Rooms and doors of Transvaalbuurt
Nearly all visitors here rent flats, since the neighbourhood has very few hotels. The apartments occupy three- and four-storey brick blocks, with steep shared stairs and compact rooms; many have been modernised inside, with new kitchens and bathrooms. Some newer blocks have lifts and larger bedrooms. Evenings are calm: the local shops close by eight or nine, a few cafés stay open a little later, and the curving streets are quiet afterwards. The Oosterpark is only a short walk west, and the Dappermarkt is two streets away during the day. Visitors who choose the Transvaalbuurt tend to want an authentic neighbourhood feel and good transport links, and they return from the centre by tram or train to streets where residents, not tourists, set the rhythm of the night. A visitor at a front door in the evening is as ordinary here as anywhere in the east of the city. The trains at Muiderpoort run until late, and guests arriving from Schiphol with luggage often find the station more convenient than a tram through the busy centre. Once inside, the flats are quiet, with most bedrooms facing the green inner courtyards behind the blocks.
