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Exploring the Enchanting Elegance of Amsterdam’s Magere Brug – Bridge 242
Discover the romantic allure and rich history of the Magere Brug, Amsterdam’s iconic Skinny Bridge that graces the Amstel River. From its legendary tales of eternal happiness to its twinkling lights at night, this bridge is a must-visit destination for any visit to Amsterdam. A Glimpse of Amsterdam’s Romance Amsterdam’s enchanting ambiance is epitomized by…
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The Nescio Bridge | Amsterdam Bridge 2013
Explore the Nescio Bridge (Bridge 2013) in Amsterdam. As the longest bicycle bridge in the Netherlands, this suspension structure connects IJburg to the city over the Amsterdam Rhine Canal.
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Jan Schaefer Bridge – Amsterdam bridge number: 2000
The Jan Schaeferbrug: A Bridge Born from Collaboration and Innovation Jan Schaefer Bridge is another of Amsterdam’s newer bridges. It passes through the middle of Pakhuis De Zwijgerand spans the 200 metre-wide IJ Harbour. Every five years the bridge is dismantled for Sail Amsterdam. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHAEkMYhQyW/ The Jan Schaeferbrug, also known as Amsterdam Bridge Number 2000, gracefully…
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Aalmoezeniersbrug – Bridge 68 | Amsterdam
Hildo Krop’s Granite Monsters on the Leidsestraat, and the Almshouse That Gave the Bridge Its Name The Aalmoezeniersbrug carries the Leidsestraat across the Prinsengracht. Tens of thousands of people cross it every week on the walk between the Leidseplein and the centre, and almost none of them look down at the four granite plates set…
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Angenietje Swarthofbrug – Bridge 67 | Amsterdam
The Bridge Named After a Woman Who Took In Foundlings, Two Centuries After She Did It The Angenietje Swarthofbrug carries the northern quay of the Leidsegracht across the Prinsengracht. Structurally it is one of a set: it forms a single composition with Bridge 122 and Bridge 93, the three of them handling the junction where…
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Brug 66 – Bridge 66 | Amsterdam
The Bridge That Doesn’t Line Up, and the Night the Schouwburg Burned in 1772 Bridge 66 is a road bridge on the Runstraat, crossing the Prinsengracht. It has a peculiarity that sets it apart from its neighbours to the north: it does not land opposite the street that feeds it. Where the bridges at the…
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Berensluis – Bridge 65 | Amsterdam
The Bear Hides of the Berenstraat, and the 1893 Bridge Built While the City Argued About Filling In the Elandsgracht The Berensluis connects the Berenstraat with the Elandsgracht, spanning the Prinsengracht between them. Like its neighbour the Reesluis a short distance north, it carries a name drawn from the hide trade, and like the Reesluis…
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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…