Cafe-Restaurant Stork on the northern riverbank of the IJ gives you a reason to leave the city centre and cross the river. This enormous restaurant with an industrial interior is the biggest fish and seafood restaurant in Amsterdam. The enormous glass façade offers a beautiful view over the river IJ and is the perfect backdrop […]
Steigenberger Airport Hotel Amsterdam (previously the Dorint Hotel) is a 4-star hotel at Schiphol Airport. The Steigenberger Hotel has 440 hotel rooms and 11 suites and also offers certified green and Fair Trade rooms, for environmentally conscious guests. I think the style and atmosphere of the hotel is debatable – read: it’s not my taste […]
Sugarless is a unique lunchroom on Bilderdijkstraat in Amsterdam West. As the name suggests, you won’t find any refined sugars in this friendly lunchroom. The organic food and ‘super food’ juices are free of any other unhealthy additives and/or yeast and they also offer lactose-free, vegetarian and vegan options and dishes. The service is very […]
The online travel guide for the Conscious Urban Traveller Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 2016 – Conscious Travel Guide is live! As locals of popular cities around the world, we give Conscious Urban Travellers great tips; starting in Amsterdam. To make your own conscious decisions when travelling, you need information. We discovered – both through research […]
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The Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy is a unique hotel in a building with a unique history. The hotel has 117 hotel rooms ranging from one star rooms to five stars rooms. All hotel rooms have been designed by one or more Dutch artists and designers and almost all of them are unique in design. […]
To live a conscious life you need information. Information on the sustainability, environmental and social efforts a company makes, to guarantee a product or service that is made with respect for the environment, humans and animals. Green and Fair Trade certifications help us make conscious decisions, without having to dig up ALL the information ourselves. That would […]
The World Press Photo exhibition is THE photo exhibition to go to; if you are only in the slightest way interested in photos…and the world around you. I have always mixed feelings when going to the exhibition. The photos are undoubtedly beautiful, but some are just emotionally shocking. Sometimes even more so because of the […]
Ever since Bernard Eichholtz moved his store to the Leidsestraat in 1888, this foreign food deli is an institution in Amsterdam. It is a small supermarket, specialised in foreign – mainly English and North-American – comestibles. If you feel homesick and are craving for your favourite (comfort) food, then this is the place to go! […]
Spectacular city skyline views are what you will find at SkyLounge on the top floor of the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton. One of THE spots in Amsterdam to get a bird’s eye view of this wondrous city: it’s church towers, ring of canals and gorgeous architecture pan out before you as you sip your […]
The Lobby is the sort of place that you almost expect is going to be “too painfully hip”. Well nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, its very groovy, very hip, in a 70s furnishings meets industrial exposed concrete meets old wooden window frames kind of way. But the welcome is warm and inviting, […]
In the month April it’s tulip galore in the streets of Amsterdam. During the Tulp Festival (Tulip Festival) around 500,000 tulips will bloom, at about 60 locations and in 400 tulip varieties. There will be tulips everywhere you look! You can wait till you stumble across them, or you can do a tulip walking or […]