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    The Zwanenburgwal is a canal and street in the center of Amsterdam. During the Dutch Golden Age the canal was home to painter Rembrandt van Rijn, as well...
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    Prinsengrachtconcert is held on a pontoon in the canal in front of Hotel Pulitzer. Zwanenburgwal is a canal and street in the center of Amsterdam. The painter Rembrandt...
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    statute of Spinoza located in front of the Amsterdam City Hall (at Zwanenburgwal) It was created by Dutch sculptor Nicolas Dings and was erected in 2008...
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  • Spuistraat Vijzelgracht Warmoesstraat Westerstraat Zeedijk Zomerdijkstraat Zwanenburgwal Decathlon, Priscilla (26 June 2015). "10 canals that Amsterdam once...
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    at a bend of the Amstel River between Waterlooplein Square and the Zwanenburgwal Canal, on a plot of land called Vlooienburg, which was reclaimed in...
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    inner city of Amsterdam. The Oudeschans canal continues the line of the Zwanenburgwal, to which it is connected by the Sint Antoniesluis, a lock that is crossed...
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    Kloveniersburgwal and the Zwanenburgwal, in the shadow of the tower of the Zuiderkerk. The area between the Kloveniersburgwal and the Zwanenburgwal was until late...
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    Rembrandthuis. Rembrandt could leave his house via an exit onto the Zwanenburgwal under the house of his neighbor Pickenoy. He brought out Night Watch—painted...
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  • museum in Amsterdam, among others. Sal or "Sally" Meijer was born at Zwanenburgwal 10 as the son of Jewish diamond-cutters. In his youth, he worked in...
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    surrounded by the Amstel, Leprozengracht, Houtgracht and Verwerfsgracht (Zwanenburgwal). In a 1597 map by Pieter Bast the island is shown without any trees...
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    usually goes from Westerdok over the Prinsengracht, the Amstel river, the Zwanenburgwal and the Oudeschans to Oosterdok. In 2014, the first Jewish boat and...
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    canal in central Amsterdam that runs from the Kloveniersburgwal to the Zwanenburgwal. The Groenburgwal, Verversstraat and Zanddwarsstraat lead to the Raamgracht...
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    boundaries of the Jodenbuurt are the Amstel River in the southwest, the Zwanenburgwal ["Swans City Wall"] and Oudeschans ["Old Rampart"] canals in the northwest...
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  • east of the city center, are the Amstel River in the southwest, the Zwanenburgwal "Swans City Wall" and Oudeschans "Old Rampart" canals in the northwest...
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    Oosterdok and the IJ respectively. Before this the connection was via the Zwanenburgwal and the Oudeschans. The stone arch bridges were replaced by movable...
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    surrounded by the Amstel, Leprozengracht, Houtgracht and Verwerfsgracht (Zwanenburgwal). With the expansion, the leper house came to be within the city, and...
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