Before I visited Venice, it was difficult for me to comprehend a city with 410 bridges. And I saw it for real. Then I visited Amsterdam, I read the city has 1500, yes one thousand five hundred bridges! Could the figures be real?! This is the maximum possible number a city can have, I concluded. One hundred kilometers of canals criss-crosses the city!
All canals were connected and this huge waterway network existed from seventeenth century. The city has three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, and they form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Recently, in 2010, this was placed in the prestigious list of UNESCO World Heritage Site. An aerial view here would give a better idea.
While I cruised along the canals, I managed to get some captures of the bridges. Series of bridges, one after the other, they made interesting frames, only I had to be quick to capture the sight. This one has six bridges in a row.
These arched bridges should look mesmerizing lighted up with colored lights at night. The draw bridges allow passage of ships and bigger boats. In totally still water, with absolutely no ripples the bridges and their reflections would be making a perfect circle I imagined.
All canals were connected and this huge waterway network existed from seventeenth century. The city has three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, and they form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Recently, in 2010, this was placed in the prestigious list of UNESCO World Heritage Site. An aerial view here would give a better idea.
While I cruised along the canals, I managed to get some captures of the bridges. Series of bridges, one after the other, they made interesting frames, only I had to be quick to capture the sight. This one has six bridges in a row.
These arched bridges should look mesmerizing lighted up with colored lights at night. The draw bridges allow passage of ships and bigger boats. In totally still water, with absolutely no ripples the bridges and their reflections would be making a perfect circle I imagined.
Sunday Bridges
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Amsterdam is such a fascinating and incredible city! I loved having the opportunity to visit there briefly -- would have loved to have had more time, but I did make the most of what I had! Your wonderful photos brought back so many memories, Indrani! Thank you for sharing!
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I really like your photo of the six bridges. 1500 bridges in a single city is hard to imagine, but I do thank you for the aerial link.
My hometown of Hamburg, Germany is said to have more bridges than Venice - please excuse, as I cannot confirm it, so far.
Great pictures. Please have a good Sunday.
Isn't that amazing? Your photos are lovely.
fascinating place
Wonderful bridge shots.
Very interesting! Its a huge number of bridges... Amazing.
1500 bridges - wow that astonishing. The bridges and the canals look charming and fascinating and amazingly clean with no floating rubbish or other debris.
Good shots Indrani...i hope you had a nice time in Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful places I have visited. The canals, the bridges, the gabled houses and the lovely people all created a wonderful impression on my mind. Your pictures have really done justice to the place.
Excellent photos, I like how you have captured the beauty of the channels on a gray day. Greetings.
I love the way to see the images of someone who didn't grew up and lived in amsterdam. Because sometimes as inhabitant you don't see the beauty of it but only the troubles. But you did a remarkable job. Well done.
Wow , your pictures show us the beauty of these waterways .
beautiful pics, I will be going there end of this year so will see them myself :)
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I really like the one with six bridges in the frame.
Lovely pictures, making me feel, when will I visit this place? :-).
Never mind, reading your blog gives some comfort.
thanks.
Beautiful captures.
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And I am struggling every weekend to find yet another bridge! Very few of them in Barcelona.
I've been in both of the cities, but did not know that Amsterdam had sooo many bridges! although I didn't stay long enough to see them- in Amsterdam.. unfortunately..
Lovely photos! :)
That's a whole lot of bridges. I like the one shot with them cascading along the canal. Hopefully that prevents backups on the roads. Where I used to work there weren't too many bridges and traffic was horrible. - Margy
people using boats like cars... should experience sometime
wow!! this is beautiful!1 and that aerial image was awesome!!! hope i can go there someday!
did not know this. Fantastic! I wonder If its better to speand lot of time here, I understand Venice is too crowded
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Superb..!
Thank you for these photos. Your images capture the magic of a place I have read about often. You make me feel I am there.
Truly amazing! Thanks for the 'aerial' link.
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