s.s. Nieuw Amsterdam, Holland America Line - Interior - All the cats join in

[@gathotsupriono]

Thanks so for sharing the video. I used to work on this ship (1971-1972) as a waiter in the Caribbean cruises . She used to be the most memorable one in those days. She brought a lot of war memories especially for the US military personnel. She is the most beautiful, antique, and memorable one for me. Cheers

[@chezzydibali6311]

Those beautiful old ships. Gorgeous, streamline n elegant. Unlike today's ships, block-like, edgie. I wish I was born during that era n travelled aboard them. Thank you for uploading videos of these beautiful ships 🙏🙏🙏

[@exeuroweenie]

Agreed,classic liners were gorgeous(this ship,Conte Di Savoia,Mauretania 1,Andrea Doria).Modern cruise ships look like top heavy,ultra garish 15 deck high bordellos.

[@WojciechWachniewski-st1zm]

Nieuw Amsterdam - old, good Nieuw Amsterdam! Simply heart of the HAL.

[@martinkostalas676]

I worked on her in the summer of 1971 one trip up to the fjords then back and forwards to NewYork from Rotterdam.She had seen better days, hard work for a 19 year old from the North East of England.

[@DavidMannMD]

I sailed on her 3 times in the 1960s/1970s, twice in the Caribbean and once a transatlantic voyage (at the very end of her career). She was painted gray in those days. I remember the dining room well (it was on a lower deck and no windows, as shown in these photos) as well as the promenade deck with its ping pong tables, and the "smoking room" (I believe it was called the Stuyvesant room) with its leather chairs. Not shown here there were shops and a movie theater on board. It was a wonderful ship and I have many happy memories of her.

[@Lmarcanov1978]

Was Margarita Island a Port of Call while in the Caribbean?

[@DavidMannMD]

@@Lmarcanov1978 I don't know. It wasn't on my itinerary.

[@nanlozitorosenberg3237]

Thank you for the wonderful pictures of the Nieuw Amsterdam. My family and I sailed on her when we moved back to the U.S. after having lived in Holland for three years. Unfortunately, I was only 3 and a month when we sailed on her. I only remember through the pictures and memorabilia that my parents saved.

[@koltondoesstuff2437]

this is one of my favorite ships from this era. Thank you for making this!

[@andrewbrendan1579]

This is the most thorough look I've ever had at the Nieuw Amsterdam. The interiors look like they're right out of a movie. I'm glad this superlative ship had such a long career. I wonder if the interiors were changed much over the years.

[@Schorschi1988]

Andrew Brendan Hi my friend. So the information that i have is...the interior wasnt changed for a lot of years. only the technicals were futured. When the ship was launched she was called "The ship of the future"...and if you look the interior details...you know it. The whole design is more 1950ies as than 1930ies.

[@bizbutton]

The first class lounge had three totally different looks over time. The original 1938 lounge was changed in her post war refit and then again in 1952.

[@lasuvidaboy]

Beautiful ship inside and out. I still prefer the original black hull w/yellow stripe.

[@johnlunnun9769]

The Queen if the spotless fleet! Beautiful! A proper ship!

[@stevenwolff6866]

One of the 2 most beautuful ocean liners ever built the other being the Normandie imo. The only thing I wish this video was in color. B&W doesn't do this beauty justice

[@1940limited]

Its appointments would be considered spartan by today's standards, but I'd rather cruise on this ship than the modern vessels anyday!

[@TheGozalus]

Screw today's standards. This ship is the embodiment of what high-class luxury at sea should be.

[@radamik]

Very cool and modern. Love that chair in the cabin at 2:08. People would call it Deco but it’s really modernist. Like some of the late 30’s houses on Alton Road in Miami Beach. Somewhere along the line the impression has grown up that modernist and understated is not luxurious. So wrong.

[@johnlunnun9769]

I’d simply love it, the epitome of all that a true ocean going ship should be! I believe this ship, being the flag ship of HAL, was known as the Queen of the Spotless Fleet! Wonderful!

[@janversteeg1]

Had the priviledge to work on this vessel.

[@chrisfi3d]

What did you work on?

[@Amy-zw8xb]

objectively the most beautiful liner argue with the wall

[@jimcrawford5039]

Beautiful, saw her a few times, sadly never got on board for a tour around her.

[@frans4136]

The ships horn at the beginning of the video is not the original horn of ss "Nieuw Amsterdam". The original horn has a much deeper and lower tone. It could be heard over 30 sea miles.

[@1oldmariner]

No question about it. It WAS the finest passenger ship ever built (before or after) that still looked like a ship, not a floating box.

[@Toast0808]

1oldmariner No way. NORMANDIE can never be beat.

[@waltertaljaard1488]

True. But there is no doubt that the Nieuw Amsterdam was a beautiful ship. She didn't have the size and opulence of the Normandie or the brutal horsepower of the Queen Mary. But she was elegant and very well built.

[@tylerfrederick246]

Oh, Yeah! I am so digging this video!

[@toddbonin6926]

Beautiful!!!

[@auerwurld]

Thank you very very much for sharing this video Georg Link. Have you been sailing on her? Greetz!

[@Edgetravelguy]

What a beauty she was...........

[@jerrymarlow5453]

Nieuw Amsterdam's interior was so much nicer than Rotterdam 5's. Modern got a tad bit ugly in the 50s and 60s. Never quite figured out why. Andrea Doria had a beautiful exterior, but her interior looked like a Motel 6. Same for Canberra and other ships from that period.

[@nocount1]

The club chairs @ 1:11 ---- I want them!

[@radamik]

Yes, very cool - I do see an evolution of design here from the Normandie of 3 years before. Almost more in line with the modernism seen in America; near me a white brick house built the same year as this house has elements similar to this - somewhat streamlined but understated. I think the light and pastel colors here were the real innovation. On the Normandie the colors were pretty intense from what I’ve seen. Actually the decor of the Nieuw Amsterdam almost seems like it was intended for tropical voyages.

[@gerrit4u]

I was the one, together with my colleges to serve as a elevatorboy. After work hours in the elevator, I had to clean the copper doors of the elevatot, made them shiny again😃

[@jec1ny]

Wow! Five videos in 24 hours. And all just in time for Orthodox Christmas.

[@anacarranza5514]

Hermoso me hubiera gustado viajar ahi

[@ginoanzivino90]

Hello. At 0:43 of this useful video I recognized an interior by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, with armchairs imported, covered and sold by Metz & Co, Amsterdam-Den Haag. I am conducting a research on this specific topic and I would like to know the origin of this photo. If it can be of any interest, I am sure that in the original interiors of “Nieuw Amsterdam” (1938) this is the only presence of a non-Dutch artist. Thanks for the possible answer.

[@ginoanzivino90]

Hi Georg, it would be very kind of you if you, as long as you have the information, could answer to my question. A reference would be very helpful for my research. Thank you in advance!

[@ronaldschultenover8137]

Sailed on her in 1956 wonder ship

[@TheVaughan5]

All the pre WW2 liners were beautiful compared to today’s cheaply finished kitschy floating condos. QM2 is the only large ship today that remotely reflects the golden age ships and her lines look dumpy because of the high superstructure. As a teenager I was lucky to see over many famous liners just before their demise in the late 60’s/early 70’s, the N.A. being one of them. Gorgeous ship, finish of a quality you don’t see now, the only room I didn’t like was 1st class Dining Saloon it was a very odd design as you can see on this video.

[@peterashford7855]

is that Artie Shaw?

[@michaelneel4828]

Sorry but I just got home from sailing on the QM2 & this ship looks dumpy to me ...

[@chrisfi3d]

I miss the old days of the Internet pre 96’ when children weren’t on it.

[@jimcrawford5039]

Ah, the evolution of ships!

[@matthewwoodcock5186]

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