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Trip Guide to Amsterdam's Golden Age of Design

Paul Bellaart The Amstel River in Amsterdam.

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Greetings from Amsterdam, where the locals' innate talent for taking the everyday and making it supercool has ushered in a new golden age of design—and landed the city squarely in the global spotlight. Read the article

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4 Hotels 6 Restaurants 7 Activities

Destinations: Amsterdam · De Oost · De Wallen · Negen Straatjes · Old Center · Oosterdok · Oud Zuid

Themes: Arts + Culture · Food + Drink · Hotels + Resorts · Shopping

Inspired by: Amsterdam by Design — by Guy Trebay, Published Sep. 2006

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    The Dylan

    Negen Straatjes | Europe | The Netherlands | Amsterdam

    On the site of Amsterdam's first theater in an 18th-century building, the Dylan is making a design statement, thanks to its inimitable interiors by

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    The Grand Amsterdam, Sofitel Demeure Hotels

    Old Center | Europe | The Netherlands | Amsterdam

    What started out as the royal court in the 16th century and later became Amsterdam’s City Hall is now a suitably lavish hotel with an unbeatable lo

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    Seven One Seven

    Negen Straatjes | Europe | The Netherlands | Amsterdam

    Of all the grand 18th century merchants’ mansions on this stretch of the Prinsengracht canal, the one that makes you want to live there most is the

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    College Hotel

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    Oud Zuid | Europe | The Netherlands | Amsterdam

    Away from the tourist flow of the Canal Zone, this swank addition to Oud Zuid (Old South) is housed in a renovated middle school that’s been given

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    Lloyd Hotel

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    Amsterdam | Europe | The Netherlands

    More than 50 Dutch artists descended upon a 1921 gabled building in Amsterdam’s trendy Eastern Docklands, transforming it from a defunct prison int

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    Eleven

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    Amsterdam | Europe | The Netherlands

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    Sukasari

    Amsterdam | Europe | The Netherlands

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    Café Roux

    Amsterdam | Europe | The Netherlands

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    Blauw aan de Wal

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    De Wallen | Europe | The Netherlands | Amsterdam

    It’s on one of the Red Light District’s main drags, and its entrance—a graffiti-tagged alley leading off into the darkness—isn’t particularly reass

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    De Kas

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    De Oost | Europe | The Netherlands | Amsterdam

    Set on the northeastern outskirts of the city center, this is where the Dutch come to dine Alice Waters style. Airy and bright, De Kas is located i

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    Tropenmuseum

    Amsterdam | Europe | The Netherlands

    This fantastically weird collection chronicles Holland's colonial reach in the 17th and 18th centuries. More
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    Stedelijk Museum

    Oosterdok | Europe | The Netherlands | Amsterdam

    While construction on the Stedelijk’s new Museum Square home is in full swing (expect an early-2010 completion), the institution’s excellent collec

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    WonderWood

    Amsterdam | Europe | The Netherlands

    Gallery-cum-shop specializing in vintage furniture and home accessories from the 40's, 50's, and 60's. More
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    Pols Potten

    Oosterdok | Europe | The Netherlands | Amsterdam

    East of the city center, on KNSM Island (reachable by tram and causeway from Oosterdok), this vast, warehouse-like emporium stuffed with accessorie

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    Kunsthandel Artist

    Amsterdam | Europe | The Netherlands

    Dealer Hesdy Artist's stock ranges from 18th-century sculpture to botanical prints. More
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    Frozen Fountain

    Negen Straatjes | Europe | The Netherlands | Amsterdam

    Design aficionados know it wouldn’t be a visit to Amsterdam without taking a lap around the multiple rooms in this ingenious, engaging showroom-gal

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    Droog Design

    Amsterdam | Europe | The Netherlands

    The showroom of the amazing design collective. More
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