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City apartment in Utrecht

Location
Location: 
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands (urban residential)
Home Description
Apartment, 150 square meters, 1 floors, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Sleeps 3 adults comfortably
Swap and/or Rent
Dates the home is available: 
to be negotiated
Main entrance: 
ramp or no level difference
Images
more pictures at: http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=3AXQAXDX
The Surrounding Area
Access features: 
The apartment is designed for wheelchair users and their family. There are facilities in the kitchen, the sleeping room and thee toilet/bathroom. I myself use an electric wheelchair.
Wheelchair accessiblity of neighborhood sidewalks: 
Within 200 m. there’s a park, shops and restaurants. The ancient centre is at 2 km. the countryside at 1 km. All is good accessible by wheelchair.
Wheelchair accessiblity of neighborhood public transportation: 
with public transport Amsterdam, and other destinations in Holland are at hand Some of the busses between the centre/ central station and my home are wheelchair accessible. Trains can be used on appointment(00 31 30 2357823)
Are neighborhood shops, restaurants, places of interest wheelchair accessible?: 
Within 200 m. there’s a park, shops and restaurants. Because of a high number of wheelchair users in my area, most of the restaurants and shops are accessible. In the ancient centre of Utrecht (at 2 km)the shops ánd restaurants are partly accessible.
Links to sites with general information about your location and region: 

Information on Utrecht can be found on the site of the tourist board http://tkfy.asp4all.nl/vvvutrecht/uk/index_uk.htm
Several tips concerning a visit to Utrecht
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Netherlands/Provincie_Utrech...

And on the wikepedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_%28city%29

touristic information on Holland is found on:
http://www.holland.com

Swap preferences
Swap preferences: 
less than 2 weeks
Other
Other comments: 
my house is on the ground floor in a quit area of the city, as well close to the county-site as to centre of the city. In 20 m is the famous rietveld-schoder-house. Amsterdam can be reached by train or car in half an hour.
Posted by
Posted by: 
Geert Bakker
gee.bee@wxs.nl
A member of my household is physically disabled.
Someone in my household uses a powerchair.

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