Lucy: Stargazer of the Jordaan

"Look up, that bright one isn't a star, it's Jupiter." Lucy says it softly, pointing past the gables, and suddenly the walk back to your hotel feels like a small expedition.

Dreamy, artistic and tender, Lucy is 24 and brings a gentle kind of wonder to the lineup. She is slender at 163 cm, with long curly dark brown hair that refuses to be tamed and brown eyes that seem half here, half somewhere far more interesting. Her style is coastal bohemian elegance: flowing layers, soft textures and a relaxed polish that never tries too hard. There is nothing loud about her, and that is exactly the point. She draws you in by degrees, one quiet observation at a time.

Astronomy is her quiet obsession. She follows meteor showers and moon phases, and she can explain a constellation in a way that makes you want to buy a telescope on the spot. Mornings are for running along the Amstel, earbuds in, the city waking up around her. Afterwards comes the ritual she refuses to skip: a properly pulled espresso. Coffee culture is serious business for her, and her shortlist of favourite cafés deserves its own guidebook. Milena is every bit as devoted to the perfect shot.

Lucy lives in the Jordaan, among independent galleries and tiny coffee bars that suit her artistic streak perfectly. Talking in English, she prefers conversations that wander off the map, from the rings of Saturn to the best bakery on the Westerstraat. She is tender with people, too, the kind of companion who asks how you are and genuinely waits for the answer. Lucy is yours from €180 per hour, and if the stars are out, stretching the evening is easy to request. Book her for the night the conversation reaches the stars, quite literally.