De Hallen

As a small consolation that our lovely home will as of tomorrow no longer be ours we’re spending the night before the transfer in Hotel ‘De Hallen’. A brand new hotel in the old tram sheds at the end of our street. Just the two of us, no girlies around

I have to say they did an amazing job to this place. The tram sheds have been empty since 2005, but now they are full of life and activity. The Hotel is a perfect place to spend the night when in Amsterdam, in the center of the Oud-West district and really close to the Jordaan. ‘De Hallen’ also host three restaurants, a food market, a movie theater, hair dresser, local goods market and much more. Curious as I always am about new restaurants I have had dinner at all three already. All are good but my favorite for now is Halte 3, they have an easy but good menu and a low key atmosphere. Meat West was also very nice, but more of an upscale, white linnen restaurant. Remise 47 is a nice place, but I wasn’t impressed by their steak tartar and it felt like we were lowering the average age of the visitors a bit, both being in our mid-thirties. All three are good though and staff was very friendly

Sleeping in this hotel might just become an annual event for us. Wandering around our old neighborhood, keeping up with all the changes. Eventually, maybe, finding a new place for once we’ll return