25 / 366 – After meetings today, we were taken to dinner in the Lloyd Hotel in  the Eastern Docklands of Amsterdam. From the moment we stepped in the door you could tell its a very interesting building.

We were proven right, when just before dinner we were treated to a talk detailing the history of this unique building. “Commissioned by the Royal Holland Lloyd it became a building to temporarily house immigrants, a prison and later was a collective building of artists’ studios, but is now serving as a hotel since 2004 It is an official national monument of the Netherlands. became a building to temporarily house immigrants, a prison and later was a collective building of artists’ studios, but is now serving as a hotel since 2004 It is an official national monument of the Netherlands.”(source: Wikipedia)

Today’s photo is a display of keys, snapped just as we were leaving the building.