Reguliersgracht & Keizersgracht

The intersection of the Reguliersgracht and the Keizersgracht is marked by two stone bridges that carry the broad Emperor’s Canal over the narrower, tree-lined waterway of the Reguliersgracht. This spot is a core feature of the seventeenth-century canal ring, an urban expansion that transformed Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. While the main canals like the Keizersgracht were laid out as wide, concentric arcs for wealthy merchants, the Reguliersgracht was dug in sixteen sixty-four to connect these larger channels.