I was near the Herengracht and had a stroll up and down it. A very pleasant 45 minutes in the early spring sunshine.
OK for a casual stroll and a beer or koffee wit melk in the cafes and bars that are in the immediate vicinity. Walking in Amsterdam is pleasant due to the flat terrain
I don't know so much what to say about this place for somebody who is born in Amsterdam exept its the second canal from the 4 rampart moats we have and where Amsterdam is famous about and are called canals today Initially it was dug in 1585 and get his name in 1612. Maybe nice for tourists.... but for me there is nothing nice to see there.
The best of the Graachts Probably best to walk the Golden Bend Don't forget to visit Rembrandhuis The Canal Museum is also very worth visiting
Cute shops, narrow houses, house boats...blissfully same old. Easy to add this to your list of things to see as it runs through the center of everything.
This canal is where all the industry owners had their properties so the houses are wider than the norm (with gardens apparently at the back).
Walk along the Herengracht early on a Sunday morning and you could be time travelled back to he 18th century.Beautiful architecture.
We stayed on this canal in the near are of Dam, it s quite easy to find major attractions waling along it, the buildings look lovely, perhaps though not so majestic as on Prinsengracht. Anyhow, nice stroll to take.
Yes, the grachten (Amsterdam's main semi-circular canals) are all magnificent, and the Herengracht is the grand-daddy of them all. But for really interesting discoveries of a shopping, culinary or historical nature, be sure to wander and lose yourself in as many of the little streets between the grachten.
There are more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges!We viewed this from a cruise boat so also got the history. You can also walk along each side as well. Lots of history with this, one of the three main canals which are:- Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010.