Cultures of your country / district

[Yvonne]

The Netherlands & The Dutch Culture :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DqMQM5i2Y8

[Spanky]

This is very cute, clever. Thanks. I enjoyed seeing this.

A little on the "chessey" side, though...

Edam all up. It's "gouda" for you.

[Martian]

Yeah, large part of the Netherlands below sea level...yikes.

Mr. Gore really scared me.


Luckily I am sort of living on a hill that rises above sea level:

Martian lives fearlessly on a hill.

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[Yvonne]

Martian wrote :

Luckily I am sort of living on a hill that rises above sea level

What a lucky one you are


But were I live it is even better

Were you live it is + 0,7 m. N.A.P. And were I live + 18,8 m. N.A.P


Netherlands above and below sea level, respectively, in green and blue :

[Martian]

But were I live it is even better

Were you live it is + 0,7 m. N.A.P. And were I live + 18,8 m. N.A.P

Hard to beat east Netherlands, but interestingly, just 7 km away from me, at the location of the air Watchtower in Oudemirdum, it's + 12,7 m N.A.P.

On top of the tower you are about 25 m above N.A.P. Nice view from there.

Watchtower in Oudemirdum: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luchtwacht ... Oudemirdum

[Yvonne]

I read in the link which you gave the tower is privately owned. Can you still use it?

[Martian]

I read in the link which you gave the tower is privately owned. Can you still use it?

They have a website: http://www.luchtwachttoren.nl/

It says there:

De Luchtwachttoren is op afspraak het gehele jaar te bezichtigen en te beklimmen. In de zomer is de toren van 9.00 uur t/m 19.00 uur opengesteld voor publiek.

[Yvonne]

Thank you !




Edit : deleted stupid question, I had not thought about

[Spanky]

Martian

They have a website: http://www.luchtwachttoren.nl/

It says there:

De Luchtwachttoren is op afspraak het gehele jaar te bezichtigen en te beklimmen. In de zomer is de toren van 9.00 uur t/m 19.00 uur opengesteld voor publiek.

What is the purpose of this structure, may I ask?

If I am understanding, (I ran the text through an online translator)...it seems to be some sort of air raid warning facility?

But built after WW II? Do I have this right?

(The translation comes out soemthing like "air approaching ear", or something like that...)???

[Martian]

What is the purpose of this structure, may I ask?

To see if the Russians are coming... cold war era fear...


http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luchtwachttoren