Our location

Visitor’s entrance

We will provide you with our address upon request. Our apartment is on Sem Presserhof, which is on the inside of the building block between Lumierestraat, IJburglaan and Maria Austriastraat. It can be accessed from any of the entrances by going up a few steps.

We are on the side closest to Maria Austriastraat overlooking the children’s play area. You will need to ring our buzzer and we will let you in and then you take the lift to the first floor.

[Nederlands: Wij zullen u op verzoek van ons adres voorzien. Ons appartement ligt op Sem Presserhof, dat zich aan de binnenkant van de bouwsteen tussen de Lumierestraat, de IJburglaan en de Maria Austriastraat bevindt. Het is toegankelijk via een van de ingangen door een paar stappen omhoog te gaan.

We zijn aan de zijde die het dichtst bij de Maria Austriastraat ligt met uitzicht op de kinderspeelplaats. Je zult onze zoemer moeten bellen en we zullen je binnenlaten en dan neem je de lift naar de eerste verdieping.]

Main entrance

If you are delivering something big or you need access without steps, it will be easiest to use the main entrance to our building at Maria Austriastraat 698, 1087 JC Amsterdam. If you call when you arrive, I will come downstairs.

[Nederlands:   u iets groots levert of als u zonder stappen toegang nodig heeft, is het gemakkelijkst om de hoofdingang van ons gebouw aan de Maria Austriastraat 698, 1087 JC Amsterdam te gebruiken. Als je belt wanneer je aankomt, kom ik naar beneden.]

Public Transport in Amsterdam

The public transport system in Amsterdam has become rather complicated. For more information see Public Transport Tickets in Amsterdam.

Public transport within Amsterdam is run by city transport company GVB – it includes trams, the metro and buses which travel further out.

In addition there are trains operated by NS (Dutch Railways) which connect Amsterdam to Schiphol Airport and the rest of the Netherlands. Regional buses (Connexxion/EBS/Arriva) can take you to some nearby places of interest.

The OV-chip card (OV-chipkaart) smart card system is in use for all public transport in the Netherlands.

When taking a journey you are required to check-in (when boarding) and check-out (on exiting) by holding the ticket or chip card against one of the OV-chip card readers. In Amsterdam this applies for trips on trams, trains, the metro and buses.

Amsterdam public transport ticket summary (2022)

This is a summary of transport tickets for getting to our place from Amsterdam Centraal Station or Schiphol Airport and around Amsterdam.

1. Unlimited GVB Day/Multi-Day tickets – Good value 1 to 7 day ticket (€8.50 to €37), children 4-11 €4 per day. Valid on all GVB transport in Amsterdam on a 24 hour basis. NOT valid on airport train or 397 airport bus.

2. GVB 1 hour ticket – €3.20, valid only on GVB trams/metro/buses, NOT valid on trains. A Bus Tram Metro (BTM) ticket is €6.50 and is valid 90 minutes on GVB plus Connexxion/EBS buses.

3. Amsterdam Travel Ticket – 1/2/3 day card (€17/€22.50/€28) combines airport train/bus journey with unlimited use of GVB transport in Amsterdam. Valid on a day (not 24 hours) basis.

4. OV-chipkaart – Plastic smart card costs €7.50 (non-refundable, lasts 5 years) to which travel credit can be added. Use on any public transport at standard fare tariffs. Minimum balance of €20 (trains) or €4 (other transport) required. Only good for visitors who plan lots of travel, does save inconvenience of buying tickets each time.

If you only need to take the tram to get from Centraal Station to our place, it’s cheapest to get a GVB 1 hour ticket. For traveling by public transportation from Schiphol Airport on the train, it’s cheapest to get and Amsterdam Travel Ticket. You can buy tickets at Amsterdam Centraal Station or Schiphol Airport, Arrivals 2 at Schiphol plaza.

Note: We usually have a spare OV-chipkaart that we can lend to you once you are here that we can load up with funds as needed for travel on buses, trams, the metro and trains. You just need to remember to give it or post it back when you leave.

Directions from Centraal Train Station

Directions from Schiphol Airport

Street Parking

We have a visitors parking pass with a discount for off street parking. You will need to provide us with registration plate number so we can start a parking session for you.

There are also two parking meters (parkeerautomaat) within 50 meteres on Maria Austriastraat and Lumierestraat. The digital parking system in Amsterdam means that you need to enter your registration plate number into the parking meter when you pay for parking. You don’t need to display a parking receipt in your car, because they scan to see if you have paid based on your registration plate.

Payment methods: Amsterdam’s parking meters do not accept cash or coins. Payment can only be made using a Dutch bank card or major (international) credit card. For more information, see

See the Parkeerkaart for Amsterdam (in Dutch). Fill in postcode 1087 JE: https://parkeerkaart.amsterdam.nl/

Parking is free on IJburg on Sundays and public holidays.

Garage Parking

Switchpark IJburg: Erich Salomonstraat 372 1087 GZ Amsterdam
Web: www.switchpark.nl/#!location=ijburg


Interparking: Daguerrestraat 53, 1087 BR Amsterdam (on the side of the Albert Heijn)
Web: www.interparking.nl/nl-NL/find-parking/IJburg/

A note about directions:

There is a school of thought which says you should consult a map on these occasions, but to such people I merely say, ‘Ha! What if you have no map to consult? What if you have a map but it’s of the Dordogne?’ My own strategy is to find a car, or the nearest equivalent, which looks as if it knows where it’s going and follow it. I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere that I needed to be. So what have you to say to that?
—  by Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul