Hotel Accommodation Swissotel Amsterdam currently offers 109 elegantly refurbished rooms: 36 Standard rooms, 59 Superior rooms, 9 Junior suites, and 5 Executive suites. The Standard rooms are generally equipped with king size or twin beds, air conditioning, tub with shower, hairdryer, mini-bar, safe, ISDN lines, modem connection, three telephones, cable TV with pay-per-view movies. Established in the later 12th century as a small fishing village on the banks of the Amstel River, Amsterdam has one of the largest historic city centers in Europe. One of the focal point of interest in this city is the Golden Age of Netherlands that dates largely from the 17th century. It was noted that at this time, a row of concentric, semi-circular canals were built around the older city center, but this establishment still defines the city's layout and appearance today. Kashmir Lounge Although a local coffee shop, Kashmir Lounge had drawn hundreds of tourists and locals alike. Many have discovered this Amsterdam live music hot spot and come back to this place for its laid back atmosphere, full bar and large seating spaces. This is known as another great place to visit for Amsterdam live music as Kashmir Lounge provides a DJ every night from 9pm until closing. By Train: As mentioned earlier, you can take your Amsterdam travel by train as there are domestic and international trains that travel going to Amsterdam. They typically arrive in the Centraal Station, which is located in the heart Amsterdam's city center. By Bus: The buses arriving and leaving from the city of Amsterdam do so from Amstel Station. And, in terms of their applied research programmes, it has been noted that these programmes are often of interdisciplinary nature and they generally often focus on the social issues. What's more interesting to know is the fact that the University now has a number of great libraries and museums. In particular, there is the University Musuem, Art and the UvA, Allard Pierson Museum, Museum Vrolik, Schriftmusuem J. It also features the great restaurants like the Seasons Garden Restaurant, and there are a business center, beauty parlor, and the Active Club with sauna, Turkish bath and swimming pool. Speaking of swimming pool, it is nice to know that at Victoria Hotel Amsterdam, the guests can use the swimming pool free of charge.