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Brewery Canal
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The nothern Jordaan starts here at the Brouwersgracht, (the Brewery Canal) one of Amsterdam’s most beautiful canals.
How did Brouwersgracht earn this status? It all began in the 16e century when the Brewery Canal was dug. They named it brewery canal because of the many beer brewers in the area. The oldest Amsterdam distillery for gin and liqueurs is called the Ooievaar. It’s on the corner of Brouwersgracht and Driehoekstraat.
If you look around you will notice the number of warehouses. You can recognize them by their shutters. These huge and small warehouses were used to storage goods and food, because the Brouwersgracht was easy accessible for large freighters do to its drawbridges. This created an industrial area of breweries, paper mills and factories. You will also notice that the warehouses are quite narrow, this is because in the 16e century many people had to pay taxes based on the width of their house. So instead of going wider, the houses rose upwards into the sky and they went deep.
And the end of the day many local Dutch people enjoy Brouwersgracht by visiting a nice café to drink a cup of coffee and take in the views.
How did Brouwersgracht earn this status? It all began in the 16e century when the Brewery Canal was dug. They named it brewery canal because of the many beer brewers in the area. The oldest Amsterdam distillery for gin and liqueurs is called the Ooievaar. It’s on the corner of Brouwersgracht and Driehoekstraat.
If you look around you will notice the number of warehouses. You can recognize them by their shutters. These huge and small warehouses were used to storage goods and food, because the Brouwersgracht was easy accessible for large freighters do to its drawbridges. This created an industrial area of breweries, paper mills and factories. You will also notice that the warehouses are quite narrow, this is because in the 16e century many people had to pay taxes based on the width of their house. So instead of going wider, the houses rose upwards into the sky and they went deep.
And the end of the day many local Dutch people enjoy Brouwersgracht by visiting a nice café to drink a cup of coffee and take in the views.
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