Amersfoort, The Netherlands (City Center Tour) Walking and Cycling .. GoPro
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Amersfoort [ˈaːmərsfoːrt] is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the Netherlands' main east-west and north-south rail lines. It marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009.
History
Hunter gatherers set up camps in the Amersfoort region in the Mesolithic period. Archaeologists have found traces of these camps, such as the remains of hearths, and sometimes microlithic flint objects, to the north of the city.
Remains of settlements in the Amersfoort area from around 1000 BC have been found, but the name Amersfoort, after a ford in the Amer River, today called the Eem, did not appear until the 11th century. The city grew around what is now known as the central square, the Hof, where the Bishops of Utrecht established a court in order to control the "Gelderse Vallei (nl)" area. It was granted city rights in 1259 by the bishop of Utrecht, Henry I van Vianden. A first defensive wall, made out of brick, was finished around 1300. Soon after, the need for enlargement of the city became apparent and around 1380 the construction of a new wall was begun and completed around 1450. The famous Koppelpoort, a combined land and water gate, is part of this second wall. The first wall was demolished and houses were built in its place. Today's Muurhuizen (wallhouses) Street is at the exact location of the first wall; the fronts of the houses are built on top of the first city wall's foundations.
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwentoren tower (The Tower of Our Lady) is one of the tallest medieval church towers in the Netherlands at 98 metres (322 ft). The construction of the tower and the church was started in 1444. The church was destroyed by an explosion in 1787, but the tower survived, and the layout of the church still can be discerned today through the use of different types of stone in the pavement of the open space that was created. It is now the reference point of the RD coordinate system, the coordinate grid used by the Dutch topographical service: the RD coordinates are (155.000, 463.000).
The inner city of Amersfoort has been preserved well since the Middle Ages. Apart from the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren, the Koppelpoort, and the Muurhuizen (Wall-houses), there is also the Sint-Joriskerk (Saint George's church), the canal-system with its bridges, as well as medieval and other old buildings; many are designated as national monuments. In the Middle Ages, Amersfoort was an important centre for the textile industry, and there were a large number of breweries.
In the 18th century the city flourished because of the cultivation of tobacco,[note 1] but from about 1800 onwards began to decline. The decline was halted by the establishment of the first railway connection in 1863, and, some years later, by the building of a substantial number of infantry and cavalry barracks, which were needed to defend the western cities of the Netherlands. After the 1920s growth stalled again, until in 1970 the national government designated Amersfoort, then numbering some 70,000 inhabitants, as a "growth city". In 2009 the population was 140,000 plus, with an expected 150,000 by 2012.
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Ferry, you absolutely made our day - naar 59 jaar in Amerika reed m'n moeder mee door Amersfoort, and it brought back the most amazing memories, up to and including the place where she and my dad were married. Thank you!!!
Corinne Dekker, great you guys enjoyed the the video of Amersfoort so much!! Thank you for your reply :)
Can we get another video of Amersfoort like this one my family stays out there n we currently live in the states n this video just brought us back home 💛
We are hosting an exchange student from Amersfoort starting next month. Thank you for this video. It has helped us get a sneak peek of what it's like for him in his hometown. We can't wait to get over there are take our own videos. Thanks again!
This 47 minutes bike tour captures about everything of Amersfoort. It doesn't need more than some hours to explore. I hated these moped scooters the most when I visited.
Hi there, Thanks for adding your video, this is such a nice way to learn about a place. We haven't yet been but now we have the feeling that we have some familiarity! We are real fans of the Netherlands and visit often. We make gimbal walk through's of soulful cities on our channel so it's always interesting to see new towns. Thank you we've subscribed.
Hello Ferry Freeman!! Thanks for your work. Your videos are very realistic and interesting. And have their own original style. Still want to go to Alkmaar and any city in Friesland. Thank you!!! 😉
Thank you for your feedback and ideas. Did just put Alkmaar on my to do list
👍 Please let me know witch city in Friesland you would prefer so I can look in to it. Already got Franeker on my to do list😉 Thank You!!
Ferry Freeman ,Hello again!!
I have an idea, but I don't know if you like it. You can run a series "4 seasons".
For example "4 seasons in Sneek". (part 1 - winter, part 2 - spring,
part 3 - summer, part 4 - autumn ) Some already exist. I think many people will be interested. 😉
I would also like to visit Dokkum, Drachten, Holwerd, Stiens. 😳😳
Thank you Meester Freeman!!
ive been in the train station and in the city center it is quite nice
Bedankt voor uw reactie op mijn verzoek!! Het bleek een geweldige video!! 👍 ( forgive my bad Dutch )
Ferry Freeman the best channel on UA-cam 😉
Gratefully I thank you for the idea!!👍Please let me know if you got any more ideas. Thank you so much!!😀
Very good, thank you Freeman Ferry.
My pleasure!Great you like it👍Thank You!!
Hello Meester Freeman!!
You did not like the idea of 4 seasons?
You can still make a video of the cities in the evening. Will be very beautiful videos. Thank you 😉
Hello Meester Simion, I do like the idea of making video's in the evening or at night a lot!!👍 Before today I honestly never considered it but I'm sure it will show the city from a very different perspective. I'm not sure my equipment is good enough to film at night but I will surely look in to it. Thank You very much!! 😉
nice job ...
Amersfoort mijn stad
this is my home 😀