inga s keen to show me how the walking tours that are being planned can offer a whole new layer of historical detail. this is where the dutch east india company used to unload silks, spices, herbs and tobacco from all over the world. in the 17th century, there must have been a lot to smell. smell this scent that we also created. ok. so, do i wave it? yeah, wave it under your nose. 0oh! chuckles. maybe don t wave it too close! i mean, it s not great! it s not great, no! is that what the canal would ve smelled like here? there are, indeed, elements of, yeah, a polluted canal smell, so it has sulphur. it has a kind of bathroom smell, yeah. yes, excrement, urine components in there. but it s also, the sulphuric component also leads you from the water to the military might, to the gunpowder that was actually stored in this building. this is the headquarters or used to be the headquarters of the dutch admiralty,
company used to unload silks, spices, herbs and tobacco from all over the world. in the 17th century, there must have been a lot to smell. smell this scent that we also created. 0k. so, do i wave it? yeah, wave it under your nose. ooh! chuckles. maybe don t wave it too close! i mean, it s not great! it s not great, no! is that what the canal would ve smelled like here? there are, indeed, elements of, yeah, a polluted canal smell, so it has sulphur. it has a kind of bathroom smell, yeah. yes, excrement, urine components in there. but it s also, the sulphuric component also leads you from the water to the military might, to the gunpowder that was actually stored in this building. this is the headquarters or used to be the headquarters of the dutch admiralty, so they were the the military force that went with
maybe don t wave it too close! i mean, it s not great! it s not great, no! is that what the canal would ve smelled like here? there are, indeed, elements of, yeah, a polluted canal smell, so it has sulphur. it has a kind of bathroom smell, yeah. yes, excrement, urine components in there. but it s also, the sulphuric component also leads you from the water to the military might, to the gunpowder that was actually stored in this building. this is the headquarters or used to be the headquarters of the dutch admiralty, so they were the military force that went with the east india company to actually enforce labour, to use make use of all kinds of violence to get that luxury spice trade into the dutch republic.