There are weekends away, and then there are weekends that feel like the universe pressed “shuffle” on culture, food, and canals, and dropped you right in the middle of it. That was our stay at Avani Museum Quarter Amsterdam Hotel, a spot that doesn’t just put you in the city, it puts you in the heart of it.
Picture this: a corner room made entirely of glass, perched above the canals like our own private movie set. Mornings meant coffee with a view (boats floating by, cyclists in their natural habitat), and nights meant watching the city twinkle beneath us. If “main character energy” were a hotel amenity, Avani would hand you the keys at check-in.
The location? Honestly, unfair. You’re 500 metres from the holy trinity of art, the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, and Stedelijk Museum, and a stone’s throw from P.C. Hooftstraat, where window-shopping turns into actual shopping very quickly (guilty). Cross the canal and you’ve got De Pijp, the city’s boho quarter, with enough terrace bars and eclectic bites to keep you busy until sunrise.
The hotel itself is a modernist dream, a sleek mix of glass, brick, and mid-century touches that nod to Amsterdam’s design DNA. Inside, it’s all clean lines, geometric pops of colour, and little winks to Mondriaan and Bauhaus legends. Our room felt like a chic 1960s apartment that somehow came with Chromecast, Bluetooth speakers, and an in-room yoga mat (because obviously we needed to “stretch off” all those pancakes).
Speaking of food: mornings at Avani are a happy blur of Dutch cheeses, still-warm pastries, and fresh juices that make you feel smugly healthy before you inevitably cave to stroopwafels later. The Pantry is perfect for grabbing snacks on the go, smoothies for the museum crawl, pasta for the midnight carb cravings. Between the glass-corner views, the unbeatable location, and the fact that even the carpets feel artsy, Avani Amsterdam made our weekend feel like a perfectly curated gallery, one where you’re allowed to touch, eat, and nap.
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