Across the IJ by free ferry — shipyard-turned-street-art at NDSM, waterfront restaurants in old canteens, and the city's only honest room prices. Five minutes from Central Station and a different planet.
A look around
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€90–140
typical per night in Netherlands
Easy on the wallet
Cheapest in AmsterdamPriciest
Among the cheapest areas to sleep in Amsterdam.
Where it sits
The circle is Amsterdam-Noord and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)~23 min drive12.6 km
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Anne Frank House24 min walk2.0 km
- An evening in a brown café25 min walk2.1 km
- The Jordaan on foot27 min walk2.2 km
- The canals by boat, at dusk8 min taxi2.6 km
- Rijksmuseum10 min taxi3.5 km
- Van Gogh Museum11 min taxi3.7 km
- A stroopwafel, made in front of you11 min taxi3.8 km
- Albert Cuyp Market11 min taxi3.8 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 7.Ride a bike like you live here — The city only fully exists by bike. Rent one, do a slow loop — ferries across the IJ, canals at random — and obey exactly two rules: stay out of the tram tracks, and never stop in the bike lane.
- 13.A'DAM Lookout & the free ferry — The free ferry glide across the IJ is a sight in itself; the tower on the far bank adds the map-view of everything you've walked — plus Europe's highest swing, dangling you over the edge if you insist.
- 14.NDSM wharf — A shipyard the artists took over — warehouse-sized murals, a crane you can zip-line from, beach bars in shipping containers. Fifteen free ferry-minutes from Central Station and gloriously unpolished.
When are you staying?
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