This is a great apartment out of the hubbub of central Amsterdam in a friendly, calm neighbourhood but within a short walk of the uber–cool De Pijp district, which has loads of lovely cafés and restaurants. You would want to live here if you lived in Amsterdam – quick to get into town, everything you need, and was a pretty short taxi ride from the airport. Also just a few minutes bike ride to the museum quarter.
Maaike is a great host. She communicated clearly and helpfully before and through the stay and made us feel very welcome. She also lent us the family bikes – we needed to rent one more from the nearby Black Bikes – which was easy and reasonably priced and then we were mobile. If you visit Amsterdam you have to cycle – it makes the city make sense.
The apartment is a sweet, typical Dutch home. I've stayed in some lovely Airbnbs before but this was the best example ever of the live like a local theme AirBnb promotes in its marketing. For a few days we stepped into the world of living as Amsterdammers and we loved it.