The Dutch community where people live on strips of land in a lake

荷兰的一个社区，人们住在湖中的狭长土地上

By Rain Noe - July 27 in Architecture 作者：Rain Noe - 7 月 27 日 分类：建筑

In much of the world, owning a lakeside home is desirable. But in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht, residents live within the lake itself, with houses on their own impossibly skinny islands: The unique geography is of course manmade, the result of peat mining. 在世界许多地方，拥有一套湖畔住宅都是令人向往的。但在荷兰的洛斯德雷赫特镇（Loosdrecht），居民们却住在湖中，房屋建在各自极其狭长的岛屿上：这种独特的地理环境当然是人造的，是泥炭开采的结果。

In centuries past, boats were used to dredge what was once swampland, in order to mine peat for fuel. Thin strips of land were left behind, for a practical purpose: That’s where the peat was unloaded and laid out in the sun to dry. 几个世纪前，人们使用船只疏浚曾经的沼泽地，以便开采泥炭作为燃料。留下的狭长土地条带有着实际用途：那是卸载泥炭并将其摊开在阳光下晾晒的地方。

The area remained a geographical curiosity until the 20th century, when developers realized they could build houses on the leftover strips of land. Today, hundreds of residents live in these boat-access-only homes. 该地区一直保持着地理奇观的面貌，直到 20 世纪，开发商意识到他们可以在剩下的土地条带上建造房屋。如今，数百名居民居住在这些只能乘船到达的房子里。

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