Hotelier Carmen Atiyah de Baets’s guide to Amsterdam

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Growing up in suburban Holland, I always dreamed of living elsewhere. I was born in Amsterdam but we left when I was eight. I went to London for college because it felt bigger – at the time, Amsterdam didn’t have as much going on as other cities. But over the years, more people opened restaurants, cafés and delis. I came back to see my parents and experienced the…