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Flying Pig Downtown vs Hotel The Exchange
Hotel The Exchange and Flying Pig Downtown are both rated very highly by professional reviewers. On balance, Hotel The Exchange ranks marginally higher than Flying Pig Downtown. Hotel The Exchange ranks #41 in Amsterdam with recommendations from 8 sources including The Telegraph, Fodor's and Rough Guide.
Flying Pig Downtown
Rough Guide
Time Out
Oyster
Let's Go
The Telegraph
Nieuwendijk 100, Amsterdam 1012 MR, The Netherlands
From $25 /night
- Free Internet
- Breakfast buffet
- Baggage storage
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe
Rough Guide
"Clean, large and well run by ex-travellers familiar with the needs of backpackers."
Time Out
"Not so much a hostel, more a way of life, and a stalwart of the Interrailing scene."
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Oyster
Budget
"Located on a busy, central shopping street, this hostel is surrounded by many of the city's nightspots, while also being a short walk to popular sights and the Red Light district."
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Let's Go
"This hostel is close to the train station and the Red Light District and offers free tours and maps to help you find any other place you’re hoping to go in the city."
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The Telegraph
6.0
"An old-style youth hostel with dorms, bunkbeds, backpackers, a busy vibe and a carefree atmosphere."
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Hotel The Exchange
Concierge
Fodor's
Rough Guide
Lonely Planet
Oyster
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Damrak 50, Amsterdam 1012 LL, The Netherlands
From $81 /night
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
- Multilingual
- Dry Cleaning
Concierge
"A sister hotel to the iconoclastic Lloyd hotel, the Exchange is located on tatty Damrak, the tourist-thronged artery that runs from the Centraal Station to Dam Square."
Fodor's
"All of the rooms in three adjoining buildings have been designed by students and alumni from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute and are unique and funky."
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Rough Guide
"God knows, Damrak needs a decent hotel, and this new sister to the excellent Lloyd Hotel... is a welcome and wacky newcomer... for the price, it’s one of the best places to sleep in town."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The Exchange has 61 rooms that have been done up in crazy, eye-popping style by students from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute."
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If you like plain decor, this isn't your place.
Oyster
Mid-Range
"The Exchange is a boutique concept hotel, where all 61 rooms have been decorated by different young fashion designers from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute."
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