Traditional town of Zaandam, Netherlands
Windmills of Zaandam,NL. If you have never been to Zaandam you are missing out!! This was one of our favorite places we visited while in the Netherlands.
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Canals of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010, contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the Venice of the North.
Much of the Amsterdam canal system is the successful outcome of city planning. In the early part of the 17th century, with immigration rising, a comprehensive plan was put together, calling for four main, concentric half-circles of canals with their ends resting on the IJ Bay. Known as the grachtengordel, three of the canals are mostly for residential development (Herengracht or ‘’Patricians' Canal’’; Keizersgracht or ‘’Emperor's Canal’’; and Prinsengracht or ‘’Prince's Canal’’), and a fourth, outer canal, Singelgracht, for purposes of defense and water management. The plan also envisaged interconnecting canals along radii; a set of parallel canals in the Jordaan quarter (primarily for the transportation of goods, for example, beer); the conversion of an existing, inner perimeter canal (Singel) from a defensive purpose to residential and commercial development; and more than one hundred bridges. The defensive purpose of the Nassau/Stadhouderskade was served by moat and earthen dikes, with gates at transit points but otherwise no masonry superstructures.
Construction proceeded from west to east, across the breadth of the layout, like a gigantic windshield wiper as the historian Geert Mak calls it – not from the center outwards as a popular myth has it. Construction of the north-western sector was started in 1613 and was finished around 1625. After 1664, building in the southern sector was started, although slowly because of an economic depression. The eastern part of the concentric canal plan, covering the area between the Amstel river and the IJ Bay, was not implemented for a long time. In the following centuries, the land went mostly for park, the Botanical garden, old age homes, theaters and other public facilities – and for waterways without much plan. Several parts of the city and of the urban area are polders, recognisable by their postfix -meer meaning 'lake', such as Aalsmeer, Bijlmermeer, Haarlemmermeer, and Watergraafsmeer. The canals in Amsterdam are now used as a main form of transportation around the city.
Since the construction of the canals, there have been plans to connect the north of Amsterdam (Amsterdam-Noord) to the city center. In 1999, a plan was made to complete the existing canal circle in the North. Plans to gentrify this area are still under development, but the plan to complete the canals in the north has not yet been incorporated.
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The Netherlands, Zaandam, De Zaanse Schans 2015
The Zaanse Schans is a very touristy place with old windmills and historic houses from the 17th century. A boat ride with guide shows you all of the water. Close to Amsterdam.
Things to See and Do in Zeil, Netherlands
Join Travel Writer Nancy D. Brown, as she visits Surfcentrum Brouwersdam in Zeil. Brouwersdam is an excellent location for sailing and wind surfing. Surfcentrum also has a body slide, small hotel and restaurant on the property.
Trajectvideo Zaandam - Zaanse Schans - Uitgeest (Sprinter)
Sprinter (SGM) van Zaandam, via Koog aan de Zaan, Zaanse Schans Wormerveer en Krommenie-Assendelft naar Uitgeest. 2x versneld.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: EXPLORING the NATIONAL MUSEUM, what to see in PORT MORESBY
SUBSCRIBE!! - Here's a video with some of the very precious artefacts displayed at Port Moresby's National Museum & Art Gallery. The introduction to the video tells you how important these artefacts are and I am so glad I was allowed to videotape some of them, the Museum will use this video as part of their website. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Papua New Guinea, or PNG, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby
kuyamarco - 7th bungee bungy jump - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mieszkanie w Holandii - OTTO Work Force
Na filmiku widać mieszkanie jakie firma OTTO Work Force wynajmuje swoim pracownikom w miejscowości Diemen koło Amsterdamu. W takim właśnie mieszkaniu firma OTTO chciała umieścić pracownika w Holandii. Jednak nagrano i pokazano w jakich warunkach trzeba tam mieszkać. Ten Hotel OTTO znajduje się w miejscowości Diemen obok Amsterdamu, w niezbyt bezpiecznej dzielnicy, składającej się tzw. osiedla socjalnego dla wszelkiego rodzaju elementu. Jest to blok zbudowany z blaszanych kontenerów jak i całe osiedle. W każdym kontenerze znajdują ciasne 2 osobowe pokoje. Z takie jedno miejsce w ciasnym pokoju firmie OTTO trzeba płacić 320 Euro na miesiąc, za cały pokój 640 Euro!!!
W pokoju, w którym lokowano nie było miejsca na nic, materace zaszczane, łóżka stare zardzewiałe, podłoga mokra jakby po powodzi, wykładzina zarzygana, zimna woda w umywalce, brak pościeli, szafa połamana, ściany oplute i pomazane, grzyb na suficie który szkodzi zdrowiu.
Mieszkanie miało być na 6 osób, w kuchni mogło by się zmieścić góra 2 osoby, łazienki i ubikacji nie opisuję. Poza tym pracownika wprowadzano do zalanego kontenera, bez prądu, sprawnej toalety, ciepłej wody, zerwanymi podłogami, grzybem wszędzie, stęchlizną, smrodem itp. !!!
Tak właśnie wygląda zakwaterowanie w Holandii przez firmę OTTO. Totalny wyzysk ludzi. Nigdzie nie można się poskarżyć, masz mieszkać bulić krocie i tyle. Powinien się tym zająć jak najszybciej Sanepid i inne służby.
Salute to a Friend, Phaffdag 2010
Officiële presentatie van de koraal Salute to a Friend tijdens de Phaffdag 2010 in Weert. Uitgevoerd door Reünie orkest Limburgse Jagers.