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Nos. 289–293 Singel Keizersgracht The unusual office block at Peter the Great (1716)
Dam Square to Herengracht 487 These houses stand on an alley canal” is taken at dusk, from the corner No. 313 Keizersgracht was built Keizersgracht to No. 317, the
This photograph of the “emperor’s
The Russian tsar sailed up
once called Schoorsteenvegersteeg
in 1914 by CN van Goor.
(chimney sweeps’ lane), home to of Leidsegracht. The Westerkerk home of his friend Christoffel
The walk along Amsterdam’s finest canals begins in Dam square HERENGRACHT SINGEL immigrant chimney sweeps. (see p114) is in the distance. No. 319 Keizersgracht Brants. Legend says the tsar
(see p68). Following the grey dots on the map, leave the square past KEIZERSGRACHT was built by the architect got drunk and kept the
the Koninklijk Paleis (see pp92–3), cross Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and Behind the 18th-century façade at Philips Vingboons (1608– mayor waiting while at a
Spuistraat down Paleisstraat, and turn left along the left bank of Singel, No. 319 Singel is a second­hand bookshop, 78) in 1639. It has a rare, civic reception.
marked by purple dots. Further directions Yab Yum Brothel which is well worth browsing through. highly decorated façade
covered with scrolls, vases
are incorporated into the route below. This famous former brothel and garlands.
with its opulent interior was
Locator Map located at No. 295 Singel.
Directions To
Keizersgracht
At Raamsteeg, cross
the bridge, take the
Oude Spiegelstraat, cross
Herengracht and walk
along Wolvenstraat to the
left bank of Keizersgracht.
Singel Keizersgracht
No. 239 Singel The double-fronted 17th­ The step gable at No. 279 Singel The Louis XIV-style
AL Van Gendt designed century canal house at dates from the 19th century – No. 365 Keizersgracht Jacob de Wit No. 399 Keizersgracht No. 409 Keizersgracht Leidsegracht house at No. 323
this massive stone office No. 265 Singel has been most along this canal were built The doorway was taken The artist bought dates from 1665, but the Built in 1671 on a triangular This canal marked the end Keizersgracht was built
block for trader Julius rebuilt several times since between 1600–1665. from an almshouse on Nos. 383 and 385 façade was rebuilt in piece of land, this house of Daniel Stalpaert’s city in 1728. It has a raised
Carle Bunge. Known it was first constructed. Oudezijds Voorburgwal Keizersgracht, living the 18th century. Its contains a highly decorated expansion plan of 1664. It has cornice embellished
as the Bungehuis, it was in the 19th century. in No. 385 until his achterhuis (see p100) has wooden ceiling. a mixture of fine 17th­ and with two hoisting
completed in 1934. The three neck gables on death in 1754. been perfectly preserved. 18th­century canal houses. beams, one functional
Nos. 353–7 Keizersgracht date Huidenstraat and the other to
from the early 18th century. provide symmetry.

No. 345a Keizersgracht is a Gerrit Rietveld De Vergulde Ster The wall plaque on No. 401 The plain, spout- No. 475 Herengracht Jan Corver
narrow house sharing a cornice The Sower at Arles (1888) No 34–6 Leidsestraat Rietveld designed (gilded star), at No. 387 Keizersgracht shows a bird’s­eye gabled building (see Art patron Jan Gildemester Burgomaster of
with its neighbour. view of the port of Marseilles. bought this house in 1792. Amsterdam 19
In March 1878, Vincent van houses the country’s first the glass cupola on Keizersgracht, was pp100–101) at No. 403
Gogh (see pp130–31) visited Abercrombie and Fitch Abercrombie and Fitch, and built in 1668 by the Keizersgracht was Attributed to Jacob Otten times, Corver
In 1708, No. 333 Keizersgracht his uncle, who ran a bookshop clothing shop. a line of plain, inexpensive municipal stone­ No. 469 Herengracht originally a warehouse – Husly, it has a stuccoed built No. 479
was rebuilt for tax collector and art dealership at No. 453 furniture for the store. masons’ yard. It has The modern office block by a rarity in this entrance hall. Herengracht
Jacob de Wilde. It has been Keizersgracht. an elongated neck KL Sijmons replaced the original predominantly in 1665.
converted into apartments. gable (see pp100–101) 18th­century houses in 1971. residential area.
and narrow windows.
Directions to
Herengracht
Turn left on to
Leidsestraat, and walk
to Koningsplein, then
take the left bank of the
Herengracht eastwards
towards Thorbeckeplein.
Herengracht
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