Brouwersgracht

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Brouwersgracht
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Warehouses and houseboats on the Brouwersgracht
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Aerial view of the Brouwersgracht and surroundings. In the foreground the Brouwersgracht, behind it the Haarlemmerbuurt; circa 1930.
Location Amsterdam
Postal code1013, 1015
Coordinates 52°22′53″N4°53′13″E / 52.381401°N 4.886841°E / 52.381401; 4.886841
Southeast end Singel
To Singelgracht
Construction
Construction start17th century

The Brouwersgracht is a canal in Amsterdam that connects the Singel with the Singelgracht. The canal marks the northwestern border of the Grachtengordel (canal belt). Between the Prinsengracht and the Singelgracht the Brouwersgracht forms the northern border of the Jordaan neighborhood.

Contents

The house numbers of the Lijnbaansgracht, the Prinsengracht, the Keizersgracht, the Herengracht and the Singel start to count from the Brouwersgracht. The Herenmarkt is located between Brouwersgracht no. 62 and no. 68, near the West-Indisch Huis (West Indies House).

In 2007 Brouwersgracht was voted the most beautiful street in Amsterdam by readers of Het Parool out of 150 nominations. [1]

History

The canal took its name in 1594 from the many beer breweries that were to be found in this neighborhood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Starting in 1612 the canal belt was dug in southern direction from the Brouwersgracht. From 1782, the last Amsterdam distillery of gin and liqueurs was located on the Brouwersgracht at the Driehoekstraat : De Ooievaar. Most warehouses, built for the storage of goods, have been converted into residential houses.

Architecture

Bridges

West Indian house bridge, bridge 17 Brug 17 West-Indische Huisbrug, in de Herenmarkt over de Brouwersgracht foto 1.jpg
West Indian house bridge, bridge 17

The bridges over the Brouwersgracht are:

Famous residents

See also

Notes

    1. Het Parool - Mooiste Amsterdams straat

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