52°22′7.7″N 4°54′8.3″E / 52.368806°N 4.902306°E
![]() Interior of 290 Square Meters | |
Company type | Retail shop |
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Founded | 2001 |
Founder | Ido de Voos |
Headquarters | Houtkopersdwarsstraat 3 1011 Amsterdam, NL |
Website | 290sqm.com |
290 Square Meters was a retail shop in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It offered men's and women's fashion as well as limited edition books, jewelry and scents. [1] 290 Square Meters was best known for being the only retail location in the world where one could buy customized NikeID shoes for a number of years. [2] It also carried a number of other unique items by Levi's, Freitag and Arc'teryx Veilance.
Founded by Ido de Voos in 2001, [3] it originally started as 90 Square meters on KNSM Island. [4] Its new location right off Waterlooplein in a former bank vault.
Both the stores original name, 90 Square Meters, and its new name, 290 Square Meters, are derived from the shop's size. [5] [6] The company opened stores in Zürich and Istanbul. [7]
In late 2012 it launched a web shop. [8] It shut down in 2019. The Istanbul shop continued as 1290sqm. [9]
52°22′7.7″N 4°54′8.3″E / 52.368806°N 4.902306°E
![]() Interior of 290 Square Meters | |
Company type | Retail shop |
---|---|
Founded | 2001 |
Founder | Ido de Voos |
Headquarters | Houtkopersdwarsstraat 3 1011 Amsterdam, NL |
Website | 290sqm.com |
290 Square Meters was a retail shop in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It offered men's and women's fashion as well as limited edition books, jewelry and scents. [1] 290 Square Meters was best known for being the only retail location in the world where one could buy customized NikeID shoes for a number of years. [2] It also carried a number of other unique items by Levi's, Freitag and Arc'teryx Veilance.
Founded by Ido de Voos in 2001, [3] it originally started as 90 Square meters on KNSM Island. [4] Its new location right off Waterlooplein in a former bank vault.
Both the stores original name, 90 Square Meters, and its new name, 290 Square Meters, are derived from the shop's size. [5] [6] The company opened stores in Zürich and Istanbul. [7]
In late 2012 it launched a web shop. [8] It shut down in 2019. The Istanbul shop continued as 1290sqm. [9]