Riks is a wonderful host and the location, only a short 5 min stroll from Central Station, is ideal. His place is about 20 feet outside the main tourist area of the city so you are close to the action yet are able to enjoy some peace and quiet and see how the locals live. The rooms all face the back of the house so there is no noise. Riks graciously made his kitchen available to us and it has a beautiful view overlooking a canal. Every morning there was fresh bread, meats, cheese, eggs, milk, juice and coffee available to us to prepare at our leisure. Riks met us upon our arrival but because of his schedule we rarely saw him, so it almost felt like we were in our own home. We couldn't have asked for a better host, or a better location. Riks even made it a point to get up at 4am to see us off as we had an early flight. I highly recommend staying at Riks place.