Houseboat Living in Amsterdam

There/s nothing like staying in a houseboat in Amsterdam. The city/s fanciest, five-star luxury hotels may offer more amenities than you can shake a stick at, but if you/re not enjoying your own private space on a peaceful canal, well then, I think you/re missing something.

For about $50 per person, per night, you can stay in a one, two, or three bedroom houseboat. This is not an advertisement, of course, I just think this is a terrific lodging option in Amsterdam, but not many people know about it, which is a ... (more)

"Our" Houseboat
Located a block or so from Rembrandtplein, our houseboat gently rocked on the...

Closer In
We zoomed in with the telephoto lens, here, to give you a good look at the...

Inside Houseboat: The Living Room
Windows & Mirrors make things especially light inside! The couch was...

Towards the Kitchen & Bedrooms
Hard to see, really, but there's our dining area and then beyond all our...

Ducks!
Every morning, ducks would cruise the "strip," quacking for...

Canal Traffic
Tour boats would cruise by fairly regularly, but we also saw a fair amount of...

article published 8/22/2001

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WARNING: Our houseboat was broken into TWICE during our week-long stay. I woke up at 6:00 am Saturday morning to find these two men in the living room. They quickly walked out, before I'd come to my senses enough to realize what was happening, even. They got a watch & some American money from my husband's wallet. From then on, we always put bottles against the front door every night so that we'd hear if someone came in. The next Saturday at about the same time, the bottles crashed but by the time we got outta bed, they were gone, of course. We figure the bad guys figured out which houseboats are rentals & they know will have cash & cameras & stuff... and are likely to be jetlagged weekend mornings, and probably sleeping soundly at 6:00 am. Anyway, if you're renting a houseboat, be careful. Use the safe & also some kinda barricade or alarm, maybe.... Stay safe! Carolyn
— Carolyn Sullivan -- the author of this article, May 18, 2003

Sorry 'bout the website being down!
We were placing a rescue dog at that time and had an unusual amount of traffic at our site (people vieiwing the dog's pics & stats).

Anyway, houseboat contact is: wwww.amsterdamhouse.com

Cheers! Lemme know if I can be of any assistance!
— Carolyn, November 15, 2002

your website
Hola,

I went to your site but it was temp. down, I build simple websites and can start at $80 for the url and server space, if u keep it simple i am willing to design it for free. P.S. Do you guys go to amsterdam often.... i try to go every year... can u reply with the houseboat contact info?

gracias,

jose
— jose, August 22, 2002

Hi Carolyn, nice pics, remind me of my trip to Amsterdam! I sent you a mail regarding the mail you sent me, but if was returned undeliverable by the mail system???? Mail me again.
— Rene, March 8, 2002

Very nice photos. That looks like a great vacation!
— this is a joke, August 23, 2001