First of all, the owner was very easy to work with and very helpful. Whenever we emailed her with a question or wanting advice, she always replied quickly with what we needed. Her mother is nice, too.

The apartment’s location was excellent. Leaving the building, we were at the door of a supermarket in about 30 seconds. The train station was an easy ten minute walk. The drive to the airport was simple. The central business district and river were about 15 minutes by foot.

The apartment is one floor up from the sidewalk, using stairs. One floor directly below the apartment (that is, at sidewalk level) is a very nice neighborhood restaurant. It is a quiet, safe neighborhood. Living there was pleasant.

The apartment has two bedrooms, one bathroom, a small but well equipped kitchen, and a living room-dining room combination with a small library with some books in English.

The kitchen has a clothes washer and a rack to dry the clothes on.

The beds and the rest of the furniture were comfortable. The entire apartment was well furnished, welcoming, and felt like home.

There is really no good place to park on the street so if you have a car, definitely rent their garage space. Although the garage is two blocks away, it’s an easy level walk. The parking stalls are large and the garage itself is a big commercial one with plenty of space for driving inside. We were impressed.

The only problem we had was locating the apartment the first time. Although it is easy to spot it on a map, actually getting there in a car was difficult and time-consuming because all the one way streets seemed to go in the wrong direction, one after another, so although we would be quite near they would take us far away from the apartment, time after time. We’d be half a kilometer away, yet it took half an hour to actually arrive there. After we found a useful route, though, it was easy. The first time, either walk or take a taxi from the train station, or if you have a car, use a GPS that shows one way streets and all up-to-date construction information.

We heartily recommend this apartment.