Watching 'The Brothers Grimm' to get a good screenshot of the carriage used in that film as it is sometimes shared with the claim that it is a genuine Victorian carriage in stead of one designed by specifically by Guy Hendrix Dyas for this film.
What a lovely film it is.
Just look at this gorgeous sweetness.
And of course it's all a fairytale sort of fantasy history so there's no real need to pay attention to historical accuracy.
Mind you, even though this isn't the middle ages, we have someone emptying a bucket from a window into a street.
Don't people realise how silly this is?
No matter what era, even in the rain, anyone, ever, would get angry if they walked underneath that.
It is so nice to watch a fairytale film by Terry Gilliam, for once I don't have to care about things that aren't historically correct, it's all nonsense, glorious, beautiful nonsense.
I'm not quite sure if this outfit is accurate.... ;)
Fantastic.
Ah the glorious Sir Jonathan Pryce!
Just a few of Napoleon's most trusted advisors.
Oh how I laughed ;)
Spoiler alert;
Peter Stormare looking spiffy!
Mackenzie Crook, Heath Ledger and the lovely Richard Ridings!
The cast in this film is amazing.
See, that's why you don't want muddy streets.
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Let's review another painting together, another one by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, this time the 'Boerenbruiloft' (farmer's or peasant's wedding) from c. 1567.
Another glimpse of what life was like for common people in the 17th century!
Time to check out some details.
The bride, she looks suspiciously content.
Is she drunk, tired, super content or does she have a secret?
Above her the double paper crown as well as a sort of crown on her head, making her the queen of the event.
It may symbolise her virginity or wealth.
Its in many paintings.
Maybe she's just happy because she lives in the low countries, a place where women got education, divorce, equal inheritance and freedoms & rights that were uncommon elsewhere then!
More about that here; fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/04/boo…
Oh boys and girls, auntie Jo has found another real estate gem... and it only costs 4 million Euros...
This may be one of the most gorgeous houses I´ve ever seen.
A Dutch 1917 villa: funda.nl/detail/koop/wa…
Still many of the gorgeous original details, showing us that the house was once full of colour.
We'll have to strip a LOT of boring white paint, I reckon this building originally just had a lot of nice dark polished wood.
Found another gem on the Dutch real estate website.
A lovely little church in the 'Amsterdamse School' style, built in 1926 and clearly inhabited by a fellow time traveller, just wait till you see inside. funda.nl/detail/koop/mu…
Decorated with respect to the design and character of the building but filled with lots of interesting and weird old stuff.
Yep.
Time traveller.