Amsterdam - Singel

Must-see attractions nearby: Royal Palace Dutch National Museum Municipal Museum Van Gogh Museum Old Church Jewish Historical Museum New Church

A walk along this canal is interesting because of the quaint details that emerge: No. 7 is no wider than a front door and is thus the narrowest house in Amsterdam. The bridge at the corner of the Oude Leliestraat has a cell just above water-level where men and women must have been put (separately) to sober up. Of particular architectural interest are Nos. 140-142, designed by the famous architect Hendrik de Keyser. Banning Cocq, the principal figure in Rembrandt's "Night Watch", lived here for a while.