The $1.8 Billion Plan for Amsterdam

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[@hoogyoutube]

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[@TheMythh]

"I couldn't be fucked to rerender" 🤣

[@lowseasonbitch]

great video ! good job my man

[@jaysunbrady]

After living there I get it. I'd give anything to be able to live there again.

[@AAb-xy6et]

De Bijlmer was great, it's just sad they filled it up with criminals, The Netherlands currently barely got any prisons left, they just put such people in de Bijlmer, the idea on itself was great.

[@user-uy1rg8td1v]

Great KZbin channel and videos, but I found the background music to be too loud though. I would highly suggest to not have any background music. I strongly believe background music is annoying, distracting and unnecessary (especially for educational videos with lots of talking). I also believe people want to hear you speak and not hear generic background music that doesn't add anything productive and that people have to to mentally filter out. I'm also a little neurodivergent and am vulnerable to audio over-stimulation. Plus it will be one less thing thing to do when making videos. Thank you for you consideration.

[@CupOfKai]

Remember having a coffee in Houdthaven and being like “oh would love to live here let’s have a look” and there being literally nothing below 1.2 mil 😢

[@JustATrippyDuck]

The cut to the amount of social housing was a travesty

[@Skankhunt668]

jup sad reality

[@sorenjunkers3834]

yeah like all of those things its only for rich people

[@JennyvdK]

It's Amsterdam... Al houses there are unaffordable

[@Sp4mMe]

I still find it hard to blame the "good" places for that issue. The problem is that lots of other places are crap - and that there isn't enough of them of any quality. That's what driving this demand; it's not the "fault" of the well designed ones. Though of course we can talk about various social policies and so on, but that's really just treating symptoms instead of the cause.

[@eenis1281]

Interlinked

[@Wydliez]

First time he said it, I knew he was internet enough to make the joke

[@backstein972]

Its a reference to Bladerunner 2049 i think@NoahElShemy

[@EGRJ]

@NoahElShemy In Blade Runner 2049, the main character is a synthetic human cop. The cops regularly test him to make sure he's "baseline"; not having any dangerous (human) feelings. The test is some guy asking him questions, including the word "interlinked". Just search for "blade runner baseline test".

[@Cm0nd00d]

cells within cells

[@Christian-Tibosi]

@@Cm0nd00d Interlinked

[@David-mj4gw]

Hoog try not to glaze Amsterdam for 5 minutes challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[@Distress.]

Haven't watched it yet, and I'm sure its got good points, but seems like Amsterdam is the new Sweden for disaffected Americans.

[@hoogyoutube]

Sorry

[@mach1nefan]

@@Adam-326 looks like someone’s fallen victim to bullshit propaganda 🤷

[@CAPTAiNC]

Typisch 020 gedrag hahah

[@JelliinaCup]

@hoogyoutube oh you're fine, it's why we're here

[@sownheard]

5:34 MEME, Eiland

[@Arturino_Burachelini]

'Cause Memmel

[@maxwellhong5218]

MEME ISLAND

[@Arturino_Burachelini]

@@NickIggler1969 And?

[@Arturino_Burachelini]

@@NickIggler1969 Your problem 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@focusezz6947]

I burst out laughing when I heard it hahahaha

[@waralo191]

What a pity that there are not more cafes and shops, big developement projects always fail because they seperate living, leisure and working, instead of packing them close together

[@v13w5]

Yes.

[@ShirleyShirley-t5f]

Are you suggesting the 15 minute suburb? Sounds a good idea and what else we don’t expect.

[@DavidBcc]

It's prohibitively expensive to run a business in communist Amsterdam, no one would take the risk in a new neighborhood.

[@MaximusAugustusOrthodox]

@@DavidBcc „communist Amsterdam“ 💀 let me guess you are American right?

[@DavidBcc]

@@MaximusAugustusOrthodox Nope, left the EU years ago. You *know* it's getting bad, but you're probably still in denial.

[@sserpxee]

So I just looked up what up for sale in this neighbourhood. Cheapest you can find is €369000 for a 39m² appartment. Most of them are between 500k and 1million. If you want to live on meme island, there's 1 appartment you can still bid on, but it's currently on €925k.

[@luipaardprint]

You overlooked the 250.000 euro 20 square meter apartments!

[@ivanbykov8974]

That’s not too far from Amsterdam’s average right now.

[@hoogyoutube]

Amsterdam is one of the most demanded cities at the moment to live in. And it's in a country with the worst housing crisis in Europe. Even if you built a monotonous high rise, you'd still have super expensive apartments. The design itself, with the exception of the tunnel, artificial canals, and the individually designed homes on Narva (although I imagine these will be able to procedurally generated in the future) are not the relevant part here for why the costs are so high.

[@jiriwichern]

I own a two room apartment (barely 50 m2 total) on the other side of the Netherlands, in Nijmegen (near the German border), in an architecturally so called 'Bloemkoolwijk' (early '80s). No elevator (housing that stays below 3 main floors doesn't have to include one, following the Dutch building code) no parking space, just the apartment itself. In ten years its taxable value (WOZ) went from €87.000 to over €200.000. This is for an over 40 years old apartment on the outskirts of a medium sized (170.000 inhabitants) Dutch city. You can bet new 'affordable' houses in Amsterdam are way, way, way more expensive. Definitely with current housing prices. A typical sub 100m2 Dutch '1 family' house (rijtjeswoning) easily hits the €350.000 here. And those are considered the cheap family houses. You bet in Amsterdam you can't find anything decent for a family to live in under €500.000. And all it brings me are high taxes. You can't eat bricks.

[@Azoury1]

Halve of Memeleiland is social/student housing. I pay 400€ including utilities with 2 roommates for a 90m2 apartment with a balcony.

[@rudeboy212]

A niche youtube channel about architecture has become for me a top 3 best youtube channels to ever exist, and I don't even like architecture unless I'm watching your videos.

[@SKVLE]

What are the others?

[@rudeboy212]

@@SKVLE "Kurzgesagt" and "Canal Nostalgia"

[@theskyyisgold8824]

I walked through this neighborhood last year and was so impressed by it! so beautiful and calm, this is truly one of the best modern urban planning and architecture projects I have seen so far

[@ProducerJakeyJam]

You to Freiburg Germany and have a look at the Vabaun Quartier. It's the best place in the world in my opinion

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

@@ProducerJakeyJamLet me guess… you are from Germany. 😂

[@jbx9950]

I've lived all over Amsterdam: NIeuwmarkt (the oldest part of town), Amsterdam Noord (post-war high-rise similar to what you see when he mentions de Bijlmer), Oud West (trendy neighborhood from around the turn of the century), Zeeburg (worker's neighborhood also from the turn of the century), Ijburg (man-made island from the turn of the millennium) and Zeeburgereiland (a neighborhood "completed" in 2018). I can say that Amsterdam has learned from its mistakes and mastered the art of building exceptionally great livable neighborhoods (Ijburg and Zeeburgereiland are perfect examples, ask anyone who's actually lived around here). They continue, however, to struggle with 1. making them beautiful (although they have some very nice buildings and moments), 2. connecting them efficiently to the rest of the city, and 3., of course, making them affordable for people to invest into (buy a house and form/become part of a community). This is an awesome video.

[@mardiffv.8775]

This is how you write IJburg. Both I and J are the Dutch Y.

[@mernisch8307]

I think they are not well connected because Dutch soil conditions make building mass transit extremely difficult and expensive. This, combined with the extensive cycling network and high rate of cycling, just makes it hard to justify going through the painful process of building transit infrastructure. Because of cycling, mass transit is never a necessity and isn't seen as utmost important in the construction of new neighborhoods

[@mardiffv.8775]

@@mernisch8307 Sorry, not quite. The Netherlands has an excellent train network. 60 % of the Dutch live within 6 km from a train station. And were there are not train, such in the Noord Oost Polder, there are buses. Bikes are not long distance vehicles. 10 km one way distance is regarded by experts as the practical limit. 15 km as the limit for experienced cyclists and 25 km for E-bike cyclists. So 20, 30 and 50 km in total.

[@mernisch8307]

@@mardiffv.8775 this actually perfectly follows my theory. Everything is designed with bikes in mind. This means inner city transit connections are relatively weak as biking is the preferred mode of transportation (they were talking about the connection between different neighborhoods in a single city). For connections between different cities on the other hand, bikes and trains complement each other very well, that's why the they run a very extensive national train system.

[@mardiffv.8775]

@@mernisch8307 Yes and no, Dutch cities have bus, subway and tram lines too. Because not everyone can or wants to cycle. The number is people cycling is 25 %. Also 25 % of all trips inside Dutch cities are done on foot and 25 % take public transport. The remaining 25 % is done by car. So Dutchies have plenty of options. Also Dutch cities have been REdesigned for the bike from the 90's onwards. Up to the 70's the car was nr. 1 in city planning. Dutchies cycling dropped 6 % each year. The main reason why bikes were given priority is safe streets, because cars killed nearly 4000 Dutchmen each year in the early 70's, including 400 children. That is why a protest movement "Stop de kindermoord/ stop the child murder" held protests and politicians pick up the message for safe streets. And cycling infra does not stop at the city limits. You can cycle in the whole of the Netherlands in safety.

[@yuhau1535]

This channel is an ode to the Netherlands urban planning ♥

[@MvD-kt2rx]

I thought the 1.8 billion was needed by Ajax to keep up with Feyenoord

[@AbeJager]

@@MvD-kt2rxsad but likely true

[@theorixlux]

Your VA failed the replicant deviancy test 9:21 send him in

[@LotusOverWater]

I noticed that too jajajaja

[@melkboi8306]

INTERLINKED

[@EGRJ]

He's not even *close* to baseline.

[@musansombo7590]

Cells

[@kre4ture218]

Someone explain this please

[@the_aesthetic_city]

Great video, as usual - I loved the part about how the Bijlmermeer not only provides homes, but also *information* on how to not build massive housing projects. Cheers!!

[@cmw3737]

The principle of a container with strong constraints but with room to play and be creative and unique within those constraints applies to so much in life. From good architecture and neighbourhoods to raising children to employee job satisfaction. It is what we naturally feel joyous about. A balance of certainty, familiarity and safety but also freedom and change.

[@yakub3962]

What if we kissed in the Meme Island 😳👉🏻👈🏻

[@1brocktune]

69 likes NO ONE ELSE LIKE THIS

[@orelegend1244]

I feel sto stupid for laughing at meme eiland

[@BaikalLV]

He made a mistake, it’s MemelEiland , check Google . It’s an old name of Klaipeda in Lithuania, Baltic’s where wood used to come from. Majority of the islands are named after cities in Baltics. So weird he didn’t mention that :/

[@mariussulland5920]

travelling to Amsterdam for the 7th time in late june. cant wait to walk the streets after watching your videos. Thanks!

[@danielserrano929]

I visited the city back in Jan. 2019 and i loved it so much. Such a rich culture and unique city design, I would definitely go back!

[@benanders4412]

I don't understand why people go to Amsterdam. My family lived there for at least 10 generations. We fled the city. I avoid that city like the plague. Just like most of it's original inhabitants. The only place still worth visiting is the zoo.

[@danielserrano929]

@@benanders4412 It depends on what you like, I loved the coffeeshops and bars. The red light district is so much fun to just walk through. Though wouldn’t move there anytime soon, not because I dont know the language but because I know the job market is crazy competitive and I’m a blue collar worker.

[@benanders4412]

@@danielserrano929 That's probably it. I don't care about any of that. But i worked in Amsterdam {blue collar worker back then}. Plenty of work. Made good money. But a horrible experience for any blue collar worker who needs a car to do his job. Plus the fact that you can't leave any tools anywhere because they get stolen. And junkies will break into everything, even a chemical toilet. So you need to take all tools with you every day. And for that you need a car. Parking is expensive and sometimes not even possible anywhere close to the job. So you have to carry your tools for two blocks back and fort every day. And sometime discover that your toilet has become unusable because junkies have broken into it and left needles all over the place. So i had a horrible experience working there in a blue collar job. In fact, it motivated me to do extra schooling so i could move to a white collar job in another city.

[@literallyjustgrass]

@@benanders4412 Most people that go to amsterdam don't go there to live there for their entire lives, they go for a day, maybe a week 😅. Once the novelty wears off i'd want a quieter place too.

[@petersantos6395]

You didn't mention public transport, which there is practically none in this area (1 bus stop), passing through the houthavens everyday I can tell you this is the worst area in Amsterdam for traffic, maybe in the future it will improve but at the moment I don't see any plans being made

[@hoogyoutube]

Fair. But I think west is generally weak in public transit overall, not specifically houthavens

[@RobSoskop]

It's perfectly easy to reach by bicycle. One of my best friends lives there and I always cycle there if I go there to visit him. Besides that, Haarlemmerplein is not far from there and once you're there you're in the centre of Amsterdam. There's also a ferry to Noord and there are many bars, restaurants, shops and parks really closeby.

[@kimberlysoto6864]

@@petersantos6395 this is the biggest reason I don’t rent hotel rooms at one lovely spot in particular in Houthavens….the accessibility by public transport is not there. Sadly.

[@rayian536]

​@@kimberlysoto6864How so? With the bus 48 you're in centraal station in 15 minutes. From there you have access to everything.

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

@@kimberlysoto6864Bike. 😂

[@GizmoMaxx]

Best YT Channel hands down. The Visuals The Storyline The Presentation its Grand !

[@ruben9912]

As someone who was born and raised in this city: just to be clear, true locals all hate this building (Pontsteiger) with a burning passion. It embodies an elite that is completely detached from reality. Just like the building, which is like a fortress for rich people, inserted near what has been for decades been the most valuable building in the city. Drive your mercedes AMG straight into the parking garage and never meet another soul! Sounds like the future already. "How Amsterdam built a monolithic eyesore with the most spacious and luxury interiors no working class person could ever afford" In a city lacking tens of thousands of housing units, this is the shit that keeps making it through all the "bureaucracy". We'll soon have dozens of these developments and will be no closer to a housing solution. "Progress!"

[@luipaardprint]

Oh good, I just finished writing my comment about hating this building with a passion as well 😂 I was less eloquent though.

[@damianborkowski7429]

True locals sound quite spiteful

[@趙金德-x9v]

"True" locals. What else are there? "Fake" locals?

[@patrick_test123]

Maybe if they build the dozent of those, they might inch closer to the number of flats they bulldozed in Bijlmermeer

[@luipaardprint]

@@damianborkowski7429 the neighbourhood was very harmonious in its design beforehand, the building just sticks out like a grotesque eyesore. The rest of the neighbourhood is fine though, if a bit expensive.

[@pingwingugu5]

It looks amazing. Though I doubt that this is affordable by any means. Even ignoring the canals, hiding most of the car traffic and parking spaces undergrounds has to be expensive.

[@hoogyoutube]

Mega

[@Nooliy1]

Well you can thank the government for that.

[@janlowes232]

i love it how you first think the voice with the old microphone is real until it talks about the sponsor

[@red_skies80]

I mean, even the Bijlmermeer (a supposed dystopic housing development) looks 100 times better than any social housing project I’ve seen built in that decade

[@MartijnPennings]

The problem was that nobody wanted to live there, so in the end the only people that did live there were the ones who didn't have a choice. Those were the immigrants from former Dutch colonies such as Surinam and the Antilles, and migrant workers from the 50's and 60's from Turkey and Morocco. They weren't wanted in any other neighborhood, so the Bijlmeeer was their refuge. Unemployment and crime were sky high and the entire neighborhood became unsafe.

[@MartijnPennings]

Hoog made a video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXvWpmqKq5KZiLssi=vUvTMxvgYVgRrDcU

[@vindicies7399]

this is one of the best videos i've watched this year. i love everything, the topic, the animation style, the cool and rational explainations. what a brick!

[@ChrisMarrin]

Can we appreciate the visuals and animations? It is so beautifully made!

[@kingfish2703]

Amsterdam is by far the most advanced and beautiful city I've ever been to. It's like a hopeful view into the future

[@kyleid3446]

Honestly jealous we don't really have many neighbourhoods like this in London. Nordhavn, kobenhavn sv, and carlsberg factory neighbourhoods in copenhagen are absolutely amazing

[@luipaardprint]

I’m sure you would love to buy a 20 square meter apartment for 200.000 euros. Although if you’re from London that probably sound reasonable now that I think about it.

[@kyleid3446]

@@luipaardprintyou're on point. At least copenhagen gets nice new neighbourhoods, while the UK makes new neighbourhoods worse than old ones, for some bizarre reason. And yes 200k for 20sqm in london will be a 50 minute commute and you'll have rotting floorboards and mould in every corner :(

[@tgb-nm8yd]

You live in fake London? Because real London is quite the city...

[@Muscles_McGee]

The narrator you found and the voice filter used is exactly the same as famous voice actors from the 1940's, 50's and 60's. Pretty amazing reproduction of that exact style.

[@K1ddkanuck]

Was going to say this. It is almost eerie how authentically mid modern the voiceover sounds.

[@Muscles_McGee]

​@@K1ddkanuck I love smart people who get my references. Makes me feel all warm and buttery.

[@K1ddkanuck]

@@Muscles_McGee You're a gentleman and a scholar, sir.

[@TheIggyTech]

It's interesting you mentioned the "organized chaos" design language. I stayed with a friend living in NDSM Warf last year for a few days and saw the exact same design philosophy. Lots of large apartment buildings but every one of them had their own design and style so as to avoid a "sameness" affect. That same friend said that locals refer to the Pontsteiger as "the toilet bowl" so take that for what you will lol :D

[@for_nothing_important]

Hoog is definitely sponsored by Amsterdam.

[@hoogyoutube]

I wish

[@Pharosare]

@@hoogyoutube are you a dutch psyop?

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

Well not to get more tourists… Amsterdam wishes less tourists 😂 Over 20 million per year. Why would they sponsor Hoog?

[@milovansluis]

Fckn coool as always, next level storytelling and visuals

[@James-bt9og]

this is an incredible video. I lived in Houthavens for a couple years and your explanation of it all really puts words to how it felt to live there.

[@_loss_]

I really like how some of the names derive from other towns/cities in Europe that were relevant to the timber trade.

[@Autohunter06]

As a born Amsterdammer, i always suprised about Amsterdam. its keep innovating and growing with each day ! we only with 800.000 citizens

[@vcalblas]

Meme Island? You misread the name, Hoog. It's Memel Island, with an extra L. Named after Memel, the old name for the Lithuanian city of Klaipėda.

[@toddb.7016]

You miss read. Take a look again.

[@dem1seCS]

@@toddb.7016 can't believe that it flew right over his head lol

[@toddb.7016]

@@dem1seCS Some people see what they want to i guess

[@jordanhalpin4125]

Love how your style is developing, clarifying and improving! Keep being unique.

[@bastaartp7855]

As someone from Amsterdam, new neighborhoods like Houthaven and IJburg symbolyze a typical issue for Amsterdam (and in ways the Netherlands in general). It is a big-city neighborhood, a city with a center that is not really built for cars, yet the suburbs are built around cars specifically. I don't have an issue with the cars themselves, but reaching these neighborhoods from anywhere outside of Amsterdam using public transport is a ridiculous time-investment. I used to live in Haarlem, at 5 min from the train station, which in turn has a 15 minute connection to Amsterdam central station. However, getting to my work in IJburg was a daily 2x 1 hour+ commute. Don't get me wrong, I love the style of some streets in these neighborhood (not all, but still better than your average big city modern construction projects), but my pet peeve, public transport, tends to get overlooked, while it should be the perfect location for it.

[@r6k8n99]

"built to match the vibe" is a good sentence, def top 10

[@sohigh10]

"give them choice" is an interesting take when there is so little availability at such high cost.

[@VagueWizzard]

once again you delivered us a masterwork

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

The views from above are better at showing how few distinct buildings there actually are. These are not rows of separate buildings but buildings with variable facades. This is necessary to place the auto infrastructure below.

[@MulderJosh]

Really informative video! I live in the Houthavens and did not know all this. It’s really well thought out and the ‘vibe’ of the neighborhood is really good.

[@TheeAncientUrchin]

Genuinely, some of the best videos on this site.

[@croozerdog]

i still love emmen's combination of modernist concrete blocks and personality, they put some futher back creating little pockets of gardens, they make some in squares creating little communal areas inside, regardless of how the city itself turned out. the documentary about it from andere tijden is very good. it's funny seeing people from the big cities take tourbusses to marvel at emmen.

[@ratznefumel]

Goed filmpje weer hoog. Interesting to see different variations. Structured chaos is a great way to stop making vinex wijken. Unique homes make you feel more strongly connect to said home.

[@digotron2000]

i lived in the bijlmer for maybe a month or two and it was really nice. theres been some new development that brought mixed use stuff and some more variety. It seems it wasnt perfect when it was built but its adapted and improved over time. I just really like how the density of the buildings allows for a lot of public green space your basically just living in a park, I definitely think theres more that could be built upon that idea

[@aaronjones8905]

Build for beauty, and the people will add the function. Build for function, and beauty will forever struggle.

[@fidelio9301]

Facts. It’s soulless.

[@aluisious]

That sounds nice, but it's empty rhetoric.

[@nandorio1841]

i have been done many walks there is actually my dreamplace to live in Amsterdam, looks from another dimension and the views on the pier are just brilliant

[@marcdegat9775]

I am usually irritated by an advertisement in the middle a video-I have a premium account to avoid them. The ad in the middle of this video was handled so artfully, The same vintage voice from the previous segment was brilliant. The ad did not interrupt the video, but enhanced it; kudos

[@waviyanlokss4157]

That ad break blended in so well I had to watch it twice lol😂 had a feeling cause the graphics but the quality got me😂just shows the lengths u go to entertain us👊🏽

[@nielskooloos5726]

I've been following you casually since you started uploading and I can only say: you deserve all the succes! These videos are insanely well-made and researched.

[@hoogyoutube]

Dank je Niels!

[@liefdesbaard]

Amazing how you absolutely transform these, already quite interesting topics into high quality, high production value masterpieces like these.

[@durchschnittlich]

Amsterdam is a giant art project

[@theorixlux]

Picasso , I like it

[@Svebderman]

But also nearly a million people!

[@meucanalmix]

I just love the Dutch people and their genius in planning

[@LetsDoThisAlone]

1:41 left bottom corner 🤣

[@bullishboi]

@@LetsDoThisAlone yeah I just see that😂😂

[@Za7a7aZ]

A few years back I visited the rijksmuseum and of all objects one painting impressed me most. Anybody who visited A'dam knows that the pavement and many houses at the grachten , canals are skewed ...this painting from the 17th century was made just after the finished canal builts. Everything in that picture is perfect and new..a real eye opener and realization of the workings of time.

[@ReginaJewelry]

OMG DRONE SHOTS???! You officially broke the Internet

[@kdm_entertainment]

?

[@elemersanmiguel]

I work just next to Houthavens, glad to learn more about its history!

[@schlaumayer3754]

It's Memel-eiland, not Meme-eiland (I assume named after the Memel river, the border between Kaliningrad (Russia) and Lithuania and from 1918 to 1945 the easternmost border of the German Empire)

[@MChagall]

Eastern*

[@schlaumayer3754]

@@MChagall Yes, obviously. Thanks

[@alexvlkvkna]

More likely it's named after Memel the city, nowadays known as Klaipeda. The naming convention here revolves around Baltic ports - Memel, Narva, Vyborg, Libau (Liepaja), Revel (Tallinn), Stettin (Szczecin), Karlskrona

[@Stelvisti]

First off all.. a-ma-zing video again. For the people who are visiting this area , don’t forget to cross the park and visit the original Amsterdamse School area. You will be mindblown. There is a building/museum called “het schip” and worth visiting. I have lived in this area for over 20 years in one of those old warehouses and loved the transformation of this neighborhood from kinda bad to one of the most creative and inspiring places in amsterdam.

[@jmac3327]

The "options" are severely circumscribed. The blandness and uniformity of the sites may appeal only to a population without alternatives.

[@MaupieTido]

Having been living in Amsterdam for the past 3.5 years, from which 1.5 years in the Houthavens. I can say with certainty that the Houthavens is one of the best designed neighborhoods of the Netherlands because of its location (15 minutes walking to the city centre), its facilities (multiple gyms and supermarkets inside 5 minutes walking) and its mixed demographics (students, families and elderly living next to eachother). There’s even a dock which is filled with people taking a swim in the ij during hot summer days. Some buildings got nominated for awards and prizes and you can see why. It’s where old and new collide. It’s amazing city planning and a strong piece of city design.

[@weelqa]

This was interesting to watch, thank you!

[@hoogyoutube]

Thank you for watching!

[@tom_edge]

I recently stayed at a hotel in the Ponsteiger building, and walked through the full area on the way to westerpark. For me, it doesn't come close to the vibes of true, old Amsterdam, but for a new development is one of the best I have ever experienced - managing to incorporate some soul and feeling to a brand new, purpose built area

[@axinqmc]

Dude these videos are always amazing, thanks for another banger :)

[@luclaan8165]

My uncle life’s here. I’ve stayed a few times for a week when he was on holiday and it’s really comfortable and a cool place to be. on the Narva island.

[@Freakcent]

Hij is weer erg fijn! Dank, De mazzel

[@ianprice3837]

Hoog, I want you to know that as a random 27 y/o dude from Washington State in the U.S. who will most likely never be fortunate enough to step foot anywhere near The Neatherlands, I watch every single one of your Dutch/Amsterdam/Netherlands videos more intently than just about anything else on youtube lol.

[@Cypher791]

The neighbourhood will be safe so long as it is expensive to live there, or if there is at least some expensive to living there.

[@Mcat-What]

Can't wait to see the new Not Just Bikes vid about this place!

[@boubou1910]

wat een prachtige docu,bedankt.............

[@swiftlymurmurs]

I was actually invited to a party at Houthavens not too long ago. I walked up to the neighborhood and was totally confused why I'd never seen this place before, or even any neighborhood like it. It looks lovely, though still a bit too new. It's got that metaphorical factory smell on it, like a model city more than an actual living one.

[@EpreTroll]

Weird futuristic hybrids is very mildly put lol. They're still flats. You can see the entire roof alligns as a single structure. There isn't a single traditional pointed roof. Sure it's better than commie blocks but it's still just mass produced fre fab cuboid architecture. I swear if they just being back slanted roofs and actually make them seperate buildings it will look 100 times better instantly. Plus, attics are actually very desirable storage space. Now the top floors are just extra bedrooms and you lack storage room.

[@EduBanton645]

Great documentation

[@MarideMari82]

It’s not different. It’s the same expensive unaffordable bs housing that Amsterdam has been building for 10 years.

[@nazapadu02]

I used to live there as a student. At one point in time (2000-2010ish) it was a complex of student housing made out of shipping containers.

[@MrApple-yw9vp]

Yeah cool, now make the housing affordable and I am in

[@sneezydanger]

The quality of production of this one was amazing, well done

[@atlanta2076]

I love that fake advertising for the islands that blends a 50s narrator with CGI from the 80s. ♥

[@plxton]

10:42 There's a nice black cat that likes to hang out at the bouncy bridge here, give them a nice stroke!

[@tomvanderhulst5664]

Ongekend, wat een bizar hoge kwaliteit hebben jouw video’s!

[@Arjay404]

Dude this video was freaking amazing. Those little models are also really nice, might need to get myself the pack that comes with both.

[@MrBrianyoruk]

>Mentions dutch once *EYES GLOW IN SPICE* W I L H E L M U S

[@UniversaIIndustries]

my uncle and aunt live on Stettineiland. it's a nice neighbourhood fully accomodated by parents with young children. my uncle told me he bought the house before construction started and never imagined that the prices would go up so much but they did. and now the houses are worth 5 to 6 times what they were originally intended. the water around the houses is a nice touch. the canals are ofcourse a part of amsterdam. but for the past 5 years since they moved in it's been nothing but a headache. there still isn't any water but just a lot of sand. the way it was build wasn't meant to have canals running next to it so some basements have been flooded. which shouldn't be a problem normally but their basement is their main sitting room, which also leads to their front door which is underground and leads to a parking lot. maybe once everything is finished it will just have been a hiccup in construction, but for now this is definitely not the way future construction will work as it's way to expensive to build/maintain. just like borneo island was in the 70's

[@mysoneffa2417]

Missing amenities could be added as floaters. Shops, market, cafes, community centres ect. The Dutch have already designed these for the 3rd world. Why not build at home too???

[@moumous87]

the editing is top tier!!!

[@nnov_tech_chan7891]

Build more houses. Lets keep housing price low, it is going to be a benefit for everybody.

[@Rein_]

these are expensive. but agree with building more.

[@TTocsxic]

Leuk gedaan weer vent. Was al fan van jouw Bijlmer video en nu eentje over de buurt waar ik zelf woon, awesome!

[@hythron]

Amsterdam. How to make the houses as expensive as possible and then blame the inflation for it. They build alot of this close to the center. Very nice for the rich but a middle finger to the teachers, police officers and social workers in the city.

[@colinvos7304]

Currently working at Karlskronaeiland and having worked on various other islands. its pretty cool to know the history about the project. As well as various other details that are mostly/never spoken about on the jobsite

[@chatisthishandlewrizz]

you sound alot like the guy that voices for the channel fern

[@hoogyoutube]

That's because I am the guy that voices for the channel fern

[@paxdriver]

It is genius. You need that space to prevent crowding. You need to mix classes but too much will cause conflict. You need height but too much is cramped and suffocating. It's a wonderful blend of density, community and sustainability

[@aguspuig6615]

Me a southern european: WHY CANT WE BE LIKE THEM

[@guusbekkers2901]

video production quality is through the roof, great job!

[@Crytica.]

Do I want to know how expensive the "afforadable" houses are? Looking at all this I can only imagine that it's really not for your average joe.

[@hoogyoutube]

The Netherlands, and Amsterdam generally are not affordable for the average joe.

[@Skankhunt668]

@@hoogyoutube that is an understatement this is one of the things that i like more about belgium compared tp the Netherlands. houses are actually affordable enough.

[@JeanUlrichItsUlrich]

Ive been waiting so long for you to cover this. this video is a piece of art. bravo.

[@jdkingsley6543]

Cell within cells within cells.. interlinked..

[@bigfactsbroski]

Love it, the music is very harmonious and well chosen and the video is informative and soothing. I want to visit Amsterdam, now!

[@frontrowviews]

Went to the Houthavens a couple months ago. It’s beautiful but it does lack the foot traffic that makes Amsterdam feel like Amsterdam. I think if they had sprinkled in a couple more shops, restaurants and cafes it could have been even better.

[@hoogyoutube]

I agree

[@onlyNujabes]

Props to the production value of this vid. Amazing work.

[@lossless4129]

Hunnyyyy! Hoog video dropped!