Brug tweeënzestig – Bridge 62 | Map and location
Brug 62/Bridge 62 map and location ///airports.instead.ordering Like most of our previous bridges in the centre of Amsterdam there has been a bridge here for centuries. Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode already drew a bridge here on his map of 1625. It is then located over the Lely Graft in the Prince Graft. It shares the…
Brug tweeënzestig – Bridge 62 | Amsterdam
This bridge is located in the eastern quay of the Prinsengracht and crosses over the Leliegracht . #brug62 forms the end of the Leliesluis, a former lock complex from the time when the Prinsengracht formed the edge of the city. The name of the lock was not transferred to this bridge, but to #bridge61 which spans the Prinsengracht…
Leliesluis / Bridge 61 information and history
This bridge is named after the Leliegracht, which in turn is named after the Oude Leliestraat , which in turn is named after the house “In de Witte Lelye” on the Singel . The suffix sluice goes back to the Amsterdam designation for a stone bridge. Unlike elsewhere in the city, there is a former…
Leliesluis – Bridge 61 | Map and location
Leliesluis spans the Prinsengracht and connects the north bank of the Leliegracht with the other side of the Prinsengracht. This bridge is normally busy with tourists throughout the year as you have a good view of three national monuments the Anne Frank House, the Westerkerk and the Gunters & Meusers building. https://w3w.co/stage.strange.sprays https://w3w.co/aanwinst.kwijt.gevraagd ///stage.strange.sprays ///aanwinst.kwijt.gevraagd…
Leliesluis – Bridge 61 | Amsterdam
This bridge is named after the Leliegracht, which in turn is named after the Oude Leliestraat , which in turn is named after the house “In de Witte Lelye” on the Singel. It spans the Prinsengracht and connects the north bank of the Leliegracht with the other side of the Prinsengracht. This bridge is normally…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…