Text and photos by Mary L. Peachin
March, 2011 Vol. 15. No.5
Amsterdam’s slow flowing canals create an aura of a floating city. Like its majestic swans that drift in the current, there are many options to experience the canals.
Historically and culturally, life in Amsterdam’s revolves around its canals. There are numerous touring boats, canoes, kayaks, and pedaling bikes. Houseboats are available to sleep on a canal.
Amsterdam is considered one of, if not the most, watery cities in the world. Surrounding its metropolitan area, home to a population of a million and a half inhabitants, 165 concentric canals are covered by 1300 bridges, including eight wooden drawbridges that span a distance of sixty miles.