点评:This was a highlight of my Amersfoort visit.
What a wonderfully evocative site. It's so much more personal than statues and paintings. You're actually up close to where someone slept, when they were at their most relaxed and vulnerable.
You can look but not touch, of course. So you can peer into the bed boxes to see where they shut themselves in for sleep. I was surprised to note that I didn't see any graffiti in ay of the bed boxes.
Outside the bed boxes was less private: a hard chair and table, a lockable trunk. A tiny stove for warmth. But nothing for privacy, unless you retreated back into your bed box.
I can see how for a certain kind of personality, life at the Mannenzaal could be appealing. You might have no family and no money, but you would find a community in Mannenzall, and know you would be taken care of until the end of your days.
The volunteers were interested and interesting.
Be sure to climb the ancient spiral staircase up to the balcony, so you can gain a better appreciation of the architecture of the building.
Highly recommended. And the entry fee is cheap.
翻译:这是我访问阿默斯福特时的亮点之一。
真是一个极具感染力、令人浮想联翩的地方。它比雕像和绘画要更加贴近人心——你几乎能置身于那个人曾经休息过的地方,感受到他们最放松、最毫无防备的时刻。
当然,只能看而不能碰。你可以窥视那些床铺区域,看看人们当时是在哪里安睡的。令我惊讶的是,我在所有床铺区都没看到任何涂鸦。在床铺区之外,隐私性就差多了:只有一把硬椅子、一张桌子,还有一个带锁的箱子。有个小炉子可以用来取暖。但除了回到自己的床铺区外,根本没有能保障隐私的地方。
我能理解,对于某种性格的人来说,在曼嫩扎尔的生活或许颇具吸引力。你可能没有家人、也没有钱,但在曼嫩扎尔你能找到一个集体,并且知道自己余生都会有人照料。
那些志愿者既热心又有趣。一定要登上古老的螺旋楼梯来到阳台,这样就能更好地领略这座建筑的建筑风格。
强烈推荐。而且门票也很便宜。