I especially liked this one ...
.... with those interesting windows
I photographed the other old town gates
An old monastry
Well, this would be one the best photos I've made that day, IF I had noticed that the skyfilter (lens) was dirty
This is the view from the other site
And here, you should switch on your loudspeakers and listen to that guy playing the guitar (like his daughter and I did) :wink:
Some more house, which might especially be of interest for those, who haven't been to a smaller town in the Netherlands before.
(I especially like that really small house :wink: )
That was my selction of photos from a day-out in Utrecht and Amersfoort.
On my way back I stopped short at a place I haven't been for about 40 years, in
Buurse, a 'church village' in the municipality of
Haaksbergen.
Friends of our family owned a big farmhouse there, used as a weekend/holiday cottage and for their horses. I really liked to stay there.
I didn't re-find many places I've been around in those days, bit there was still the old church with the waterpump.
And therefor, I post two photos of that ensemble here and now.
Thanks for listening :wink:
Thanks so much for the photos. Great water pump...
I liked that smallest house too - and the paving.
Having enjoyed Walter's wonderful series of photographs about Amersfoort, the city of my birth and where I grew up, I'll take this opportunity to write a few comments about each picture. For information Amersfoort was officially proclaimed a city in 1259, but it existed long before that, being, because of its central location, an important settlement along the trade routes into Germany and beyond.
Photo 1. ?'Long John', in Dutch ?'Lange Jan' or its official name ?'Onze Lieve Vrouwentoren' or ?'Our Dearest Womantower'. With its height of 99m the second highest tower in the Netherlands after ?'The Dom' in Utrecht 110m, shown on Walter's earlier photographs. ?'Long John' initially had a church attached to it but this was destroyed by an explosion in 1787 and completely removed by 1809.
Photo 2. Either the ?'Lange (Long) Gracht' or ?'Korte (Short) Gracht' , a waterway which runs through the inner city.
Photo 3. ?'Long John' taken from the ?'West Singel', (name of street)
Photo 4. Part of the ?'Lange Gracht', the little tower belongs to one of the first Roman Catholic churches in Amersfoort dating back to the 1500's. Its official name is; R.K. Kerk van Onze Lieve Vrouw. ( R.C. Church of Our Dearest Woman), however it is better known as the ?'Elleboogkerk' (Elbowchurch) amonst the population.
Photo 5 & 6. Bicycles and old gables in the ?'Bree Straat' (Bree Street), part of the old inner city.
Photo 7. A very historic building dating from around 1400, ?'De Koppelpoort', part of the old defence wall that surrounded the city. It is unique because it gave access to the city by road as well as water and is the only structure of its kind remaining in the Netherlands.
Photo 8. Market place with the ?'Sint-Joris' church, the oldest church in Amersfoort, first mentioned in the year 1248. Note the church is built around the tower, very noticeable once inside.
Photo 9. Market place from previous photo which has been in use for centuries, it is still being used today for that purpose, every Friday and Saturday. When I was a kid they even had a second hand car market every Tuesday night.
Photo 10. The Lutheran Church situated in the heart of the city at number 61 Langestraat (Longstreet) This old Chapel was established in 1686, inside we can find the oldest church organ in Amersfoort, a Batz from 1766.
Photo 11. Long John again.
Photo 12,13,14. I agree with Walter nice home, unfortunately I can't recall the location of these houses.
Photo 15. ?'Monnikendam' (Monk dam) dating from around 1400, situated on the opposite side to the ?'Koppelpoort' tower in the defence wall surrounding Amersfoort.
Photo 16. Monastry the ?'Marienhof', dating back to 1477
Photo 17 and 18. These white plastered houses are the ?'Muurhuizen' (Wall Houses). So named because they are built on the foundations of the old defence walls surrounding the inner city. Little tower in the background on photo 18 is called ?'Dievetoren' (Thief Tower) and dates from 1434, was used as a lock up for criminals, hence the name.
Photo 19. Guitar player sitting near the ?'Korte gracht'.
Photo 20. Could be the same house as pictured in photo 22, not certain though.
Photo 21. ?'Korte gracht', the water way that runs right through the heart of the inner city.
Photo 22. House with the square windows is situated at 38 Zuidsingel and know to everybody as the ?'House with the purple windows', it was built in 1780 by Benjamin Cohen, a rich banker and tobacco dealer.
Photo 23. House with the stepped gable is ?'Muurhuizen' number 25 and is named ?'Tinnenburg" and is first mentioned in 1414.
Photo 24. Old house near ?'Muurhuizen' if I remember correctly.
Photo 25. Near ?'Muurhuizen' again, building on left is the old Synagogue
Thanks, Dutchy, your comments are deeply appreciated!
thanks for your added comments , duchy !
i'll now put an old record on :
"remember holland :
the jaap volkhoff orchestra and the freddy dyke singers" performing :
- daar waar de molens staan ,
- mooi amsterdam ,
- ik ben verliefd op een keukenmeid etc.
always great entertainment !
hbg
Thanks for reminding me hamburger, I always listen to Dutch music whilst on the threads, try
http://www.radiocontinu.nl/1024/extra.php, you may enjoy it.
thanks , duchy !
i used to listen to hilversum - shortwave , but my old german radio bit the dust !
hbg
And your comments inspired me to look up online someone I knew years ago. He is a dutch american. At the time, he was our lab dishwasher, a senior premed student, very smart and involved in he politics of the time. Turns out, he's still a cutie in his recent photo, has a good med practice and was voted best professor at his med school. I knew he'd go far, and it's such a pleasure to see.
