Marijke's loft is well-equipped and decorated with intriguing personal touches. The light is good, especially in the living room, which looks out onto a building courtyard and garden, and the kitchen has many amenities. It's in a residential neighborhood pleasantly removed from, but still within walking distance of, Amsterdam's busy center. Although we didn't ever meet in person, Marijke was a great and attentive host, providing useful recommendations and good directions around town. There is some confusion surrounding checkout--the Airbnb Web site lists checkout as noon, but the cleaner and key service seemed to think checkout was 11 a.m. and, in fact, entered the apartment then, impelling us to pack in a hurry and leave--but our stay was otherwise very smooth and pleasant.