Hotel de l'Europe

Geschiedenis

Hotel de l'Europe is a five-star hotel located on the Amstel river in the centre of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hotel de l'Europe is situated opposite and overlooking the Munt, where the river Amstel flows into the Rokin canal. The 19th-century hotel became an official monument in 2001. Since 2012 the hotel houses 2 Michelin star with its restaurant Bord'Eau.Freddy's Bar, the bar of the hotel, is named after Freddy Heineken.HistoryA tower at the present-day location of Hotel de l'Europe was demolished in 1633 and five year later the inn, later hotel, Het Rondeel, was built.This building was replaced in 1895-1896, when the 50-room Hotel de l'Europe, designed by architect Willem Hamer jr., opened its doors.Alfred Hitchcock used the hotel just before the Second World War as a location for Foreign Correspondent (1940).