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01 Amsterdam-West · Amsterdam
Two therapists, sent to wherever the pair of you are staying in Amsterdam-West.
West is flats above shops, stairs that mean it, and streets that keep going long after the guidebook stops. Two therapists climb them to reach the two of you, which they do most evenings of the week.
02 Staying in Amsterdam-West
Couples booking a massage in Amsterdam-West are nearly always in somebody's flat rather than a hotel room, and that shapes the whole evening. West begins where the Jordaan ends and simply carries on: Kinkerstraat and its covered market, the small squares behind it, then Admiraal de Ruijterweg running west with tram wires overhead, then the wide brick streets of De Baarsjes and the green rectangle of the Erasmuspark. The Overtoom forms the southern edge, with the Vondelpark just beyond it, which is why so many rentals here advertise themselves as being near the park. None of it is picturesque in the canal house sense. It is a working part of the city with good bread, cheap flowers and an enormous number of one bedroom flats let by the week. What that gives the two of you is space and privacy that the centre cannot match at the same price, along with a front door nobody watches. Evenings here are ordinary in the best way. People come home, the shops shut, and by ten the street below the window belongs to cyclists and nothing else.
Expect a narrow building and a deep flat. The standard West apartment runs front to back over one floor of a nineteenth or early twentieth century block: a sitting room at the street end with tall windows, a bedroom behind, a kitchen squeezed between them. Ceilings are high, which helps, and floors are almost always bare boards, which is worth knowing because two therapists working side by side need a rug or a folded duvet underneath if the boards are cold. Lifts effectively do not exist. The staircases are steep, sometimes with a turn at the top that a suitcase cannot manage, and the front door at street level is often shared with two or three other flats. Photograph the bell panel when you arrive; half of them still carry a previous tenant's name. Sound travels more here than in a canal house, mostly upwards, so an evening session is easier on everybody than a late one. Shut the front windows if you are over a main road and the flat quietens immediately.
Eleven of the forty five therapists live in the Jordaan, which borders West along its whole eastern edge, so the pair coming to you often have the shortest trip of any booking we take. Two therapists, one each, working at the same time, is EUR 360 an hour and the usual choice. A single therapist at EUR 180 an hour, working on one of you and then the other, is the sensible answer in the smallest of these flats, and we will say so honestly if your description of the room suggests it. For the rest, clear the front room and there is more than enough. Sensual massage and tantra are the common requests in a flat like this, where the two of you are settled in for the night. Nuru depends entirely on the bathroom, and West bathrooms are frequently tiny, so tell us what you have before choosing it. Four hand massage on one of you is the same EUR 360, and works beautifully in a room with a single clear stretch of floor.
Message us the street, the number, the floor, the bell name and the hour, and mention any stair that would surprise somebody carrying a bag. An answer comes back inside about ten minutes with the two names and the price. West is inside our standard coverage, so twenty to thirty minutes after you confirm there is a knock at the street door. Have the door release or a phone to hand, because the buzzer in these blocks is not always reliable. Money changes hands once, in the flat rather than on the step, in cash in any major currency, by card or in crypto, and nothing is taken in advance. One therapist is EUR 180 an hour, a pair EUR 360, two hours for two EUR 720, and an eight hour overnight with one therapist EUR 1,250. Outcall only, any hour, twenty one and over.
03 Within reach
A hotel room, a canal apartment or a rental on any of these streets gets the same flat rate and the same arrival window, whether it is one therapist or two.
Staying just outside the list? Name the street in your message and we will tell you honestly how long it takes.
04 Rates in Amsterdam-West
No travel supplement for the neighbourhood and no premium for a late hour. What is quoted on the thread is what you pay.
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Amsterdam-West, any hour
Write it in one line. Confirmation with both names comes back within about ten minutes.