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.
4-929: 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. The canal took its name in 1594 from
8-557: The ropemakers , which needed a lot of space and were located here on the former edge of the city. Construction of the canal started in 1612 during the first stages of the construction of the canal belt. The Lijnbaansgracht ran through the Schans to the Muiderpoort until the 19th century. In the 19th century parts were filled in, overlaid. Only the built-up bank on the center of the canal was called Lijnbaansgracht. The opposite shore
12-658: The Brouwersgracht are: Lijnbaansgracht Lijnbaansgracht ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛimbaːnsˌxrɑxt] ) is a partly filled-in canal in Amsterdam which bends beyond the boundary of the center, Amsterdam-Centrum . The canal runs parallel to the Singelgracht , between the Brouwersgracht and the Reguliersgracht . The Lijnbaansgracht is named after the ropewalks ("lijnbanen") of
16-521: 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. The bridges over
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