A couple nights ago I attended a Beyonce concert at Ahoy in Rotterdam. It was my first visit to this venue and I was suitably impressed.

First off, parking was more than ample. The lot across the street was practically empty – so empty, in fact, that I thought the concert had possibly been cancelled. Not so – when we entered, Ahoy was filled to capacity (10,000).

Our seats were in the first ring, and we decided on closer inspection that we would prefer to sneak onto the floor. This proved to be impossible – they were very strict about checking the tickets. Which in the end turned out to be a good thing, considering the size of the crowd.

The sound was pretty good, definitely better than the Amsterdam Arena. Concessions were plentiful and expensive but not ridiculous. I’ll definitely be going back.