1970s Amsterdam | Riding around Amsterdam | Wish you were here? | 1974

'Wish you were here?' Presenter Judith Chalmers takes a bike around some of the historic sites of Amsterdam!
Filmed in 1974
First shown: 27/02/1975
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[@markvandergriend3359]

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.

[@Evolutiontweaked]

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]

رحمه لمك دزلي دعوة عمل

[@bd3531]

How is the holocaust relevant to your bitter sweet nostalgia?

[@CanalDoRaphaelDeLio]

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

[@Evolutiontweaked]

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

[@Evolutiontweaked]

@@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

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

First time I went abroad was to Amsterdam in 1974.

[@dariowiter3078]

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

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

@@dariowiter3078 I was 9 yr old!

[@dariowiter3078]

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

[@RetroReminiscing]

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

[@AchtungEnglander]

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

[@Astro_War]

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

[@kishascape]

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

[@bd3531]

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

[@Astro_War]

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

[@frisianmouve]

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

[@LDGinVI]

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

[@dennisvanaerde1393]

Thank you very Much ❤️😇🙏

[@amsterdamwalks]

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

[@clipstone]

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

[@stefanufer608]

Judith Chalmers was a fair sort in those days

[@leptir7110]

THANK YOU❤

[@mikekaraoke]

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

[@TheKingOfBeans]

Amsterdam is a little overcrowded but still charming

[@1Rot]

a little ???

[@frankvanhelvert6231]

called it Invaded!!

[@disklamer]

We're packed like herrings in a barrel now.

[@bojack40]

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

[@mistofoles]

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

[@bojack40]

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

[@Ribeirasacra]

2:27 Rakes Museum?

[@MacXpert74]

She meant the Rijksmuseum.

[@ZedtixuS]

Wat ze van ons hebben afgepakt.

[@Onemodelcaraday]

I was there! Still am ;-)

[@kavorkaa]

Wonderful

[@WickedMuis]

"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!

[@mistofoles]

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

[@AmsterdamLive]

Niceee

[@hrafnofthule5962]

Ahh, before the “peaceful” people arrived

[@gord307]

Those prices - shocking! :-)

[@jangoslinga5643]

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

[@mistofoles]

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

[@Sportingalagrieska]

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

[@JacobPlat]

It was, actually!

[@KipkerrieSchotel32-yb7wj]

17 pence a beer, nowadays at least €4😮

[@BlondieYouTube]

0:33 Is she a Vault Dweller?

Please activate subtitles

[@mrpeel3239]

Anyone know if the tasting bar still there?

[@battleofwills7189]

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

[@SINfromPL]

Asking the right questions

[@jamesdean1143]

Wynand Fockink Proeflokaal and Spirits Pijlsteeg 31 1012 HH Amsterdam Netherlands

[@Pinoompje]

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

[@grassytramtracks]

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

[@paulthrutner9114]

Judith chalmers was hot

[@leptir7110]

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

[@meyergaelle8108]

They all speak English better than french

[@kamrankhan-lj1ng]

😂 And they have more Beetles than Germany

[@slaff632]

No,german language👆

[@WillyWonka-yo6wt]

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

[@mmartijn78]

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

[@gan9e]

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]

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

[@gan9e]

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

[@templeguards3035]

Wowwww drink whiskey

[@Vlugge_Japie]

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

[@mistofoles]

@1:36 - Woman driver.

[@bojack40]

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.

[@perolagrande]

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]

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

[@perolagrande]

@@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]

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

[@jasonayres]

@@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]

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