Must see hotels in Amsterdam

Amsterdam architectural firm Space & Matter's ingenious project lets you stay in uniquely renovated canal-bridge houses, where bridge keepers once lived…

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,…

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…

Named for Amsterdam's waterways, the eight rooms in this charming 17th-century canal house are individually decorated with black-and-white sketches of old…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Magnificent waterside Lloyd was a hotel for emigrants from the Netherlands, who stayed here before setting sail, back in 1921. Many original fixtures…

Opened in 2018 in the magnificent brick Stadsdeelkantoor, built in 1885 and now a national monument, this addition to Amsterdam's Conscious Hotels group…

Rambling across 10 Golden Age canal houses on the Herengracht, these 56 unique rooms and suites of varying sizes have period furnishings, antique…

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…

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…

Once a high-end brothel, this boutique hostel's doubles and dorms are light, bright and decorated with flair, with white walls and quirky designer…

In the heart of the delightful Negen Straatjes shopping district, IX has five super-stylish suites (sleeping up to four) named for the area's 'Nine…

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…

A brimming organic breakfast basket (included in the rate) is delivered to you each morning at this metal-hulled, mahogany-panelled 1913 houseboat, moored…

With soothing, leafy views over lush Frederiksplein, but only a quick shimmy from the bars and restaurants of Utrechtsestraat, Hotel V exudes a style that…

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…

Wooden bedheads shaped like a row of gabled canal houses, bedside cacti, and lighting made from plumbing pipes – along with vintage fixtures in public…