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De Reesluis – Bridge 64 | Amsterdam
The Bridge of the Deer Hides, Painted by Reinier Nooms and Flattened for the Age of the Cart The Reesluis carries the Reestraat across the Prinsengracht, on the line of the street as seen from the city centre. It is one of the crossings that ties the smart canal belt to the Jordaan behind it,…
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Nieuwe-Wercksbrug – Bridge 63 | Amsterdam
Piet Kramer’s Bridge at the Westermarkt, Where a Filled-In Canal Became Amsterdam’s Road to the West The Nieuwe-Wercksbrug carries the Westermarkt across the Prinsengracht to the Rozengracht, directly beside the Westerkerk. Of the nine bridges in this stretch it is the busiest and the most consequential, because it does not merely cross a canal —…
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Brug tweeënzestig – Bridge 62 | Amsterdam
The Single-Span Companion to the Leliesluis, and the Sluice Complex That Once Marked the City’s Edge Bridge 62 sits on the eastern bank of the Prinsengracht and carries that quay across the Leliegracht. It is the quieter half of a pair. Thirty metres away, Bridge 61 — the Leliesluis — carries the Leliegracht over the…
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Leliesluis – Bridge 61 | Amsterdam
A Stone Bridge Where the Leliegracht Meets the Prinsengracht, and the Collapse of 1656 That Drowned Ten People Bridge 61 carries the Leliegracht across the Prinsengracht, joining the northern quay of the one to the western canal belt of the other. It is a modest crossing by the standards of Amsterdam’s grander bridges, low and…
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Prinsensluis: Bridge 60 and the Bridge That Kept Crashing Into a Pub
Just like the canal and the cross street located here the name of #brug60 the Prinsensluis comes from the Prince of Orange.
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Lekkeresluis – Bridge 59 | Amsterdam
The Lekkeresluis, Bridge 59, sits on the southern quay of the Brouwersgracht at the exact point where the Prinsengracht flows into it — on the far side, the same waterway continues under a different name, the Korte Prinsengracht. It’s a modest three-arched bridge with an outsized reputation for one thing: its name translates roughly as…
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Haringpakkersbrug: Bridge 58 and the Bridge That Was Built Too Wide
The Haringpakkersbrug, Bridge 58, carries the Prins Hendrikkade across the Singel at the point where it flows into the Open Havenfront. It’s a bridge with two distinct identities: a name rooted in seventeenth-century herring processing, and a twentieth-century structure that ended up far wider than the traffic it was ultimately built to carry. #brug58 The…
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De Papiermolen’s Bridge: A Deep History of Amsterdam’s Brug 57, the Papiermolensluis
Papiermolensluis (Bridge 57 Paper Mill Lock) Bridge 57 is a vaulted bridge in Amsterdam Centre. A lock is the “old” designation for stone bridge, although there was also a lock here.This road traffic bridge forms the connection between the eastern quays of the Prinsengracht and the Korte Prinsengracht over the Brouwersgracht. This intersection of the…
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Brug 56: The Unnamed Bridge That Holds Two Neighbourhoods Together
A historical investigation into the oldest surviving bridge structure at the Brouwersgracht’s canal ring crossings, its documentary heritage, and its quietly remarkable neighbourhood. Bridge 56 (Brug zesenvijftig) This road bridge connects the eastern quay of the Keizersgracht with the Binnen Brouwersstraat spanning Brouwersgracht and shares its southwestern quay wall with the previous bridge #Pastoorsbrug aka…
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Brug 55: The Pastoorsbrug and the Secret Catholic Congregation at the Canal’s Edge
Pastoorsbrug (The Pastor’s Bridge number 55) Located in the southern quay of the Brouwersgracht spanning the Keizersgracht. It is therefore the northernmost bridge over Keizersgracht since it does not continue on the other side of the Brouwersgracht. The bridge is relatively young and is not a monument itself but it shares the quay wall with…
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Brug 54: The Noordsche Compagniebrug and the Ghost of Amsterdam’s Whale Oil Trade
Noordsche Compagniebrug (Northern Company Bridge number 54) AKA Noordschebrug. Spanning Keizersgracht #bridge54 connects Herenstraat with Prinsenstraat.The bridge has been a municipal monument since 1995 and is named after Noordse Compagnie who had three warehouses along Keizersgracht between this bridge and the #Pastoorsbrug located to the north. Of the five warehouses, three lay along this stretch…
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Brug 53: The First Stone Laid and the Last Monument Beside It
Bridge 53 (Brug drieenvijftig) Remaining on the Keisersgracht and the junction with Leliegracht to continue our journey. Road bridge 53 is located on the eastern quay of the Keizersgracht spanning the Leliegracht. It is flanked by #bridge51 (adjoining) and #bridge52 (on the opposite side of Keizersgracht), spanning the Keizersgracht and the Leliegracht respectively.All three bridges…
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Brug 52: The Bridge at the Foot of the Lily Lock
Bridge 52 (Brug tweeenvijftig) Remaining on the Keisersgracht and the junction with Leliegracht to continue our journey. Road bridge 52 is located on the northern quay of the Leliegracht spanning the Keizersgracht. It is flanked by #bridge51 (adjoining) and #bridge53 (on the opposite side of Keizersgracht), spanning the Keizersgracht and the Leliegracht.All three bridges are…
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Brug 51: Amsterdam’s Lily Bridge and the Art of the Beautiful Lie
Standing at the Corner of Flowers and Emperors If you have ever stood on the western quay of the Keizersgracht, just south of the Westermarkt, and looked northward along the broad, elm-lined stretch of water toward the soaring Westertoren, you have almost certainly been standing on, or very near, Bridge 51. It is not Amsterdam’s…
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The Latjesbrug (Brug 50): Amsterdam’s Slatted Bridge and the Story Written in Steel
A Name Born of Practicality Amsterdam’s bridges carry their identities in many ways. Some commemorate merchants, admirals, or city engineers. Others take their names from vanished gates, nearby churches, or trades that once defined their neighborhood. Bridge 50, the Latjesbrug, belongs to a different, altogether more literal tradition: it is named for the material underfoot.…