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Amsterdam's Golden Age of Design

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Photo: Paul Bellaart

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

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

Hotels (5)

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    The Dylan

    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 An

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    The Grand Amsterdam, Sofitel Demeure Hotels

    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 locat

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    Seven One Seven

    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 ve

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    College Hotel

    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 a l

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    Lloyd Hotel

    More than 50 Dutch artists descended upon a 1921 gabled building in Amsterdam’s trendy Eastern Docklands, transforming it from a defunct prison into t

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Restaurants (5)

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    Eleven

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    Sukasari

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    Café Roux

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    Blauw aan de Wal

    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 reassuri

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    De Kas

    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 in w

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Activities (7)

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    Tropenmuseum

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

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    Stedelijk Museum

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

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    WonderWood

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

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    Pols Potten

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

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    Kunsthandel Artist

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

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    Frozen Fountain

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

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    Droog Design

    Stop by Droog at Home to see the headquarters of grassroots firm Droog Designs. Its "bound" chest of recycled drawers and other innovations arguably

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    A six-day jaunt that takes in the design masterworks in Paris, Luxembourg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Berlin.

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