Getting ready for Christmas with Guess, Blush and TiSento at the Bijenkorf Rotterdam

De Bijenkorf  is a chain of high-end department stores in the Netherlands, with its flagship store on Dam Square in Amsterdam. 

The chain is owned by Selfridges Group, owner also of Britain's Selfridges and Ireland's Brown Thomas and Arnotts.

It has been a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1929 to 2012,with various CEOs acting as presidents of the Association over time.

As of 2014, De Bijenkorf has 7 stores nationwide. The oldest and largest branches, situated in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam, have retail space ranging between 15,000 and 21,000 square meters. 

Smaller stores (7,500–10,000 m2 of retail space) can be found in Amstelveen, Eindhoven, Utrecht and Maastricht.

Branches in Arnhem, Groningen, Enschede, Breda and Den Bosch closed in late 2014/early 2015 as the parent group decided to focus up-market and online due to the new premium service strategy. 

The Arnhem building was taken over by Primark, a move seen by many Arnhemers as drastically reducing the attractiveness of Arnhem as a shopping centre.

Bijenkorf Wonen was a store format that carried home furnishings such as bath and bed linens, housewares, kitchen appliances, dishware, glassware, decorative accessories, et al.

former Bijenkorf Rotterdam 1930-1940