Along the way
Everything you see from the water
The towers, bridges and houses our cruises pass, and what the skipper does at each.
Along the canals, on the map of Amsterdam
Churches & towers · Tower finished in 1638
Westerkerk
The tallest church tower in the old city, its blue imperial crown above the Prinsengracht.
Houses & museums · Built in 1635
Anne Frank House
The canal house where Anne Frank hid and wrote her diary, now a museum.
Canal houses · Built from 1663
The Golden Bend
The grandest stretch of the Herengracht, where the merchants built double-wide houses with stone fronts.
Canal houses · Laid out in the 1610s
The Nine Streets
Nine little cross streets between the main canals, full of small shops and cafés.
Markets · Floating since 1862
Flower market
The floating flower market on the Singel, on barges since the 1860s.
Bridges · Dug in 1664
Reguliersgracht
The canal of seven bridges in a row, lit with strings of lamps at night.
Bridges · Stone bridge from 1884
Blauwbrug
The Amstel's grand stone bridge with lamps on crowned columns.
Churches & towers · Tower from 1516
Montelbaanstoren
The leaning harbour tower on the Oudeschans, painted by Rembrandt.
Houses & museums · Built in 1617
Bartolotti House
A red-brick Dutch Renaissance house that bends with the Herengracht.
Canal houses · Dug in 1664
Leidsegracht
The short canal linking the ring to the Leidseplein, lined with elms.