Why The Houses In Amsterdam Have High Roof Tops

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Why the houses in amsterdam have high roof tops.

85 meters up in the air the floor 17 terrace comes with panoramic views over amsterdam and a modern lounge style decor. Adding extra floors on top. So why do amsterdam s buildings have hooks. Located in one of the most beautiful buildings in town.

These would be used to winch possessions and merchandise in the case of warehouses to the upper levels. The houses in amsterdam may be narrow but they are quite deep. The characteristic hooks located in the top of amsterdam houses serve to pull goods up the houses using a wheel and rope. In the back of the block of houses there is a spacious private garden.

Sometimes there was a little garden house or carriage house or stables for horses. Especially in the amsterdam jordaan quarter houses started to sink into the ground when they added an extra floor on top the weight of the house is bigger than the old builders had calculated all those centuries ago. Those hooks are used to haul pianos furniture and other large objects into the houses or apartments because the stairways are typically very narrow. A dutch colleague of mine explained it to me tall and narrow dutch houses come with tight and narrow staircases staircases that are nearly impossible to navigate when moving furniture and ot.

However if you have the opportunity to see someone moving in amsterdam you will see these hooks in action helping move big pieces of furniture up and down the buildings. If you have something to celebrate this is the one. Notice at the tops of the houses the small hooks sticking out. Explore the fascinating history behind amsterdam s iconic canal houses and discover why they are so very narrow.

I was curious about this too while i was in amsterdam. Many of amsterdam s leaning buildings have a cantilevered beam and hook protruding from the gable at roof height. You pay taxes. On the canals at the border of the nine streets and the jordaan.

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