00:28Ah
00:55Oh, that's the end of the stop.
00:59Would you guys like to do something?
01:04Yeah, there are separate tickets. Some are here and some are here.
01:11So guys, I will try to speak as loud as possible.
01:27So, I will try to speak as loud as possible. If you guys don't hear it in the back, just
01:32let me know and I will try to make sure you guys do understand.
01:36But we are now entering the new canal. And this canal originated from the year 1390. So that is quite
01:45a long time ago.
01:46And the first purpose of the city, or this canal, was to defend the city from intruders.
01:53So, it was created to create a defensive line for the cities.
01:58Haarlem was situated on the land and here to the right, it was more or less farmland.
02:05So, more agriculture and just some small villages or some buildings together, but not really a city.
02:14The city of Haarlem was situated here on the left. There is a very nice picture in the windmill which
02:20illustrates this.
02:21I would really recommend going there after this tour.
02:24And later on, this canal also got a different purpose. And that was for trading.
02:31So, when the ships came from the sea and they wanted to go to Amsterdam, they passed Haarlem.
02:42And Haarlem was known for two things. For beer and for silk.
02:48So, the merchants, they would stop here and place their boats over here. So, it became a very important trading
02:55route as well.
02:58It also became a very important trading route. And nowadays, it doesn't really have a function.
03:05More or less for private boating, also for tourism, nice trips like this. So, that's the purpose it has today.
03:17And also, it also looks good of course. So, for instance, when you live here, it's quite a beautiful scenery.
04:20So, over here to the left you can see the building with the big stairs.
04:25That's Museum House Bernard and it was created in 1804 for the coming of Napoleon and it is rumored that
04:35he visited this building in 1807 and Napoleon did some interesting things for the Netherlands as well, also some cruel
04:46things but one of the interesting things he did was that he introduced street names.
04:53So, that's for the whole world actually, but it's always something nice to mention.
05:02So, the museum is not open very often, I've been there once, but there's not a lot of renovation done,
05:11so it really takes you back to the period of 1805 or 220 years ago.
05:18And it's really fun because you can open the caverns and everything, so you really get a feel what it
05:24used to look like, a nice building like that.
05:27How was the museum?
05:29Sorry?
05:30How was the museum?
05:33I'm not sure, I think it was the museum as a hero probably, otherwise he would not have liked it
05:40as much.
05:41It was kind of narcissistic.
06:04So, if you look here under the bridge, there is a defect.
06:14And also over there, you can also see a vent.
06:17And this used to be that the sewage system was drained into the canal.
06:22So, that made this place quite disgusting.
06:26It was not possible to swim in the canal like it is possible now.
06:30And especially not, we would really not recommend drinking from it back then, because you get really ill.
06:37In the summer, all the wealthy people of Haarlem, they would build houses outside of the city, and they would
06:46go over there.
06:47Because the smell in the summer was really unbearable in the city.
06:51The whole sewage system was drained in here, and when it got warmer, the smell rises and it was disgusting.
07:00So, all the wealthy people would go outside of the city, and the poor people of course of the state,
07:08but from what I heard and read is that the smell was really unbearable.
07:12So, it was like this in most of the European cities back then.
07:20Luckily, they fixed it, and today there is a normal sewage system, or more advanced sewage system.
07:28And you can today even swim in the canals, there is a lot of paddle boarding done.
07:34I would not recommend drinking from it still, but it happened to me before when I was swimming here, and
07:41I am still here today.
07:42So, you will not die like back then.
07:53Do you want to swim now?
07:55No.
07:56No.
07:57I don't mind.
07:58Maybe later.
07:59No.
08:00A couple, I guess one and a half weeks ago I swam.
08:04I will get you checked.
08:05So, it is pretty nice.
08:07It is fresh, but it is possible.
08:08One and a half weeks ago I was boating on my own boat, and it was actually quite refreshing.
08:18It was out of the wind.
08:19Like Prosecco.
08:20Sorry?
08:20Like Prosecco.
08:21Like Prosecco, yeah.
08:23Yeah.
08:23So, yeah.
08:26After a couple beers, it was pretty nice.
08:30So, yeah.
08:32It was good.
08:34Very good.
08:37What's your guys like a beer?
08:54How many people were there for?
08:5612 or 10?
08:5710, right?
08:58Oh, wow.
09:00The next one, we have to go with Koda, because it's cool.
09:02Oh, okay.
09:08Yeah, it's all up. It's all normal.
09:11Yeah, we need to go back to the bank.
09:13Yeah, we need to go back?
09:14Yeah, I can't even ask, but then you need to go back to the bank.
09:34So, we're now entering the Kinderhuis Schengel.
09:38And this is named, if you translate it in English, it's the children's kennel.
09:43And it's named after a very large orphanage which used to be here.
09:48And the only thing which is left of the orphanage is over there.
09:51It's the gate. It's a little red.
09:54We will pass it in English.
09:57But that's the only thing which is left from it.
09:59And this kennel is named after an orphanage.
10:03It used to house up to 50 to 100 orphans.
10:09So, you can just pick up the other bikes.
10:13A little different on our bikes, yeah.
10:17Yeah, just on the bike.
10:19Yeah, but it's on the top like that.
10:21Yeah, yeah.
10:21Now we also have like a shed.
10:24A shed in the...
10:25Do you have the Sint Babel Tower?
10:27Uh...
10:28Do you have the Sint Babel Tower?
10:29Yeah.
10:30Okay, so right here you can see the Sint Babel Tower.
10:33It's a really beautiful Catholic church.
10:37You can also see the cross on top.
10:40It's made out of real gold.
10:42So it's really a show of pride.
10:44And you can really see that Haarlem is really a wealthy and expensive city.
10:49And this just got a show for it.
10:53And it's like really mighty and beautiful.
10:55The two towers and the green almost egg shaped tower in the middle with the like crown on top of
11:03it.
11:03Really shows the wealth and pride of Haarlem.
11:07So this is the Stad Schauber.
11:10It's kind of like a theater where places are held.
11:14And the local community of Haarlem they call it the ugliest building of the neighborhood.
11:21The front is actually quite beautiful.
11:24But the back has a very interesting design.
11:26So that's quite interesting.
11:30So the back was created in 1960 or around the 1960s.
11:36And the front was created in 1990.
11:39So that's quite a long time before...
11:45But the purpose is culture.
11:47Yeah.
11:47Yeah.
11:47It's for plays and sometimes concerts.
11:52More like piano.
11:55As you can see the front is actually pretty beautiful.
11:58So watch out for your head.
12:00Yeah.
12:06Yeah.
12:07It's a very difficult to be on there.
12:08It's not been tough.
12:10No.
12:14Many speakers.
12:16Yeah.
12:17Yeah.
12:18Yeah.
12:19Yeah.
12:20Yeah.
12:20Yeah.
12:21No.
12:23Yeah.
12:23Oh, yeah, no.
12:24Yeah.
12:26The Koniginibuurt is right on the road, and it's probably the most expensive neighbourhood of Haarlem.
12:31Haarlem is already the most expensive city of the Netherlands, with Amsterdam.
12:40Many young families in Amsterdam choose to move to Haarlem because it's a bit quieter and you still have all
12:46the necessities.
12:47Like behind this building and everything behind there is Koniginibuurt and houses go up to like 1.5 million at
12:55the minimum.
12:55Or 2 million and you only get 120 meters of living room, so it's crazy expensive.
13:07We just got water.
13:08Yeah, no need to buy a crazy expensive house.
13:14Especially these, with a view on the water.
13:18We'll have to make some good money to make here.
13:31Like Boris was already telling you, the rich people moved out of the city because of the stink from the
13:39sewage.
13:40And the small villages surrounding Haarlem are the wealthiest group of people.
13:47We have like Blumendaal and Heemse de Haarlemhout.
13:49And the houses there are crazy.
13:52You have like a gate, you can't even see the house because the garden is that big.
13:57Haarlem is already wealthy, but the suburbs of Haarlem are crazy, crazy.
14:01So the house is kind of slightly bigger.
14:04I guess it's kind of smaller.
14:05Yeah, it's more compact.
14:10In Amsterdam everyone lives in an apartment or like one floor and these are still houses quite often.
14:17But these are apartments.
14:19Yeah.
14:32So the canals here at the deepest point are one and a half to two meters.
14:36But we will also, so where you guys started on the boat, except on the boat.
14:41There it's around four or five meters.
14:46It's called the Sleutelstam.
14:48The key city because it's the most important city for strategic places.
14:53I believe Haarlem is a little bit above.
14:58Amsterdam is below.
14:59Amsterdam is below.
15:01But Haarlem I believe is around, yeah.
15:06It's just safe.
15:07It's really hard to pronounce your name.
15:09We made a mistake.
15:10There's only one windmill.
15:16So, now there's another windmill.
15:17It's called the Gone Road.
15:18Not for the purpose of the Gone Road.
15:20Oh, yeah.
15:21It's like windmills.
15:22It's like pumping and water.
15:25No, but it's done by other things in the windmills.
15:28You should go in the boat as well.
15:30No, just a few.
15:30Waterman is simple.
15:31It's amazing.
15:34With the flowers.
15:35It's clever.
15:35It was like windmills.
15:36No, it's just windmills.
15:37Oh, windmills.
15:40Yeah, it's probably a bit too.
15:41The real windmills is where we picked you up.
15:44There's like an authentic windmill.
15:45The other ones are all placed together more for like seeing.
15:49Yeah.
15:50It's a blessing for me.
15:52It's a blessing for me.
15:53It's a blessing for me.
15:54It's a blessing for me.
15:55It was a good trip.
15:56Why are you playing it?
15:57I'm a problem.
15:58Of course, you want to ask me right now.
16:00My God.
16:01Good question.
16:05So, this is the street over here.
16:08It's the Grote Houtstra.
16:10And that's kind of like the main street of Haarlem.
16:13So, all the shops and restaurants are located over there.
16:18And, remember the first canal where we entered.
16:22If you go all the way straight here, you will end up over there.
16:25So, we are now kind of touring in a square around the inner city of Haarlem.
16:33And the windmill is a very good illustration where it shows them.
16:45Yeah.
16:46The way the space is very, it's very structured.
16:50But it's very structured.
16:52Yeah.
16:53We are still in like the medieval, basically.
16:56We are in a very small country, so we need to make use of every meter in the Nazis.
17:01Oh, sorry.
17:02Sorry.
17:03Vrede verbatim.
17:04They are also one of the most densely populated countries in the Thai country, so we need to make
17:08We are one of the smallest countries and we have still about 80 million people living here.
17:19We are not the most dense if you compare it to Singapore.
17:26Watch out for your head guys.
17:37This flight is very densely popular.
17:46It is an interesting country.
17:51Bikes and boats.
17:57Haarlem is a very well situation.
18:01As you can see everything is maintained quite well.
18:06It is very clean. I don't know if you guys have also been to Amsterdam.
18:11Not yet.
18:11Not yet?
18:12A bit dirtier.
18:13It is way more busy.
18:16Is it a downgrade or an upgrade?
18:17It is clean but for Dutch standards it is really warm.
18:22Well I live in Amsterdam myself.
18:25So I like it a lot.
18:27Clean streets.
18:28Yeah.
18:30But it is, I find it very busy right now.
18:34So when I need to go somewhere.
18:37I also live in the red light district so it is very thirsty.
18:42And yeah it is becoming too busy in my opinion.
18:47But yeah.
18:48I am still a student so I don't really mind the chaos around me.
18:53It is actually quite fun.
18:56So this is another example of a boat which will probably never hit the water.
19:01But someone just keeps it for their permit.
19:04They are in the building from the border.
19:08It is good for the seagulls.
19:10It is good for the seagulls.
19:11Good for the seagulls.
19:11They have a safe spot to get their babies.
19:22So this one is probably the best example.
19:28It is like Seamoss going out.
19:30Yeah.
19:31Freddie.
19:32Freddie is gone.
19:33Yeah.
19:36Yeah.
19:37So.
19:37No.
19:38It is hard to use your craft.
19:55So this building, this used to be the old hospital of Haarlem.
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