I was born in Vancouver, Canada ‘64 but moved to Bussum in 1970 for 6 yrs with moeder and brother. We ended up going back to Canada. My mother was a Holocaust survivor and came to Canada after the war and had me quite late in life. She passed in 2010. This video makes me feel like I'm back in Holland. Bitter sweet.
@@bd3531 I never used the word nostalgia And Because of the atrocities that went on in holland and what my mother and her Jewish family and millions went through? Are you that stupid? Yes you are
I'm born in Amsterdam almost 70 years ago, and lived there for 60 years. Then I became fed up with the crowds, the noise and the pollution. When I see the calm and politeness in this clip I long back for that period.
I wonder why Madame Tussauds wasn't mentioned as it did open in Spring of 1972! as they have mentioned it other times on other episodes when in Amsterdam. My dad told me when he saw this episode in the 70's he thought the same. lol
Весной 2024 года я приезжала на экскурсию в Амстердам. Побывала во всех местах показанных в фильме. И ещё в музее Мадам Тюссо восковых фигур. Изменились только цены. Амстердама остался таким же.😃😄 Даже трамваи.
"perfectly preserved" xD Though that wasn't true the moment this was filmed, it certainly wasn't a few years later when the first metro line was finished!
I went to Amsterdam in late 2001 for NYE just before they got the Euro, anyway I went with a couple of people I didn't really like... we went to a 'coffee house' and before you could say toke on this I was as high as a stoat... I suddenly realized who I was with and started to go white... luckily I didn't vom but I was close, anyway we ended up in a restaurant for something to sate our munchies and before long I made my excuses and just left... I walked through the snow to the red-light district and I came across one of those adult walk-in video booths... literally... anyway after I'd finished flogging the dolphin ( still as high as a goose ) I decided to walk back to the hostel where I met some lovely American girls who took me under their wing and I had a great time after that, ended up sleeping with a big boobed German girl and I saw in 2002 as a new man... the next day under the 'Euro' everything was chaos... bought a Mars bar from a news agent for 17 Euros... well cheap... who cares.
Amsterdam, like most tourist cities now, has been ruined by the very tourists it attracts. Swarms of people gawping all around, all the signs in English - how exotic!, the same identikit corporate bars and cafes, the locals dazed and bemused driven out by too many Air b'nb s. What's not to like!?
Judith’s pronunciations (e.g. Leidseplein) suggest she didn’t speak to any Dutch people. Interesting that this is just before the UK joined the EU, and it’s clear the audience isn’t expected to know much about the city/the Dutch. No brown cafes left… but the genever tasting bar still exists.
Nou, juist in de jaren 70 en 80 ging het steeds verder achteruit met Amsterdam. De duizend junkies die daar kwamen om te sterven zie je niet. De krakersrellen en woningnood. De troep en stank van de grachten. Maar inderdaad niet alles is beter geworden. Te veel toerisme, te hoge prijzen en de woningnood is terug.
Amazingly sanitised report from the 'posh' Judith Chalmers. No mention of Amsterdam''s realities, such as the Red Light district with its thousands of prostitutes, drunk tourists and sex clubs where anything goes. No mention of the low life tourists attracted to come here solely for the sex industry and the drugs, most of whom are not a pleasure to encounter. A trip to Amsterdam today is a world away from the rose-tinted and stage-managed spectacle that Chalmers presents us with here.
@@jasonayres Yes indeed, thanks for your question. Haarlem is a beautiful city close to Amsterdam to walk around in with quaint little streets and lots of unique, individual stores (not part of large chains) and tons of history. Further south, Delft is a charming town that resembles a mini Amsterdam, as it has lots of canals and quaint old buildings. Leiden, the University city, is also charming and built on water. Elsewhere, I found Deventer in the east to be another beautiful little town with great character to walk around in. Sneek, a very small town in Friesland in the North, is also charming. If you go to Sneek, make sure you also visit Appingedam. Friesland has its own language that's apparently close to English, and a distinct identity from the rest of the Netherlands. My advice is get out of Amsterdam and see the real Netherlands.
@@perolagrande Thanks very much. I'm taking notes 🙂👍 I've long been curious in visiting the region. I'm on the other side of the world, so I wouldn't want to show up ill prepared!
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I was born in Vancouver, Canada ‘64 but moved to Bussum in 1970 for 6 yrs with moeder and brother. We ended up going back to Canada. My mother was a Holocaust survivor and came to Canada after the war and had me quite late in life. She passed in 2010. This video makes me feel like I'm back in Holland. Bitter sweet.
رحمه لمك دزلي دعوة عمل
How is the holocaust relevant to your bitter sweet nostalgia?
I was born in Brazil and moved to Bussum last year. Happy to see Bussum mentioned around.
@@templeguards3035 Speak English pls since you know I speak English and your name is in English you’re very disrespectful
@@bd3531 I never used the word nostalgia
And Because of the atrocities that went on in holland and what my mother and her Jewish family and millions went through? Are you that stupid? Yes you are
I'm born in Amsterdam almost 70 years ago, and lived there for 60 years. Then I became fed up with the crowds, the noise and the pollution. When I see the calm and politeness in this clip I long back for that period.
Reality: the city is much cleaner and quieter and more liveable now than it was in the '70!
@@rientsdijkstra4266 nope
@@mertkorkmazzzz "Nope"? Joop! Just use your eyes brother. Compared to nowadays it was an old junk in the '70's.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 We bought it cheap, near the Sleep Inn. Now, worth millions ?
noise and the pollution, Amsterdam West ? he meant the Arabs ?
@@lucasrem Probably. The comments of these old video's are populated by old geezers who can not get used to the modern world... Their problem.
Reality: the city is much cleaner and quieter and more liveable now than it was in the '70's!
To emphasize that the canals are quite clean today, several Dutch celebrities have taken much publicized swims in those canals.
First time I went abroad was to Amsterdam in 1974.
Did you smoke "weed" there? Or did you "get laid"[that's American for "having a shag"] at the famous red light district? 😉😁🇱🇺
@@dariowiter3078 I was 9 yr old!
@@MrAlwaysBlue Sorry! Your comment gave me the impression that you were a British "hippie" in 1974. 😉😁
Enjoyed this a lot...even the ducks are considered poisonous! crazy
She needs to be careful riding her bike in those flairs. This is something I remember VERY clearly.
Wish I could go back - looks like a much nicer era
They been fixing that. Utrecht removed its 12 lane garbageway and put the canal back.
The garbadgeway is the reason you have a high standart of living, pretentious soiperson
@@kishascape I have no idea what you are talking about or what relation it bears to my comment about an era.
@@S7EVE_P It was the era of cowtowing to cars and demolishing buildings for bigger roads before we came to our senses
@@frisianmouve I think he talks about how people acted and got along
The city and its canals are cleaner, better and quieter…but perhaps less green today. Its a fantastic place
Great video, and: I am here, for more than 60 years! New subscriber from.................Amsterdam ;-)
Thank you very Much ❤️😇🙏
Judith Chalmers was a fair sort in those days
That's all very interesting Judy, but how much is a blowie?
Amsterdam is a little overcrowded but still charming
a little ???
called it Invaded!!
We're packed like herrings in a barrel now.
I wonder why Madame Tussauds wasn't mentioned as it did open in Spring of 1972!
as they have mentioned it other times on other episodes when in Amsterdam. My dad told me when he saw this episode in the 70's he thought the same. lol
Весной 2024 года я приезжала на экскурсию в Амстердам. Побывала во всех местах показанных в фильме. И ещё в музее Мадам Тюссо восковых фигур. Изменились только цены. Амстердама остался таким же.😃😄 Даже трамваи.
"perfectly preserved" xD Though that wasn't true the moment this was filmed, it certainly wasn't a few years later when the first metro line was finished!
Wow, she's still alive, 89 today.
So many bigger (size and numbers) trees - even on rozengracht
THANK YOU❤
Atheneum boekhandel en Cafe Hoppe op 5,55 minuten zijn er nog steeds!
My father did build a Doll House in Amsterdam too, it did not changed at all...
More international people that travel, but the same town it is.
Ahh, before the “peaceful” people arrived
What is the purpose of armbands ? Just to keep your shirt sleeves in place ?
Back when Amsterdam was nice 🙏
It is MUCH nicer now.
2:27 Rakes Museum?
She meant the Rijksmuseum.
Wonderful
I went to Amsterdam in late 2001 for NYE just before they got the Euro, anyway I went with a couple of people I didn't really like... we went to a 'coffee house' and before you could say toke on this I was as high as a stoat... I suddenly realized who I was with and started to go white... luckily I didn't vom but I was close, anyway we ended up in a restaurant for something to sate our munchies and before long I made my excuses and just left... I walked through the snow to the red-light district and I came across one of those adult walk-in video booths... literally... anyway after I'd finished flogging the dolphin ( still as high as a goose ) I decided to walk back to the hostel where I met some lovely American girls who took me under their wing and I had a great time after that, ended up sleeping with a big boobed German girl and I saw in 2002 as a new man... the next day under the 'Euro' everything was chaos... bought a Mars bar from a news agent for 17 Euros... well cheap... who cares.
Dude, you still haven't come down from that high
@@bd3531 I'm as high as a goose now...
17 pence a beer, nowadays at least €4😮
Ufffff go to Amsterdam now and you wont find those prices😭
Well money was worth more and wages were lower so...
now a 200ml water coast 3.2o euros
@3:28 - Blimey, talk about a gannet !
I was there! Still am ;-)
Those prices - shocking! :-)
My grandfather told the Guilder was strong against the Pound Sterling in those days.
Niceee
At the start of the video I thought it was a Benny Hill episode xD
It was, actually!
Amsterdam, like most tourist cities now, has been ruined by the very tourists it attracts. Swarms of people gawping all around, all the signs in English - how exotic!, the same identikit corporate bars and cafes, the locals dazed and bemused driven out by too many Air b'nb s. What's not to like!?
OVAKO JA ZAMIŠLJAM AMSTERDAM.IAKO ZNAM DA DANAS IZGLEDA DRUGAČIJE PORADI ...
" "Cooks" ?? - CHEFS, if you don't mind ! "
Think about it 30 years or so early Anna Frank was there! 😢
She came from vault 020
Back when Amsterdam still belonged to the Dutch
Please activate subtitles
They all speak English better than french
😂
And they have more Beetles than Germany
No,german language👆
And french would speak better spanish than Dutch, germanic vs latin
@@WillyWonka-yo6wtalmost no one speak Spsnish in French
0:33 Is she a Vault Dweller?
Anyone know if the tasting bar still there?
There are loads of tasting bars.
Most are in Centraal and some in Jordaan.
Asking the right questions
Wynand Fockink Proeflokaal and Spirits
Pijlsteeg 31
1012 HH Amsterdam
Netherlands
Back when Amsterdam was still Dutch.
Judith’s pronunciations (e.g. Leidseplein) suggest she didn’t speak to any Dutch people. Interesting that this is just before the UK joined the EU, and it’s clear the audience isn’t expected to know much about the city/the Dutch. No brown cafes left… but the genever tasting bar still exists.
Wat ze van ons hebben afgepakt.
Judith chalmers was hot
No litter.
Deze tijd komt nooit meer terug.
Amsterdam is nu in een neergaande spiraal ,waneer dit stopt?😢
Nou, juist in de jaren 70 en 80 ging het steeds verder achteruit met Amsterdam. De duizend junkies die daar kwamen om te sterven zie je niet. De krakersrellen en woningnood. De troep en stank van de grachten. Maar inderdaad niet alles is beter geworden. Te veel toerisme, te hoge prijzen en de woningnood is terug.
Ah the 60s and 70s… when everything had to go to make room for cars. Happy we came back from that
99 % wrong information ! 😮
I am from Amsterdam
Begin met 2x Citroën AK 400 2cv en GS.en goedkope huurfietsen.!!!
ROTTERDAM!
Wowwww drink whiskey
@1:36 - Woman driver.
Best city for beautiful
Pure Dutch girls?
Amazingly sanitised report from the 'posh' Judith Chalmers. No mention of Amsterdam''s realities, such as the Red Light district with its thousands of prostitutes, drunk tourists and sex clubs where anything goes. No mention of the low life tourists attracted to come here solely for the sex industry and the drugs, most of whom are not a pleasure to encounter. A trip to Amsterdam today is a world away from the rose-tinted and stage-managed spectacle that Chalmers presents us with here.
Can you recommend locations in The Netherlands that are more like the postcards and travel programmes?
@@jasonayres Yes indeed, thanks for your question. Haarlem is a beautiful city close to Amsterdam to walk around in with quaint little streets and lots of unique, individual stores (not part of large chains) and tons of history. Further south, Delft is a charming town that resembles a mini Amsterdam, as it has lots of canals and quaint old buildings. Leiden, the University city, is also charming and built on water. Elsewhere, I found Deventer in the east to be another beautiful little town with great character to walk around in. Sneek, a very small town in Friesland in the North, is also charming. If you go to Sneek, make sure you also visit Appingedam. Friesland has its own language that's apparently close to English, and a distinct identity from the rest of the Netherlands. My advice is get out of Amsterdam and see the real Netherlands.
Agree… purely a “ promotional puff piece”, as all airfares, accommodation etc; would have been paid for by their tourist commission.
@@perolagrande Thanks very much.
I'm taking notes 🙂👍
I've long been curious in visiting the region.
I'm on the other side of the world, so I wouldn't want to show up ill prepared!
@@perolagrande Those places you've mention sound fantastic but can you still do "rumpy pumpy" in those town's !?