Amsterdam - What's hot & not - Resident Update
What's Hot-What's Not-Resident Update-Amsterdam unusuall-trendy Hotels to stayHi all - looking for NOT your run-of-the-mill Amsterdam hotels to stay ?
Here are 3+1 samples:
Hotel Not Hotel
an ultrahip, art-filled boutique hotel with wow-inducing quirky touches. It’s a mid-priced hotel which is everything but run-of-the-mill. In fact, the exceptionally rated Hotel Not Hotel is probably one the most playful hotels in Amsterdam, which given the competition is quite an accolade!
Located in an increasingly trendy area in Amsterdam-West (1 km from the 19th-century Vondelpark and 3 km from Anne Frank’s House), here guests can eschew boring rooms and stay in ‘cottages’ designed and decorated by up-and-coming young artists instead.
Choose from an ultra-cute gingerbread house, an antique Dutch tram carriage, a Thailand Tuk Tuk, a Spanish-inspired villa, a study tucked behind a secret door in the library or even a 2-D printed cottage complete with 2-D TV and chairs, yes seriously…
nHow Hotel
one of the most Instagrammable hotels in Amsterdam perfect for partying Millennials and GenZ’s.It is a new social and multicultural hub where they’ve mixed contemporary art, design, gastronomy, and cultural expressions. With 24 floors and 650 rooms, all with floor-to-ceiling windows offering stunning views of Amsterdam, and a gourmet restaurant on the 17th floor, it makes complete sense.
However, designed by leading architect Reinier de Graaf, the gorgeously decorated hotel is sure to be loved by tourists and Amsterdam locals alike.
The creative Amsterdam hotel has six different room designs, each inspired by the six cardinal directions of the hotel: North, East, South, South West, South East, and North West. The designs have influence from all over the world, making each room filled with inspiration and creativity.
Benefit further from the added amenities that can be found in hip cool hotel such as bike hire to tour the city like a local, three pocket gyms, and a Nespresso machine in each room.
Hotel Arena
a beautiful and unique boutique hotel which mixes nostalgia with modern touches.
This wonderful unique 4-star hotel enjoys a prestigious location in the popular neighbourhood of Amsterdam East, just around the corner of the city centre and with the green and leafy Oosterpark at its feet. It also has an intriguing past.
Over the years this elegant, redbrick early 20th-century building once housed orphans, then elderly adults, and eventually young hostellers. Now respectfully renovated by a group of acclaimed designers, the end result at the highly-rated Hotel Arena is a unique and fabulous combination of contemporary Dutch design juxtaposed with historical character features.
Light wooden floors, high ceilings, whitewashed walls, and a clever use of space are the hallmark of every guest room and the glossy bathrooms are no less unique with open showers and larger than average bathtubs which are usually made into a beautiful room feature. Also make sure you pay a visit to their original restored onsite chapel which is adorned with wow-inducing stained glass windows.
Hotel De Hallen
a trendy and unique high-concept hotel located in a former train depot
A former 1902 tram depot from turned modern industrial design hotel, the wonderful and exceptionally rated 4-star Hotel De Hallen (located in Amsterdam’s Oud-West section, only a short distance from the upscale shopping and dining of the Jordaan district), is now one of Amsterdam’s finest industrial heritage sites.
Renowned architect Andre van Stigt painstakingly restored the listed building to its former glory keeping the original glass ceiling, exposed brickwork, metal walkways and concrete flooring and then decorating it with an eclectic mishmash of quirky details.
The result is a very trendy contemporary design hotel in a post-industrial setting. Located in a hip and up-and-coming part of town, the trendsetting Amsterdam accommodation also part of the 2,700-square-metre complex which handily features a library, cinema, boutique shops and an even indoor food market, all on the hotel’s doorstep.