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Which is the best five star hotel in Amsterdam?

Posted on April 10, 2014April 11, 2014 by Amsterdam Guide

We are currently writing a series of articles on which is the best five star hotel in different cities, and now the time is here to discuss which is the finest and best five star hotel in Amsterdam.

So far we have written small articles on the best five star hotels in Krakow and the best five star hotels in Budapest.

In our eyes a hotel need to be central to be the best, and that is why some five star hotels in Amsterdam are not even close to be considered the best five star hotel in town, simply based on its location. But, using your legs a bit does not hurt anyone. The definition of central in Amsterdam is the Dam Square, the very heart and center of Amsterdam, together with the central station.

If you just want luxury and a great five star hotel just in the center of Amsterdam, at the Dam Square, then the decision is easy to make.. All you need to do is to book a room in Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. However, based on general feedback and user reviews this is not the very best five star hotel in Amsterdam, even though its location might be the best. There are two other hotels known to be even better, and those are Sofitel Legend and De l’Europe Amsterdam. These hotels both smell and taste of luxury, and in Sofitel you can even find the Michelin starred restaurant Bridges. This hotel is also located near the Van Gogh museum, so if you plan on spending time near the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh museum and the Dam Square, this is it!

The other favorite is De l’Europe Amsterdam. This is located a bit closer to the Dam Square, so while Dam Square is a 10 minute walk from Sofitel, it is only a five minute walk from De l’Europe Amsterdam. If you like fine dining, then this hotel in fact has a restaurant with two Michelin stars, Bord’Eau, making this one of the finest places to dine in all of Europe. In fact they also have free wireless Internet available, which is a big pro with both this hotel and with Sofitel.

All in all we would probably not mind very much whether we stayed in Sofitel, Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky or De l’Europe Amsterdam. We would just visit booking.com and book a room in the hotel with the best prices for our dates!

What is the distance from Anne frank museum to Haarlem?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Amsterdam Guide

What is the distance from Anne frank museum to Haarlem?

Hello, and thank you for the question!The distance from the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam to Haarlem is about 20km. There are several ways of getting there, but one of the easiest ways is to walk from the Anne Frank museum to the Central station and just jump on a train that will take you to Haarlem. It is easy, quick and should work perfect.

Which is the best VPN provider in the Netherlands?

Posted on December 5, 2013October 24, 2017 by Amsterdam Guide

I noticed that you wrote an article about how to get a Dutch IP address. My question is which VPN provider is the best for the Netherlands? I am going to stay there for seven days in a hotel with free wireless Internet connection, but heard that it is not safe really to use such a connection, so which VPN provider should I use to secure my Internet connection and privacy while staying in Amsterdam? This is also important because I will do some work during my stay, which means I will have to use my credit card online, and I would rather not have anyone stealing that information as I use the open networks and hotspots around. Thanks a lot for your help!

That was a brilliant question, and as you said, very important to protect your information and privacy even while out traveling using WiFi in hotels and restaurants. This is not really our subject, so I will just write an answer based on information I have been “stealing” from the IP Address Guide in their article on how to get a Dutch IP address. In their article they tested several VPN providers for their speeds and also amount of servers and IP addresses in the Netherlands, and based on their results I would say that the best VPN provider in the Netherlands is IPVanish. It might be surprising as the article itself recommends the usage of HideMyAss, but as I see their speeds can be a bit unstable, so I would rather go for IPVanish which seems to have a stable download speed and is very easy to use. You can of course use HideMyAss as well, since they are the biggest provider with several servers and several thousands IP addresses in the Netherlands available, so you will always find server with great speeds, but it might require quite a lot of connecting and disconnecting and trying the different servers before you find the right one, so that is why I believe that IPVanish might be just as good.

Not sure if this information will help you or not. If you want to know more about one of the services, read the IPVanish or the HideMyAss review written by Christine Wilson.

Who is responsible for press tickets to Concertgebouw events?

Posted on August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 by Amsterdam Guide

Name and email address of person in charge of press tickets to Concertgebouw concerts. Thank you.

Thank you for the question. We do not have an exact answer, especially because there are often different companies using the Concertgebouw as a venue, meaning that there are different responsible for handling the press at different occasions. However, the best we can do concerning press tickets and press information is to give you the contact information of the press responsible in the Concertgebouw.

As of know the press managar at the Concertgebouw is:
Reinoud van Houten

Title: Manager PR and Pressrelations at the Concertgebouw.
Email: [email protected]
Tel. +31 (0)20 5730478

Good luck and hope you will succeed!

Ask your Amsterdam question!

Where can I watch Ajax-Borussia Dortmund online tonight?

Posted on November 21, 2012October 3, 2016 by Amsterdam Guide

I am a big Ajax fan and I would love to see their match against Borussia Dortmund tonight on the web. Do you have the address of a webpage where I can see the match since I can not be in Amsterdam Arena myself to see the match there?

Thank you for the question. It is possible to see the match live and the dutch channel NOS will broadcast the match live on their webpage tonight. They have quite a lot of live streams and it is not always so easy to find, but further down in the article you will find the link leading you to the exact site where you can see the match between Ajax and Borussia Dortmund tonight.

We are not sure if this will be a problem or not, but in some cases it is impossible to watch such streams from outside the Netherlands. Often television channels add a so called geo-block on their broadcasts, meaning that only people with a Dutch IP address can see the match and other live events on their webpage. If this is the problem, then you should read our article about how to get a Dutch IP address. In that article we easily explain how this can be fixed within 5-10 minutes which again means that you can watch this match and any other program on the net available to people with a Dutch IP address only.

Tonight you can see Ajax Amsterdam - Borussia Dortmund here — Tonight you can see Ajax Amsterdam – Borussia Dortmund here instead of this boring message

This concept is well know, because loads of TV channels do the same. For example yesterday our friends in the London Guide published an article about how to watch ITV online, and there they also wrote about how to watch it from outside the UK. The principle is the same, and with the local UK IP address we could for example watch the match between Juventus and Chelsa on the net yesterday.

Good luck and we will report back tonight as the match starts to say whether this works for everyone wherever they are in the world, or if this broadcast showing tonight’s match between Ajax Amsterdam and Borussia Dortmund requires a local IP address. But still, if the latter is true, it is still easy to arrange with, so just read our article about how to get a Dutch IP address and go for it!

Here are some useful links:
– NOS Sport Champions League live stream
– HideMyAss (program which will give you Dutch IP address against small charge)
– How to get a Dutch IP address?

Go Ajax!

How to watch Dutch TV online from outside Holland?

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Amsterdam Guide

Often most broadcasts and TV shows broadcasted in Holland are available online to everyone online, wherever you are in the world. This is easy and great, and a wonderful way to stay updated on what is going on in the Netherlands, wherever you are in the world. But, some stations and during special sports events, musical events and so on the TV stations make their online broadcasts only available to people located inside the borders of Holland. Thus you are in need of a Dutch IP address to watch these TV shows, and without that you will only see a black screen or get some message that this TV program is only available to people in the Netherlands. What are you to do in that situation? How can you watch Dutch TV online from outside Holland?

The answer and solution is very easy, and if you read our article about how to get a Dutch IP address you will find the information you are looking for. You simply need to create a connection to some server in Netherlands (VPN) and once connected you will get a virtual address which will make it seem like you actually stay and live in the Netherlands, even though you are currently lying on the beach in Barcelona and enjoying life! All information is encrypted, it is totally legal and very easy to install and understand.

Visit the homepage of HideMyAss, make a subscription (30 day pay back guarantee if you are not satisfied), download their VPN Pro program, and in a few minutes from now you can watch all broadcasts on the net available to people with a Dutch IP address only.

Explaining it all with a very non technical language:
What happens is that HideMyAss is a nice company. It is almost like if they give you an address in the Netherlands, so whenever someone wants to check up on you, you can tell them that you have an address in Holland, even though you are somewhere else. Ideal if you are on holiday somewhere else, or if you have moved to another nation, but would like to stay up to date on what is going on at home in Amsterdam or in the rest of the nation!

So, watch Nederlands 1, Nederlands 2, Nederlands 3 and whatever else you need to with this solution (this is of course not valid for PAY tv where you need a subscription), only for free broadcasts which are limited to people living in Netherlands.

How to get a Dutch IP address?

Posted on October 16, 2012May 5, 2017 by Amsterdam Guide

Many people realize when they travel abroad that they are in need of a Dutch IP address to get hold of the information, tv broadcast or some sort of other stuff they are in need of. Others realize that they need a Dutch ip address to play their favorite game online, or whatever. There might be many reasons, but the question is still the same: How to get a Dutch IP address?

It is very easy, but before we answer 100% we will simply tell you how this is done, with a simple technical language. To get a Dutch IP address (or any other IP address from other countries around the world) you need to create a VPN or connect to a Proxy server in the given nation. As this connection is created it can be described as a tunnel giving you a direct connection to the given nation. All your information is thus seen on the internet as though it would go from the server in the given nation, and all internet pages, tv stations, poker centrals and so on will look upon you as someone surfing the internet from that nation. How can you do this in practice?

There are some small guides telling you how to get a Dutch IP address online for free, but these are very unstable and not always working to well. HideMyAss (link to a HideMyAss review) is a provider which takes some money for this, but then they are also professional at what they are doing and the service they provide is perfect (we have tried it ourselves). You simply visit their webpage, make a subscription, download their VPN Pro software. Once the program is downloaded you type in your user ID and password and choose the server you would like to connect to. On the list of servers you can not only find Dutch servers, but servers all around the world. So with the subscription and the program you can not only get a Dutch IP address, but you can easily get an Italian, a Spanish and lots of IP addresses from other nations around the world. It is cheap, but works great and it also encrypts your traffic making it safe to use and thus people around you can not steal the information you are sending and pick up your private data.

This solution is also ideal if you want to watch Dutch television broadcasts which are only available to people with a Dutch ip address. This is typical for live broadcasts, larger sports events, Eurovision Song contest, Olympic games, World Championship (football) and so on! Enjoy and good luck!

Check out the webpage: HideMyAss