Your bus will pick you up at around 4.30 p.m. to bring you back to the airport . . Legend has it that one of the early Dutch governors outlawed white for painting buildings since the glare from the sun was giving him headaches, and ever since, the tradition has continued. The city offers many points of historical interest as well as a number of attractions that are unique in the world. For humanitarian reasons those too poor to afford shoes were allowed to cross at no charge. However, it had the opposite effect intended, as the less fortunate would borrow shoes so as not to appear poor and the rich would remove their shoes to save money.
Human nature remains the same.
At 700 feet in length, it was regarded as a remarkable feat of engineering in its day and is still a major tourist attraction in Willemstad. The bridge floats between the two shopping districts of Punda and Otrobanda, swinging open up to thirty times a day to let in ships to St. Anna Bay. When the bridge is open, a free ferry plys across the channel. The colorful canopies make for a very picturesque photo opportunity to remember the island by. Fort Nassau Fort Nassau, which was named for the Dutch Royal House of Orange, was built in 1797 and has been preserved in close to its original state, with the recent addition of a restaurant and discotheque.