Amsterdam's Map, Explained
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Nothing new to me, but some buildings claim to be the oldest but aren't. You don't build a billion euros church in the middle of a swamp.
Why not a word about slavery? The golden age is called The Shameful age
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Amsterdam feels organic. You'd have to pay me a lot to visit paris again instead of Amsterdam. If I was rich I'd be living there.
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Good stuff
https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en
00:00 Intro
At first I thought it was another tourist bullshit movie. I am not an Amsterdam specialist since I am from Brabant in the south, but for me the video turned out to be a realistic video about Amsterdam ‘s history
01:23 Amsterdam's Beginning
04:10 The Medieval City
Thank you so much for this incredibly well researched, organized and informative video! I live in Amsterdam and it's so cool to learn about the history and meaning behind urban features I've taken for granted!
08:59 Ad
10:01 First and Second Expansion
Very informative, but if you are shooting ont he street just ask someone to hold the phone, not selfie-mode videos :) Especially since I saw you were walking with your collaborators
11:36 The Dutch Golden Age
13:37 A New Plan
really great video
17:10 The End of an Era
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Very very nice. Thanks for this video!!!
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/netherlands-journal-of-geosciences/article/geology-of-the-amstel-river-in-amsterdam-netherlands-man-versus-nature/81BE1F26A348BF6C4B05313DF4515A40
https://njgjournal.nl/index.php/njg/article/view/12073/18649
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https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/schatkamer/bladeren-door-blaeu/bekijk-de-atlas-blaeu/?mode=gallery&view=horizontal
Comparing this with Cape Coral, Florida, which also has a lot of canals, just goes to show what a city that is built for people can be vs one just built for single family homes which just so happens to have canals because it was built on wetlands that are now gone.
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Incredible documentary, as a Dutchman I learned something new today, subscribed!
@klaazzzzzzAmazing video. Thanks!
@nickpost5546Like and comment
@Rembrant65What a fantastic video. Please can you do one of Paris?
@TheNatashakong8:24 Fun fact: ‘Schreier’ actually means ‘someone that’s crying’ in Dutch, and ‘toren’ means tower.
@TheRealFatpackLoud hands. Very handsy.
@nyc_ghost3662I'm in love with Amsterdam, and this makes me love it more.
@G3mini-u8hNew York developed and expanded during a different age, and in a completely different context. It could never have been like Amsterdam.
@abnormallyfunnyBro is taking any sponsor haha
@davidsauer8783i would love to learn the maps of athens, rome, venice, and istanbul!
@GervJeani found this video and this channel today . what a marvellous start to 2026. and i'm definitely ordering atlas maior. what a treat. thank you and 'appy mapping 🙂
@madschri764🥰 Nice explanation, even for me as a Dutch guy !
@RidgediggerAmsterdam Central Station is such an eyesore. It feels like an incomplete, temporary situation. I wish they would have kept the access to the water and built the station underground.
@free_spirit1This was a delight, thanks
@Velo-himselfBeautiful video! I am a Art Historian (from Sevilla, an even more historical city) who lives in Amsterdam for almost 30 years and I love it here. Perhaps one of the reasons is because the historical planning and topography of the city can be noticed everytime you go around it. If you are a little bit curious and aware... History is always present.
@ascariusIm so confused why the map is with South on the top, it made it so confusing to orient myself as someone living in Amsterdam
@Eskam9090It naturally feels very delibrate to not mention what run the economic machine that made golden age possible. Amsterdam is lovely and beautiful and lets talk about it foreever but lets also talk about how much suffering that economic growth caused elswhere.
@RahatBırakmadıi thnik european is the only one who can pull balding hair but still badass as fuck.
@shadowamigo9506Damn Iv been living here for 15+ years and today I find I knew nothing about Amsterdam.
@BikmanI reccomend Leiden and Delft as other interesting Dutch towns to visit.
@RichardCadbyLet it sink
@CeeToricesGood to produce this video in this historic year of 750 YEARS OF AMSTERDAM !! Missed that one. True: Amsterdam was formalized as a city in 1275. The Hague, was never formalized as a city and hence was a village with a hague: hedges of thorny bush. No 'rights' to build walls, (almost) no moats, no coinage and no own navy. Still this seat of government since the times of canon, which no longer demanded such medieval structures.
@nas4appsGreat video. thanks!
@honeyanbeeNo talk about it's red light district?!
@Sevenigma777Hi editor, during the interviews theres some really rough cuts (for example with the woman in blue)
Put some broll over it or punch in on her face
It’s not pronounced like the ‘g’ in George, it’s pronounced like the ‘y’ in your. Jordaan. It’ll just take a sec to look it up. Don’t you have Internet?
@gus5764They don't mind giving Scandinavians and Germans credit for building their country during the colonial ages but they do not acknowledge Moroccans and Turks for building Netherlands in the 20th and 21st century
@mishmohdPLEASE stop doing that moronic vocal fry
@MaartenvanderBordenExcellent work. 👍
@FndingFathersUSAThanks. Den Bosch in Brabant has an interesting history too. Here a large deal of the old city wall has been preserved (swampy land prevented expansion), so you can walk from Sint Jan's Cathedral to the edge in minutes and experience how compact even important towns used to be. (Den Bosch is also called 's-Hertogenbosch, 'Forest of the Dukes', since it used to be the residence of the Dukes of Brabant, medieval rulers.)
@E.T.S.awesome. simply awesome
@lenickramoneAmsterdam s(t)inks because of the selfhate 🤫
@artificial-frequenciesAMS ❌❌❌ DAM
@gorgonzola8084Really enjoyed watching this! Very nice done!
Next one about Eindhoven?
Zenks anyway for composing zis timeline.
Even interesting for me as a Dutch.
Waarom spieken ze Dunglish then? 🙄
Spiek Netherlends!
Wat is ze Emstel?
As someone whos Oma was from the Nederlands, Rotterdam, feel you switched two modes of transportations. Its bicycling.. then walking 😂 theres also ice skating. Informative video though!
@markknudsen1755Great Amsterdam video, thank you.
@stephenmeeks684looking forward to a video about St. Petersburg. Maybe after the war's over and the US and Russia are talking again.
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