The apartment is in a great location. Once we got the hang of the map and how the canal rings worked we found the apartment easily. We were very delayed arriving and Gerry, who met us, was very nice to wait for us as we made our way there using the map. The apartment is near all kinds of museums, bars and restaurants but is definitely a 20-30 minute walk to the first ring/canal tour/train station area. As stated, the stairs are insanely steep so guests who would struggle with this should be mindful of this mentioning on various guest's reviews. The room is really nice and the neighborhood is quiet. It is really only one large room-a studio, so besides the bathroom there is nowhere to really go to have a phone conversation etc. We had issues with the hot water while there which was a building-wide issue. We contacted the host right away but the problem was not remedied so 2/3 of our days were without hot water. The host was responsive to our first message but asked us to investigate ourselves as to the problem with the pipes with workers on the stairs (we were unable to communicate with the workers). This was my only critique of my experience. All in all it's a nice apartment in a pretty and quiet part of town.