Where is beer cheapest? 16 Dutch cities compared

A beer doesn't cost the same everywhere. But how big are the differences really? We found out using the beer menus BierChecker reads.

How we calculated

We took every lager (between 4 and 5.6% alcohol, such as Heineken, Amstel, Grolsch and Hertog Jan, in glasses up to 50 cl) from 303 beer menus in 16 cities. A small glass, a regular glass and a half litre can't be compared directly, so we converted every price to a 25 cl glass. Per city we use the middle price (the median), so one expensive tourist bar doesn't skew the result.

The ranking

Groningen is cheapest, at €3.27 per 25 cl. Amsterdam is the most expensive: €4.20. That's 28% more for the same glass.

Keep in mind

These are the prices on the menus as we read them; menus change, and the price at the venue always applies. A city only appears once 5 venues list a lager, and cities with few menus can still move around a lot. This page updates itself as new menus come in.

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Using these numbers

You may reuse them with credit and a link to this page. The figures are medians of menu prices per 25 cl, based on 303 beer menus read in 16 cities (as of 13 November 2026). Always give the number of menus for a city: for cities with few menus the figure is a first impression.

Source: BierChecker (bierchecker.nl), median price of a lager per 25 cl, 13 November 2026.

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