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November 10, 2011
Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam to open in 2013
Hilton Worldwide is opening a Waldorf Astoria hotel in Amsterdam. The luxury hotel will be created by combining six historic canal-side buildings at Herengracht 542-556, and will be nestled amongst other 17th and 18th century buildings there. »
November 7, 2011
Amsterdam will make promotion of Red Light District ‘more honest’
The city of Amsterdam has promised to review its promotional material in order to cull overly rosy commendations of its Red Light District. The city is tackling abuses in the area, and actively marketing the ‘red light’ character of the district does fit that picture. »
November 4, 2011
Amsterdam bans large-scale Queen’s Day music events from city center
Updated By banning large-scale music events from downtown Amsterdam and Museumplein Amsterdam mayor Eberhard van der Laan wants to ‘give Queen’s Day back to the Amsterdammers and other ‘gezellige‘ partygoers. »Earlier Articles
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