Netherlands

Amsterdam turns 750: why now is the moment to visit the Netherlands’ capital
In 2025, Amsterdam marks a historic milestone: its 750th birthday. A city of canals and contradictions, where Golden Age architecture rubs shoulders with cutting-edge design, Amsterdam has always been a
6 August 2025

Independent Minds: Loes Dingemans, Pillows Hotels
As discerning travellers know all too well, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to ‘understated luxury’. It’s carefully crafted, and close attention is paid to the smallest
21 January 2025

The cities our INVITED Members would most like to visit this year
Your 2024 city break wish-list revealed… We recently asked our INVITED community for their most coveted destinations for 2024 – and the results are in. Stylish urbanites mostly seem to
4 January 2024

Our social media manager’s guide to a cool-girl summer in Amsterdam
There’s nowhere quite like Amsterdam in the summer. Sparkling canals, bicycles bobbing over bridges, and residents perched on their front stoops with an ice-cold Heineken in hand. It’s a feast for the
9 August 2023

Independent Minds: Valerie Jongeneel, Op Oost
Discover down-to-earth luxury on a Dutch gastrofarm with a ‘served by nature’ ethos In a windswept corner of the Wadden Islands, Valerie Jongeneel met chef Joram Timmerman while collecting oysters
30 March 2022