2:49 Well... you did take the second longest streetname in the Netherlands for your example there. Longest would be "De laan van de Landinrichtingscommissie Duiven Westervoort" in ...well.... Duiven. But granted.. that is longest in how it is written on the streetsign. If the street in Heerlen would have everything completely written our it would be somewhere in the 50 characters. (haven't counted but 53 or 54) Your audio seems a bit out of sync in the live segments but I found this very interesting. Big fan of both language and history, will be checking out your other vids and sub. All roads might lead to Haarlem, but all railroads will go to Utrech 😂de Groeten van daar woar!
Yes, but Duiven isn't a postal adress.at least that's what I gather. And I couldn't get a shot on Google earth of that one! Utrecht is a great city. I really like the vibe. Best biggest city of the Netherlands in my opinion.
Ben bekend met de Pyramide van Austerlitz, ben er zelfs geweest. Er is (of was) ook een restaurant Waterloo. Voor my, als kind, was dat vaag verwarrend toen ik over Napoleon leerde op de lagere school. Was dat gevecht by ons op de hei? Later wist ik wel dat Austerlitz en Waterloo niet in Nederland waren. Maar waarom die heuvel zo heette wist ik niet. Maar het toch fijn dat nu dat mysterie is opgelost.
Land registry was already a thing far before Napoleon. We also had Rijnland measures that were increasing in usage. These are facts even barely known in the Netherlands
You left out two very important changes the French introduced - last names and the civil role. The role listed all relevant information of each citizen. The Nazis made use of this during WWII as religion was also listed. The war put an end to listing one's religion.
Leuk verhaal 👍 De boerderij Graan voor Visch bestaat niet meer. Deze stond aan de Hoofdvaart aan de rand van de gelijknamige wijk, maar moest ooit wijken voor de nieuwbouw.
@@Streetsinsideout Ongeveer tegenover de "witte boerderij" (100 m zuid van de molen) staat op een speelveldje een herinneringspaal '03' dat hij daar stond.
The French didn't conquer The Netherlands under Napoleon. They did under general Pichegru during the Thermidorian Reaction. 9:21 The allied invasion was defeated by the French ánd the Dutch commanded by Daendels, mainly because the population of Holland refused to help the invaders. See, the French only became unpopular from 1810 on, when The Netherlands were annexed, suffered from the Continental System and from conscription for Napoleon's wars - especially the 1812 invasion of Russia.
Good question, i haven't found the answer to that in local sources. But, I just got a brainwave....and I have a good theory. I need to do a bit of research on it.... Will get back to you!
So, after a bit of digging. Didn't come with a definite answer. But in those times colours were important and had meaning. It could have been their mindset to make this distinction with colours. They had colors for the army and for the clergy....which incidentally were also red and black. And in the games they played red and black symbolised day and night. And actually that is how some people remember assigning meaning to color. Like black for the ground and the Red Sun above it. Personally I think it is a symbolic way of thinking instead of numerical that caused this. But I can't find a source to back this up. So it's speculation.
@@Streetsinsideout Ha, fun, speculation. I think the red/black might be because it was the commonly used opposite/combo in those days. For me, originally from Amsterdam but in Haarlem for 30 years now, it was a very strange way to indicate top flat or bottom flat, but I assumed it was because the houses were not very high, so there were never enough floors for more than 2 flats above each other, hence only a need for a binary distinction.
You are right, the red and black are the combo of the time. Their meaning differs wildly. I just speculated at their meaning. It is a tax related issue. But how it worked precisely I can't find. Black probably paid more than red. And I have seen addresses with 1 black and 2 red. Although that appartement could have been split later.
@@Streetsinsideout Oh, one black and 2 red? Really? I haven't seen that yet, in my neighbourhood it's all either single home or two above each other. But indeed, maybe if they split later.... but how did they distinguish? 1RA and 1RB?
Don't think 🤔 they payed for the recipe. Maybe not literally stolen, but it's appropriated by the British as their own. And the British made it a lot more famous, so that hurts the Dutch national pride😁
2:49 Well... you did take the second longest streetname in the Netherlands for your example there. Longest would be "De laan van de Landinrichtingscommissie Duiven Westervoort" in ...well.... Duiven. But granted.. that is longest in how it is written on the streetsign. If the street in Heerlen would have everything completely written our it would be somewhere in the 50 characters. (haven't counted but 53 or 54)
Your audio seems a bit out of sync in the live segments but I found this very interesting. Big fan of both language and history, will be checking out your other vids and sub.
All roads might lead to Haarlem, but all railroads will go to Utrech 😂de Groeten van daar woar!
Yes, but Duiven isn't a postal adress.at least that's what I gather. And I couldn't get a shot on Google earth of that one!
Utrecht is a great city. I really like the vibe. Best biggest city of the Netherlands in my opinion.
Ben bekend met de Pyramide van Austerlitz, ben er zelfs geweest. Er is (of was) ook een restaurant Waterloo. Voor my, als kind, was dat vaag verwarrend toen ik over Napoleon leerde op de lagere school. Was dat gevecht by ons op de hei? Later wist ik wel dat Austerlitz en Waterloo niet in Nederland waren. Maar waarom die heuvel zo heette wist ik niet. Maar het toch fijn dat nu dat mysterie is opgelost.
Land registry was already a thing far before Napoleon.
We also had Rijnland measures that were increasing in usage.
These are facts even barely known in the Netherlands
You left out two very important changes the French introduced - last names and the civil role. The role listed all relevant information of each citizen. The Nazis made use of this during WWII as religion was also listed. The war put an end to listing one's religion.
Leuk verhaal 👍 De boerderij Graan voor Visch bestaat niet meer. Deze stond aan de Hoofdvaart aan de rand van de gelijknamige wijk, maar moest ooit wijken voor de nieuwbouw.
@@HansVerhoog ah, vandaar dat ik hem niet kon vinden.
@@Streetsinsideout Ongeveer tegenover de "witte boerderij" (100 m zuid van de molen) staat op een speelveldje een herinneringspaal '03' dat hij daar stond.
Waar in Nederland is @ 3:18 ?
In Parijs
The French didn't conquer The Netherlands under Napoleon. They did under general Pichegru during the Thermidorian Reaction.
9:21 The allied invasion was defeated by the French ánd the Dutch commanded by Daendels, mainly because the population of Holland refused to help the invaders.
See, the French only became unpopular from 1810 on, when The Netherlands were annexed, suffered from the Continental System and from conscription for Napoleon's wars - especially the 1812 invasion of Russia.
What? Why don´t you have more thumbs mate?
I'm still trying to figure out why Haarlem has red/black instead of 10A, 10B etc. (which we use more nowadays)
Good question, i haven't found the answer to that in local sources.
But, I just got a brainwave....and I have a good theory. I need to do a bit of research on it....
Will get back to you!
So, after a bit of digging. Didn't come with a definite answer. But in those times colours were important and had meaning. It could have been their mindset to make this distinction with colours. They had colors for the army and for the clergy....which incidentally were also red and black. And in the games they played red and black symbolised day and night. And actually that is how some people remember assigning meaning to color. Like black for the ground and the Red Sun above it.
Personally I think it is a symbolic way of thinking instead of numerical that caused this. But I can't find a source to back this up. So it's speculation.
@@Streetsinsideout Ha, fun, speculation. I think the red/black might be because it was the commonly used opposite/combo in those days. For me, originally from Amsterdam but in Haarlem for 30 years now, it was a very strange way to indicate top flat or bottom flat, but I assumed it was because the houses were not very high, so there were never enough floors for more than 2 flats above each other, hence only a need for a binary distinction.
You are right, the red and black are the combo of the time. Their meaning differs wildly. I just speculated at their meaning.
It is a tax related issue. But how it worked precisely I can't find. Black probably paid more than red. And I have seen addresses with 1 black and 2 red. Although that appartement could have been split later.
@@Streetsinsideout Oh, one black and 2 red? Really? I haven't seen that yet, in my neighbourhood it's all either single home or two above each other. But indeed, maybe if they split later.... but how did they distinguish? 1RA and 1RB?
Are you sure that the Brits stole the jenever? I thought they bought the recipe...
Don't think 🤔 they payed for the recipe. Maybe not literally stolen, but it's appropriated by the British as their own.
And the British made it a lot more famous, so that hurts the Dutch national pride😁
@@Streetsinsideout At least we know it not theirs, but ours, I don't think they could handle the real Jenever😂
@Lilygirl283 very true 🤣