Hotel The Exchange

Item: Hotel The Exchange
Rating: 43
Author: Lizzie Evans

Where:
Amsterdam, Holland
Why:Sourcing trip for my London design store, SMUG.
When:October 2013
Who:Brief sightings were had of my husband Dan who was in Amsterdam designing and building the new Urban Outfitters store fit out.

If you’d like to take home some of the fashion-meets-interior design fun, then stop off at Options, the hotel shop next door.

The comfy reception area.

The ‘80s room. Think tube tops and rainbow colours.

The much more mellow ‘Epaulettes’ room.

The hotel was designed with help from Amsterdam fashion students. The theme - ‘Rooms Dressed As Models.’

Loved the kooky knotted fabric covering parts of the ceiling.

Bathroom not huge, more of a wet room, but all that you need.

The seating area provided a nice chilled spot for planning my next move in Amsterdam and made the room feel, well, roomy.

Installations are hidden on landings throughout the hotel. Have an explore.

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Stock Café. A regular stop-off point for me. Crepes, juice,
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Hotel The Exchange is housed in three interconnecting buildings
on the Damrak.

Every opportunity is taken to ‘dress’ the hotel. Padded fabric lifts, cross-stitched room numbers… a feast for your eyes.
Options, the next-door hotel shop, is a nice addition to the Exchange family. Here you can purchase one of the bonkers cushions from the reception area or something smaller to remind you of your stay.
The hotel has a really peaceful vibe even though it’s slap bang in the middle of Amsterdam’s busiest street. As soon as you’re inside and in the lift it feels super chilled, which you might not expect.

I wouldn’t go for the ‘80s room if you have a choice. It’s fun but pretty loud and started to give me a bit of a headache. Staff were super nice though and moved me into a room more to my taste with no fuss at all.
No mini bar, but you can just pop downstairs to café Stock to ‘stock up.’
Location is both a plus and a minus. Damrak is Amsterdam’s main high street so you’re close to everything, but it’s a bit touristy.

Total: 43/50

Type
Independent 1 - 5 star boutique hotel.
Vibe
The theme that the students of AMFI (Amsterdam Fashion Institution) were given when designing the bedrooms was ‘Rooms Dressed As Models.’ Every room is different and the shared spaces pull the whole thing together.
Location
Slap, bang in the middle of the main highstreet in Amsterdam - Damrak.
Rooms
61
Music
Didn’t hear any in the hotel proper. Pop was playing in Stock, the attached café and Options, the adjoining hotel shop.
Year Opened
2011
Designed By
Otto Nan and Suzanne Oxenaar in cooperation with students of AMFI (Amsterdam Fashion Institute) with the help of Architects ONSWERK and interior designer INA MATT.

Health & Wellness
No.
Restaurant
Stock Café is located on the street level in the interconnecting buildings that house The Exchange and the associated design store, Options.
Bar
No.
Children
Leave them at home.
Price
€100 - €380 depending on the number of stars you go for. I was in a 4.

Staalstraat 7B, 1011 JJ Amsterdam, Netherlands

Van Woustraat 4, 1073 LL Amsterdam, Netherlands

Haarlemmerstraat 46 HS, 1013 ES Amsterdam, Netherlands

Damrak 50, Amsterdam

Hotel Location Damrak 50, Amsterdam