Christmas in Amsterdam: skip your boring family dinner

Christmas in Amsterdam, but different

You know the drill. The potatoes are gone, and so are the conversation topics. Your uncle is telling the same story for the third time and someone suggests playing “a nice family game”.

Monopoly. Again.

This year, do things differently. Skip your boring family dinner. Come to The All Out. Because Christmas gets a whole lot better with cocktails, competition and someone taking the game way too seriously.

The alternative to another endless Christmas dinner

Christmas dinner mostly involves sitting down. At The All Out, you’ll actually get out of your seat.

Throw for glory with interactive darts, knock your opponent off the shuffleboard or grab the mic and discover who’s been hiding their questionable singing talent all these years.

The best part? Everyone can join. You don’t need to be a darts pro, shuffleboard takes minutes to learn and family rivalries can finally be settled where they belong: on the playing field.

Loser buys the next round.

What can you do in Amsterdam during the Christmas holidays?

Everything under one roof. Games, drinks, bites and zero forced small talk.

• Interactive darts: different games, automatic scoring and plenty of opportunities for a rematch.
• Electric shuffleboards: slide, aim and knock your opponent out of the game.
• Karaoke: your own private karaoke room. Silent Night? Not in here.
• Sjoelen: the Dutch classic, upgraded with cocktails and better music.
• Clay Shot: because one game is obviously never enough.‍
• Ballaoke: karaoke, but in a ball pit.‍
• Cocktails & shared bites: for before, during and after the games.

Looking for a Boxing Day activity? Pick your crew

Friendsmas with friends

Not flying home for Christmas? Or finally getting the whole group together? Turn it into a Friendsmas. Wear your worst Christmas jumper, pick your game and decide who’s buying the first round.

Christmas with family

After two days around the dinner table, everyone could use something different. Bring your parents, siblings, cousins and the rest of the family and find out who really inherited the competitive genes.

Spoiler: probably the person who says they “really don’t care about winning”.

Christmas with colleagues

Missed the office Christmas party or still owe the team a proper night out? Plan something during the Christmas holidays or just after. Check out our team outings in Amsterdam.

Christmas date

Dinner dates are nice. But have you ever tried beating your date at darts with a cocktail in your other hand?

Exactly.

Sjoelen: the one Christmas tradition worth keeping

Not every Christmas tradition has to go. Sjoelen can stay.

It’s Dutch, everyone understands it within five minutes and somehow it gets very competitive, very quickly.

At The All Out, we’ve simply given the classic a little upgrade: good music, drinks within reach and your own Sjoelbar to finally prove who’s been cheating at family Christmas all these years.

Christmas at The All Out: the practical stuff

Where? Europaboulevard 1B in Amsterdam, right by Amsterdam RAI and RAI metro station.

When? During the Christmas holidays and between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

Price? Packages start from €13.50 per person.

Our tip: don’t wait until halfway through Christmas dinner to decide you desperately need to escape. The Christmas holidays can get busy, so book your time slot in advance, especially for Boxing Day and evenings.

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This Christmas, go All Out

Cut the dinner short. Grab your friends, family, colleagues or date and make Christmas something you’ll actually still be talking about next year.

Eat. Drink. Play. Repeat.