The Pension Homeland Amsterdam is a family-run guesthouse with its own brewery, in a former naval site with views of the IJ river, according to the property. It has a bar-restaurant, meeting rooms and bike hire. It suits a leisure trip as well as a work one.
Location and getting around
The address is Kattenburgerstraat 7, east of the centre. Amsterdam Centraal is about 20 minutes away on foot, and Dam Square and Rembrandtplein about 25. For daily trips there and back, the bikes the guesthouse hires out are a good option.
Rooms and facilities
Rooms have a flat-screen TV with cable channels, slippers and toiletries. There are common lounges on the second and third floors.
- Craft brewery: it makes its own beer and serves it in the bar-restaurant.
- Live music: according to the property, on Thursdays.
- Meetings: two rooms with space for around 50 people.
- Breakfast: buffet or a la carte.
- Free Wi-Fi.
Who it suits
- Business travellers who need a room for a meeting or a presentation.
- Craft beer fans who want to try it where it is made.
- Cyclists who don’t mind being half an hour’s walk from the centre.
Good to know
- Arrival is between 15:00 and midnight; you need photo ID and a credit card.
- You can leave the room between 05:00 and 12:00, a wide window for early flights.
- Live music times may change: confirm them if you are interested.
If you are looking at other areas to stay in, see our guide to where to sleep in Amsterdam.