Compare that with what you'd pay at the five-star Sheraton Hotel Pulitzer, steps from the houseboats that line the posh Prinsengracht.

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There's even a houseboat museum on the Prinsengracht canal, where visitors can tour the converted 1914 sailboat Hendrika Maria to see how a houseboat-dwelling family lives.

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And across the Atlantic, the recently opened Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht is now home to what it says is the largest in-hotel video art collection in the world, transforming the property into more than just a hotel -- it's an art gallery now, too.

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