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 | History and information
Prinsensluis played a role in the Eel Riot in 1886 when protesters threw rocks at police and infantry who fired live ammunition
Prinsensluis – Bridge 60 | Map and location
Brug 60/Prinsensluis map and location///beans.gently.scrum#bridge60 is located in front of the Prinsenstraat and leads over the Prinsengracht. It therefore also connects its two quays. On the other side (out of town) there is no through road (other than the quay).No prizes for guessing there has been a bridge here for centuries. Joan Blaeu drew a…
Prinsensluis – Bridge 60 | Amsterdam
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 | History and information
Lekkeresluis/Bridge 59 information and historyAgain no surprise that there has been a bridge here for centuries. #bridge59 can already be seen on Joan Blaeu’s map from 1649. The current bridge dates from 1754, left and right of the middle passage of the three on the north side of the bridge are two stones with “Anno”…
Lekkeresluis – Bridge 59 | Map and location
Brug 59/Lekkeresluis map and location///shuttle.scarves.suchThe bridge is located in the southern quay of the Brouwersgracht and spans the Prinsengracht. Just like it’s neighbour on the southern quayside #Papiermolensluis the #brug59 is located where the Prinsengracht flows into the Brouwersgracht, and then on the other side of the Brouwersgracht the canal continues under the name Korte…
Lekkeresluis – Bridge 59 | Amsterdam
Lekkeresluis (Bridge 59 Tasty Lock)#brug59 The Lekkeresluis is named after bakers who advertised and sold their food on the bridge. Some (though not many) locals refer to it as Papeneilandbrug, after the local café at Prinsengracht 2 and let’s face it this is how many of the bridges get their now formalised names so it’s…
Haringpakkersbrug – Bridge 58 | History and information
Haringpakkersbrug/Bridge 58 information and historyThe Singel is one of the oldest canals in Amsterdam so you would expect that a bridge over the Singel is centuries old right? Wrong. Nothing could be further from the truth. For centuries the Haarlemmersluis #brug16 was the bridge that separated the Singel from the IJ. Traffic passing over the…
Haringpakkersbrug – Bridge 58 | Map and location
Brug 58/Haringpakkersbrug map and location///tornado.desire.craftThis road bridge is located in the Prins Hendrikkade and spans the Singel. It marks the place where the Singel flows into the Open Havenfront (Open Harbour front), here it is a short canal called Westertoegang (Western Access). The bridge shares its southern quay walls with the Haarlemmersluis (#bridge16) and its…
Haringpakkersbrug – Bridge 58 | Amsterdam
Haringpakkersbrug (Bridge 58 Herring packers bridge)#brug58 The Haringpakkersbrug is a road bridge in Amsterdam-Centrum that is named after the Haring Pakkerye that was once located here. This also was the reason for the naming of the Haringpakkerstoren (an old fortification tower on the corner of the Singel and the current Prins Hendrikkade and now better…
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…