Best Western Stadskanaal

Our room was small but comfortable, with very few amenities beyond a soap dispenser. It was clean and close to the shops in the town center. We were visiting Stadskanaal from Canada at short notice for my aunt’s funeral, and several staff members had known her. They shared kind words and good memories, as she had celebrated her 91st birthday there recently. My Dutch isn’t very good, but the hotel and restaurant staff were pleasant and helpful, and they accommodated two extensions to our booking. We didn’t have the Dutch vaccination certificate app. City Hotel accepted our Canadian documents, though another restaurant we tried had refused to serve us without the app. Breakfast was included and had options for Dutch and international tastes: rusks with cheese and hagelslag, scrambled eggs and bacon, yogurt, cereal, and fruit. The self-service coffee machine was so good we had seconds every day. We also ate dinner there twice. The menu is small, but both meals were freshly made and delicious.