#63 Harathi Explores HOFVIJVER DEN HAAG at sunset / city sounds / Dutch skies скачать в хорошем качестве

#63 Harathi Explores HOFVIJVER DEN HAAG at sunset / city sounds / Dutch skies

Hofvijver ("Court Lake") at sunset. Real city sounds, no commentary. The Hague is unique in the sense that the city centre has a lake (or maybe you can call it a pond): the Hofvijver. The Hofvijver is located in the east on the Korte Vijverberg, in the south on the Binnenhof (castle) and the Mauritshuis, in the west on the Buitenhof and in the north on the Lange Vijverberg. There is an island overgrown with plants and trees that has no official name. Contrary to what the term pond suggests, the Hofvijver was originally a natural dune lake on which the Haagse Beek (formerly Duinbeek) and the now filled-in Bosbeek from the Haagse Bos came out. De Beek still does that today and so the pond is connected to the dunes at Kijkduin. In this dune lake there was an island (not the current island) on which Count Willem II of Holland built his castle in the 13th century. The Hofvijver was made rectangular by Count Albrecht of Bavaria in the 14th century. The pond has this design to this day, although it was built with quays in the 17th century and extended in the 19th century. Until about 1800, the Binnenhof was still surrounded by a moat and accessible only via bridges. The current island is about 300 years old. It is not clear exactly how and when it originated. There is a flagpole in the middle and it is covered with trees and mainly annuals (no or almost no shrubs), it is not open to the public. Next to it is a fountain in the water. During demonstrations, the island was "occupied" or covered with banners several times. Source: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofvijver