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  • @Evolutiontweaked
    @Evolutiontweaked 2 роки тому +58

    I was born in Vancouver, Canada ‘64 but moved to Bussum in 1970 for 6 yrs with moeder and brother. We ended up going back to Canada. My mother was a Holocaust survivor and came to Canada after the war and had me quite late in life. She passed in 2010. This video makes me feel like I'm back in Holland. Bitter sweet.

    • @templeguards3035
      @templeguards3035 2 роки тому

      رحمه لمك دزلي دعوة عمل

    • @bd3531
      @bd3531 Рік тому +3

      How is the holocaust relevant to your bitter sweet nostalgia?

    • @CanalDoRaphaelDeLio
      @CanalDoRaphaelDeLio Рік тому +3

      I was born in Brazil and moved to Bussum last year. Happy to see Bussum mentioned around.

    • @Evolutiontweaked
      @Evolutiontweaked Рік тому +5

      @@templeguards3035 Speak English pls since you know I speak English and your name is in English you’re very disrespectful

    • @Evolutiontweaked
      @Evolutiontweaked Рік тому

      @@bd3531 I never used the word nostalgia
      And Because of the atrocities that went on in holland and what my mother and her Jewish family and millions went through? Are you that stupid? Yes you are

  • @markvandergriend3359
    @markvandergriend3359 8 місяців тому +27

    I'm born in Amsterdam almost 70 years ago, and lived there for 60 years. Then I became fed up with the crowds, the noise and the pollution. When I see the calm and politeness in this clip I long back for that period.

    • @rientsdijkstra4266
      @rientsdijkstra4266 2 місяці тому +5

      Reality: the city is much cleaner and quieter and more liveable now than it was in the '70!

    • @mertkorkmazzzz
      @mertkorkmazzzz 2 місяці тому +1

      @@rientsdijkstra4266 nope

    • @rientsdijkstra4266
      @rientsdijkstra4266 2 місяці тому +2

      @@mertkorkmazzzz "Nope"? Joop! Just use your eyes brother. Compared to nowadays it was an old junk in the '70's.

    • @lucasrem
      @lucasrem 2 місяці тому

      @@rientsdijkstra4266 We bought it cheap, near the Sleep Inn. Now, worth millions ?
      noise and the pollution, Amsterdam West ? he meant the Arabs ?

    • @rientsdijkstra4266
      @rientsdijkstra4266 2 місяці тому +1

      @@lucasrem Probably. The comments of these old video's are populated by old geezers who can not get used to the modern world... Their problem.

  • @MrAlwaysBlue
    @MrAlwaysBlue 3 роки тому +25

    First time I went abroad was to Amsterdam in 1974.

    • @dariowiter3078
      @dariowiter3078 3 роки тому

      Did you smoke "weed" there? Or did you "get laid"[that's American for "having a shag"] at the famous red light district? 😉😁🇱🇺

    • @MrAlwaysBlue
      @MrAlwaysBlue 3 роки тому +5

      @@dariowiter3078 I was 9 yr old!

    • @dariowiter3078
      @dariowiter3078 3 роки тому +5

      @@MrAlwaysBlue Sorry! Your comment gave me the impression that you were a British "hippie" in 1974. 😉😁

  • @bojack40
    @bojack40 10 місяців тому +2

    The city and its canals are cleaner, better and quieter…but perhaps less green today. Its a fantastic place

  • @RetroReminiscing
    @RetroReminiscing 3 роки тому +12

    Enjoyed this a lot...even the ducks are considered poisonous! crazy

  • @S7EVE_P
    @S7EVE_P 3 роки тому +36

    Wish I could go back - looks like a much nicer era

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape Рік тому +7

      They been fixing that. Utrecht removed its 12 lane garbageway and put the canal back.

    • @bd3531
      @bd3531 Рік тому

      The garbadgeway is the reason you have a high standart of living, pretentious soiperson

    • @S7EVE_P
      @S7EVE_P Рік тому +5

      @@kishascape I have no idea what you are talking about or what relation it bears to my comment about an era.

    • @frisianmouve
      @frisianmouve Рік тому +17

      @@S7EVE_P It was the era of cowtowing to cars and demolishing buildings for bigger roads before we came to our senses

    • @LeviDoek15
      @LeviDoek15 Рік тому

      @@frisianmouve I think he talks about how people acted and got along

  • @amsterdamwalks
    @amsterdamwalks Рік тому +4

    Great video, and: I am here, for more than 60 years! New subscriber from.................Amsterdam ;-)

  • @clipstone
    @clipstone 3 роки тому +14

    She needs to be careful riding her bike in those flairs. This is something I remember VERY clearly.

  • @dennisvanaerde1393
    @dennisvanaerde1393 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you very Much ❤️😇🙏

  • @rientsdijkstra4266
    @rientsdijkstra4266 2 місяці тому +7

    Reality: the city is much cleaner and quieter and more liveable now than it was in the '70's!

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland Місяць тому

      To emphasize that the canals are quite clean today, several Dutch celebrities have taken much publicized swims in those canals.

  • @mikekaraoke
    @mikekaraoke 3 роки тому +5

    I wonder why Madame Tussauds wasn't mentioned as it did open in Spring of 1972!
    as they have mentioned it other times on other episodes when in Amsterdam. My dad told me when he saw this episode in the 70's he thought the same. lol

  • @stefanufer608
    @stefanufer608 3 роки тому +5

    Judith Chalmers was a fair sort in those days

  • @AchtungEnglander
    @AchtungEnglander 3 роки тому +14

    That's all very interesting Judy, but how much is a blowie?

  • @WickedMuis
    @WickedMuis Рік тому +2

    "perfectly preserved" xD Though that wasn't true the moment this was filmed, it certainly wasn't a few years later when the first metro line was finished!

  • @Ribeirasacra
    @Ribeirasacra 3 роки тому +7

    2:27 Rakes Museum?

    • @MacXpert74
      @MacXpert74 2 роки тому +2

      She meant the Rijksmuseum.

  • @TheKingOfBeans
    @TheKingOfBeans 2 роки тому +6

    Amsterdam is a little overcrowded but still charming

    • @1Rot
      @1Rot Рік тому +4

      a little ???

    • @frankvanhelvert6231
      @frankvanhelvert6231 9 місяців тому +3

      called it Invaded!!

    • @disklamer
      @disklamer 8 місяців тому +2

      We're packed like herrings in a barrel now.

  • @leptir7110
    @leptir7110 Рік тому +1

    THANK YOU❤

  • @lazarevasvetlana5997
    @lazarevasvetlana5997 5 місяців тому +1

    Весной 2024 года я приезжала на экскурсию в Амстердам. Побывала во всех местах показанных в фильме. И ещё в музее Мадам Тюссо восковых фигур. Изменились только цены. Амстердама остался таким же.😃😄 Даже трамваи.

  • @bojack40
    @bojack40 10 місяців тому +2

    So many bigger (size and numbers) trees - even on rozengracht

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 роки тому +1

    What is the purpose of armbands ? Just to keep your shirt sleeves in place ?

  • @lucasrem
    @lucasrem 2 місяці тому

    My father did build a Doll House in Amsterdam too, it did not changed at all...
    More international people that travel, but the same town it is.

  • @Ianzandvoort
    @Ianzandvoort Місяць тому

    Atheneum boekhandel en Cafe Hoppe op 5,55 minuten zijn er nog steeds!

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 роки тому +1

    @3:28 - Blimey, talk about a gannet !

  • @filmer25
    @filmer25 2 місяці тому

    Wow, she's still alive, 89 today.

  • @hrafnofthule5962
    @hrafnofthule5962 3 роки тому +16

    Ahh, before the “peaceful” people arrived

  • @BlondieYouTube
    @BlondieYouTube 7 місяців тому

    0:33 Is she a Vault Dweller?

  • @gan9e
    @gan9e 3 роки тому +14

    I went to Amsterdam in late 2001 for NYE just before they got the Euro, anyway I went with a couple of people I didn't really like... we went to a 'coffee house' and before you could say toke on this I was as high as a stoat... I suddenly realized who I was with and started to go white... luckily I didn't vom but I was close, anyway we ended up in a restaurant for something to sate our munchies and before long I made my excuses and just left... I walked through the snow to the red-light district and I came across one of those adult walk-in video booths... literally... anyway after I'd finished flogging the dolphin ( still as high as a goose ) I decided to walk back to the hostel where I met some lovely American girls who took me under their wing and I had a great time after that, ended up sleeping with a big boobed German girl and I saw in 2002 as a new man... the next day under the 'Euro' everything was chaos... bought a Mars bar from a news agent for 17 Euros... well cheap... who cares.

    • @bd3531
      @bd3531 Рік тому +6

      Dude, you still haven't come down from that high

    • @gan9e
      @gan9e Рік тому +2

      @@bd3531 I'm as high as a goose now...

  • @Onemodelcaraday
    @Onemodelcaraday 11 місяців тому +1

    I was there! Still am ;-)

  • @KipkerrieSchotel32-yb7wj
    @KipkerrieSchotel32-yb7wj 8 місяців тому +2

    17 pence a beer, nowadays at least €4😮

  • @FrankValchiria
    @FrankValchiria 6 місяців тому

    now a 200ml water coast 3.2o euros

  •  Рік тому

    Please activate subtitles

  • @Pinoompje
    @Pinoompje 2 роки тому +3

    Ufffff go to Amsterdam now and you wont find those prices😭

    • @grassytramtracks
      @grassytramtracks 2 роки тому +3

      Well money was worth more and wages were lower so...

  • @kavorkaa
    @kavorkaa 3 роки тому +5

    Wonderful

  • @AmsterdamLive
    @AmsterdamLive 3 роки тому +3

    Niceee

  • @leptir7110
    @leptir7110 Рік тому +1

    OVAKO JA ZAMIŠLJAM AMSTERDAM.IAKO ZNAM DA DANAS IZGLEDA DRUGAČIJE PORADI ...

  • @mrpeel3239
    @mrpeel3239 3 роки тому +4

    Anyone know if the tasting bar still there?

    • @battleofwills7189
      @battleofwills7189 3 роки тому +2

      There are loads of tasting bars.
      Most are in Centraal and some in Jordaan.

    • @SINfromPL
      @SINfromPL 3 роки тому +1

      Asking the right questions

    • @jamesdean1143
      @jamesdean1143 3 роки тому +1

      Wynand Fockink Proeflokaal and Spirits
      Pijlsteeg 31
      1012 HH Amsterdam
      Netherlands

  • @TheOutSiderNL
    @TheOutSiderNL 6 місяців тому

    She came from vault 020

  • @Sportingalagrieska
    @Sportingalagrieska 2 роки тому +2

    At the start of the video I thought it was a Benny Hill episode xD

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles 2 роки тому +1

    " "Cooks" ?? - CHEFS, if you don't mind ! "

  • @davegadge1
    @davegadge1 4 місяці тому

    Think about it 30 years or so early Anna Frank was there! 😢

  • @dsfsdfdsfsdf9806
    @dsfsdfdsfsdf9806 2 місяці тому +2

    Back when Amsterdam still belonged to the Dutch

  • @TheLegend-qj7wh
    @TheLegend-qj7wh 5 місяців тому +2

    Back when Amsterdam was nice 🙏

  • @arthurchinaski3736
    @arthurchinaski3736 6 місяців тому +4

    Amsterdam, like most tourist cities now, has been ruined by the very tourists it attracts. Swarms of people gawping all around, all the signs in English - how exotic!, the same identikit corporate bars and cafes, the locals dazed and bemused driven out by too many Air b'nb s. What's not to like!?

    • @dianavrieze5236
      @dianavrieze5236 5 днів тому

      Love Amsterdam

    • @arthurchinaski3736
      @arthurchinaski3736 5 днів тому

      @@dianavrieze5236 Me too. Just seems over-touristed, like so many places. I'd prefer the signs in Dutch - why not show your own language and culture - isn't that why people visit foreign places? - and less of the corporate stuff.

  • @meyergaelle8108
    @meyergaelle8108 3 роки тому +8

    They all speak English better than french

    • @kamrankhan-lj1ng
      @kamrankhan-lj1ng 3 роки тому +2

      😂
      And they have more Beetles than Germany

    • @slaff632
      @slaff632 3 роки тому +1

      No,german language👆

    • @WillyWonka-yo6wt
      @WillyWonka-yo6wt Рік тому

      And french would speak better spanish than Dutch, germanic vs latin

    • @mmartijn78
      @mmartijn78 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@WillyWonka-yo6wtalmost no one speak Spsnish in French

  • @Neshek023
    @Neshek023 Місяць тому

    once...

  • @ZedtixuS
    @ZedtixuS 8 місяців тому +1

    Wat ze van ons hebben afgepakt.

  • @gord307
    @gord307 3 роки тому +7

    Those prices - shocking! :-)

    • @jangoslinga5643
      @jangoslinga5643 Рік тому +2

      My grandfather told the Guilder was strong against the Pound Sterling in those days.

  • @bojack40
    @bojack40 10 місяців тому +2

    Judith’s pronunciations (e.g. Leidseplein) suggest she didn’t speak to any Dutch people. Interesting that this is just before the UK joined the EU, and it’s clear the audience isn’t expected to know much about the city/the Dutch. No brown cafes left… but the genever tasting bar still exists.

  • @paulthrutner9114
    @paulthrutner9114 Рік тому +1

    Judith chalmers was hot

  • @friedrichstraussler
    @friedrichstraussler 5 місяців тому

    Back when Amsterdam was still Dutch.

    • @PTRK490
      @PTRK490 Місяць тому

      Blame it on the government😂 the whining about "when Amsterdam was still dutch" whenever a white guy is stealing a country, it's okay. But boy, when the tables are turned, and the whites are crying🤡💀

  • @corvavw6447
    @corvavw6447 6 місяців тому

    Deze tijd komt nooit meer terug.
    Amsterdam is nu in een neergaande spiraal ,waneer dit stopt?😢

    • @basvoer-qp7qw
      @basvoer-qp7qw 2 місяці тому

      Nou, juist in de jaren 70 en 80 ging het steeds verder achteruit met Amsterdam. De duizend junkies die daar kwamen om te sterven zie je niet. De krakersrellen en woningnood. De troep en stank van de grachten. Maar inderdaad niet alles is beter geworden. Te veel toerisme, te hoge prijzen en de woningnood is terug.

  • @S.Y.S.64738
    @S.Y.S.64738 3 місяці тому

    No litter.

  • @mistofoles
    @mistofoles Рік тому

    @1:36 - Woman driver.

  • @ariejonker8424
    @ariejonker8424 5 місяців тому

    Begin met 2x Citroën AK 400 2cv en GS.en goedkope huurfietsen.!!!

  • @Vlugge_Japie
    @Vlugge_Japie Рік тому +3

    Ah the 60s and 70s… when everything had to go to make room for cars. Happy we came back from that

  • @marcmercedes2707
    @marcmercedes2707 2 місяці тому

    99 % wrong information ! 😮
    I am from Amsterdam

    • @Neshek023
      @Neshek023 Місяць тому

      Right! it is now Gaza 2.0. 100 % right!

  • @templeguards3035
    @templeguards3035 2 роки тому

    Wowwww drink whiskey

  • @rondijkstra7393
    @rondijkstra7393 3 місяці тому

    ROTTERDAM!

  • @perolagrande
    @perolagrande 3 роки тому +16

    Amazingly sanitised report from the 'posh' Judith Chalmers. No mention of Amsterdam''s realities, such as the Red Light district with its thousands of prostitutes, drunk tourists and sex clubs where anything goes. No mention of the low life tourists attracted to come here solely for the sex industry and the drugs, most of whom are not a pleasure to encounter. A trip to Amsterdam today is a world away from the rose-tinted and stage-managed spectacle that Chalmers presents us with here.

    • @jasonayres
      @jasonayres 3 роки тому

      Can you recommend locations in The Netherlands that are more like the postcards and travel programmes?

    • @perolagrande
      @perolagrande 3 роки тому +9

      @@jasonayres Yes indeed, thanks for your question. Haarlem is a beautiful city close to Amsterdam to walk around in with quaint little streets and lots of unique, individual stores (not part of large chains) and tons of history. Further south, Delft is a charming town that resembles a mini Amsterdam, as it has lots of canals and quaint old buildings. Leiden, the University city, is also charming and built on water. Elsewhere, I found Deventer in the east to be another beautiful little town with great character to walk around in. Sneek, a very small town in Friesland in the North, is also charming. If you go to Sneek, make sure you also visit Appingedam. Friesland has its own language that's apparently close to English, and a distinct identity from the rest of the Netherlands. My advice is get out of Amsterdam and see the real Netherlands.

    • @philiplee7604
      @philiplee7604 3 роки тому +1

      Agree… purely a “ promotional puff piece”, as all airfares, accommodation etc; would have been paid for by their tourist commission.

    • @jasonayres
      @jasonayres 3 роки тому +1

      @@perolagrande Thanks very much.
      I'm taking notes 🙂👍
      I've long been curious in visiting the region.
      I'm on the other side of the world, so I wouldn't want to show up ill prepared!

    • @etherealdreams7936
      @etherealdreams7936 3 роки тому

      @@perolagrande Those places you've mention sound fantastic but can you still do "rumpy pumpy" in those town's !?

  • @borderlord
    @borderlord 5 місяців тому

    Best city for beautiful
    Pure Dutch girls?