Café Stonewall is a gay café in the centre of Enschede, on Walstraat. It opened in 1989 in a building bought by a foundation that the local COC branch set up two years earlier for exactly that purpose, and it is still run entirely by volunteers.
The café describes itself as a warm, safe place for the whole LGBTI+ community that is also welcoming to straight guests, and its programme is aimed at different ages. Evenings range from quiet drinks at the bar to nights with dancing, live acts and drag hosts. There is seating outside on the street.
One wall carries a large ultraviolet mural of rainbow-coloured wings under the words "Love is love" and "Be you". Upstairs is a second bar, which is where the fetish night takes place. During Pride Enschede in October the café holds parties of its own.
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