Christiaan Smit Restaurant
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Historic, slow, water-bound
Grachtengordel
The UNESCO canal ring of merchant houses, hidden museums and slow waterside walking.
The Grachtengordel is the seventeenth-century ring of canals, Herengracht, Keizersgracht, Prinsengracht, that gives Amsterdam its shape and its UNESCO listing. Behind the gabled merchant houses sit hidden museums, narrow galleries and a few restaurants that have kept their tables for decades. The pleasure here is slow: walking a single canal at dusk, watching how the light works the water and the brickwork. It can feel like a postcard, but the canals are still genuinely lived along, with houseboats and bicycles tucked against the quays.
Highlights
Herengracht at dusk Gabled merchant houses Canal-house museums Houseboats on the quays Narrow private galleries
11 places
5 Categories
Restaurant
3 places
Vinkeles Restaurant
Michelin 2 Star Canal House French
Bougainville Restaurant
Michelin 1 Star Fine Dining European
Bar
5 places
Pulitzer's Bar Bar
Cocktails Canal House Elegant
Tales & Spirits Bar
Cocktails Candlelit Craft
Flying Dutchmen Cocktails Bar
Cocktails Monument Classic Cocktails
Door 74 Bar
Speakeasy Cocktails Art Deco
Wynand Fockink Bar
Jenever Historic Tasting Room
Hotel
1 place
The Dylan Amsterdam Hotel
Design Hotel Boutique Canal House
Gallery
1 place
Foam Gallery
Photography Contemporary Canal House
Cafe
1 place
Bocca Coffee Cafe
Specialty Coffee Roaster Minimalist
