OZ Voorburgwal
by HELGE Art Gallery
Title
OZ Voorburgwal
Artist
HELGE Art Gallery
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Oudezijds Kolk
In the Middle Ages, Amsterdam looked a lot more like Venice. Most of the houses on the banks of the canals stood in the water like here on the Oudezijds Kolk. Most of the traffic was on water, transportation of goods and people was done almost exclusively by boat. Most streets on the canal sides were built much later for horse-and-carriage traffic. Today, this is one of the last three locations left in Amsterdam, where the canals have no streets alongside of them.
The Oudezijds Voorburgwal is one of the most central canals in Amsterdam’s Grachtengordel. It is part of the De Wallen old town quarter and hence also of Amsterdam’s Red Light District, the Rosse Buurt. There has been prostitution in the area since the late medieval times and though it was banned during some periods it never dissappeared.
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March 10th, 2018
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