Very good video of the city where I live since 1978. Just one small point, at 8:14 I hear: "the Dutch king, William of Orange". He never was the King of Holland, his title was Prince of Orange (Principality of Orange, France, 1163 to 1713).
You are correct, thanks...I realized next day, too late, but did label him correctly in the main movie ruclips.net/video/Sc4t0xVIYWc/видео.html Things get more confusing because there were two Williams of Orange, the more famous one being William III a century later who also was king of England, whereas the William who rescued Leiden, thus major Dutch hero, is often called William the Silent. Confusing%#^%@& Then he was assassinated in Delft in 1584 -- not much gratitude. Times were difficult back then.
Excellent and very informative video yet again. Kudo's for this. :) Did you know that Mayor Van der Werff offered himself up to the people of Leiden to be eaten during the Spanish war? Because the Spanish couldn't take Leiden by force, their intent was to starve Leiden out. And they nearly succeeded. Leiden and it's people were on the brink of starvation, and so the mayor eventually offered himself up to be eaten by the people. But the people refused this. And not much later a boy named Jan (or Jantje, which translates much to Little John) saw during a night a parade of lights marching away. It turned out to be the Spanish army retreating. He then found food that the army had left behind, which was a mix of potatoes, onions and carrots. Enough food was found for Leiden to survive. That's also why the 3rd of October (when we were liberated from the Spanish army) is still celebrated to this day and that food Jantje found, we call it "Hutspot" and it's the traditional food of Leiden during the 3rd of October.
According to your Tourist Information Office, VVV, both Bush and Obama had Pilgrim ancestors who departed from Leiden to America. Here is the TI brochure quote: "The ancestors of President Obama lived in Leiden. He is a direct descendant of a Leiden pilgrim family. Presidents Grant, Coolidge, Taylor, F.D. Roosevelt and the Bushes too have Leiden Pilgrims as ancestors."
Beautiful scenery and plenty to explore. Thanks
so beautiful and peaceful...would love to live on a boat on the canals.....
Wonderful place 👌👌👌
5:15 - "We don't know if they're really studying, but they're at least inside." lol!
Njce video Dennis . Thanks for posting !
Love you beautiful country
Love you beautiful people
One day I visit your peaceful &Neat country ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙌😘
A student from south India👍❤️😍😍😘😍😘
Awesome video, really enjoyed my 1 year stay in Netherlands
Ich liebe die holländischen Kanäle und die unkomplizierten Menschen.
Really I thank you for this video,,,
I was looking for this town but I didn't know the name for it,,,
Thank you thank you
Its a great video hope i can visit here soon😊
great vid, you should have also shown the poems wriiten on the walls thru town.
Very good video of the city where I live since 1978. Just one small point, at 8:14 I hear: "the Dutch king, William of Orange". He never was the King of Holland, his title was Prince of Orange (Principality of Orange, France, 1163 to 1713).
You are correct, thanks...I realized next day, too late, but did label him correctly in the main movie ruclips.net/video/Sc4t0xVIYWc/видео.html Things get more confusing because there were two Williams of Orange, the more famous one being William III a century later who also was king of England, whereas the William who rescued Leiden, thus major Dutch hero, is often called William the Silent. Confusing%#^%@& Then he was assassinated in Delft in 1584 -- not much gratitude. Times were difficult back then.
Excellent and very informative video yet again. Kudo's for this. :)
Did you know that Mayor Van der Werff offered himself up to the people of Leiden to be eaten during the Spanish war? Because the Spanish couldn't take Leiden by force, their intent was to starve Leiden out. And they nearly succeeded. Leiden and it's people were on the brink of starvation, and so the mayor eventually offered himself up to be eaten by the people. But the people refused this. And not much later a boy named Jan (or Jantje, which translates much to Little John) saw during a night a parade of lights marching away. It turned out to be the Spanish army retreating. He then found food that the army had left behind, which was a mix of potatoes, onions and carrots. Enough food was found for Leiden to survive. That's also why the 3rd of October (when we were liberated from the Spanish army) is still celebrated to this day and that food Jantje found, we call it "Hutspot" and it's the traditional food of Leiden during the 3rd of October.
That's a fascinating story about the heroic struggle, thanks so much.
Unlikely that the original hutspot contained potatoes, so soon after the discovery of the Americas
Great movie.
Iunderstend the o'clock film
It's very nice iunderstend the o'clock film
underbart som vanligt man blir aldrig besviken swede wiking
@NorthernLights wikingar levde i sweden för 1000 yers ago dom upptäckte amerika sant eller fel ha en bra dag
hälsningar swerige
There was a in my until I discovered
Ik live in Leiden
1:33 lol.
Rucht gratuliere for das feste holidays
President Bush had ancestors here not Obama
According to your Tourist Information Office, VVV, both Bush and Obama had Pilgrim ancestors who departed from Leiden to America. Here is the TI brochure quote: "The ancestors of President Obama lived in Leiden. He is a direct descendant of a Leiden pilgrim family. Presidents Grant, Coolidge, Taylor, F.D. Roosevelt and the Bushes too have Leiden Pilgrims as ancestors."
@@denniscallan thnx i did not know that
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