Hausboote / Houseboats / Woonboten in Amsterdam

A holiday in Amsterdam promises traditional patrician houses, delightful narrow alleys lined with pubs, romantic canals and of course house-boats of all description : distinguished, bizarre, squalid. Franklin Hollander does not only present the house-boats in this exceptional book of holiday memories, containing many colour photos, but he also allows the onlooker a glimpse into the everyday life of the boat-dwellers. An introductory text by Albert Eikenaar, journalist and dutch correspondent for the "Stern" magazine, with comments from the boat-dwellers gives an entertaining account of life on board and relates the development of this highly individual style of living.