Amsterdam
Amsterdam architectural firm Space & Matter's ingenious project lets you stay in uniquely renovated canal-bridge houses, where bridge keepers once lived…
Must-see hotels in The Netherlands
Amsterdam Noord
What's that imposing industrial crane rising up at NDSM-werf? It's a hotel. The three fantasy-world suites perched at varying heights – Free Spirit,…
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Utrecht
This fabulous 36-room boutique hotel has beautifully modernised a fine old mansion that became the Netherlands' first eye clinic in 1858 – hence all the…
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Amsterdam
This grown-up boutique hotel with exemplary service, housed in a row of three grand, red-and-white-striped 19th-century mansions, has rooms with views…
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Rotterdam
There's plenty to like about this hip hostel in Rotterdam's major party precinct. Female and mixed-sex dorms sleep between four and 18, with bunks, under…
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Nijmegen
Fun and vintage chic are buzzwords at this achingly cool hotel, in a townhouse painted every colour of the rainbow, across the street from Valkhofpark…
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Amsterdam
Ignore the drab exterior: 'People's Hotel' has the vibe of an uber-cool media company, with glass-box meeting rooms and lots of bright young things on…
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Utrecht
Sensitively restored from what was originally a fortified 13th-century mansion, this 23-room boutique hotel incorporates many salvaged historic details…
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Rotterdam
You'll get a real taste of inner-city Rotterdam life when staying at these sleek apartments in the centre of town. Scattered over 15 floors of a recently…
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Amsterdam
Steps from the Nieuwmarkt, the Misc has six charming rooms, all individually decorated, from the lanterns and bed canopy of the Wonders Room to the Design…
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Maastricht
This prize-winning design statement is housed inside the former Crutched Friar monastery complex, dating from 1483. Modern touches, such as moulded…
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Haarlem
Opened in 2018 in the former printing and die-cast workshop dating from 1703 that once housed the royal printer Johan Enschedé, this stunning property has…
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Groningen
With the slogan 'Everybody should like everybody' printed on its facade, the Student Hotel could not provide a warmer or more playful welcome. Bananas…
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De Pijp
A 19th-century diamond factory houses this glitzy design hotel. Its 90 creative rooms and suites have high ceilings and large windows, with custom-made…
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Amsterdam
Stay in a work of art at this out-there collection of installations. Sleep inside Amsterdam Tram 965 (in a king-size bed), cosy into a cute blue-and-white…
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Groningen
A fabulous rebirth of a medieval monastery, 16th-century residence of the Nassau viceroys (de stadhouders), military hospital and TV station, this…
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Amsterdam
Magnificent waterside Lloyd was a hotel for emigrants from the Netherlands, who stayed here before setting sail, back in 1921. Many original fixtures…
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Leeuwarden
A line of black bicycles stands outside the smartest hotel in town, an urban-chic spot inside the 19th-century post office and a neighbouring old bank…
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Leeuwarden
The novelty factor is high at this snazzy designer hostel in the town's old prison Blokhuispoort. There are 63 beds in all, split between one huge 17-bed…
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Rotterdam
A new-generation hostel for travellers who have progressed past dorms and shared bathrooms but want to recreate the casual conviviality of backpacker…
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Leiden
There are plenty of boutique B&Bs in the Netherlands, but few are as stylish, comfortable and welcoming as this one. Occupying a former bookshop and…
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Medieval Centre & Red Light District
Designer hotel chain W's Amsterdam premises occupy two landmark buildings, the Royal Dutch Post's former telephone exchange, and a former bank – part of…
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Amsterdam Noord
This cool design hotel is a perfect fit for hip Amsterdam Noord, with its mammoth, view-framing plate-glass windows, pillow menu, rainfall shower, Illy…
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Utrecht
Utrecht's most appealing hostel occupies a high-ceilinged 17th-century building; the dorms don't feel overly cramped even in the 16-bunk room. In the…
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Groningen
Youthful and chic in equal measure, canal-side Miss Blanche is one sassy chick when it comes to stylish sleeping. Each of the 46 suites – scattered across…
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Hello I'm Local Boutique Hostel
Haarlem
In a charming neighbourhood on the edge of the centre, this quirkily named hostel inside a traditional brick Dutch house has 56 beds across 12 rooms, and…
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Nijmegen
Owner Tanja Seegers is the design talent behind this chic, five-room boutique hotel in an elegant 19th-century townhouse with breakfast room opening onto…
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Frisian Islands
The perfect designer sleeping-eating hybrid, luxurious Hotel Nobel sports 19 chic rooms with a dazzling white palette and fashion-photography wall murals…
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Den Haag
A clever transformation of the former 1884 De Nederlandsche Bank headquarters, the Indigo is located on fashionable Noordeinde. Its 63 good-sized rooms…
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Amsterdam
Family-owned Fita, on a quiet street close to Museum Quarter, has 20 light-filled rooms with Nespresso machines and smart bathrooms; a bountiful free…
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Medieval Centre & Red Light District
Vintage and designer furniture fills the public areas and rooms of this hotel in a fantastic location on theatre-lined Nes. Spacious rooms start at 18 sq…
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South Holland
Above a luthiers' atelier (a place where string instruments are built and repaired), this B&B has two cosy rooms tucked up in the attic under sloping…
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Den Bosch
Right next to the Jheronimus Bosch Art Center, this charming little hotel has four rooms and three suites, each with its own special decor. Breakfast (€17…
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Haarlem
Each of the 10 luxurious suites at this jewel is named after sea creatures (Octopus, Sardine, Langoustine, Mackerel etc) except for Diamonds of the Sea,…
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Amsterdam Noord
Clink is a designer hostel chain with other branches in London, and here occupies a 1920s laboratory on the IJ riverbank, by the Buiksloterweg ferry…
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Maastricht
'Sit down…or dance with us' suggests the colourful, open-plan reception in this light-suffused, 140-room hotel that oozes industrial-chic in a brilliantly…
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Amsterdam
This lovely B&B has two immaculate, spacious rooms with large windows, each furnished with its own museum-style display of clocks, wooden clogs and…
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Utrecht Province
Three historic buildings, including a pre-1623 tobacco merchant's house, have been combined to create a 25-room hotel with very obliging service and an…
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De Pijp
Rare-for-Amsterdam attributes that elevate this business-oriented hotel way above the competition include panoramic city views (particularly from higher…
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Amsterdam
Opposite the Concertgebouw, this palatial neo-Gothic building was originally a bank, then the city's conservatorium of music. Its most recent incarnation…
