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In the centre of Amsterdam, you will find Michele’s Houseboat. A brand new houseboat moored at the Ruysdaelkade to enjoy your stay in amsterdam!

In the centre of Amsterdam, in the museum quarter, you will find Michele’s Houseboat. A brand new houseboat moored at the Ruysdaelkade, where you can experience Amsterdam in a unique way: living on the water. The houseboat is divided into three apartments, one large one where I live myself with my boyfriend Nils, and two smaller apartments where you can enjoy your holidays or business trip in Amsterdam! Each of the apartments has their own private entrance, en-suite bathroom, and a large double bed that can be made up for either a couple or two singles. All guests have access to the large roof terrace where one can eat, drink, laugh, bbq or tan! You could book both of the apartments together or one apartment just let me know what you prefer!

22/10/2026

Getting ready for another night of ADE 💄

📸: Manu

19/10/2026

This is Amsterdam. Blue skies on the water, then a downpour so hard you can barely see the bridge, and somehow people are still out there fishing.

Then the sun comes back like nothing happened, and the neighbours go back to watering their plants.

We wouldn’t live anywhere else 💛

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17/10/2026

Amsterdam Marathon weekend is here 🏃‍♀️

Whether you’re running, cheering, or simply wondering why half the city suddenly seems to be wearing running shoes, here’s what you need to know this weekend:

1. The main event is Sunday, 18 October.
The TCS Amsterdam Marathon starts at 09:00, followed by the Mizuno Half Marathon at 13:20. The 7.5K takes place today, Saturday 17 October, at 14:15. TCS Amsterdam Marathon

2. The marathon route is a pretty good tour of Amsterdam in itself.
Runners start and finish inside the Olympic Stadium, pass under the Rijksmuseum, run along the Amstel, through Vondelpark and past the Heineken Experience. Not a bad 42 kilometres of sightseeing. TCS Amsterdam Marathon

3. And yes, it is BIG.
Around 65,000 runners take part across the whole marathon weekend. The full marathon alone had 32,000 places and the half marathon 15,000, and both sold out within a week. TCS Amsterdam Marathon

4. If you’re not running, plan your Sunday accordingly.
There are road closures across a large part of the city, including around Stadionweg, Amstelveenseweg, Stadhouderskade, Hobbemakade, Zuidas, Amsteldijk and several areas further east. Some start as early as 06:00 and continue into the evening. TCS Amsterdam Marathon

5. If we were choosing somewhere to watch? The Amstel.

It’s one of the most scenic stretches of the marathon route, with plenty of that Amsterdam-by-the-water feeling we’re rather biased towards.

So whether you’re chasing a PB or cheering from the side with a coffee in hand, enjoy the city on one of its busiest running weekends of the year. 🏃‍♂️🇳🇱

📸: Manu

Save this for tomorrow and share it with whoever you’re doing marathon weekend with. Are you running or watching? 👇

15/10/2026

Weekend plan: no alarm, sun on the window seat, canal right outside. Maybe not getting out of bed until noon.

So what’s it going to be, sleeping in or doing nothing by the water? (Both counts.)

We have two houseboats in Amsterdam if you want that too. Send us a message with your dates 🤍

11/10/2026

Why Amsterdam sounds the way it does

Live on the water long enough and you stop seeing the city and start hearing it. A few things most visitors walk straight past:

1. The most local sound of all? Someone yelling at you to get off the bike lane. You only need to hear it once. 😄
2. That bright ding-ding is a tram, not a bike - Amsterdam’s trams ring instead of honk, and it becomes the city’s heartbeat.
3. Those quarter-hourly bells aren’t automated - they’re carillons, keyboards of bells, played by hand from little rooms high in the towers.
4. The wheezy street music is a draaiorgel, a Dutch street organ - folklore here, and very nearly regulated out of existence last century.
5. And under it all, bikes - the whirr of thousands, a bell instead of a horn. One of the few big cities where the loudest sound isn’t traffic.

📸: Manu

Save this and listen for them next time. Which had you noticed? 👇

10/10/2026

Did you know there are almost 2,000 bikes parked right under Leidseplein?

Walk down the stairs next to the bridge, roll your bike down the little gutter on the steps, and you’re 5 metres underground in a huge, quiet, bright garage. Up top it’s a green square now. Before 2021 that whole area was a mess of bikes locked to anything that didn’t move.

Look up and the ceiling is full of the names of the neighbourhood’s classic spots. Pianobar Maxim, Jazzcafé Alto, De Balie. A little nod to the nightlife going on right above your head.

Then look down. Bronze lizards on the floor show you the way out.

The screens even tell you how many spots are free, up or down. Very Dutch. Very tidy.

04/10/2026

Stress relief, Amsterdam edition.

Mornings on a window seat with the canal at your feet. Afternoons melting into the jacuzzi beneath the bed on Sergio’s boat. Evenings on Michèle’s rooftop, watching the water turn gold.

No plans. Just the city, floating by. ✨

03/10/2026

The Dutch did it first!

Some places follow the world. This one has a habit of going first and letting everyone else catch up:

1. The Netherlands was the first country to legalise same-sex marriage, in 2001 - and the very first couples married right here at Amsterdam city hall.
2. The world’s first stock exchange opened in 1602, along with the first-ever IPO when the Dutch East India Company sold public shares. Modern finance starts here.
3. Reality TV is Dutch too: John de Mol’s Big Brother went global from the late ‘90s onward.
4. And the air fryer? Invented by Dutch engineer Fred van der Weij in 2005. From the stock market to crispy fries, quite a spread.

📸: Manu

Save this and send it to whoever still thinks Amsterdam is just canals and coffeeshops. Which one did you not know? 👇

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Ruysdaelkade 216
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https://www.theamsterdamhouseboatfamily.com/

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