What is Lambiek?

Lambiek is the world's oldest comic shop and sequential art gallery, in the center of Amsterdam. Founded in 1968, it has always been a popular landmark on the Kerkstraat, a charming street between the Leidsestraat and Spiegelstraat, near the Leidseplein.

Lambiek has a global reputation for its impressive collection of comics and art from around the world, with many genres and eras, and is famous for being a hotspot for comic artists, collectors and fans. Festive openings of artist expositions in the gallery have become legendary, and we host many special events such as book presentations, workshops and the annual 24 Hour Comics Day.

Visit Lambiek for comics and original art

Make your trip to Amsterdam a special one and come by to say "hello" and browse the unique Lambiek shop where you can buy some amazing books and artwork by many renowned comic artists. You can see a small selection of original artwork for sale in our virtual expositions, featuring works by great artists like Chris Ware, Peter Pontiac, Pascal Doury, Jim Woodring and Robert Crumb.

With a continuous 43-year tradition of helping people find something unique and interesting every time they visit, Lambiek has kept them coming back. We have many signed silkscreen posters and original works from some of the best comic artists in the world, and a few are available on our specials page.

Lambiek.Net, online since 1994, brings you the Comiclopedia - the comics compendium with over 11,000 comic artists featured from many countries around the world. We are always looking for some worthy new artists, and we welcome your comments and updates.

The English version of our History of Dutch Comics makes good use of our vast collection of old and rare comics, an excerpt from our 100-page dutch version, de Nederlandse Stripgeschiedenis.