a sound system and an open bar for beer! The hedonism had begun, and we set to the free bar with a vengeance.
The Hummer dropped us at the Kings Court Hotel. It was nice and clean, no frills—just what you need for a stag weekend. With a public transport station just outside, it was really convenient to reach the centre.
The first night, we went on a Pub Crawl in the famous Red Light District (De Wallen). We had a couple of guides and joined a larger group. We visited 5 or 6 different bars, and I remember free shots of Jaeger in each one! In the first bar, they were just pouring vodka from the bottle into people’s mouths. This was true Amsterdam debauchery.
Saturday: Booze Cruise & Leidseplein
Saturday morning dawned with hangovers, but the buffet breakfast picked us up. Soon it was time for some "hair of the dog" in the form of a Booze Cruise down Amsterdam’s canals!
The cruise turned out to be a great idea. Being on the boat gave Amsterdam a different perspective than you get at street level. With unlimited beer and wine for an hour and a half, we were soon riding high again, hangovers forgotten!
From the booze cruise, we headed back to De Wallen and spent the afternoon in a Red Light Bar, playing Killer on the pool table.
That evening, we headed to Leidseplein for another bar crawl. Leidseplein is one of the nightlife hubs of Amsterdam. If we thought Friday was wild, Saturday topped it! The bars were heaving with party people. At the end of the night, our guides got us into a local nightclub where we danced to Dutch Techno until the sun came up.
The Verdict
Checking out was depressing because we had so much fun. The transfer back to the airport provided neither free beer nor strippers, but we had a great time sharing stories.
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