HOUSE BOAT - AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam - House Boat
Climate:
Amsterdam is in The Netherlands, which is a country with a maritime climate that has mild summers and cold winters. Wind and rain are common throughout most of the year with July and August being the wettest months.
Materials:
Houseboats need to be waterproof, so the water does not get in and insulating, to keep people warm inside. It also needs to float on water.
People sometimes live on a houseboat because it is cheaper than buying a house on land or there is no more room to build houses. Some people live on a houseboat so that they can move around from place to place in their own home.
In Amsterdam, some of the houseboats are very fancy and some are even hotels!
History of Amsterdam houseboats
Some of these old houseboats in Amsterdam are over a hundred years old. The cargo ships were used to transport goods. The owner and his family lived in the small quarters below deck. After retirement, the shipowner would moor the ship and continue living on it.
After the second world war, there were not enough houses in Amsterdam, so some people decided to live on the boats as it was cheap, although it was not very comfortable.
