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Grachtengordel
Historic, slow, water-bound

Grachtengordel

The UNESCO canal ring of merchant houses, hidden museums and slow waterside walking.

The Grachtengordel is the seventeenth-century ring of canals, Herengracht, Keizersgracht, Prinsengracht, that gives Amsterdam its shape and its UNESCO listing. Behind the gabled merchant houses sit hidden museums, narrow galleries and a few restaurants that have kept their tables for decades. The pleasure here is slow: walking a single canal at dusk, watching how the light works the water and the brickwork. It can feel like a postcard, but the canals are still genuinely lived along, with houseboats and bicycles tucked against the quays.

Highlights

Herengracht at dusk Gabled merchant houses Canal-house museums Houseboats on the quays Narrow private galleries
12 Lokale
5 Kategorien

Restaurant

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Bar

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Hotel

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Gallery

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Cafe

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