Faralda Crane II

The most anticipated expansion in Amsterdam’s cultural landscape.

The Second Icon

For over a decade, a single red crane has stood on the NDSM quay and changed what Amsterdam’s skyline means. It has hosted world-leading DJs and global CEOs. It has been saved from destruction, restored with vision, and recognised by governments, universities, and the hospitality world as something genuinely irreplaceable. Faralda Crane I proved that the impossible is a matter of perspective.

Now the perspective doubles.

Faralda Crane II is a second monumental tower crane, one of the last of its kind in existence, currently located in Rotterdam at the Damen Naval Shipyard, to be transported to the NDSM site and placed on the existing crane track alongside its counterpart. Together, the two cranes will form something the city of Amsterdam has never had before: a singular creative and cultural institute for the corporate sector and the music industry, internationally visible, structurally scarce, and entirely without competition.

The architectural vision for Faralda Crane II has been developed by Ir. Harry Abels, the architect who oversaw the original transformation of Faralda Crane I. His concept follows the same founding principle: not to preserve the crane as a relic, but to make its new life visible. As with Crane I, the intervention will be bold, an organic staircase winding to the top, a large glass panoramic elevator moving along the industrial wind bracing, red structural interventions that echo the language of the first crane while establishing their own identity. The space between the two cranes, the ground-level area they jointly define, will become a public and semi-public zone for music, performance, and intimate outdoor events.

“It’s hard to put this experience in words. You have to witness this for yourself to be able to truly understand the magnificence of this landmark icon locally referred to as ‘the Crane’…”

-Adriaan T.

“It was an amazing experience far from anything if ever seen. Having a room on top of a crane is not only extraordinary but additionally ads a wonderful view over the city Amsterdam…”

-Moritz W.

“The faralda crane hotel is not just a hotel, it’s an experience all on its own! A hotel like no other, it has all round views of Amsterdam city and IJ river which change slightly with the movement of the wind…”

-Smarshall

What Crane II will include

State-of-the-Art Recording Studio.

A professional music studio built to the highest international standards, for live and recorded streaming, album and product launches, brand activations, and creative residencies. Designed in cooperation with leading partners from the music industry.

Multifunctional Green Rooms.

Expanded Suite
Capacity.

Additional hotel suites, doubling Faralda’s current accommodation capacity and allowing the crane to honour the demand that Crane I, with only three suites, has never been able to fully meet.

Expanded Event Infrastructure.

Larger capacity for CraneSessions music events, corporate activations, and private productions. Two cranes create spaces that neither could offer alone including the ground-level zone between them.

A Transformed
Skyline.

The combination of both cranes gives the NDSM site, and Amsterdam’s waterfront, an international allure it currently shares with only a handful of cities in the world.

The iron door is open for those who are invited.

Faralda Crane Hotel operates strictly by request. There is no public booking. No walk-ins. No compromise.