Notice the rope across the front door as he exits the building. If you look closely on the left, youll see that the rope runs through a plastic tube that goes up the stairs along the wall. The end of the rope is at the glass door where she enters her apartment. She can pull on the rope from there and open the door on the ground floor for visitors and deliveries without having to go downstairs. I moved from the US to Amsterdam a year ago to a third floor apartment in a canal house. I had never seen anything like it but it's saved me running down three flights of stairs to let people in countless times!
@@vb9268 It was also for the Neighbours.In the past a Neighbour did not use the bell.They pulled the rope(touwtje)and so they came into to visit you.Those days have gone now!!!!Caused by immigration,crime etc etc......The trust that people used to have is gone😥.
@@vb9268 Thank you for pointing out that very practical feature. I had forgotten that door opener! I used to live in a tiny bedsitter right at the top of our five storey house in Museumbeurt. I was extremely fit (and slim) in those days, but that was half a century ago. Great times to live there!
In the past, before we had electric door openers and intercoms, all front doors were opened by such a cord. This house is still in very old state. Nostalgic, but also dangerous.
I'm 76 and can't walk on level ground! I keep wondering why they would build places like that, in the first place. It had lovely rooms, and that view was lovely too.
I was on a live stream at a cafe, where owner knows me very well. The Old lady came to the same cafe, she asked the owner, what i was doing with the camera. Cafe owner told her that i make videos in Amsterdam, then she invited me. So she just doesn't invite random people walking down the street, She trust her friend, cafe owner. And Cafe owner trusts me, another friend :)
What a generous lady that she let us all enjoy her apartment. It looked so beautiful, and homely…I wanted to join her there for coffee and a chat…she must have such stories of her travels, and her home. It makes me happy that such places exist! Thank you both. ❤
@@lioraoppenheimer8965 Actually, I think it depends on which version of English you speak. In American English, Homely does means unattractive, where as in British English it means more like the American Homey (warm and comfy)
@@ericstemmer2147 Thank you for explaining that. This was my second time seeing 'homely' instead of 'homey' and I wondered why people were writing it that way! 😃
The house looks like a real museum with a sweet lady.. when you have to rush to the toilet in the middle of the night you are lost with these steep stairs😅 ..I wish a lady very good health to live in this beautiful place and thank you Murat to show us this treasure❤❤
Walking up and down those front stairs everyday probably keeps her as young as possible, however, I can see why she doesn’t want to attempt the second or third floors. That’s a lot for an elderly person. Cute place. The epitome of grandma chic. 😊
this houses are never ours to buy cos you have to pay the government extra taxes every year we get some money back but the houses wil never be ours no matter how much we pay for it check box 3
@@Mazil_5 the one of Amsterdam, they 'own' the houses, you pay 'erfpachtcanon' every year you live there when u buy it. But it will always/often (not sure) remains in the property of Amsterdam
I was born and raised in Amsterdam and still live here, and these houses are now worth millions. People like this lovely lady that lived there for so many years are lucky. I dont know if she owns the place or not, but if she is renting the place, they should be ashamd of them selfs for not fixing the place. They know that she is old and it will not take very long for her to move out of the house, thats why they dont invest in the place, thay are waiting for her to move out, so they will fix everything and sell or rent it out for a crazy amount of money! All these houses where for the poor way back in the days and now only the rich can afford to live there
@@kelrogers8480 Lol oh Kel, you are not from the Netherlands, otherwise you would have known better. Especially here in Amsterdam?! Its normal for people to rent a house for many years untill they are too old to take care of them selfs, and move to a retirement home, or untill they die. Getting/finding a house (rent) here in Amsterdam is hell, so the moment get/find a house, they dont move unless they really really have no choice. So 64 years renting is normal here in Amsterdam and down town where this lovely lady lives is unique, cause if you would like to rent or even buy at this location, you couldnt find it and if you were so lucky you would have to pay ridiculous prices (rent and buy)
@@nc2295 goodness,these houses were built for the poor…I am trying to imagine raising children where the steps are so steep!!! Glad to hear the Nederlanders care about the poor.
@@pinkiesue849 That was way back in the day when the poor lived there, now the rich live there. And steep steps are the least of your worries if you were/are poor dont you think?
This lady was so sweet to show you her beautiful home! How unique. Where does she eat and bathe if the bathroom and kitchen is on the top floors?? Those steps are truly so steep. It is a unique form of architecture. I love seeing the diversity of how people do things in different places. Why were canal houses built like this?
Murat is very friendly and respectful to the nice old lady. That says a lot about him. This was a joy to watch and to see inside this beautiful old house. I love the cosy cottagy interior.
My heart was filled with joy to see her home. Unpretentious, and full of memories. I wish she could get the automatic chair lifts to get her up to each floor. I guess it would be cost prohibitive with so many floors. I’ve been to Amsterdam twice as a tourist, so could never have been invited into a home. Thank you for taking me inside.
God have mercy and keep her safe! I once lived in a Dutch apartment, building built 400 years ago. But, I was only 50 back then. It goes to show you that if you refuse to quit a thing, you can still do it for a long time. I hope the 1st floor has been modified for her to do everything down there!
Dit rijksmonument is gebouwd in 1718. Wat lief van bewoonster Marijke dat je binnen mocht komen om dit leuke filmpje te maken! 😍Google translate; This national monument was built in 1718. How sweet of resident Marijke that you were allowed to come in and make this fun video!
@@Followmytravels Op website Amsterdam Monumentenstad staat meer informatie over dit huis. Ik heb jouw filmpje naar de website gestuurd en heb van Walther Schoonenberg een berichtje terug ontvangen waarin hij mij bedankt. Google translate; There is more information about this house on the Amsterdam Monumentenstad website. I sent your video to the website and received a message back from Walther Schoonenberg thanking me.
@@Xandra02051970 dat is ook wel te zien binnen ook hoe oud dat pand is. Eigenlijk niet meer te doen voor zo’n oude vrouw die trappen zijn echt levensgevaarlijk maarja ze woont er al 64 jaar begreep ik dus zal er wel aan gewend zijn. De bovenste verdieping was ze denk ik al jaren niet meer geweest want dat zag er niet meer al te best uit.😶 Zal een hoop gerenoveerd moeten worden als ze er t.z.t. uit zal gaan. Maar het is wel een pareltje.
My family and I stayed in a hostel in Amsterdam that was in one of these canal houses. Out room was at the very top of the house. When we walked in the front door, I said you have got to kidding! Those stairs were just awful! And we had to go up and down so many flights every day. Got out exercise in.
Die lieve dame!!wat een schat,dat ze haar mooie gezellige huisje liet zien!wat een prachtig pandje,kan me voorstellen dat er aasgieren op zitten te azen(waarde;miljoentje of 5?)hoop dat ze er nog lang mag blijven wonen en dat ze kinderen heeft,om het na te laten..en ik zou haar ook graag een traplift gunnen,zeg!!wat een steile trappen!!!😮😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Omg her home is fabulous! Her family needs to install one of those chairs so she can go up and down the stairs. The views are spectacular from her home.
I ❤ her place. No wonder she's thin with all of those stairs 😊 Stairway to heaven. What a magnificent view. I dont blame her for not wanting to move. Is she able to climb the steps to use the restroom and cook? I wouldnt trust the rope. Please tell her danke for sharing her beautiful artistic home with us. It's a gem like her.❤
Thank you Mr. Murat for this lovely tour of Madame Marieke's beautuful apartment. Amazing how she has kept this house in this splendid condition despite her age. Those stairs are indeed very steep. What a stunning view of the canal from each level. Does she live all by herself? Does she have someone to take care of her and the house? So very gracious of her to allow all of us to see , what a canal side house in Amsterdam looks like. God bless the lady with good health and peace. ❤from India.
Sara -I do not think Mr. Murat knows whether she has someone living with her or not, since he did not even know her name until he was leaving. It might be that she has family who looks in on her regularly. But, by the looks of it, (and I wondered about this, too), I think she lives alone. But she is still agile and healthy and sweet and able. I think she will be OK. God keep her.
Beautiful house! I’d love to live there. . . each floor seems to be an individual apartment. The stairwells are indeed steep. How sweet of the lady to show the beauty of her home. Thanks to everyone involved!❤😊
What a kind and gracious woman. Both she and her home are just lovely. The view is spectacular. I imagine regularly climbing the stairs has helped keep her healthy and active. Thank you for showing us the home.
Oh my what a beautiful home and that view is amazing!!! I still can't believe all those stairs! If walls could talk. She is so very kind to share her home with us.
Watched this when you were live streaming and this nine minutes of delightful spontaneity by the lady and your embracement of her gesture is what made this your best walk of which I have seen a few. You're a perfect gentleman and a credit to your city. Regards.
you see all the thimbles in a wooden rack, that rack was not made for this but to house typesetting lead letters for letterpress printing. As this type of printing became obsolete the wooden type cases were re-used as decorative wall pieces that could be filled with all kinds of "prullaria" (knick knacks) in this case a collection of thimbles.
It was so nice to hear you speaking Dutch to that lovely lady! I too lived in Amsterdam (50+ years ago), and I learned to speak the language for my work etc. It shocked me last time I was there, how very few people working in shops etc, can speak Dutch. I think we gain so much more enjoyment living in another country when we at least try to use the language, and to use it locally. The stairs, such as you experienced, are no longer possible for me, and I admire that lady for persevering with them. However I am concerned for her safety, and for how long she will be able to stay in that flat.
On my first visit to Amsterdam we stayed in a canal home, and the steep stairs is what I remember most about the house other than the magnificent views! She is sitting on a gold mine!!
@@Adam_Gray I can tell you I studied there I didn’t like the steps. We were drunk as students many FELL hurt for life. Very bad. And some were so steep we couldn’t climb descend.
What a lovely lady and what a marvellous home. So sad that she isn't able to go upstairs now. I hope Murat showed her the film of the upper floors. (He was right to come down facing to the stair - my father always did that in our small home with similar steep stair.)
As a person more into restoring than total modernising, I really enjoyed this. Seing that there still are old Dutch houses that dont have downspots and futuristic decor out there, makes me happy. Life must have been good there.
Dit is wel een hele ouderwetse woning. Te zien aan de inrichting. Maar leuk te zien van de binnenkant. En het uitzicht 🥰 hele dag wat te kijken voor die mevrouw. Geen tv nodig
How nice of her to allow you to give us a tour of her home. I guess I would really stay in shape living there, but I wonder how she ever makes it down those stairs to go outside. Bless her heart, she is a real Gem 🌼
But that is what makes this house "traditional." Older people keep the tradition going. Modern interiors are boringly identical, one to the other. What you see in Germany, you see in England, you see in America and you see in modern Greece. This old Dutch house has, what we call, "character."
Wow, i'm amazed she can still go up those first set of stairs. I have seen some canal houses for sale, but they are renovated and modernised, the view is beautiful...
@@neldewijn7536 She isn't 64 years of age, she has lived there for 64 years, it says at the beginning of the video. She looks like she's in her eighties.
Thank you for this video! What a special viewing! One that I could never have seen! Amazing! And you were so nice and respectful to this wonderful older lady!
Murat, Thanks for showing this house! It was like a timecapsule and I think that not much has changed in the last decade. I remember that kind of interior from the 1980’s. Very interesting but also a bit dangerous for the old lady.
@@johnroekoek12345 But one fall, a broken hip or worse - I wish she could have one of those mechanized chairs that take older people up the stairs with no pain.
Thank you Madam, what a truly lovely home. So genuinely peaceful atmosphere. God bless you with long life,health and happiness. Thank you for sharing.GG from Minnesota/USA
What a beautiful vid. I am Dutch but never saw such a detailed vid. I always will walk backwards any stairs in any Dutch house. The way she said Take Care. Loved all ♡
What a shame the roof leaks and needs repairs, I hope she will be able to fix it. A lovely and authentic apartment which is such a rarity. Thank you for sharing it.
@dawnchattin5935 This is an excellent call out. I thought I saw a lot of mold growing there, and the ceiling of the top floor looked to be falling apart. The sooner she fixes the roof and upper ceiling, the better off she will be for protecting the entire house. Hope the UA-cam channel creator will inform her.
@@amg9163 That's what I thought, too, when I saw the very top floor. She will need young men to haul tools and materials up to fix it. Once the roof goes, the house goes. Very dangerous. The walls on the fourth floor seem to be crumbling, too, and the floorboards on the very top seem to have water damage, mold and might eventually break through if not rescued. I only noticed all this because I have been spending the last 20 years fixing up damage like this to my own home. I hope she can get the help she needs to fix everything up so as to preserve not only the house, but her life.
We are in Devon. uk. Thought we had stairs , but wow. We live in torre, which means rocky peak. No wonder she doesn’t climb past the first floor. Thank you Murat.
This is very exceptional. Those canalhouses are mostly office spaces and bought and sold for profit. If I was Mrs. Marijke i would sell it for as much as possible, and buy a nice one story house. She has options owning a canal house! I understand she is emotionally attached, but she is not getting any younger.
@@DidiWaDidi Maybe she will, eventually, but she clearly loves the place. I know a real Amsterdam guy running a small shop from a canal house. The shop doesn’t make much, and he’s had people in offering him millions for the property. But he says: “What am I going to with so much money, I am happy here, in the place I grew up in with the people I grew up with. When I croak, my kids will be welcome to the money this place brings, and I don’t expect them to keep it”
The rope is used to open the door from upstairs, not for holding onto. 😉 Another interesting fact; people used to have a piece of cord hanging out the letterbox attached to the latch inside, so people could let themselves in. This was still the practise some 40 years ago, though maybe not in Amsterdam. I grew up in villages.
That staircase terrified me, and I'm not even the age that lady is. Lovely video! I enjoyed watching. So nice of her to let us see her house! God bless ❤
Thank you, Murat, for opening a window into Amsterdam for us! This was very interesting to watch. Hope that lovely lady Marieke will stay safe and live a long life ❤ Watching this video warmed my heart, she is so incredibly kind! These stairs are no joke though
Thank you ! I never had the chance to visit the Netherlands, and Amsterdam is on my list, of course. I love this piece of history. I am sure she was happy to have company for a brief moment.
All I can think about when I see the single layer glass, is how high the gas prices will be in winter... I live further out in Rivierenbuurt and my house is from 1922, with the outside walls having no insulation, the heating is expensive!
Even. Though I grew up in Holland and lived with one flight of stairs, I was shocked by the steepness of grandma’s stairs as well as three flights more for bathrooms, bedroom and kitchen. How can she live like that, does she have to go up and down to cook or go to bed! Also the top level, zolder, seems to be exposed to moisture on the walls, sad to see.
Çok güzeldi keyifle izledim. Merdivenler ürkütücü olsa da, teyzemiz ve sıcak yaşanmışlık dolu evi çok güzeldi. Bize evini açtığı için kendisine ve sana çok teşekkür ederiz. Yüreği güzel olan tüm insanlara selam ve sevgiler
Hey Murat, I'm Dutch and had never seen the inside of an canalhouse before. Thanks!!
Awesome! You're welcome. Thanks for sharing this 🌟
Same here
Nice, the interieur thinks about my grandmothers. 😊
@@tourdetinus1743 Ik ook. Het is heel mooi. BEDANKT. Groetjes.👼💙🙏🥰✨️🍀🦋🕊
ditto!
For those who don’t speak Dutch. He’s very polite in speaking Dutch to the sweet old lady. ❤
@@AngelaAdams-u1r 🤞🏻
@@AngelaAdams-u1r I think she recognized a kind heart.
@@sheilakethley5351
Maybe they already were acquainted...
@@Rotebuehl1 no parece pues no sabia ni su nombre.
What a fabulous place. Cannot stop thinking of how the lady cannot use her bathroom or kitchen. Goodness those stairs were steep.
@@barbarasinclair8508 and too narrow and many
I would be scared stiff to go up and down these narrow stairs at my age and I am not as old as the lady, owner of the apartment.
I wonder how she can manage if the kitchen, bedrooms and bathroom are up the stairs. Those stairs are killers.
Her house is a work of art reflecting a life well lived - how beautiful
Absolutely a work of art with beautiful antiques and arranged so beautifully.
With steep stairs, cycling as transport and wearing wooden clogs - Dutch legs were like steel! 😂👍
You can actually see the drag marks from the toes of wooden clogs on the nose (front part) of the stairs coming up from the street!!!
@@Coffee23 They all got healthy workouts just doing their everyday tasks and chores!🤗 Such a lovely house. It's from a fairytale.🌷
Notice the rope across the front door as he exits the building. If you look closely on the left, youll see that the rope runs through a plastic tube that goes up the stairs along the wall. The end of the rope is at the glass door where she enters her apartment. She can pull on the rope from there and open the door on the ground floor for visitors and deliveries without having to go downstairs. I moved from the US to Amsterdam a year ago to a third floor apartment in a canal house. I had never seen anything like it but it's saved me running down three flights of stairs to let people in countless times!
@@vb9268 It was also for the Neighbours.In the past a Neighbour did not use the bell.They pulled the rope(touwtje)and so they came into to visit you.Those days have gone now!!!!Caused by immigration,crime etc etc......The trust that people used to have is gone😥.
@@vb9268 Thank you for pointing out that very practical feature. I had forgotten that door opener! I used to live in a tiny bedsitter right at the top of our five storey house in Museumbeurt. I was extremely fit (and slim) in those days, but that was half a century ago. Great times to live there!
Thank you for pointing that out. Great invention!
In the past, before we had electric door openers and intercoms, all front doors were opened by such a cord. This house is still in very old state. Nostalgic, but also dangerous.
I'm 76 and can't walk on level ground! I keep wondering why they would build places like that, in the first place. It had lovely rooms, and that view was lovely too.
That old lady was very trusting, letting a stranger into her house!
@@murielscott9958 not wise though…
I was on a live stream at a cafe, where owner knows me very well. The Old lady came to the same cafe, she asked the owner, what i was doing with the camera. Cafe owner told her that i make videos in Amsterdam, then she invited me. So she just doesn't invite random people walking down the street, She trust her friend, cafe owner. And Cafe owner trusts me, another friend :)
I am Dutch from Amsterdam, thanks for showing this beautiful house.. wish the lady good health..
What a generous lady that she let us all enjoy her apartment. It looked so beautiful, and homely…I wanted to join her there for coffee and a chat…she must have such stories of her travels, and her home. It makes me happy that such places exist! Thank you both. ❤
fyi "HOMEY" means comfortable. "HOMELY" means ugly. Slight typo!!
@@lioraoppenheimer8965 Actually, I think it depends on which version of English you speak. In American English, Homely does means unattractive, where as in British English it means more like the American Homey (warm and comfy)
@@ericstemmer2147 Thank you for explaining that. This was my second time seeing 'homely' instead of 'homey' and I wondered why people were writing it that way! 😃
Was so kind of her to open her home, thank you ma'am! 🙏🕊️
The house looks like a real museum with a sweet lady.. when you have to rush to the toilet in the middle of the night you are lost with these steep stairs😅 ..I wish a lady very good health to live in this beautiful place and thank you Murat to show us this treasure❤❤
Walking up and down those front stairs everyday probably keeps her as young as possible, however, I can see why she doesn’t want to attempt the second or third floors. That’s a lot for an elderly person. Cute place. The epitome of grandma chic. 😊
Amazing. As you say, those houses cost millions now; this will be one of the very last ones that still look this authentic.
oh yes. There are hardly any original Amsterdam people living in Amsterdam anymore because it's way to expensive.
this houses are never ours to buy cos you have to pay the government extra taxes every year we get some money back but the houses wil never be ours no matter how much we pay for it check box 3
@@override39what governor?
@@Mazil_5 the one of Amsterdam, they 'own' the houses, you pay 'erfpachtcanon' every year you live there when u buy it. But it will always/often (not sure) remains in the property of Amsterdam
@@jamiemichelle7956 Weird.
my knees hurt just looking at those stairs
I was born and raised in Amsterdam and still live here, and these houses are now worth millions. People like this lovely lady that lived there for so many years are lucky. I dont know if she owns the place or not, but if she is renting the place, they should be ashamd of them selfs for not fixing the place. They know that she is old and it will not take very long for her to move out of the house, thats why they dont invest in the place, thay are waiting for her to move out, so they will fix everything and sell or rent it out for a crazy amount of money! All these houses where for the poor way back in the days and now only the rich can afford to live there
I wouldn't like to live there even if it was for nothing
@@nc2295 she has lived in the house for 64 yrs! I doubt she's renting it!
@@kelrogers8480 Lol oh Kel, you are not from the Netherlands, otherwise you would have known better. Especially here in Amsterdam?! Its normal for people to rent a house for many years untill they are too old to take care of them selfs, and move to a retirement home, or untill they die. Getting/finding a house (rent) here in Amsterdam is hell, so the moment get/find a house, they dont move unless they really really have no choice. So 64 years renting is normal here in Amsterdam and down town where this lovely lady lives is unique, cause if you would like to rent or even buy at this location, you couldnt find it and if you were so lucky you would have to pay ridiculous
prices (rent and buy)
@@nc2295 goodness,these houses were built for the poor…I am trying to imagine raising children where the steps are so steep!!! Glad to hear the Nederlanders care about the poor.
@@pinkiesue849 That was way back in the day when the poor lived there, now the rich live there. And steep steps are the least of your worries if you were/are poor dont you think?
Can you imagine having to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night? I held my breath just looking up at all those stairs.
This lady was so sweet to show you her beautiful home! How unique. Where does she eat and bathe if the bathroom and kitchen is on the top floors?? Those steps are truly so steep. It is a unique form of architecture. I love seeing the diversity of how people do things in different places. Why were canal houses built like this?
So grateful for this sweetheart to share her beautiful home.
Hopefully she won't have to regret it.
Really nice of that woman to show us her house
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Murat is very friendly and respectful to the nice old lady. That says a lot about him. This was a joy to watch and to see inside this beautiful old house. I love the cosy cottagy interior.
Thanks a lot for your very polite comment.
My heart was filled with joy to see her home. Unpretentious, and full of memories. I wish she could get the automatic chair lifts to get her up to each floor. I guess it would be cost prohibitive with so many floors.
I’ve been to Amsterdam twice as a tourist, so could never have been invited into a home. Thank you for taking me inside.
God have mercy and keep her safe! I once lived in a Dutch apartment, building built 400 years ago. But, I was only 50 back then. It goes to show you that if you refuse to quit a thing, you can still do it for a long time. I hope the 1st floor has been modified for her to do everything down there!
Me too, but I couldn't see any signs of cooking or bathroom facilities on the level that she now resides in.
That's what I was thinking.❤
Dit rijksmonument is gebouwd in 1718. Wat lief van bewoonster Marijke dat je binnen mocht komen om dit leuke filmpje te maken! 😍Google translate; This national monument was built in 1718. How sweet of resident Marijke that you were allowed to come in and make this fun video!
Thanks a lot! Yes, she is such a nice person, i met her thru a friend, so that's why she trust me. 💫
@@Followmytravels Op website Amsterdam Monumentenstad staat meer informatie over dit huis. Ik heb jouw filmpje naar de website gestuurd en heb van Walther Schoonenberg een berichtje terug ontvangen waarin hij mij bedankt. Google translate; There is more information about this house on the Amsterdam Monumentenstad website. I sent your video to the website and received a message back from Walther Schoonenberg thanking me.
@@Xandra02051970 🤗🤗🤜🏻🤛🏻
@@Xandra02051970 dat is ook wel te zien binnen ook hoe oud dat pand is.
Eigenlijk niet meer te doen voor zo’n oude vrouw die trappen zijn echt levensgevaarlijk maarja ze woont er al 64 jaar begreep ik dus zal er wel aan gewend zijn.
De bovenste verdieping was ze denk ik al jaren niet meer geweest want dat zag er niet meer al te best uit.😶
Zal een hoop gerenoveerd moeten worden als ze er t.z.t. uit zal gaan.
Maar het is wel een pareltje.
My family and I stayed in a hostel in Amsterdam that was in one of these canal houses. Out room was at the very top of the house. When we walked in the front door, I said you have got to kidding! Those stairs were just awful! And we had to go up and down so many flights every day. Got out exercise in.
Die lieve dame!!wat een schat,dat ze haar mooie gezellige huisje liet zien!wat een prachtig pandje,kan me voorstellen dat er aasgieren op zitten te azen(waarde;miljoentje of 5?)hoop dat ze er nog lang mag blijven wonen en dat ze kinderen heeft,om het na te laten..en ik zou haar ook graag een traplift gunnen,zeg!!wat een steile trappen!!!😮😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Omg her home is fabulous! Her family needs to install one of those chairs so she can go up and down the stairs. The views are spectacular from her home.
Wow, how does that lovely lady cook and go to the bathroom,wonderful to see , thank you
THANKS! If this adorable lady can't go higher up, what does she use for cooking and a bathroom? I'm confused!
@@Annie-ZA Yes, I was going to ask the very same thing. And how does anyone carry anything up those nightmarish stairs?
What a super super nice lady so kind so gentle.What a way to go Murat.......Thank you this was really really fun to watch.
She is the best 🙌🙌
A huge thank you to the lovely lady for showing us your beautiful house 🥰🙏
wat an artistically
decorated house! She must have had quite a life... travelling, living there, so many memory's and old things
Now she needs to write a book of her adventures. I would read it.
Thank you so much for allowing us into your home. God bless you. 🙏🏻💗
3:09 "Ga gewoon naar binnen!" 🤣🤣
@@VeniVidiRitchie 😂
Mag ik u helpen? Nee. 😂
Klinkt iets chagrijnig 😅
@@lovepeacepara "I am old, but I'am happy" 🎸🎶
@@Tubemanjac oeps 👋🏽💖
What a nice lady.I hope she has family to check on her.The house is beautiful and what a view😍
I ❤ her place. No wonder she's thin with all of those stairs 😊 Stairway to heaven. What a magnificent view. I dont blame her for not wanting to move. Is she able to climb the steps to use the restroom and cook? I wouldnt trust the rope. Please tell her danke for sharing her beautiful artistic home with us. It's a gem like her.❤
Breathtakingly steep and breathtakingly beautiful! How lucky you were, and we all are, that this beautiful lady invited you in.
Thank you so much! I think so, i met the lady on a live stream video thru a friend of mine, but it wasn't planned and totally a random visit :)
How nice of the lady to show you her house. Beautiful view and nice adventure ❤
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Thank you Mr. Murat for this lovely tour of Madame Marieke's beautuful apartment.
Amazing how she has kept this house in this splendid condition despite her age.
Those stairs are indeed very steep.
What a stunning view of the canal from each level.
Does she live all by herself? Does she have someone to take care of her and the house?
So very gracious of her to allow all of us to see , what a canal side house in Amsterdam looks like.
God bless the lady with good health and peace.
❤from India.
You're welcome Sarah and thanks very much for your polite comment!
Sara -I do not think Mr. Murat knows whether she has someone living with her or not, since he did not even know her name until he was leaving. It might be that she has family who looks in on her regularly. But, by the looks of it, (and I wondered about this, too), I think she lives alone. But she is still agile and healthy and sweet and able. I think she will be OK. God keep her.
I am Dutch Canadian and living in Canada and this video made me so homesick. I’m so glad I found this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a nice experience, the first time as a Dutch I saw how it is inside a canal house. Greetings from Friesland NL
Hi Friesland! Thanks a lot 🌟😊
Ik had dit nog nooit gezien, wat leuk😄 Thanks for showing this Dutch house. I´m Dutch and see this for the first time.😊
Graag gedaan! 🤗💫
Beautiful house! I’d love to live there. . . each floor seems to be an individual apartment. The stairwells are indeed steep. How sweet of the lady to show the beauty of her home. Thanks to everyone involved!❤😊
Thank you! So very much never would i ever get the joy of seeing such a beautiful home. Are all dutch people this gentle and sweet?
What a kind and gracious woman. Both she and her home are just lovely. The view is spectacular. I imagine regularly climbing the stairs has helped keep her healthy and active. Thank you for showing us the home.
Amazing tour/view, thank you for being so kind and respectful to her! Very historic, thanks for sharing
My pleasure, thank you so much.
Oh my what a beautiful home and that view is amazing!!! I still can't believe all those stairs! If walls could talk. She is so very kind to share her home with us.
What a beautiful apartment and beautiful old lady. Greeting to her from an English grandmother
Watched this when you were live streaming and this nine minutes of delightful spontaneity by the lady and your embracement of her gesture is what made this your best walk of which I have seen a few.
You're a perfect gentleman and a credit to your city.
Regards.
So agree!
Thanks very much for your beautiful words! 🙌
you see all the thimbles in a wooden rack, that rack was not made for this but to house typesetting lead letters for letterpress printing. As this type of printing became obsolete the wooden type cases were re-used as decorative wall pieces that could be filled with all kinds of "prullaria" (knick knacks) in this case a collection of thimbles.
I did not know that, thanks !
Letterbak? Nooit geweten dit, hoewel logisch
Thank you for sharing this. Fascinating.!
It was so nice to hear you speaking Dutch to that lovely lady! I too lived in Amsterdam (50+ years ago), and I learned to speak the language for my work etc. It shocked me last time I was there, how very few people working in shops etc, can speak Dutch. I think we gain so much more enjoyment living in another country when we at least try to use the language, and to use it locally. The stairs, such as you experienced, are no longer possible for me, and I admire that lady for persevering with them. However I am concerned for her safety, and for how long she will be able to stay in that flat.
Thanks very much, i try to do my best and still trying to do more practice in Dutch.
What a lovely place her views are amazing. Thank her for her hospitality. Love from sunny Florida USA ☀️❤️
The sunlight and the view!
The narrator nails it! Voice, diction, and timing are just perfect.
On my first visit to Amsterdam we stayed in a canal home, and the steep stairs is what I remember most about the house other than the magnificent views! She is sitting on a gold mine!!
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@@Adam_Gray I can tell you I studied there I didn’t like the steps. We were drunk as students many FELL hurt for life. Very bad. And some were so steep we couldn’t climb descend.
@@shepavedtheway 🍻Cheers!
All old Dutch houses have very steep stairs. I live in Breda and old houses here have them too
What a lovely lady and what a marvellous home. So sad that she isn't able to go upstairs now. I hope Murat showed her the film of the upper floors. (He was right to come down facing to the stair - my father always did that in our small home with similar steep stair.)
Many thanks to this kind lady for sharing her beautiful house with us.
As a person more into restoring than total modernising, I really enjoyed this. Seing that there still are old Dutch houses that dont have downspots and futuristic decor out there, makes me happy. Life must have been good there.
Dit is wel een hele ouderwetse woning. Te zien aan de inrichting. Maar leuk te zien van de binnenkant. En het uitzicht 🥰 hele dag wat te kijken voor die mevrouw. Geen tv nodig
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How nice of her to allow you to give us a tour of her home. I guess I would really stay in shape living there, but I wonder how she ever makes it down those stairs to go outside. Bless her heart, she is a real Gem 🌼
Hello Murat, its a lovely canal house, but the interior is only typical for older Dutch people!
But that is what makes this house "traditional." Older people keep the tradition going. Modern interiors are boringly identical, one to the other. What you see in Germany, you see in England, you see in America and you see in modern Greece. This old Dutch house has, what we call, "character."
Wow, i'm amazed she can still go up those first set of stairs.
I have seen some canal houses for sale, but they are renovated and modernised, the view is beautiful...
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Too dangerous even for a sixty four year old.
@@neldewijn7536 She isn't 64 years of age, she has lived there for 64 years, it says at the beginning of the video. She looks like she's in her eighties.
@@Makor1966 Thanks ,yes she is defenitely older than sixty four.
Beautiful home! Sweet lady!
This is indeed priceless. Old fashioned as well. As a dutchy I have never seen a canal house from the inside. So thank you❣️
Beautiful house in its day, I'm sure. The view is priceless. If you have a good view, it's like having company. I would have loved to hear her story.
Thank you for this video! What a special viewing! One that I could never have seen! Amazing! And you were so nice and respectful to this wonderful older lady!
Murat, Thanks for showing this house! It was like a timecapsule and I think that not much has changed in the last decade. I remember that kind of interior from the 1980’s. Very interesting but also a bit dangerous for the old lady.
It s may pleasure. Thank you for your great comment 🙏💫
She lives here for 64 years. She is used to the stairs.
@@johnroekoek12345 But one fall, a broken hip or worse - I wish she could have one of those mechanized chairs that take older people up the stairs with no pain.
@@Blurb777 If she asks for that, it will be installed
Thank you Madam, what a truly lovely home. So genuinely peaceful atmosphere. God bless you with long life,health and happiness.
Thank you for sharing.GG from Minnesota/USA
What a beautiful vid. I am Dutch but never saw such a detailed vid. I always will walk
backwards any stairs in any Dutch house. The way she said Take Care. Loved all ♡
Glad you enjoyed it! You re welcome 🤗
What a shame the roof leaks and needs repairs, I hope she will be able to fix it. A lovely and authentic apartment which is such a rarity. Thank you for sharing it.
@dawnchattin5935 This is an excellent call out. I thought I saw a lot of mold growing there, and the ceiling of the top floor looked to be falling apart. The sooner she fixes the roof and upper ceiling, the better off she will be for protecting the entire house. Hope the UA-cam channel creator will inform her.
@@amg9163 That's what I thought, too, when I saw the very top floor. She will need young men to haul tools and materials up to fix it. Once the roof goes, the house goes. Very dangerous. The walls on the fourth floor seem to be crumbling, too, and the floorboards on the very top seem to have water damage, mold and might eventually break through if not rescued. I only noticed all this because I have been spending the last 20 years fixing up damage like this to my own home. I hope she can get the help she needs to fix everything up so as to preserve not only the house, but her life.
@@dawnchattin5935 I was wondering if she even knew before it becomes a problem.
. the stairs look incredible for an older person . what a beautiful place .
The old lady should get one of those chair lifts to get up and down the stairs it's safer. Lovely house ❤
We are in Devon. uk. Thought we had stairs , but wow. We live in torre, which means rocky peak. No wonder she doesn’t climb past the first floor. Thank you Murat.
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Yes thank you lady for letting us see inside a canal apartmenr,we were in Amsterdam a year ago
Jeetje, wat een enge trappen ben ik even blij, dat ik in een moderne huisje in Arnhem woon.
Ik was daar al honderdduizend keer van de trap afgevallen.
Lovely woman and thank you for being so kind to her.
So cozy! Greetings from Tricity in Poland
This is very exceptional. Those canalhouses are mostly office spaces and bought and sold for profit. If I was Mrs. Marijke i would sell it for as much as possible, and buy a nice one story house. She has options owning a canal house! I understand she is emotionally attached, but she is not getting any younger.
@@DidiWaDidi Maybe she will, eventually, but she clearly loves the place. I know a real Amsterdam guy running a small shop from a canal house. The shop doesn’t make much, and he’s had people in offering him millions for the property. But he says: “What am I going to with so much money, I am happy here, in the place I grew up in with the people I grew up with. When I croak, my kids will be welcome to the money this place brings, and I don’t expect them to keep it”
@@DidiWaDidi She likely will only move when a relative urges her because of safety or an accident.
@@kaasmeester5903 Maybe she will live to 120 years old because she has her own foundation and is strong.
The rope is used to open the door from upstairs, not for holding onto. 😉 Another interesting fact; people used to have a piece of cord hanging out the letterbox attached to the latch inside, so people could let themselves in. This was still the practise some 40 years ago, though maybe not in Amsterdam. I grew up in villages.
That staircase terrified me, and I'm not even the age that lady is. Lovely video! I enjoyed watching. So nice of her to let us see her house! God bless ❤
That is one long trip to get to the bathroom.
All older houses and apartments along the canals have steep stairs. Great house. Thank you.
Murat, you are a very nice guy !! it's great to see
Thank you so much :)
Thank you so much for posting this!
Beautiful...watching from the south east of England 🏴
hi! Watching from the south west 😄
What a beautiful unique charming cozy home on the canal and GB her with those stairs. TU Murat.
She is very kind.
Thank you, Murat, for opening a window into Amsterdam for us! This was very interesting to watch. Hope that lovely lady Marieke will stay safe and live a long life ❤ Watching this video warmed my heart, she is so incredibly kind! These stairs are no joke though
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Thank you ! I never had the chance to visit the Netherlands, and Amsterdam is on my list, of course. I love this piece of history. I am sure she was happy to have company for a brief moment.
How do they get anything big up those stairs? Like the tub? Refrigerator? So beautiful
All I can think about when I see the single layer glass, is how high the gas prices will be in winter... I live further out in Rivierenbuurt and my house is from 1922, with the outside walls having no insulation, the heating is expensive!
May I ask if your stairs are a little less steep?thank you
@@pinkiesue849 A little, but still quite the climb!
Thank you Murat, thank you Marieke. This was so interesting. Cosy rooms with beautiful views but the stairs look scary.
Wat leuk! Het lijkt erop dat er een lek in he dak zit, vandaar de oude geur boven.
What a lovely view & sweet lady! SLKW❤
What a lovely tour. Thank you for sharing. God’s Blessings
Even. Though I grew up in Holland and lived with one flight of stairs, I was shocked by the steepness of grandma’s stairs as well as three flights more for bathrooms, bedroom and kitchen. How can she live like that, does she have to go up and down to cook or go to bed! Also the top level, zolder, seems to be exposed to moisture on the walls, sad to see.
Despite that, loved thecspontaneity of this video, and the lady is showing good old Dutch hospitality.
I hardly go up and down by myself. I don't know how Oma can still manage that🤷♂️ Thanks a lot for your comment 🙏
@@Followmytravels You were so kind to her.
@@neldewijn7536 Ik dacht hetzelfde. Als ze valt...maar waarschijnlijk wil ze zelf ook niet daar weg.
@@Ilske Ja. Als men ouder wordt is men minder geneigd om te verhuizen.
Thank you, this is a very beautiful home.
Wow! Very nice house . She also has a nice view on the canal . I love all the antiques. She is very lucky to live there .
Çok güzeldi keyifle izledim. Merdivenler ürkütücü olsa da, teyzemiz ve sıcak yaşanmışlık dolu evi çok güzeldi. Bize evini açtığı için kendisine ve sana çok teşekkür ederiz. Yüreği güzel olan tüm insanlara selam ve sevgiler
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Beautiful home ❤
Fascinating. Real tree house vibes. Would be a precious space to grow up in. 💗