New museum offers opportunities for those cruising to or from Amsterdam this summer. On June 20, 2009, a major new European cultural destination situates itself in Amsterdam. Hermitage Amsterdam opens its doors to welcome visitors to an elegantly restored 17th-century building that will serve as the only dedicated, independently managed venue in the West of [...]
Editor’s Choice: InterContinental Amstel, Amsterdam’s Grand Dame The Facts — Commanding an awe-inspiring view overlooking the Amstel River, the palatial InterContinental Amstel is Amsterdam’s regally impressive Grande Dame. And as a grand old lady who holds high status and a degree of respect among her peers, the Amstel claims her spot as Amsterdam’s best hotel [...]
Bicyclists stream by in an endless procession along Reestraat, the narrow street that crosses a canal to pass by one side of the famed Hotel Pulitzer. From my breakfast table inside the hotel restaurant, a large window frames a scene of cyclists. Peering out over a flower box of purple petunias, I do what journalists [...]
Bicyclists parked (and locked) at Amsterdam’s Central Station. In the Netherlands, it is said, there are more bicycles than people. The statistics, thanks to the web site Amsterdamize: Population: 16.5 million Bikes: 18 million New bikes sold a year: 1.35 million Bikes stolen a year: between 1.2 and 1.4 million Bike rental companies repeatedly warn guests [...]
