On our canal tour, we learned something quite interesting about homes located in Amsterdam. If you look in the picture above, you'll see a hook at the very top of the house. When many of the homes were built, taxes were assessed based upon the street frontage. So, many homes are very narrow and quite tall, which leads to narrow stairwells. Getting furniture up into the house...imagine the top floor...lots of steps...would be a daunting and near impossible task. So, you hook up a rope to the hook and hoist your furniture up and in through a window. Cool.
According to Leza, our tour guide, the Dutch also use it to string up their drunk husbands...the real flying Dutchman! ba-dump-bump.
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