We are a couple from England on a 3 night (4 day) midweek break in Amsterdam. The two best things about staying on the Olivia Houseboat (middle room) is 1/ The FANTASTIC location in the calm but trendy Jordaan area and 2/ The ability to open the huge sliding window and watch the boats pass by on the beautiful canal whilst sipping a cold beer before a lovely dinner in one of the places recommended by Rinze in his wonderful guidebook left in the room. It’s a small space but very cleverly designed so you have all the commodities that you’d get in a hotel (towels, hairdryer etc) and even a lovely little kitchenette. We ate out every night but we kept snacks & breakfast bits in the fridge. Even though there are other people staying in the rook next door we didn’t hear much of them and found the whole experience thoroughly enjoyable! Would definitely recommend however beware of the swan and ducks (!) they love to try and beg for food and the swan will definitely stick his head in the window :)