I spent Christmas 1960 in that castle as a young kid. I remember there was an electric toy train that occupied a whole room. My mother slept in a baldachin bed. Very impressive with the snow too much tongue-in-cheek sarcasm from that couple however
Castle De Haar has not much to do with a true castle. It was build in the late 19th century by the same architect of the Amsterdam Centraal Station and the Rijks Museum.
That's not very precise. As you can see in the timeline featured at 4:14 , the original castle was built in the late 14th century. It is true that by the time Pierre Cuypers restored it in the late 19th century the castle was in ruins. But he did preserve small parts of the original structure, and the general architecture of the exterior (although he did add some elements of his own, thus the vague resemblance with some of his other works). I believe Cuypers also extended the structure of the main castle. And the châtelet (the structure that is detached and connected by a bridge) was completely new, and designed by Cuypers' son Joseph.
A true castle had it's function(s) in it's day and age (military, protecting royals from their own people, prison and a home), this was only intended as a home. It's Cuypers and the family van der Haar's impression of what it once was. Historically incorrect, but architecture pleasing to the eye.
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Hi Nate and Katrina, the castle is fairly new, it was built on top of the ruins of the old castle, which dated from the late 14th century. The restoration was done by architect Pierre Cuypers and his son and took 20 years to complete, from 1892-1912 on the instructions of the owners Etienne Gustave Frederic Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar, who was married to Baronesse Helene de Rothschild of the super rich family of the Rothschild (The richest family on the planet), but that's another story.
Awesome video! At 1:55 you talk about the moat and how it doesn't surround the whole castle. Well... you are wrong. The moat does surround the *main* castle. The structure you are standing in front of is the châtelet, an extension that is detached from the main castle. The châtelet is connected by the bridge you used to exit the main castle at 14:04 and it was *not* part of the original castle. It was designed by Joseph Cuypers, son of Pierre, the architect that directed/designed the restoration in the late 19th century,
You two probably don't notice it yourself or you've been living in Amsterdam for too long hahah but you're already starting to get the mentality of a Dutch person hahaha
We keep wondering the same thing… 🤔 Thank you for subscribing - it really helps us out! We’ve driven past Hearst Castle but never made the stop! Maybe when we go back to visit family in California we will need to add it to our list!
Got to say, you're very down to earth, and a bit sarcastic as well. (You got Dutch herritage?) And you fit in the downplaying by a lot of Dutch themselves since they regard this castle as not being very 'historic'.. Yet slowly it is getting more and more attention being one of the highlights of late neo-gothic architecture of toilets.... Additional to that, the architecture in and outside is spledid ! If one has a non snobbish eye for it. 🎉
Extremely sarcastic but no Dutch heritage for either of us (that we know of)! The castle is absolutely stunning from inside and out. And the gardens surrounding the castle are gorgeous as well! Thanks for watching!
A big bonus of owning a castle is that from the tower you can taunt an Anglosaxon king. In French. Sort of. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cG-AYVb3LGA.html
About the car taking off and the added special effects. That must be the dumbest, stupidest, most nonsensical thing youve done so far. Added absolutely nothing to the vlog, id even say made it worse. That said, ive watched it over 20 times now and loved it!
This makes Nate very happy that somebody appreciated his extra special edit that he learned how to do for this video. :) We are glad that you enjoyed it!
