Blue Bird Residence

Great location in a pedestrian alley off one of the central streets near the cathedral. Plenty of nightlife, bars etc around including a nice pub at the far end of the alley. The first floor apartment (served by a lift) had a kitchen/diner and a sitting room up some slightly perilous steps (see pictures) though we had no problem with these. Everything was clean and recently refurb'ed and decorated in an attractive, simple style, but retaining some of its old character. Being 2 friends, we used the sofa bed in the sitting room. It was enormous and comfortable and the sitting room could be closed off with curtained bi-folds when you were asleep, and opened up again in the day. While comfy, the sofa bed did take 2 to close it again for day time. The very nice shower room was off the bedroom, but the WC was separate and off the front entrance lobby, with its own washbasin, so the set-up worked fine. A sort of built in headboard across the bedroom gave someone in the bed privacy from traffic to the bathroom but we did not take showers when the other one was in bed anyway. Gargantuan amounts of cupboard space! There was a washing machine which we did not use and plenty of heat and hot water. Kitchen was pretty well equipped: though some microwaveable cooking dishes would have helped. The courtyard provided secure covered bike parking. The owner was reachable by phone when needed. On the same floor there is a second apartment under the same management with (I recall) another double bedroom and bathroom. As these are the only 2 on that floor, a bigger group could take advantage of both as an (almost) combined set-up.

The front rooms looked on to the (narrow) alleyway and the back over an internal courtyard/atrium so it was not the brightest place, despite the lovely big windows on the dining area. Given that feature, the lighting was a bit dim and power points were not that plentiful, especially as we needed every lamp on.

Excellent location for exploring Antwerp. Apartment was very clean . We loved the modern decor. Very convenient to have a washer / dryer. Also very convenient that we could drop off the luggage early. Easy check-in.

The restaurant below and across the street was a bit noisy.

Centrale ligging vlakbij de bezienswaardigheden en winkels op loopafstand. Groot appartement met lift. Lekkere bedden. Fijne douche, 2 toiletten.

Niets

Die Wohnung war sehr schön, sauber und zentral.

Leider hatten wir Pech, im Häusertrackt wurde eine Party gefeiert, die Musik war so laut, dass die Fenster und Heizungen vibrierten und wir trotz Ohrstöpsel bis 3 Uhr nachts nicht schlafen konnten. Die 2. Nacht ging 2 x eine Alarmanlage im Nachbarhaus los, die uns aus dem Bett warf. Schade! Das Bett im 2. Schlafzimmer ist sehr schmal.