Hair salon near the Museumkwartier.

The Museumkwartier lives at a particular pace: visitors on Museumplein, residents on P.C. Hooftstraat and Van Baerlestraat, students and staff moving between the Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk and Concertgebouw. Icon Hair Salon sits just south of all of it at Marathonweg 21-23, close enough to reach in ten minutes and far enough to feel like a break from the crowd.

What people book here is straightforward: a women's wash and cut, a polished blow dry before a concert or dinner, the full wash-cut-blow-dry, a care treatment for tired ends, or eyebrow threading and tinting. Every price is tiered by hair length and listed openly on the services page.

We are open every single day from 09:00 to 20:00, which suits both the residents whose weekdays are booked solid and the guests staying nearby who only have a morning free. Our stylists Zeina and Sergei work in English, Dutch, Arabic and Russian.

From Museumplein it is a ten-minute bike ride down Van Baerlestraat and Stadionweg, or tram 24 to Olympiaplein and a two-minute walk. Paid street parking is available on Marathonweg. Book online via Treatwell.