Amakati namanzi akuyona into ejwayelekile kakhulu, njengoba abanikazi be- Poezenboot (i-Dutch for "Cat Boat") bangokuqala ukuvuma. Kodwa uthathe isinyathelo esisodwa ngaphakathi kwalesi sikhwama sezindlu esifundeni sase Canal , futhi uzothola amathikithi amaningi okuqukethwe, angaboni amanzi awazungezile.
Izindlu zokuhlala zezilwane azivame ukwenza izivakashi ezikhangayo; akuwona nje ukuhlukunyezwa ukuthatha izilwane ezifuywayo ngaphandle kwezilwane, kodwa imizi eningi kakhulu inamakhaya okuhlala kuwo, amaningi ayo anomuzwa ofanayo, wezikhungo.
Kodwa-ke, i-Poezenboot isiye indawo eyintandokazi yezivakashi zase-Amsterdam ngenxa yokubulawa kwayo okuyingqayizivele yaseDutch. Ethunyiwe emgodini oseduze kakhulu wesiteshi se-Amsterdam Central Station, i-Singel, i-Poezenboot iyindawo yokukhosela ekamelweni elisendlini yomkhumbi; kungenye isikhungo saseDutch esinesidingo lapho izivakashi ezivela emadolobheni angenawo angathanda ukuhlola. I-Poezenboot ivumela izivakashi ukuba zihlangabezane nabasebenzi bezinkoma ezikhangayo futhi zikwazi ukuzitshela ilukuluku labo mayelana nezikebhe zendlu, konke ngentengo yeminikelo yokuzithandela.
I-Shelne Cat-Borne Cat Shelter on Canal Historic
I-Poezenboot yasungulwa ngo-1966 lapho umthandi wekati owayegcwalise ikhaya lakhe elingamakhemikhali kanye nomunye ohamba phambili ngemva komunye wabona ukuthi udinga indawo eyengeziwe yokuhlala nomndeni wakhe. Izikebhe ezimbili zokuqala zamaketanga ziguquliwe, kepha uma lezi zikhishwe, isikebhe samanje-"uMphongolo", njengoba kubizwa-kwakunenjongo eyakhelwe ukusiza izidingo zamakati, agcwaliswe ngethala elibheke empumalanga, lapho amakati angahamba ngaphandle ngaphandle kokwesaba amanzi.
Ngaphakathi kwesikebhe, izivakashi zizothola ideskitho zokwamukela izisebenzi zokuzithandela eziwusizo nezifundisayo, itafula eligcwele amapheshana nezinye izincwadi kanye nempahla ye-Poezenboot. Ukudlula nje ideskitho yokwamukela yilabo abahlala emakamelweni, igumbi elivulekile eligcwele imibhede, izitsha, amabhokisi ekati futhi, ekhoneni elilodwa, i-cat enhle kakhulu enamabala ukuqala, ukulala nokuhlola indawo yokukhosela.
Izivakashi zazo zonke izizwe ziza ukubona amakati; abanye sebezwile ngokukhusela okuvela ekubuyekezweni okuthakazelisayo noma ngezihloko ezinjengalezi, kuyilapho abanye bekhohliswa ngaphakathi ngekhanda elibikiwe ephahleni lomkhumbi, kodwa bonke bayahamba behaywa ngamakati aphethwe ngamanzi nabanakekeli abazinikezele .
Qaphela ukuthi i-Poezenboot ivulekele amahora ambalwa ngosuku (amahora alandelayo ngezansi), ngakho-ke cabanga ngalokhu uma uhlela ukuvakashelwa kwakho kule ndawo yokukhosela encane yaseDutch. Abavakashi bangahlanganisa uhambo lwabo nokuhlola uHaarlemmerstraat yokudla nokufiswa kwemfashini, enyakatho-ntshonalanga yePoezenboot; kwi-Singel ngokwayo, ungaphuthelwa inombolo yendlu 7 (ngakwesokunene kwe-canal), okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi yindlu encane kunazo zonke e-Amsterdam.
I-Poezenboot Information Visitor
Amahora wokuvula
I-Mon - Tues no-Al-Sat, 1 - 3 pm
Imali yokungena
Umnikelo wokuzithandela.
Fika lapho
Ukusuka eningizimu ephuma e-Amsterdam Central Station, i-Crosspleplein eya ePrins Hendrikkade futhi ehamba ngasentshonalanga; hamba i-Singel (umsele), uphendukele ngakwesokunxele ukuze uqhubeke phansi eceleni kwe-canal. I-Poezenboot izoba ngakwesobunxele.