Overvecht: from peat meadow area to residential area You are in a peat meadow area that was created in 2005. Until about 1960, the whole of Overvecht was a peat meadow area and consisted of narrow strips of land, dikes and ditches. It originated in the 12th and 13th century through large-scale cultivation of the […]
The scale
The scale There used to be serious cylinders here They provided work and gave us lettered light Now I’m on my terp of packaged litter Green cultivated, carefully decorated for a bit of relaxation for spoiled children I lay my elbow on my knee and gaze at a horizon full of urban obstacles It doesn’t […]
Castle “De Haar”
Landgoed Haarzuilens includes the imposing Kasteel de Haar with its castle gardens, the village of Haarzuilens and the surrounding lands. There is something for everyone in the area: a visit to a castle, a nice walk or bike ride in nature and a lunch or picnic in between these activities. Castle the hair Few castles […]
tempered glass
Armored glass Until the 1970s, the only measure to prevent attacks on or sabotage of the telecommunications network was simply to lock the front doors after closing time. After the train hijackings and hostage-taking, but also with the emergence of terrorist groups such as the Bader Meinhof and RaRa, there was a growing awareness that […]
Romance – Bicycle parking
Romance When a lot of staff still worked in this building in the 1960s, romances also arose. My best memory of the Neude In 1960 I, Joop van Luijn, worked at the assembly department in the telephone exchanges on the Neude. That same year I met my current wife in the post office. Irene worked […]
someone to call
Calling someone? Back in the day, if you wanted to call someone and you didn’t have a telephone number, you could call the number information service 008. You got the telephone operators on the line who helped you look up the number. In the carousel archive above the ladies or in one of the books […]
Telephone exchange office 2010
Telephone exchange 2010 This photo shows one of the four telephone exchanges in the building around the turn of the century. With this exchange, telephone traffic between other exchanges, including those of the other telephone providers, was processed. The exchange was previously included in the national telephone traffic network. Other exchanges in the building processed […]
New distributor
New distributor Around 1990, the distributor looked very different, but it was of equal function as the present day. Here the cables that went to the customers were connected to the telephone exchanges and the Internet equipment. The main distributor was behind the windows of the building on the Drakenburgstraat side.
History of Post Office “De Neude”
History of this building In this bicycle shed, there are various information panels that show how this building was used in the past. It shows what was needed to provide a large part of the Netherlands with telephone and internet. At the place where the library is now, many telephone operators used to connect telephone […]
Telephony equipment in the old post office
Telephony equipment in the old post office After this building was completed in 1924, all the services of the PTT (Post Telegraaf and Telephone) were successively moved in. In 1926, telephony services started in this building with 4400 customers from the city of Utrecht who were connected to a new automatic exchange. These connections used […]