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A view in the corner of the Bloemgracht and Prinsengracht in the Amsterdam Jordaan

In the native language of the webcam owner
Zicht op de brig over de Bloemgracht bij de Prinsengracht in de Jordaan.

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Further information about Jordaan

The Jordaan is a district of the city of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. The Anne Frank House, where Anne Frank went into hiding during World War II, is located on the edge of the Jordaan, on the Prinsengracht canal. Rembrandt spent the last years of his life in the Jordaan, on the Rozengracht canal. He was buried in the Westerkerk church, at the corner of Rozengracht and Prinsengracht. The Jordaan is home to many art galleries, particularly for modern art. The neighbourhood is also dotted with speciality shops and restaurants, and markets are held regularly at Noordermarkt, the Westerstraat (the Lapjesmarkt textile market) and Lindengracht. The most common theory on the origin of the name is as a derivation of the French word "jardin", meaning garden. Most streets and canals in the Jordaan are named after trees and flowers. Another theory is that the Prinsengracht canal was once nicknamed Jordaan (the Dutch name for the river Jordan), and that the neighbourhood beyond the canal came to ... Read more about Jordaan on Wikipedia

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