http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20426 Cosmos is two blocks from the red light district and close to everything else.
There's a nice coffee shop (El Guapo) right across the alleyway.
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I would definitely recommend it - but be careful walking up the steep stairs up front if you've been enjoying a little too much of what Amsterdam has to offer.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20348 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20297
They ended up letting us stay for a few more hours longer on our last day as our flight was quite late - thanks guys. Simba the cat was awesome too! It's in a really awesome spot too, close to the train station, and just on the edge of the red light district.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20297 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19562 It’s among some lively coffeeshops and bars or is just a few hundred metres from the Van Gogh and Modern Art Museums for something more cultural!
Accommodation is cheap and includes breakfast and internet.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19562 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14109 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14109 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13969
While traditionally aimed at the more youthful backpacking market, the websites really have diversified in recent years, but are still usually overlooked in favour of the likes of lastminute.com, which only covers (more expensive) hotels.

We managed to find accommodation in an amazing family-owned canal-side apartment in the heart of Amsterdam for a fraction of what it would have cost to stay in a hotel miles out of town.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13969