The Grachtengordel
Medieval Amsterdam was enclosed by the Singel, part of the city’s protective moat, but this is now just the first of five canals that reach right around the city centre, extending anticlockwise from Brouwersgracht to the River Amstel in a “girdle of canals” or Grachtengordel. This is without doubt the most charming part of the city with its lattice of and little humpback bridges overlooked by street upon street of handsome seventeenth-century canal houses. It’s an area to wander around as the mood takes you, which is what we did.
I’m just posting a selection of photos that I took of canals as we wondered around The Grachtengordel simply because I thought the views were so attractive.
The Grachtengordel
Medieval Amsterdam was enclosed by the Singel, part of the city’s protective moat, but this is now just the first of five canals that reach right around the city centre, extending anticlockwise from Brouwersgracht to the River Amstel in a “girdle of canals” or Grachtengordel. This is without doubt the most charming part of the city with its lattice of and little humpback bridges overlooked by street upon street of handsome seventeenth-century canal houses. It’s an area to wander around as the mood takes you, which is what we did.
I’m just posting a selection of photos that I took of canals as we wondered around The Grachtengordel simply because I thought the views were so attractive.