The Best Hotels in Zwolle

A former 19th-century police station that now holds 41 cloud-white rooms with king beds and, true to the brand name, a pillow menu. The Pillows chain has a gift for dropping polished boutique hotels into cities that don't get a lot of glossy tourism attention, and Zwolle is exactly that kind of find. The Living lounge runs food, drinks, and coffee by the fireplace all day, and Coperto Restobar handles proper dining. It holds a Michelin Key.

A 19-room hotel carved out of a magnificent old prison building in Zwolle, where the team behind De Librije added rooms largely so dinner guests wouldn't have to face the drive home. Butlers work the corridors, beds are by Auning, and junior suites add sitting rooms that start to feel genuinely residential. The restaurant access alone makes other hotel dining programs look apologetic.