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Mm, it s good. scientists say there s a link between smell, memory and emotion. and now, they re using that connection to enhance our travels. in fact, one group has started amassing a library of historical smells in an attempt to bring them back to life. the plan is to use them in museums and on walking tours. may i.may i come behind here? yeah, yeah, yeah, come, come, come! what an incredible place! yeah, isn t it wonderful? is this all original? it s more of a drug store, you might say, between grocery and the apothecary. the project s not based in amsterdam by accident. this city, inga argues, is a rich hunting ground for ancient pongs. so, i guess back then, amsterdam would have been quite a smelly place. absolutely! ....
What an incredible place! yeah, isn t it wonderful? is this all original? it s more of a drug store, you might say, between grocery and the apothecary. the project s not based in amsterdam by accident. this city, inga argues, is a rich hunting ground for ancient pongs. so, i guess back then, amsterdam would have been quite a smelly place. absolutely! it was called the beautiful lady with the stinking breath because of the canals, which looked wonderful, but evaporated a foul stench of not only the sewer the privies that were leaking into the canals and all the factories that were there, but also, of the cadavers of animals that ended up in the in the canal. not all the dutch smells are bad, though. in fact, to ward off the whiffs, many of the nobility carried pomanders, a kind of perfumed ball. ....
So some of that leather kind of comes through sometimes. so it s notjust nice. yeah, there is a bit of a pong. there s a sort of like a gentle edge of a bit. animalistic as well. yeah. what s really interesting is knowing the history, it smells like one smell masking another smell. yeah. but it s notjust a novelty. inga s keen to show me how the walking tours that have been planned can offer a whole new layer of historical details. this is where the dutch east india company used to unload silk, 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. do i wave it? wave it under your nose. 0oh! ....
When you re travelling around the city. the best part of it is you get to eat them, too. mm, it s good. scientists say there s a link between smell, memory and emotion. and now they re using that connection to enhance our travels. in fact, one group has started amassing a library of historical smells in an attempt to bring them back to life. the plan is to use them in museums and on walking tours. may i.may i come behind here? yeah, yeah, yeah, come, come, come! what an incredible place! yeah, isn t it wonderful? is this all original? it s more of a drug store, you might say, between grocery and apothecary. the project s not based in amsterdam by accident. this city, inga argues, is a rich hunting ground for ancient pongs. so, i guess back then, amsterdam would have been quite a smelly place. ....
The DR Congo government is in talks with an Australian energy giant to create the world's biggest hydropower dam – and provide green hydrogen for a global market. But there are questions about where this would leave local people. ....