Hey Tibor, Thanks so much for the nice review! Hope to see you back soon. x the Prik-boys

Dear MP1973Amsterdam , Before calling out to boycot one of the few gay owned gay bars it would have been nice if you had checked your facts. Pride Amsterdam and Prik's streetparty make a lot of effort to make Pride carbon neutral. This year we started a 3 year improvement plan to make Pride Amsterdam the first 100% carbon neurtral festival in the world. Using reusable cups is one of the things all streetparties agreed to do. People pay 1 time 1 euro for the first cup for both days of our street party. When they bring the cup back to the bar for another drink the cup get's swapped for free for a new clean cup. At the end of the festival you don't get your 1 euro back, that is correct. As it's a free festival your only contribution to this festival is this 1 euro. Our staff collects the cups that are not brought back by people who throw the cup on the floor or in bins. Our staff gets money for every collected cup so they can earn some extra bonus for their hard work during Pride, while everybody is else is partying. This system worked very well and as a result the street at the end of the night has never been cleaner as this year. 95% of the trash in the street comes from the drinks and bags that people bring themselves. Other aspects to make Pride more sustainable is the use of 100% green energy, organic locally sourced food, separation of garbage (cans, glass, plastic, paper), using green cleaning products and toiletpaper. Bar Prik itself is also always trying to become more green through out the whole year by using biodegradable straws, water saving machines, 100% green energy, LED lighting and the most efficient electrical appliances. The Prik Pride Street Party is a free accesible party and is for 100% funded by bar Prik. This includes all the security for your safety, first aid, stage, performers, equipment, permits to close down the street, permits to sell food and alcohol, contribution to Pride Amsterdam, staff, cleaning (including waste from peoples own drinks) etc etc. Stating that we make a "shitload of money" on the LGBTQ+ community is a huge insult. At this moment it is not even clear whether this street party made its break even point and if we can organise another Pride party FOR the LGBTQ+ community again next year. We hope we can because we received a lot of love from people who enjoyed what we have organised for them. So we are sorry to hear that you are disapointed that you didn't get your 1 euro back for your cup and if you think this is a reason to boycot Prik then we respect your choice and wish you all the best. Kind regards, on behalf of the whole Prik-team, Gerson & Jelger