Everything along the way
6 · Churches & towers
Munttoren
The old mint tower where the Singel meets the Amstel.
- About
- Spire from 1620
- From the boat
- The turn into the Amstel
The tower was part of a city gate; for two years in the 1670s coins were minted here, and the name stuck. It marks the turn from the Singel into the Amstel.
Cruises that pass here
On the map
Nearby on the map
Markets · Floating since 1862
Flower market
The floating flower market on the Singel, on barges since the 1860s.
Canal houses · Built from 1663
The Golden Bend
The grandest stretch of the Herengracht, where the merchants built double-wide houses with stone fronts.
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.