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Hotel The Craftsmen vs Hotel The Exchange

Both properties are rated highly by professional travelers. Overall, Hotel Brouwer is preferred by most reviewers compared to Hotel The Exchange. Hotel Brouwer comes in at #34 in Amsterdam with approval from 7 publications like Oyster, Time Out and Lonely Planet.

Hotel The Craftsmen
Hotel The Craftsmen
7 / 10
Singel 83, Amsterdam 1012 VE, The Netherlands
From $114 /night
  • Free Internet
  • Free Breakfast
  • Air Conditioning
  • Breakfast included
  • Breakfast in the room
  • Baggage storage
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Insight Guides Insight Guides
"At this bargain price there are no frills, but you do get breakfast included and a warm welcome."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Our favourite hotel in this price range, it has just eight rooms in a house dating back to 1652. Its rooms, named for Dutch painters, are furnished with simplicity, but all have canal views." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"All rooms are en suite and no-smoking, and there is even a lift, making the Brouwer all-round great value."
Time Out Time Out
"The eight neat, en-suite rooms here are named after Dutch painters and all of them look onto the Singel canal." Full review
Oyster Oyster
Mid-Range
"Its pretty canal-front setting is tough to beat, and the location is great for exploring the city on foot." Full review
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Hotel The Exchange
Hotel The Exchange
7 / 10
Damrak 50, Amsterdam 1012 LL, The Netherlands
From $81 /night
  • Free Internet
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
  • Laundy Room
  • Multilingual
  • Dry Cleaning
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Concierge 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 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." Full review
Rough Guide 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 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." Full review
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If you like plain decor, this isn't your place.
Oyster 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." Full review
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