This studio was exactly what I was looking for- excellent location, clean, very comfortable bed and couch, and the soaking tub was a bonus! Although you can’t see the canal from the window, you step right out the front door onto the canal. Lots of restaurants, shopping and museums nearby- the Anne Frank house is just a couple of blocks away. (Buy your tickets online months in advance or you won’t get in!)
The only downside was that, being a basement apartment, there may be a family staying in the apartment above you that has three small children running around in what sounded like little Dutch wooden clogs. Thankfully, I was out most of the day and they seemed to put them to bed fairly early, but the noise could be a bit bothersome for light sleepers.