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Vesterstrat leads to the cozy and picturesque area of
Church Square Nourdermarkt. On Mondays there selling second-hand play on Saturdays - environmentally friendly products, especially in these days it is fun and full of people at the bar
Finch, typically Yordanskom institution with noisy motley audience and a good beer.
Trading all week long is the waste from the street Vesterstrat Tvede-Anelirsdvarsstrat which continues Tvede-Teundvarsstrat: There are a lot of fashionable boutiques and tiny second-hand shops, in addition, here there is another classical yordanskoe institution - Bar De Tuin.
On the segment of Erste-Teundvarsstrat between Teunstrat and Egelantirsstrat is a narrow slit through which you can get in the class-Klaszoun Anslos-hofe. Him in 1614 discovered the local poor people successful trader tissues, a member of a religious community of Mennonites Klas Klaszoun Ancelot. On the right, the smallest, the former courtyard of the orphanage is a small figurine of the
Virgin Mary and noise charming fountain. Now owned by the
Amsterdam Conservatory hofe, where students live musicians.
If we go by Egelantirsstrat, at house number 52, found a beautiful gold-relief hand with a quill pen. This is a
sign of a schoolteacher Hendrik Vint, who lived here during the second half of
XVII century and works part-time writing in order petitions, letters and business papers.
On the waterfront canal Elegantirsgraht, to be incredibly popular cafe t Smalle, which is quartered in 1786
. In the western part of the picturesque canal is a curious old home with a garden, enclosed by high stone fence -
Sint Andrishofe, founded in 1614 a rich farmer Gerritzon.
Adjacent channel Blyumgraht known as the "Herengracht
Jordan": wealthy artisans built here a miniature mansions with high similarity channels. There are three adjoining houses in 1642, numbered 87-91: They got the nickname "Three
Hendrick" for three reliefs on the facade depicting citizen homeowner, farmer and sailor - hope and support of
Dutch society. Now it works fund named after another Hendrick - the architect De Keyser, almost across the road, is known in the city gallery Fons Welters.
The most bustling street in the area, Rozengraht, Jordan divides roughly in half. She is famous for its furniture shops, jewelry stores as well as with ethnic bias.
Main local landmark - a modest plaque on the house number 184. And on it the inscription, "Here stood the house of
Rembrandt (1410-1669)." At this address, all ruined and abandoned by
Rembrandt van Rijn Harmensz spent the last decade of his life, marred by the death of his girlfriend
Hendrickje Stoffels in 1663 and young son
Titus in the 1668th. It is Rozengraht written perhaps the best work of the artist: "
The Return of the
Prodigal Son," "
The Jewish Bride" and "
Portrait of Titus."
On a parallel Rozenstrat, which, unfortunately, disfigured good modern buildings, are placed
Contemporary Art Center sm
Bureau Amsterdam and asmterdamsky Center for
Promotion of gays and lesbians (coc Amsterdam).
- published: 30 May 2015
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