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Gommel_Nox t1_j4vlay3 wrote

I remember reading that many doorways in the Netherlands, specifically, Amsterdam, are deliberately as narrow as possible. Something to do with a really old law that determined property tax based on doorway size or something like that. I actually canceled my trip there, because I’m in a wheelchair and if I can’t get into the buildings, there’s no point dealing with air travel as a disabled person.

Have things changed in the Netherlands? Have they made more of an effort to make Amsterdam wheelchair accessible? I’d go, if so.

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Dutch_Rayan t1_j4vp9ya wrote

Not the doorway but the width of the house.

Can look Amsterdam up on wheelmap.org shows how wheelchair friendly places are

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Gommel_Nox t1_j4vpe5g wrote

Probably makes for some super narrow hallways, though. Right?

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Dutch_Rayan t1_j4vutve wrote

Haven't really been a lot in Amsterdam. Especially not in old Amsterdam. I live further south.

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