Point of interest
Skinny Bridge
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Tips from locals
S.V
July 11, 2019
A popular historic site, this narrow bridge for pedestrians & cyclists is illuminated at night.
Nathalie
April 15, 2019
The area where the magere brug is located is ripe with history both living and long gone. For any history lover or curioso this area and the next few items on the list are worth the tram trip.
Olav
March 9, 2019
This sweet bridge crosses over the river Amstel and provides a picturesque spot to visit on foot, by bike or especially by boat. (Kerkstraat to Nieuwe Kerkstraat)
Yahav
January 3, 2019
A famous and well-photographed bridge, it's only accessible to pedestrians and cyclists and is illuminated at night by thousands of light bulbs.
Hilke
January 26, 2020
The famous skinny bridge across the river Amstel and opposite of the Carré theatre, is an Old Dutch design wooden bridge known as a double-swipe (balanced) bridge. Tradition relates that the bridge was named after the sisters Mager, who were supposed to live on opposite sides of the river. They are said to have had the wooden bridge built to make it easier to visit one another. However it appears more likely, that the original bridge acquired the name from being so narrow (mager means skinny in Dutch), that it was hard for two pedestrians to pass one along another.
The famous skinny bridge across the river Amstel and opposite of the Carré theatre, is an Old Dutch design wooden bridge known as a double-swipe (balanced) bridge. Tradition relates that the bridge was named after the sisters Mager, who were supposed to live on opposite sides of the river. They are…
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Magere Brug
Amsterdam, NH