Research Lunch Club in Amsterdam
Amsterdam packs two strong universities, a cluster of national institutes and a thriving tech sector into a famously bike-able city. Research Lunch Club matches you into a small group of Amsterdam researchers for lunch, once a month. No borrel, no networking event — just three people who do the work, over a good meal, for the cost of a coffee a quarter.
📍 Real researchers, real lunch
Who's in the Amsterdam group
Our Amsterdam members include researchers from the University of Amsterdam and VU Amsterdam, teams at Booking.com and Adyen, and institutes like AMOLF and the wider NWO network. Physicists, data scientists, social scientists, UX researchers — Amsterdam's table is compact, international and easy to reach.
Researchers from across Amsterdam
A sense of where Amsterdam members spend their days — the universities, institutes and companies they come from.
Where Amsterdam members meet
Amsterdam groups meet across the centre and the Zuidas: the city centre and Roeterseiland for UvA, the Zuidas and Buitenveldert for VU, Science Park for AMOLF and the institutes, and the canal belt for the tech crowd. Your group picks a lunch spot — most are a short bike ride apart.
Third-wave coffee, Amsterdam-style
Lunch has a way of running into coffee. A few independent, third-wave spots Amsterdam researchers gravitate to — chains need not apply.
Lot Sixty One
De Baarsjes
White Label Coffee
West
Scandinavian Embassy
De Pijp
🍝 Three researchers, one table
How Research Lunch Club works in Amsterdam
You get matched
Every month we pair you with two other researchers in Amsterdam — deliberately across disciplines and career stages, so the conversation goes somewhere new.
Your group picks a day & a spot
You sort the time and place together in the member app — a lunch that works for all three of you, somewhere easy in the city.
You meet for lunch
Show up, swap notes, and build the kind of relationship that outlasts a conference badge. Most Amsterdam groups keep in touch long after.
Your first lunch is on us
Snap a photo at the table and tag us on LinkedIn or Instagram — we'll cover your first lunch. Our way of saying welcome.
Pricing & the 90-day guarantee
The cost of a coffee
£5 a quarter, and you can cancel anytime. The lunch itself you pay for at the table.
A fresh match monthly
Two new Amsterdam researchers every month you're a member.
90-day guarantee
Not feeling the lunches in your first 90 days? We'll refund your membership.
First lunch on us
Tag us in a photo from your first lunch and we'll cover it.
☕ Lunch that ran into coffee
Amsterdam researcher FAQ
Usually the city centre, Science Park or the Zuidas — close to where members work and study. You sort the day and the spot in the member app.
Other Amsterdam-based researchers across fields and seniority — UvA and VU academics alongside researchers at Booking.com, Adyen, AMOLF and the NWO institutes. We mix disciplines on purpose.
Each month we group Amsterdam members into threes, mixing disciplines and career stages and avoiding repeat pairings. A fresh group every month you're a member.
Yes — Amsterdam's tech scene means plenty of members are industry researchers, from UX to data science. If research is your work, you belong at the table.
The cost of a coffee a quarter — £5, cancel anytime. The lunch you pay for at the table, and your first one is on us.
More on meeting other researchers
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The cost of a coffee a quarter. Cancel anytime. Your first lunch is on us.