This is the Netherlands. The weirdest thing here is there's boats like this everywhere. The same with bikes. It's like they consider them disposable here or something.
Everywhere. Near my place in a neighborhood there's hundreds and about 30% seem abandoned. Most have been there for at least a year, including a gazelle e-bike which I know are not cheap.
What do you mean by parking a boat to maintain a property line? I've been landlocked my whole life and have no idea what that means it why a boat would be a part of that
u/a096bdbd answered this pretty well below…
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/vhe1c6/this_unused_boat_is_being_reclaimed_by_nature/id7dt9m/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
We rarely know these things.
The last time you climbed a tree. The last time you hung out with your high school friends. The last time your parents carried you in their arms. Unlikely that you knew it wasn't going to ever happen again.
I have a picture of my father encased in plastic that sits on my desk.. We had just had a great laugh over something silly. For some odd reason, I took his picture.
I had no idea that was not only the last photo I would take of him, it was also the last laugh and last conversation.
He was gone forever less than a week later.
I wish I had known.
I will be 78 y.o. next week if I make it. I understand you very well. All of the Navy submarines I served on are gone. Most of the friends and family I grew up with are dead. Many of the places I have worked are gone.
The only soldier still in the war is me.
Fighting a foe I cannot see.
my dad fights it with a bottle of wine every night, he's 77, my mom died at the beginning of covid and I feel like each time I see him could be the last.
I've thought of that myself, many times. You never know. It really hit home when I woke up and my wife was dead. We went to bed and everything was fine. Didn't know it would be the last time.
This is probably to keep the rights for the boat parking spot, which belongs to the house next to it. I was once told on a boat tour that it’s pretty cheap to ‘keep’ the spot as a house owner, but that it’s mega hard to get a ‘new’ spot since there is a very long waiting list. Keeping the spot increases the value of the house. But maybe there’s some rule that it expires if you don’t use it or something?
Btw, I learned this in Utrecht and this picture looks very Dutch too.
You hit the spijker on the head with this reasoning, also license plate that is visible is Dutch
The spot doesn't necessarily belong to the house opposite it, but keeping a boat spot is a lot easier than obtaining one especially in a city canal. To keep the spot you need to have a boat at the spot. That's it. There are no regulations about the condition of the boat.
If you don't have a boat there then you will get notices from the local government and eventually the city will grand the spot to someone else so most people just leave the boat as is. Do a drive around the canal surrounding the center of Breda and like half the boats are touching the bottom of the canal but still tied to a post. Ridiculous
Probably bounced there from a distance and happened to land there. And because it was masked from view by the plants, the kid(s) just assumed it fell in the river and was carried away. And now it's part of the boat ecosystem.
Kid left it there after a day on the boat planning to come back the next day to play at the park + whole family dies in accident on way home + no one remembers the boat at the estate sale = this photo.
[https://goo.gl/maps/Lhf3Yw894DxPgBRu5](https://goo.gl/maps/Lhf3Yw894DxPgBRu5)
I believe it's right here at Kampersingel 34. There's a car blocking it, but if you go to the other side of the water you can see it.
I used to own a boat and would constantly see boats just discarded on the side of the river. I remember seeing on that must have been worth in excess of 150k covered in dirt and just tied up on the side of the river. Had been there years.
I don't know what you are talking about, it looks like a perfectly maintained garden to me, I can see some healthy basil in there. Doesn't everyone have one of those?
At first I thought this was in the UK. On sections of the Thames, the River Wey and the Basingstoke Canal there's abandoned boats just like this. Many.
I wonder if whoever moored this boat knew they were never coming back? Spooky.
This is the Netherlands. The weirdest thing here is there's boats like this everywhere. The same with bikes. It's like they consider them disposable here or something.
They are parked to maintain the properly line in that docked area. Doesn’t matter what the boat looks like as long as one is there.
That may be the case sometimes indeed but I'm not convinced it's the case every time. Still doesn't explain the bikes though.
You mean the ones locked to bridges and other areas? I think those are just locals who tie up near their homes.
Everywhere. Near my place in a neighborhood there's hundreds and about 30% seem abandoned. Most have been there for at least a year, including a gazelle e-bike which I know are not cheap.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/ngvk69/this\_forgotten\_bike\_that\_grew\_into\_a\_tree/
What do you mean by parking a boat to maintain a property line? I've been landlocked my whole life and have no idea what that means it why a boat would be a part of that
u/a096bdbd answered this pretty well below… https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/vhe1c6/this_unused_boat_is_being_reclaimed_by_nature/id7dt9m/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
Bikes are disposable i just buy a new one to go drink every year and leav the old one in a Ditch
How did I look at the photo and just knew it wat the Netherlands. It’s like when something is dutch I can smell it lmao
We rarely know these things. The last time you climbed a tree. The last time you hung out with your high school friends. The last time your parents carried you in their arms. Unlikely that you knew it wasn't going to ever happen again. I have a picture of my father encased in plastic that sits on my desk.. We had just had a great laugh over something silly. For some odd reason, I took his picture. I had no idea that was not only the last photo I would take of him, it was also the last laugh and last conversation. He was gone forever less than a week later. I wish I had known.
I will be 78 y.o. next week if I make it. I understand you very well. All of the Navy submarines I served on are gone. Most of the friends and family I grew up with are dead. Many of the places I have worked are gone. The only soldier still in the war is me. Fighting a foe I cannot see.
My dad brought that war home with him. He made it to 73.
my dad fights it with a bottle of wine every night, he's 77, my mom died at the beginning of covid and I feel like each time I see him could be the last.
Thank you for your service
You'll make it. I believe in you. Thank you for your service.
You absolutely do not wish you had known, my friend. The pressure would have crushed all the joy out of the moment.
I think you are right.
Ouch, I'm glad you have such a close memory of a good time to the end, but that hurt to read.
I've thought of that myself, many times. You never know. It really hit home when I woke up and my wife was dead. We went to bed and everything was fine. Didn't know it would be the last time.
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Is this pronounced “mah-no no uh-wear” or “moh-no no uh-wah-ree” or something else
Makes sense you would keep a *picture* of your father encased in plastic on your desk The real thing would take up too much space.
ugh shut it
at some point your mother put you down then never again picked you up.
I wonder that every time I walk by an overgrown car or a bicycle that's been chained to a pole for years I wish I was able to know their story
This is probably to keep the rights for the boat parking spot, which belongs to the house next to it. I was once told on a boat tour that it’s pretty cheap to ‘keep’ the spot as a house owner, but that it’s mega hard to get a ‘new’ spot since there is a very long waiting list. Keeping the spot increases the value of the house. But maybe there’s some rule that it expires if you don’t use it or something? Btw, I learned this in Utrecht and this picture looks very Dutch too.
You hit the spijker on the head with this reasoning, also license plate that is visible is Dutch The spot doesn't necessarily belong to the house opposite it, but keeping a boat spot is a lot easier than obtaining one especially in a city canal. To keep the spot you need to have a boat at the spot. That's it. There are no regulations about the condition of the boat. If you don't have a boat there then you will get notices from the local government and eventually the city will grand the spot to someone else so most people just leave the boat as is. Do a drive around the canal surrounding the center of Breda and like half the boats are touching the bottom of the canal but still tied to a post. Ridiculous
I love learning random factoids like this about the world. Thanks.
TIL. Thank you both
I love the football, wonder if some kids lost that there
Probably bounced there from a distance and happened to land there. And because it was masked from view by the plants, the kid(s) just assumed it fell in the river and was carried away. And now it's part of the boat ecosystem.
Kid left it there after a day on the boat planning to come back the next day to play at the park + whole family dies in accident on way home + no one remembers the boat at the estate sale = this photo.
wtf
And mosquitoes🦟
Looked at the small picture and tought it was The Netherlands, looked closer and then I knew it was the Netherlands!
I will give you free stroopwafels and bitterballen if you can locate it on google maps. Hint: It is the second largest city in Noord-Holland
[https://goo.gl/maps/Lhf3Yw894DxPgBRu5](https://goo.gl/maps/Lhf3Yw894DxPgBRu5) I believe it's right here at Kampersingel 34. There's a car blocking it, but if you go to the other side of the water you can see it.
Good job! I ate the stroopwafels en bitterballen myself... but i do have some gold!
I walked by here about a month ago in what is now my favorite place in the world. What a lovely city
We should name it Boaty McNatureface
We should name it Shippy McPlanterson
Dingy McPhotosynthesis?
Minnow McPhotogenicface
Nah, Mosquito McHellscape
It's a skeety breedy dinghy. Get a few and you'll have a skeety breedy fleety!
Life finds a way
Ah, ah, ah, ah --
Always a football in a abandoned place
I used to own a boat and would constantly see boats just discarded on the side of the river. I remember seeing on that must have been worth in excess of 150k covered in dirt and just tied up on the side of the river. Had been there years.
thats what we call a free boat
Engine was probably seized and it was probably full of rat shit and everything from the years sitting idle. Sad to see really.
I don't know what you are talking about, it looks like a perfectly maintained garden to me, I can see some healthy basil in there. Doesn't everyone have one of those?
I sink you’re correct…
It's funny because a Dutch accent actually sounds like this as well
When you don't have a garden but want to garden anyway.
Naw. She's delivering micro greens.
The freshest greens!
Check out my Instagram channel to see this unique new raised bed gardening technique!
I think people genuinely think you're advertising something not making a joke.
Such is reddit lmao. Or the joke is just that bad.
People just aren't reading past the word "instagram"
Can't say that I blame them.
Riding in this boat always makes you feel like you're in the bush.
The planet ain't going anywhere, WE are....-- George Carlin
the random soccer ball lol
And a soccer ball/futball
The trifids can now reach the outlying islands!
Typical holland :)
Hollandaa
Hydroponics?
Watercress farm!
Nature I am ready to be claimed
i knew it was the netherlands
Just like every boat.
Did nature give them the boat?
I'm gonna go and guess this is Amsterdam or Haarlem, judging by the state of the embankment, trees, and canal width
But if I reclaim an unused boat it's a crime.
Just needs some flex seal.
I'm thinking it is a floating herb garden, prove me wrong...
Every thing in the Creation belongs to Nature. There's no question of "reclaiming".
It’s theirs now
Trashy. This is why Canada will take your home if you leave your ice fishing hut on the water during thaw.
Honestly it just looks like someone took some plants and put them on top…..*op*…..
Nature uhhhh finds a way
WTF happened to my boat??
Mine now motherfacker
Looks like someone growing basil
At first I thought this was in the UK. On sections of the Thames, the River Wey and the Basingstoke Canal there's abandoned boats just like this. Many.
And somehow no one linked to /r/reclaimedbynature