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Today, Mr & Mrs Smith have nipped to the Netherlands to bring you our latest hotel of the week – a one-time party pad beside one of Amsterdam’s major canals. The current owners bought the building lock, stock and barrel from the old inhabitants, and have left the mightily be-tomed library, picture-lined walls and assorted [...]

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In the diary: going Dutch

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

QUEEN’S DAY

Date 30 April
Place Amsterdam, Netherlands
Style A right royal knees-up

Setting Clubs & canals
You might not expect a head of state’s birthday to inspire a 24-hour party, but Queen’s Day does exactly that. The date, which still honours Juliana, late mother of the present queen, Beatrix, has become a national day of orange madness. [...]

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