The Noord is further away than every other hotel... soooo it will be less traffic and quicker! I don't mind the area, but the hotel is a ************. Water coming from the ceiling, poor air conditioning, every room is cracker box different the last time I was there, the power went out for 6 hours and no one said anything at all, the time before that, they turned the water off for 12 hours to fix a major leak... the list goes on and on. The bar is great if you don't mind the employees keeping tabs on your coming and going and reporting it to the company or the station manager. Good riddance to that place!