The Conservatorium

Built in 1897 as the Rijkspostspaarbank — the Dutch state postal savings bank — to a design by government architect Daniël Knuttel, the neo-gothic block on Paulus Potterstraat became the Sweelinck Conservatorium of music in 1983 before Italian architect Piero Lissoni reworked it into a hotel between 2008 and 2011, slipping a glass-roofed atrium into the courtyard and adding a contemporary volume to the historic facade. Mandarin Oriental took over the operation on 14 January 2026 — the group's first hotel in the Netherlands — keeping the 129 rooms and duplex suites alongside Taiko (since 2014, Asian-leaning fine dining), Yotam Ottolenghi's first Dutch restaurant (opening early 2026), The Bar and Akasha Spa with its 18-metre lap pool.