{"id":7556,"date":"2025-11-20T12:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/?p=7556"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:38:04","slug":"amsterdams-first-private-power-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/nieuws\/oud-en-nieuwmarkt\/de-eerste-particuliere-elektriciteitscentrale-van-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Krasnapolsky: Amsterdam's first private power station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today we stand with Bob Maas at the Krasnapolsky, where an innovation emerged in the 19th century that changed the city forever: the first private power station.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Krasnapolsky<\/h2>\n<p>At the end of the 19th century, the Krasnapolsky was best known as a caf\u00e9-restaurant with its beautiful Winter Garden. But the owner saw opportunities. Electricity was new, exciting and promising. \"We have to do something with this,\" he thought. And he did.<\/p>\n<p>In the courtyard, Krasnapolsky had a steam engine built to generate its own electricity and heat. The experiment proved a great success.<\/p>\n<h2>The first private power plant<\/h2>\n<p>Just one year later, Krasnapolsky commissioned the famous architect Salm to build a real power station in its courtyard. The building still stands and marks a turning point in the city's history: Amsterdam's first private power station was a reality.<\/p>\n<h2>A thousand lights in the Winter Garden<\/h2>\n<p>The highlight came in 1883, during the World's Fair. As many as a thousand electric lamps hung in the Winter Garden at the time - a unique feature at the time. With this, Amsterdam had not only light, but also taken its first step towards the modern age.<\/p>\n<h2>A new chapter for the city<\/h2>\n<p>What began as a caf\u00e9-restaurant grew into an iconic hotel as well as a symbol of progress. Krasnapolsky's initiative shows how innovation and entrepreneurship come together to change the city.<\/p>\n<p>In the previous episode, Bob Maas took you to Amsterdam's oldest house. Watch this episode <a href=\"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/news\/old-and-new-market\/the-oldest-house-in-amsterdam\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vandaag staan we met Bob Maas bij het Krasnapolsky, waar in de 19e eeuw een innovatie ontstond die de stad voorgoed veranderde: de eerste particuliere elektriciteitscentrale. Krasnapolsky Aan het eind van de 19e eeuw was het Krasnapolsky vooral bekend als caf\u00e9-restaurant met de prachtige Wintertuin. Maar de eigenaar zag kansen. Elektriciteit was nieuw, spannend en [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[78],"waar-nieuwsbericht-tonen":[37],"class_list":["post-7556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oud-en-nieuwmarkt","tag-tip-van-de-redactie","waar-nieuwsbericht-tonen-home-tweede-blok"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7556"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7632,"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7556\/revisions\/7632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7556"},{"taxonomy":"waar-nieuwsbericht-tonen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nieuwmarktbuurt.amsterdam\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/waar-nieuwsbericht-tonen?post=7556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}