Amsterdam - Muntplein

The main shopping streets, Rokin, Kalverstraat and Reguliersbreestraat, start from the Muntplein. In the 15th C. this square on the Amstel next to the city wall, known at the time as Sheep Square, was where the sheep market was held. Its present name dates from 1672 when money was coined in the Mint (the former guardroom next to the Mint tower).