Great brand new apartment/condo, located top floor of Het Funen, an apartment building by noted architect Frits van Dongen. Splendid view of old and new city on three sides, living room with loggia on south/west side. Extraordinary, rare view of antique Dutch windmill, still going strong appr. twice a week. Elevator.
137 Square meters /1475 sq.ft. Large living room (66 sq. meters / 710 sq.ft) with kitchen and loggia and comfortable, easy-to-manage sleeping couch.
Master 2-p. bedroom; comfy Queen size bed, 160 x 220 cm (= 64 x 88 inches), one mattress, not too soft.
Study/bedroom w. comfortable sleeping couch and workspace. Great place for writing. Wifi.
Bathroom with shower and tub and toilet. Extra toilet.
Amenities: Kitchen with dish washer, mico wave, electr. oven, fridge and freezer. Washing machine, wash dryer. Central heating, double glazing.
Large plasma tv, cable tv & dvd-player. High speed internet, wifi, stereo etc. Library including English, French and German books on art, literature. SMOKE FREE!
** No housekeeping is included; please leave our home as you found it.

Located on canal in centre of Amsterdam, between Old City Centre and new Dutch Design architecture of trendy Eastern Docklands area (KNSM Island, Java Island, Borneo Island and Zeeburg/IJburg).
All this can bee seen from our living room windows!
Bus stop (line 43) to City Centre and Central Station at front door, travelling time to Centre 8 minutes. Tramway line 10 to Leidseplein 2 min. walk, travelling time to Centre 12 minutes.
Taxi travelling from Schiphol Airport appr. 20 minutes, by train (at not even a third of the taxi cost) appr. 40 minutes. Walking distance appr. 20 minutes. Bikes can be rented at Muiderpoort station near by.
Cars can be rented at http://www.driveyourself.nl/, just a 5 minutes walk from our house.
Musea close by: Tropical Museum, Maritime Museum, Stedelijk Museum (closed for renovation), Rijksmuseum (partly closed for renovation), Nemo Science Museum, Artis Zoo, Rembrandt House, Anne Frank House etc. etc. Super markets close by.
Famous Albert Cuyp market in City Center, less famous but locally loved Dappermarkt a 5 mins. walk away.
Lots of cafés and restaurants close by. Special treat: small beer brewery Het IJ at the foot of the windmill with very tasty heavy beers.
Truly one of the most desireable downtown neighbourhoods!

Travelling in the Netherlands by public transport is dead easy. All distances in Holland are very small. From Amsterdam Central Station, most interesting cities are only 1 hour away. Utrecht, The Hague, Alkmaar, Delft, Gouda, Haarlem, Rotterdam etc. are very accessible. This is one of the real advantages of a very small country.

More information:
http://www.amsterdamdocklands.com/index.html
http://www.easterndocklands.com/
http://www.amsterdamtourist.nl/
http://www.amsterdammuseums.nl/
http://www.dappermarkt.nl/english.html
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_van_Dongen
http://www.driveyourself.nl/
http://www.ns.nl/ (train transportation in the Netherlands, connections to Germany, Belgium and France)

Still looking for a MANHATTAN exchange! Time frame to be discussed.
We would prefer about 2 weeks, or at least 10 days on Manhattan, and would like to get back a few days before returning to work, to overcome our jetlag a bit ;-)

Open to any dates

Looking for MANHATTAN exchange, very welcome. Time frame to be discussed.

London, Barcelona, Venice offers also welcome. We're in for any interesting offer. Please surprise us ;-)

En tot slot: wat vind je van een weekendruil binnen Nederland? Stad - platteland? Wie heeft een heerlijk plekje in het groen om te fietsen, en wil wat stadse fratsen meemaken? Welkom.

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Hello! We are Sieneke and Rob.
Sieneke is a 51-y.o. writer/ writing consultant/ editor. Rob, 60-y.o, is a social worker/probation officer and mediator. We live together without kids or pets, but with some nice and quiet plants.
We are interested in art, architecture and design, literature, music, film, cities, running, walking, cycling and travelling. We are both amateur musicians: Sieneke plays the cello, Rob is a bass player in a rock band. Rob is a long distance runner, Sieneke likes to ice skate. Also, we both like to paint, although we're so often short of time... Friends and family come first.

We are looking forward to trying a home exchange; we are always respectful of the property of others and treat our guest adresses as our own house, which we keep clean and relatively tidy ;-) .
We have had echanges in Canada (2), New York, Paris, Helsinki, Leeuwarden, Maastricht. Our guests/hosts have always been very happy with us as hosts/guests.

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