Places to stay in Amsterdam with decent bike parking...

[MattEMulsion]

At the present time I am organising another trip to the Nurburgring but this time I am aiming to come back via Holland following a night in Amsterdam. Now I have read up about Amsterdam being rather an expensive place and a bit of a sh*t hole but even so I want to include it in thisn trip.

So what I am looking for is a place for a group of us to stay, somewhere half decent but not extravagant. We will each be arriving with bikes/cars so parking is a must too. Has anyone got any recommendations?
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[D O G]

I think you may have bother.

Bets way into the dam (certainly with cars) is to park at the park and rides on the outskirts and get the train in - which is free with the cost of the parking, only £5 per day.

Most are multistory/underground, so should be secure enough.

We left our rented van in such a place, with our bikes on the back, on the way to the ring last year.

[Swim41]

Does have a bit of a reputation for being a bad place to leave vehicles due to vandalism etc. Last time I went by car about eight years ago I emailed the tourist info and they suggested the carpark beneath the Ajax stadium as a good place to park. Seemed safe enough. There's a station there IIRC to take you into the centre.

Things may have changed but worth looking at.
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[Zenarchy]

I'm not sure if this would be any help, and haven't tried it myself yet, but I was thinking about this a while back.

I think there are some campsites that are fairly close to the city center (a pushbike ride or short public transport or perhaps taxi ride away).

For example:

https://www.campingzeeburg.nl/index.php?page=home-english
https://www.campingzeeburg.nl/index.php?page=from-city-centre

There may be other sites like this not too far out too.

They offer cabins if you didn't want to camp out that probably work out cheaper than a hotel if there are a few of you. If you're taking tents anyway that may be cheaper still.

My reasoning was that it'd be cheaper and perhaps nicer to stay somewhere like that for a couple of days and just travel into the city center for a look around, less hastle for me having to put up with city center traffic on the bike, and that the bike being a bit more out of the way and with people around (perhaps someone there you could ask to keep an eye on it), it might be a bit safer.

I'm not sure if this reasoning is sound, but if I make it into Europe this year and take the ferry to Holland rather than ride down to dover into france, this is what I've been considering (whether I make it or not is another matter as it looks like I'm going to have some dentists bills ontop of other things to pay now that have set me back a bit ).

Might depend what you consider half decent though and if a cabin would be good enough. They look pretty good to me though for the price : https://www.campingzeeburg.nl/index.php?page=cabin-pictures

[MattEMulsion]

Thanks for the input, this trip I am arranging is a hotel/b&b trip all of the way, rather than a camping expedition. If I can find a hotel that has reasonably good parking arrangements then that will do fine.
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[TheDonUK]

I have ridden to Amsterdam a few times on the bike, ITs not so great for cars but for bikes you get all the benefits of the cycle city but with 0-60 of a couple of seconds... I always left my bike outside whichever building i was in Coffeeshop/hotel/whatever. No tickets.
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