Most of the forward lean of the houses was by design, to make hoisting the goods up to the warehouse floors for the houses easier, that is where the hooks were orginally for, now they are used for moving furniture. Amsterdam was a planned city from the moment it stopped being a village. The plots were narrow to give the most traders canal access, so people had to build upward to have lots of space, they used huge windows not just because they could afford them unlike most of Europe, but also to save weight on the soggy soil. The "Golden Bend" is the exception made later on for the very rich and where the wide 20 million houses are. The city planners also had the foresight to mandate open space and the other end of the plot, so there were gardens and trees and some of those gardens of the Golden Bend are like mini Versailles. This was towards the end of the Golden Age, which the more precise historians consider to be from the 1570's to 1672, by Dutch defenition the golde age is a 100-yearish period, but it really took off after the invention of the wood saw mill in 1592, allowing the Dutch to build ships 30 times faster and together with modern central banking outcompete everybody in trade and end up with more merchant ships than the rest of Europe combined.
Good explanation. The canals in the city center now have a Unesco protected status. How different was this in the 50's till early 80's. Restoring canal houses was sometimes classed as "not economically viable" so they were torn down and replaced by modern buildings. That is why you can sometimes spot an eyesore between beautiful homes.
Just found you Max! Loving your vlogs! You're very interesting and you speak well, clear and chilling. The houses, crikey, it would be hard to choose 1! Looking forward to many more of your future vlogs. Thanks again!
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Love watching this guy.....
Thanks ❤️
Cool video, much luv for amsterdam! Greets from Switzerland
Thank you!!
I enjoyed that from beginning to end, and i couldn;t have asked for better choices regarding the info you gave out. Great work mate
Thanks, mate. I am really glad you enjoyed it!
Most of the forward lean of the houses was by design, to make hoisting the goods up to the warehouse floors for the houses easier, that is where the hooks were orginally for, now they are used for moving furniture. Amsterdam was a planned city from the moment it stopped being a village. The plots were narrow to give the most traders canal access, so people had to build upward to have lots of space, they used huge windows not just because they could afford them unlike most of Europe, but also to save weight on the soggy soil.
The "Golden Bend" is the exception made later on for the very rich and where the wide 20 million houses are. The city planners also had the foresight to mandate open space and the other end of the plot, so there were gardens and trees and some of those gardens of the Golden Bend are like mini Versailles. This was towards the end of the Golden Age, which the more precise historians consider to be from the 1570's to 1672, by Dutch defenition the golde age is a 100-yearish period, but it really took off after the invention of the wood saw mill in 1592, allowing the Dutch to build ships 30 times faster and together with modern central banking outcompete everybody in trade and end up with more merchant ships than the rest of Europe combined.
That's really interesting!! Thanks so much for that info!
Good explanation. The canals in the city center now have a Unesco protected status. How different was this in the 50's till early 80's. Restoring canal houses was sometimes classed as "not economically viable" so they were torn down and replaced by modern buildings. That is why you can sometimes spot an eyesore between beautiful homes.
Just found you Max! Loving your vlogs! You're very interesting and you speak well, clear and chilling. The houses, crikey, it would be hard to choose 1! Looking forward to many more of your future vlogs. Thanks again!
Thanks so much. I really appreciate that! 😁
you're welcome. I've shared your video on Facebook. You deserve to do well!
@JulieAngela304 Thanks again!! 😁😁😁
Max! Go on a walking tour. They meet in the morning at the church in the centre of town. Really informative.
That sounds good. Thanks for the idea!
Great video bro, get your mate to fly out and do a video!!!!
Maybe one day!
Nicely done Max! Great info, i came here a couple of times while at college years ago, lovely place 😎
Thanks, mate. I really appreciate it 👍
Do you have to keep getting lots of vaccinations with doing so much travelling mate? Im thinking of going travelling more and just wondered, thanks.
@razscott nah I had some maybe 10 years ago but I an not going to get any more but it is each to there own
Cheers for the info, im going to mexico next month and will probably be doing some travelling around 😎👊🏻
Wow, you did your homework :) nice video!
Yes! Thank you!
Go to the zoo in Amsterdam. One of the best I’ve ever been to.
Cool, I will definitely check it out. Thanks!
Have a coffee in a special coffee shop...wink wink 😂
Enjoy yourself my lad❤
Haha that will definitely happen 🤣 thanks mate
Hi Max See i guessed the right country lol
Yep, you were correct 🔥