Welcome to the Guest Room of Marijn

1. Guest Room

You’re very welcome to stay over in my guest room, which is available for friends, family and close collaborations who got personally my invitation.

After reading & agreeing what you read on this page, you can (max. 6 weeks upfront):

🌟 Book here 🌟
Note: book the night(s) you stay over, and not the day of arriving.

Amount of guests:
There is a twin bed in the guest room and space for an extra mattress.
In the living room is space for the extra mattress, and/or two sleeping mats with sleeping bags or bed sheets.
The couch is also a reasonable option.
So in total there is place for 1-6 people.

Reason: before Corona I had always so many guests over from all over the world and family + friends out came over from other cities in the Netherlands.
So I thought, let’s bring this flow alive of sharing precious quality time together, in combination of both following our own plan.

To make life a bit easier for everyone, I’ve set up this page, so it’s easy to book the Guest Room for you when it’s available.

Rules:
- Leave everything behind where you found it.
- Who breaks something, fixes/pays for it.
- Please don’t touch the art (!).
- When you want to use art materials or the car, please ask first permission.
- If you want to bring an extra guest at any time, please ask first. I’ll do this too.
And dinner guests are welcome too, on request so we both know.
- Please talk peacefully after 23.00 since the walls/balcony/hallway are noisy.
- No loud music, because the neighbors are mutually respecting our peace too.
- When you feel tension, please share within 24 hours.
- If you want to bring or share food, please know I’m vegan.
- Kitchen + bathroom + shared spaces are always directly cleaned up, e.g. nothing is left in the sink.
- When staying longer than 5 days, please clean the room after yourself.
- When you stay longer than 5 days, you take care of bringing out the trash, glass, paper, because it’s not an AirB&B.
- No smoking aloud in the house, never. You can use the balcony at all times.
- Shoes preferred to take off.
When not respecting the rules, you’ll be friendly asked to leave.

Always before leaving the house:
+ Turn off the heather on two spots.
+ Turn off the lights.
+ Close all windows and lock both doors.

In the drawer of the table in the hallway you find the:
+ Your set of guest-keys
+ Wifi code
+ OV card, for public transport, please upload a similar amount of how much you’ve used, so the next person can use it.
+ Folding bike keys of the bike, located at the attic (two stairs up).

Available:
+ Your own towels.
+ Any further instructions for machines, like dishwasher, etc. are in the guest room available in the drawer of the desk.
+ All basic necessities are available, except a fhon.
+ You can use the left half of the fridge.
+ Feel free to use any foods/drinks, just when you really use something fully, replace it within a day or so, to keep the balance alive.
+ Earplugs, in case you’re not used to noises. The room is at the street side, but not super noisy.
+ You can always use the living room at any time, the (art) studio only when possible, please ask for availability.
+ Balcony on the South, which means the whole day sun -when it’s shining-!

2. Practical Details

Admiraal de Ruijterweg 505-2
1055 MJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
+ Save location on Google Maps

You can always reach out via:

• WhatsApp, it’s the easiest

• +31 (0) 20 - 789 1886
  (not always available)

Balance versus Abundance:
Just tune in with yourself in which way you like to contribute. I offer this as concept to also being able to stay over as guest in other places around the world.
+ Pay it forward in your own way.
+ And/or if you prefer to pay your share (the Dutch way) by donation; it’s around €850 per month, so €28 per day for half of the home-related costs, which you optionally can calculate per day as contribution.
+ And/or support with €45 for a cleaner taking care of the whole house.

Donation details:
IBAN: NL90TRIO0391005030
BIC: TRIONL2U
Name: M.G. van Oosten

High lights in the neighborhood:
+ The Villy, my favorite café, and where I give (when I’m in the NL) every Friday morning 09.00-10.30 am Alignin Journal Session.
+ De Nieuwe Boekhandel, my favorite bookstore
+ Rijkhoff, best pastry in area
+ Fuku, top 3 of best coffee in town
+ OKO, has great (vegan) lunch
+ Birtat, for fresh falafel
+ Abbey, for a lovely dinner
+ Buurtboerderij, for a drink when the sun is shining, their garden is a hidden gem.
+ Hema is at Bos en Lommerplein, where you can find several stores and supermarkets.
+ Westerpark, is across the street and a full round walking is 5km.
+ Erasmuspark, is a bit more quiet and great for picnics, plus they have a lovely café.

Nearby gems, 10 minutes by bike:
+ Ten Katemarkt and Kinkerstraat, it’s a nice local shopping area to walk to/through, and next to;
+ Rasalila, my dance studio, (to join me) see the schedule, it’s €18 for a drop in, or €55 for a trial month, both totally worth it!
+ Sloterplas, is for when you want to swim outdoors.
+ WeArePublic (select Amsterdam), which I’m a member, is 1 month for free. They have tickets available for several locations to visit cultural performances/events.

Nature:
+ Beach/North Sea, and be sure to visit the dunes, named Kennemer Duinen.
All are 0,5 hour traveling by train to Zandvoort aan Zee, and by car to Bloemendaal aan Zee.
The link shows the cheapest parking option, because that’s how Dutch people roll.

Practical and walkable spots in the neighborhood:
+ Lidl, closest supermarket is around the corner.
+ Odin, organic supermarket.
+ Huisartsenpraktijk Bos en Lommer, is when you need to see a doctor.
+ OLVG West, is the nearest hospital, but not in the neighborhood.
+ Action, for household items.
+ Gamma, for building materials.
+ Rijken Tweewielers, to rent a bike.
+ Tabakshop, to buy a OV card and/or temporary Lycra Mobile Dutch sim card.

Practical phone numbers:
- 112, for emergency.
112NL app, is for when you’re deaf or hearing-impaired. Or use SOS as code on your Iphone, it will direct you to 112.
- 088 003 0600, Huisartsenpost, for health emergency where you don’t need an ambulance for.
- 0900-8844, is for police calls without emergency.
- 14020, is the phone number of Gemeente Amsterdam.
Note: +31 or 0031, is replacing the first 0, in Dutch/local phone numbers in case you’re calling with a foreign phone number, 112 is always working.

Tip:
Download the offline map of Amsterdam on your mobile, so you always find your way offline, and save all locations (!) you want to visit in your Google Maps.

3. Parking & Public Transport

You can park in front of the door + in the neighborhood for €4,50 an hour between 09.00 am - 23.59 pm, and on Sunday for free.
Please download the app/or feel free to use my EasyPark app. Here you/I need to enter the license plate number, select the area, and it will be working from there on, until you turn it off (set a reminder!).
- Or after leaving A10 (ring), at the traffic lights directly to the right twice, here is a:
Small parking area,
Admiraal de Ruijterweg 541.
- Or a bit further there is a:
Bigger parking place at,
Lidl, Sara Sara Burgerhartstraat 80.
*On Friday morning it’s fully full, because of the visitors of the Mosque.

For €2,50 you can park nearby (3-5 min walk), like in whole area Sloterdijk:
Regus, Kingsfordweg 151 (nearest)
It’s paid between 09.00 am-19.00 pm, and on Saturday + Sunday for free.

On this interactive map you can find all parking areas + rates of Amsterdam.

Public Transport:
- Station Sloterdijk, is the nearest train station, and on walking distance to my place.
From Schiphol it takes 10 minutes by train for €4,10/€2,46 between 05.41 am till 01.11 am at night, mostly every 12 minutes. Be sure to take unexpected delay in account!
- Take Tram 19 from Sloterdijk (West-North) , which end-stop is Diemen Sniep (East-South):
— Molenwerf (coming from Sloterdijk) + Wiltzanghlaan (coming from the city), are the nearest tram stops.
- Bus 21 is going to Central Station
— Bos en Lommerweg is the nearest bus stop, with also bus: 80 (to Zandvoort), N80 (to Beverwijk), N82 (night bus to Central Station).
Please double check before leaving, because right now there are strikes.

Public Transport information:
+ OV card, you can buy your own anonymous OV card at most supermarkets and/or service desks for €7,50-€8,00.
+ NS, the train schedule.
+ GVB, is the public transport schedule.
+ Taxi Service Amsterdam, 020-2101157, which I personally prefer over Uber.
It’s €42 from/to Schiphol for 15 minutes, driving in the city has a cheaper rate.