Cultural Differences: Huis Edition

See this strange device? It hangs on the wall above the kitchen sink. It has knobs and a spigot. It looks like an unholy alliance between a water faucet and some sort of lab equipment.

look deeply into the hole

And what is this weird little hole in this strange device? Let's look closer...

I have my pilot light-cense

My stars and garters, is that a flame?? And are those gas jets?

flame on!

Why yes they are!

This weird, gas heated thing controls all the water in the house. It is our kitchen faucet of course, but when you are ready for a shower, turning on the hot water in the bathroom pops on all these little flames too. Or laundry.  

The benefit to this is that you have eternal hot water for your showers, and if you knew how long G takes in the shower, you would be very happy that this exists. 

This is not "typisch Nederlands" however; G says he is the only one he knows that has such a device. I rather like it, even if we have to keep the kitchen window cracked to make sure we don't pass out with all the oxygen being used by the flames. Unless you want to be light headed, then game on!