Henk was such a wonderful tour guide on my first trip to Amsterdam. We share an admiration (obsession really) for Willem Arondeus, Frieda Belinfante and Soerjd Bakker, and Henk put together a fantastic personal tour, revealing new facts, locations and stories I was completely unaware of. Aside from his expert knowledge, storytelling skills and passion for LBTQ history, Henk is also a wonderful person and such a delight to walk around the city and talk with. I can’t wait for Bet van Beeren’s bar to open again so I can return to Amsterdam and buy my new friend a drink!

Henk gave a private queer tour of the Rijksmuseum to a small group of American high school students. The Rijksmuseum is an iconic building and part of the city, so it was great to get a private tour of it. A 2 hours tour was too long for our group, so perhaps we'll do a shorter one next time.

Did the LGBT tour with Henk. He’s knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. And funny? This guy has a great sense of humor. We learned so much about the history of the LGBT movement and some of the activists who led the fight for the rights we have today as LGBT people. Thanks Henk! Great afternoon spent with you! Next time we are in Amsterdam, drinks are on us! Shawn & Jon.

Henk was a great guide and I leaned a lot. A very friendly, informed and lovely experience. This is a nice way to explore the city and pick up some cultural history. Thanks Henk!

I took the LGBT history walking tour with Henk. He is an excellent guide, very friendly and knowledgeable about the city, and passionate about history. He took me and my friend to some interesting sights in the city center and gave us information about the sights that we would not have found on our own. Afterward, Henk took us to a great local bar where we continued chatting. I highly recommend this tour.

Don’t miss out on one of Henk’s tours if you’re visiting Amsterdam! I did his LGBT walking history tour and it really gave me an in-depth perspective of the rich LGBT history and culture this wonderful city has to offer. Henk is fun and friendly and has a fountain of knowledge to share with you. Highly recommended!

It is my first time in a LGBT tour ever and I found it very interesting. Henk has a lot of knowledge about the city, history in the city and LGBT hystory. It was just amazing to hear him tell stories in different places of the city from the LGBT perspective. And having a beer with him and the other participants at the end and share stories was just the perfect ending.Totally recommended!

One of the best tours I've been on. It felt as if we were walking around Amsterdam with an incredibly knowledgeable friend. Chill, relaxed and highly informational about the LGBT community.

Very educational with lots of interesting facts I wasn't aware of before meeting Henk. I will definitely recommend it to anyone and hopefully do it again to learn more from it.

Henk is a very intelligent guy, and I felt like in an audio encyclopedia tour. He has a good sense of humor and carries out the tour very harmonically and yet full of information. I was very interested in all the historical parts of the Lbgt facts, that made what Amsterdam is today. The tour is a nice relaxed walk through the city that gives you a detailed insight into how things were in the past, finishing with a drink at one of the oldest gay bars in town. Next time I will bring not only my gay friends but also my straight ones. Thanks.

We have joined this LGBT+ History tour of Henk as a group of LGBT+ newcomers of the Cocktail project of COC Amsterdam (a project empowering the LGBT+ refugees/asylum seekers community in Amsterdam by introducing them to the city, its people and its institutions and creating a social, safe environment to further build and expand their social network in this city). Our group, 10 persons, very much enjoyed the tour and often were impressed and surprised by some hidden or hardly known details within the LGBT+ history of our city. Henk combined facts of the city and its (LGBT+) history with a broad range of personal stories. He has been residing the city for quite a while and experienced how the city has changed during the past decades first hand. This shows in the way he tells these stories. For us it was often very striking to see similarities of the history of our city (with respect to human and LGBT+ rights) and the situation we still face in 76 of the countries in the world. Tolerance and acceptance towards the LGBT+ community here in Amsterdam has made so much progress over the past decades/centuries! However, we cannot deny it has been quite a long journey. Henk, who is a great story teller, explained the highlights (and lowlights) of this journey in a very informative and enthusiastic way. Covering important events and landmarks (like the Homo-monument and “het Mandje”). We definitely recommend this tour to anyone visiting our city. Thank you Henk, for taking us on this tour!

Henk out tour guide was very knowledgeable and articulated, i enjoyed his stories and explanation, Henk thank you for taking the time to answer my questions thoroughly.

I would highly recommend Henk’s LGBT history walking tour. He was knowledgeable and fun to talk to, passionate about discussing the history and culture of the Netherlands, and has put together a nice low key, informative, and worthwhile tour. I went solo but this would be fun for couples, families, or other individuals.