Often referred to as “the Venice of the north,” Amsterdam is nearly synonymous with its canals — 165 of them.
This collection of articles on canals includes descriptions, news items, and historical information.
Here’s a good overall introduction to the canals of Amsterdam.
No visit to Amsterdam is complete without having taken a canal cruise.
Here’s something you won’t see the tourist office do: we’ll show you a video of a walk through the center of Amsterdam on a grey and chilly November morning.
Notice how quiet it is in the city.
Amsterdam News Briefs: Canal tour boats caught speeding. Also: the large-scale conversion of empty office building into hotels results in a surplus of hotel rooms.
Owners of pleasure craft will have to pay more inland harbor fees next year. And mobile surveillance cameras will be used to combat urban decay.
The Netherlands has the best drinking water in the world. And it simply comes from the faucet.
How good are Dutch water agencies at purifying water? Watch this demonstration.
You’d be surprised how many bicycles a years fall, or are tossed, into the canals of Amsterdam.
The city’s Water Authority has a special bike fishing unit.
Noisy party boats and illegal tour operators cruising the canals of Amsterdam will soon be a thing of past when the city puts into effect a tightened set of regulations governing its waterways.
Houseboat owners, as well as others who live along the canals, have also long complained about noisy sound installations and rowdy boat passengers.
After news that most of the people who drown in Amsterdam’s canals are drunk men trying to relieve themselves, a Dutch satirical website has produced an informercial demonstrating ways to safely pee into the canals.
We include the video here…
Technically it’s still winter, of course, but today the sun is shining and the deep freeze that had all the Netherlands in its grip for a week or so is only a memory.
With that in mind, here we present one more video — this one in retro style — of the ice skating fun we Amsterdammers had last week.