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Author: Neil Carlson
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| Today’s savvy travelers rely on NIGHT+DAY Amsterdam — with its opinionated listings, insightful descriptions, and witty, intelligent writing — to get the sophisticated edge in travel. From the trendiest tables, hippest hotels, top shops and galleries, to the hottest nightspots and coolest attractions, NIGHT+DAY Amsterdam is packed with expert recommendations and insider tips. |
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HOME » DESTINATIONS » AMSTERDAM
NIGHT+DAY AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam is an international melting pot of
people and cultures.
Shops and cafés mingle seamlessly with creative businesses and
cultural venues, and cars still take a backseat to
bicycles. A stylish gem
of a city, Amsterdam is home to a thriving party scene by night, as well
as world-class attractions by day. Hipsters and scene-seekers flock here from around the world to experience the city’s unique laid-back vibe.
March’s Best Event: European Art Fair
The
Lowdown: Wanna buy a Vermeer?
With 200 leading art dealers in 290,000 square feet of
exhibition space, the Fine Art Fair is the world’s most
prestigious art and antiques swap meet. If you're in
the market for a Flemish or Dutch master,
TEFAF is the place to find it, along with African and
Egyptian pieces, manuscripts, textiles, ephemera,
musical instruments, jewelry, porcelain, and furniture from
every era. The Thursday invitation-only advance viewing
is the best time to be there, but the opening night is a good
runner-up.
When: The second week in
March, usually beginning on Thursday; €40 (including
catalog) or €60 for two.
Where: Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre
Contact: 041-164-5090; www.tefaf.com
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AMSTERDAM (2008):
Concrete Architectural Associates (Architecture and Interior Design)
As much as the Golden Age can be credited with giving this city its
worldwide reputation as a hotbed for classic arts and culture, Rob
Wagemans and his colleagues at Concrete Architectural Associates
can be regarded as having cemented Amsterdam’s place in the global-cool modern consciousness. Their design for the now-famous
SupperClub restaurant and lounge earned them instant accolades,
and from that point onwards this city hasn’t looked the same.
Concrete’s design sensibilities mean that the décor shares top billing
with gorgeous, worldly patrons, and the room—be it a restaurant, bar,
lounge, dance club, or all-in-one space—is not only a staging ground
for a chic evening of dining and dancing, but a scene-stealing backd
rop for the emerging modern international culture. Nightclubs like
the high-wattage More are instant classics, restaurants like Blender
and Envy have appeal with the culinary savvy, hyper-stylish crowd, and
conceptual dining-lounge spaces like the SupperClub Cruise ship transcend cultures as much as they do conventions.
Perhaps the greatest measure of Concrete’s contemporizing influence
on Amsterdam’s public spaces is the proliferation of up-to-the-minute
design beyond the traditional domain of restaurants and bars: Measure
the city-wide embrace of Concrete’s work where even mundane retail
spaces are rendered magnificent—the most obvious example being
the stunning design for the Lairesse Pharmacy, which garnered
Concrete a prestigious Lensvelt Architecture Prize. Their reputation
has a global reach, and more recently their style does too: witness
SupperClubs in Rome and San Francisco, and the Bremen, Germany’s
Hotel ÜberFluss. But it’s Amsterdam that Wagemans loves, and as
he’s said, “Everything that makes life worth living you can find here. ”
Check out our choice for the
world's foremost Urbanistas in other cities:
The Urbie Awards.
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