Recovering from a cold, I’m moving on slowly. I’ve picked up the rest of the kitchen and the final floorboards go in. The stove likes the fire and the chickens don’t like the snow.
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Music in this video: The Weight Unbearable (piano only) by Kino
0:00 Arriving with the kitchen
1:47 Unloading
3:12 Sitting at the fire
4:41 Work on the floor
8:12 Chickens
9:27 A walk
11:16 Making a fire
11:58 Unpacking groceries
13:18 Clearing solar panels
13:48 Work on the floor
17:30 Morning
19:17 Work on the floor
19:38 Chicken don’t like snow
22:49 Last board
24:29 Start with the kitchen
27:54 Installing electricity and plumbing
28:22 Snow
30:37 Installing cabinets
31:38 Outro monologue
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Finally I am up to date – had to go binge watching this channel from #1. Looking forward to the next one now!!
Het wordt echt mooi nu.
Whoever built those stone buildings years ago did a beautiful job. The improvements you’ve made are just as beautiful. Sometimes a person is just meant to be somewhere in their life & I think that is you. The original owner would be happy knowing that you are the one who ended up carrying on his dream. You can only hope that someone else with your love for the land and the patience of Job carries on that dedication. It’s such a pleasure watching you work. It almost feels like I am there with you. Your cinematography is just as good as your work. Great job, Martin!
Crack on Martijn🎉
I like you you are awesome❤
MARTIJN CORNELIS DOOLAARD
Martijn Doolaard was born on 17 December 1983 in Netherlands.
He grew up in the Southern Netherlands at his family’s nursery, in a big garden.
Martijn’s father initially used to work as a landscaper, but currently he is a minister in a Dutch Protestant Church. His mother was the caretaker and technical and financial manager of their house.
Martijn has three siblings. His oldest brother, Cees-Jan works as a carpenter; his second brother, Anne is a landscaper, and his youngest brother, Siebren, is a videographer and animator.
In 2003, Martijn joined De Eindhovense School to study Graphic Designing and graduated in 2006.
He worked as a designer at various organisations, specifically, Volle-Kracht Grafisch Ontwerp, Brandnew in Weesp, Design Bridge in Singapore, QNY Creative in New York. Later, Martijn started working as a freelance designer for various organisations, namely, Design Bridge, VBAT and dBOD. He is also the owner of a business, DAMP Design, and is also a musician.
As Martijn had always lived in cities working as a designer, he missed a connection to nature. Also, he grew tired of looking at computer screens all day long as a part of his work and wanted to take a break from it and immerse himself in physical activity. So Martijn decided to cycle from Amsterdam to Singapore.
He specifically chose to ride a bicycle because it was fast enough to take him to his destination and he was confident that he could easily ride 100 kilometers per day, carrying all his luggage and connecting him with nature. He also loved the ease of parking a bicycle and its ability to ride on almost all types of roads.
On 16 April 2015, Martijn began his solo cycling journey from Amsterdam, Netherlands, and started travelling eastwards.
He rode a Surly Long Haul Trucker bike, taking a year to reach Singapore. During the journey, he traversed 18 countries and rode more than 17,000 kilometres.
Martijn was fully independent along the way as he had a tent, a sleeping bag and all the other required things.
During the trip, he camped in very remote places and led a minimalist life.
Initially, Martijn was more into videography, and he wanted to make a movie about his trip. But as he had many photos of the journey, and as he had also written a daily diary, he compiled the photos and diary entries to produce a book after he finished his travel and returned to Amsterdam.
On 25 March 2017, Martijn published his book “One Year on a Bike: From Amsterdam to Singapore”.
After finishing his cycling journey, Martijn returned to the monotonous city life.
But a year later, he grew tired of his work once again and decided to go on another long cycling journey.
Martijn moved to Vancouver, Canada, and purchased a new bike, a Surly ECR 29+ and all the other gear required for the trip. His plan was to travel from Vancouver all the way up to Patagonia in South America.
This time around, however, Martijn planned to work as a freelancer as he traveled, and so he took along his laptop and hard disks. So Martijn started bikepacking in June 2017 in Vancouver, taking breaks along his route whenever he had freelance work to do.
Because the Surly ECR 29+ bikes had been discontinued, in one of his videos, he recommended choosing the Surly Ogre bike because it is very similar to the Surly ECR 29+.
On 9 November 2021, Martijn published his second book, “Two Years on a Bike: From Vancouver to Patagonia”, based on his cycling journey. The book is available in English, German and French.
Afterward, on a break in 2019, Martijn first visited the Italian Alps on his bike and was mesmerized by their beauty. He therefore decided to quit traveling and bought about six acres of land in the Alps in western Italy near the village of Villar Pellice, and has settled here most of the time while he remodels the two small cabins on the property.
The sparkling snow at night was beautiful!
Magnificent, M.
you are making a beautiful world
Gran invierno que tendrás Mr Doolaard, pero con el calor de tu nueva estufa a leña será muy agradable estar adentro. Siempre avanzando a pensar de las condiciones climáticas adversas y tú gallina blanca va mejorando. Un gran abrazo y buena semana. Saludos desde Chile.
Martijn is slowly becoming the only stable thing in my life. Martijn is slowly becoming the only stable thing in my life.
How du you get electricity? Because your solar panel are full of snow
Quiero agradecerte el que hayas permitido compartir tan bonita experiencia, tan real como la vida. Me enganché totalmente. Eres una inspiración y una muestra brutal de infinita paciencia y amor en todo lo que has creado. De nuevo; gracias.
Your music is so sad considering the beautiful work and view
U got a lot of grit working in winter and living with cooking outside.
HI MARTIJN I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU FOR A WEEK NOW EVERY NIGHT, LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE I'M WATCHING. LOVE THAT YOU ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN TO BRINGING IT BACK ALIVE. YOU'RE DOING GOOD, JUST HANG IN THERE MY MAN, AND LOVE YOUR BREAD YOU MAKE, I MADE HOMEMADE BISCUITS WAS SOO GOOD WITH MY TOMATOE SOUP! WATCHING YOU ALL THE WAYS FROM CHARLOTTE NC 💙💙💙💖👍💪GOD BLESS🙏🏼🙂
Ja, nu is het beter binnen met de kachel toch?
Ik zie geen plek voor de badkamer
You've come such a long way Martijn! Congrats on getting this far and doing everything so diligently.
good werk marti*
❤❤❤
I love the music you choose. Solitude is my motivation. An inspiration you are for posting your adventures. I most liked when you build stairs and flooring. I learned a lot from you. Well done.
A lot as been done, real pleasure to see you accomplishing this project, nice work.
Very inspiring, well done Martijn!
I love the scenery and the mountain walks you take. Your masonry skills are so amazing… I cant wait to see the end results.
Merry Christmas Martijn, you are such an inspiration, thank you
Maybe you should put the living room by the fire and the bedroom under the stars.
A glass door would work wonders for your lighting situation. Tons of patio doors with full glass floor to top windows are available to choose from. I’m assuming this will be installed with all of your doors to increase your light situation.
Good on you, you are teaching me to never give up in whatever way life works out I want to make it a work of art like you.😊
Merry Christmas 🎄💫🎉
What a determination !💕
My admiration and respect for everything you ar accomplished. I heard that you paint. I am too. There is something that I do. Painting Middle for not said gigantic paints. Instead of open wholes in the wall I put them in on the floor. The y look very nice. Just and idea.
Hi Martjin, Dear friend in Italy, that’s how I feel. We’ve watched you so long, every week in our home. You have become family. Just one suggestion: Have you considered kitchen and bathroom in lower level with dining table. Upstairs, Murphy bed, with desk, and seating. Then all plumbing is downstairs.
Hi martijn, I always enjoy watching your video almost 1 year now, you are good enjoying the nature 😊
I love how dedicated to your work you are. It's a amazing achievement.
111 videos subidos a tu canal. Éxitos en esta nueva etapa!! 🎉
Two years ago I started watching this series with great pleasure. I tipped a friend of mine who continued to follow the entire series from then on. My focus had somehow shifted and I started to pick up the thread to continue watching the series two weeks ago, from episode 12 onwards. I have now watched the entire series in two weeks, liked all episodes and will continue to watch it weekly from now on.
Great job Martijn!
Hola!!! Yo no lo sabía pero estuve viendo sobre gallinas gallos y gallineros y decían sobre la importancia de tener un gallo porque este ordena el comportamiento y los desencuentros y competencia entre las gallinas y también avisan cuando hay algún peligro. Saludos desde Argentina y felicitaciones por todo tu trabajo y lo bella que esta quedando toda tu obra!!!! Es un 💯 ❤
I'm not a profy, but I'm afraid that someday, if the regulations permit, you'll have to make a general isolation,
because the amount of wood required for keeping the stone walls warm in the cold months is enormous.
We wish you the happiest 40th birthday Martijn! Hope you throw a nice party with friends and family and treat yourself with something special! We thank you for the joy you bring us every sunday and the possibility to dream of the Italian alps.
Greetings from Hamburg,
Marion & Sebastian
what a hot spot
Hoi @martijn, now that your fabulous stove is finished and you are probably planning to take some time off for christmas can i suggest making a nice long video of said stove to keep us warm during christmas? I promise it will be a hit. Right? Can i get some cheers from all who’d love that ‘jule log’ fire video?