{"id":1093,"date":"2023-10-08T06:37:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T06:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonjouramsterdam.fr\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2023-10-13T08:39:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T08:39:49","slug":"de-kroon-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonjouramsterdam.fr\/en\/de-kroon-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"De Kroon in Amsterdam: a historic caf\u00e9 in the city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visit <strong>From Kroon to Amsterdam<\/strong> has a long history.<\/p>\n<p>Today, let's take a look back at one of the city's best-known caf\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"summary-title\">From Kroon to Amsterdam: article summary<\/h2>\n<div class=\"summary-box\">\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#_Toc147257978\">From Kroon to Amsterdam: at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#_Toc147257979\">The arrival of the Caransa shopping mall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#_Toc147257980\">From Kroon to Amsterdam: the media center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#_Toc147257981\">An exceptional building<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#_Toc147257982\">What are the opening hours?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a name=\"_Toc147257978\"><\/a><strong>From Kroon to Amsterdam: at a glance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The establishment is housed in a building built at the end of the 19\u1d49 century to designs by architect Gerrit van Arkel.<\/p>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 in the building <strong>was called \"De Kroon\".<\/strong>probably because Wilhelmina was crowned Queen of the Netherlands the month it opened.<\/p>\n<p>Until the mid-1970s, the building housed the Caf\u00e9-Restaurant De Kroon. The upper floors were used as a central hall for gatherings. <strong>such as meetings and student courses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the 1950s and 1960s, De Kroon hosted several prestigious chess tournaments. The caf\u00e9 became a popular landmark.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1094\" src=\"https:\/\/bonjouramsterdam.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/De-Kroon-a-Amsterdam.jpg\" alt=\"From Kroon to Amsterdam\" width=\"1028\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonjouramsterdam.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/De-Kroon-a-Amsterdam.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bonjouramsterdam.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/De-Kroon-a-Amsterdam-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bonjouramsterdam.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/De-Kroon-a-Amsterdam-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"_Toc147257979\"><\/a><strong>The arrival of the Caransa shopping mall<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In late 1965, it was announced that real estate developer Maup Caransa had made an offer for the restoration company that owned the building.<\/p>\n<p>Caransa succeeded in acquiring ownership of the building, as well as the neighboring properties. He had big plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/bonjouramsterdam.fr\/en\/rembrandtplein\/\">Rembrandtplein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He built a hotel (the Caransa Hotel, still in existence today) and a new cinema.<\/p>\n<p>The first floor of the Kroon was then transformed into a <strong>a shopping arcade with small boutiques and a dining room.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mall was inaugurated on October 20, 1967. However, the initiative turned out to be a major fiasco.<\/p>\n<p>Drug addicts and prostitutes had taken possession of the premises, which prevented it from becoming <strong>the chic shopping district Caransa had in mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"_Toc147257980\"><\/a><strong>From Kroon to Amsterdam: the media center<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The first floor became a restaurant again in the 1980s. The Pinoccio Italian restaurant is located on the first floor. The restaurant remained there until the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>In 1985, contractor Maurits de Vries was asked to build a palace on the top floor to replace the <a href=\"https:\/\/bonjouramsterdam.fr\/en\/casa-rosso-amsterdam\/\">Casa Rosso<\/a> which burned down in 1983. However, the project never opened its doors.<\/p>\n<p>In 1988, a media center was built in De Kroon. This was achieved thanks to a collaboration <strong>between Sky Channel Media and Caransa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several local TV channels, including Salto and Migranten Television Amsterdam (MTV), have set up shop in the building.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1992, the \"Hoeksteen live!\" TV show has been broadcast from the building every third Saturday of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Even today, the caf\u00e9 is a place where <strong>people gather to enjoy a hot drink or a beer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"_Toc147257981\"><\/a><strong>An exceptional building<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The building shows signs of Art Nouveau. Various stained-glass scenes can be seen on the front facade, with the one on the tower depicting a crown.<\/p>\n<p>This crown is also <strong>always present on the advertising on the roof<\/strong>. Other signs of Art can be found in :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stained glass windows in dormer windows<\/li>\n<li>Front door decorations<\/li>\n<li>Balcony railings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"_Toc147257982\"><\/a><strong>What are the opening hours?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You can visit De Kroon in Amsterdam:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday to Thursday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 4 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>De Kroon in Amsterdam is a typical Dutch establishment. When you stop off here, you'll discover an exciting, historic caf\u00e9 that has been on the premises for over 100 years. What <strong>make your trip to Amsterdam unique!<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Kroon in Amsterdam has a long history. Today, we take a look back at one of the city's best-known caf\u00e9s. De Kroon in Amsterdam: article summary De Kroon in Amsterdam: at a glance The arrival of the Caransa shopping mall De Kroon in Amsterdam: the media center An exceptional building What a [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amsterdam","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>De Kroon \u00e0 Amsterdam : un caf\u00e9 historique en ville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"De Kroon \u00e0 Amsterdam est un caf\u00e9 qui se fera un plaisir de vous accueillir entre deux balades. 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