Greenhouse Effect, Amsterdam

Advantages: Cool rooms fast
Disadvantages: Quite loud

...I live in a strange house. A very strange house with a gadget obsessed boyfriend, so when he first suggested we needed an air conditioning unit, I was sceptical to say the least. All I could think was more wires, less room and more expense of something that we wouldn't use after the first couple of weeks. As the summer became hotter I had to get off my high horse and concede that something needed doing about the heat. You see in my house, half of the roof is large glass skylights, and with the house being completely open plan with just the living room on a balcony upstairs, it was like living in one large hot greenhouse. I was suffocating in the heat! Delighted my boyfriend skipped off for the day, to trawl round various DIY and specialist air conditioning shops he'd smugly found on the Internet that morning. This is... Read review

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Advantages: Fun, lots to see, easy to get to, clean
Disadvantages: A bit seedy and very cold in winter

...I've been to Amsterdam Airport more times than I can remember. Living in Cardiff, taking the KLM flight to Schiphol and changing was quicker than going all the way to London. But I'd never actually left the airport, I was always just there in transit. To be honest, I'd never felt any great pull to leave the airport and look around the city. I love culture but I'd never thought of Amsterdam as having lots of old churches and museums for me to look around. I'd always associated it more with the Red Light District and 'coffeeshops' which didn't really interest me. Then I got a call from a friend saying that she was planning a girls trip to Amsterdam. 'How do I get out of this one' I thought. Another friend persuaded me, saying that she would accompany me to the 'boring' parts while the rest of them drank to their hearts... Read review

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Advantages: Friendly staff, modern decor, lots of handy facilities, great location
Disadvantages: Rooms are a bit on the small side and cramped

...A couple of weekends ago I went to Amsterdam with my boyfriend. We wanted to find a hotel which was close to the centre so it was easy to get around, but that wasn't too expensive (if we could help it!) I went on lastminute.com and I saw a deal for one of the 'secret hotels'. This means that you don't know which hotel you will be staying at, but that you will get it at a discounted price. It told us the rough location (around Rembrant Square), the room and hotel facilities and the star rating. You find out which hotel you are staying at as soon as you have made the booking. We thought it would be quite exciting to get one of the 'secret hotel' deals, it was in the right location for us and sounded like it had everything we needed so we went ahead and booked it for the price of £287 for three nights. The deal was also that we would get... Read review

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