Who can't help but fall in love with the cockeyed canal houses of Amsterdam? While strolling the streets, I saw numerous sofas being hoisted through windows, hanging from a hook on a wonderfully ornate gable. When I arrived with my enormous suitcase in tow, I laughed when I opened the front door to the apartment I was staying in and wondered how in the world I was going to get up the most narrow staircase I had ever encountered. Very carefully and sideways, as it turned out.
Interesting fact: the houses are narrow because property taxes were based on the width of the house, so people built them narrow, deep, and tall.
10 comments:
Cute houses and great captures!
What an interesting display!! Goes to show you I guess that home truly is where the heart is :)
Thanks for the quirky look Irene.
Lyle
I love such houses, amazing. :)
So beautiful houses and the thanks for the interesting story behind.
Beautiful! You're making me really miss Europe
awwww such beautiful!
I love hearing tales of how different communities evade taxes! Thanks for sharing!
Great picture.I like it.Good job keep it up
Awesome pictures ! What type of camera do you use ?
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