Best for park life
CONSCIOUS HOTEL
WESTERPARK
Conscious Hotels is on a mission to ‘make
sustainability sexy’ while keeping prices
low. It’s a model that seems to be working
— the burgeoning chain has opened hotel
number four in the Westergas complex,
a power plant-turned-cultural district
located in leafy Westerpark. Supposedly
the Netherlands’ first all-electric hotel,
handsome and unfussy rooms are kitted
out with smart cradle-to-cradle furniture
and look onto Westerpark. Downstairs, Bar
Kantoor has become a popular local haunt.
ROOMS: Doubles from £80, room only.
conscioushotels.com
Best for vegans
QO AMSTERDAM
The idea behind QO was to build the most
sustainable hotel in Europe. Constructed
partly from reclaimed materials, including
second-hand concrete, the new-build
property has been installed with a biofuel
boiler; shutters that close when rooms are
empty in order to keep them cool and limit
the use of air-con; and a rooftop greenhouse
that supplies the hotel’s two vegan-friendly
restaurants with fruit, veg and herbs. Rooms
have a chic post-industrial aesthetic and are
comfortable, albeit not particularly cosy.
ROOMS: Doubles from £97, room only.
qo-amsterdam.com
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