And there is much more history surrounding the villa for you to know about here can read, but so as not to make it too long a history lesson, we will switch to the experience: Last year (2016), the villa was renovated from A to Z by the current owners. The property had already served as a hotel in the preceding years, but it was – let’s be honest – a real wreck. The dated furniture was painted (with blood, sweat, and tears, we’ve heard), the rooms were remodeled, and so on. With the eventual Boutique Hotel Het Scheepshuys as a successful result.

The hotel has exactly twelve rooms. Single rooms (saving you about thirty euros a night if you are traveling alone) and double rooms with a private bathroom, and optionally a bathroom (there are two rooms with a shared bathroom), spacious double rooms with a balcony, and a number of triple rooms. This makes it a hotel suitable for business guests, but it is also a perfectly fine place to stay with friends or on a date.

Every room is different. In one room the bright white radiates towards you, while in the next room you are in a real cellar man stands. What is consistent everywhere, however, are the gold paintings above the bed (or elsewhere in the room, but always present). Taken together, these gold paintings form the Scheepshuys logo. Details, details. The villa's age-old character has been absolutely preserved during the renovation – not everything is polished, and that is exactly what finishes it off. Didn't we already say we liked it here?

Snoozing goes more than well and breakfast the next morning is the same supraurb. The boiled eggs are waiting for you wearing a little knitted hat. Cute. No other word for it. Tea, not from bags but fresh tea from a jar, coffee, mini pains au chocolates, croissants, preserving jars with fresh fruit… 10 points. The Scheepshuys