A place to avoid! I bought in a pair of soft leather shoes yesterday which had a few water stains…read moreon them. I wanted to have them cleaned and to see if anything could be done about the discoloration. The person who was working (and older gentleman who claimed to be the owner) told me it would be 90 € for the service because it would take me at least 1.5 hours to do the work. He told me I could do it myself at home and sold me two products for 12 €. I did exactly as it said and it didn't help my shoes at all. Today I went to another shoemaker with the products I was sold and asked if anything could be done for my shoes. He told me the products I was sold were not for this type of leather at all and that he could fix the discoloration for around 12-15 €. I have yet to pick my shoes up from this other place. Not only was the gentleman at Vakschoenmakerij unfriendly, but he tried to charge me an outrageous price and proceeded to sell me two products which he claimed would improve the color, but was actually just a water-repelent and a block for a TOTALLY other type of leather. I am very disappointed.

I have taken several pairs of shoes here with great results - resoling, inserts, etc. Quick and…read moreefficient service.

Great service, helpful and professional. Not super cheap but the quality is reflected in the price…read more I had heels replaced and boots polished, as well as keys made and extra holes punched in belts. Will definitely be going back.

I came across this great leather shop. You can find Meester in Leer in Raaks Halle - Haarlem. He…read morecan make almost anything for you.

My daughter and I had a 12-hour layover in Amsterdam before moving on to Madrid. We took the train…read moreto Central Station (about 15-20 mins) and walked about 10 mins to the bike rental location. Easily stored our carry-on bags and backpacks in the lockers (9 Euro), and rented bikes for the day for 8,5 Euro. Great experience!

Personally I believe the best way to tour Amsterdam is by bicycle. Transportation is fast paced…read morehere...one must always be on the lookout for bikes, autos, trams and obviously pedestrians. The city seems to encourage cycling for transport and has made it quite convenient for a bicyclist to maneuver around town. Bicycle lanes line all major roads and places to lock up are plentiful! Word of warning which comes from my personal experience: take extra care to be sure your bike is properly chained when leaving it to explore by foot. I have experienced the misfortune of returning to where I parked and locked (or so I thought) my bike and discovering my (borrowed) bike had disappeared. Holland Rent A Bike is the best and now only place I will go for rental when in town. The bikes are impeccably maintained, granted these are older style cycles, but I've never had to return during a rental period requiring repair. They provide a heavy duty lock and all bikes have a mounted back wheel lock. Best bonus: their rentals are not obvious tourist targets in that they are not brightly colored, covered with ads of the shop in which they are from. The staff is friendly and will make sure you ride out on cycle fit to your size. The price is more than reasonable and if you're renting for an extended period of time, you may even receive a discount. If you want to get around A'dam in style, Holland Rent a Bike will hook you up!

TIP: Name tags! Military name tags! Cool present for a kid…read morethat leaned to walk...or a dog that walks away...! THE GUY: This is "Sjon's house". He lives upstairs from his shop, takes pride in his craftsmanship and is my go-to-guy for aaaany shoe problem. If he can't fix it? Buy new ones! THE CRAFT: Really, he fixed to many of my heels, high heels, really high heels and just freakin' weird shoes... John is great! ...i normally leave a bundle of shoes there, ones every few months, even take'm home from London to get them fixed here, because i trust him. THE SHOP: Bits and bobs, shoe laces, shoe shine, shoe soles, name plates for doors and walls, key replica's...and NAME TAGS! I'm happy!

We bought my mother-in-law a baked ceramic address plate for her home in Puerto Rico, and John (or…read morean employee) was very kind to complete our order and also ensure that it was mailed after it was produced to our temporary address in Switzerland just four weeks later. If you're looking for a unique, genuine Dutch-style address plate for your home, look no further than John Kappetijn's shop.

My experience with the Netherlands lab has been smooth and swift, and all my data has been…read morerecovered. I contacted the warranty department after my 2TB FireCuda SSHD failed after 7 months of use. I had lost a big portion of unbacked-up data, and Seagate offered to perform the recovery in within my warranty, in their Netherlands lab. The communication with them was fast and direct, and the employees were very polite and helpful. I always carefully read their instructions - make sure you do too! I sent the drive via UPS. It took them less than 10 working days to fully recover my data (around 1.7 TB), and send it back on a 2TB Backup Plus external drive, with a decryption code. Very easy and straightforward process. I was thrilled to receive my data back! Lesson learned - backup your stuff daily!! Otherwise, I have been using 3 other external 5TB Seagate drives, one of them for more than 2 years of daily use, and they have been working fine. Thank you Seagate!