Thursday, January 8, 2026

A Journey Around The Netherlands

Last week we visited Amsterdam and The Hague. Today's visit begins after Amsterdam and moves counter-clockwise around the country.

EACH STOP INCLUDES FOUR IMAGES. THE IMAGES ARE FROM GOOGLE EARTH OR STREET VIEW 

The first stop is the city of Haarlem. This city had long been a port and the Siege of Haarlem is what inspired the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule. It was an important industrial city after the Industrial Revolution. New York City began as the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam and this is where the name of Harlem, at the northern end of Manhattan, comes from  The following scenes begin in the Grote Markt, which is the central square of Haarlem.





There are multiple scenes following. To see the scenes, after the first one, you must first click the up arrow ^, before you can move on to the next scene by clicking the right or forward arrow, >,  After clicking the up arrow, you can then hide the previews of successive scenes, if you wish.






https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1593571,4.4912322,3a,60y,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sk9J8S73N9r1D0pJm16M3DA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

The Medieval city of Delft, between Rotterdam and The Hague, is especially known for it's world-famous glazed pottery. The church in the first of the following views is the site of Dutch royal burials. The Delft City Hall is at the other end of the square.



















https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barendrecht,+Netherlands/@51.8509182,4.5494132,3a,75y,256.22h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1skxJl4AwZT8aioyNfvC14ow!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0%26panoid%3DkxJl4AwZT8aioyNfvC14ow%26yaw%3D256.22162!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x47c433d53ed98595:0xf816e27ac2665aec!8m2!3d51.8515088!4d4.5485809!16zL20vMHc5eDY?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

In the far south of the Netherlands is the city of Eindhoven, which was an important industrial city. I can't imagine what my youth would have been like without cassette tapes. My parents gave me a cassette tape recorder for Christmas when I was 13. Now I could record music directly from the radio. Cassette tapes and CDs were both invented by Philips, which began in Eindhoven.




















Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)