The Golden Bend where Wealthy Merchants Lived

The Golden Bend where Wealthy Merchants Lived

The Golden Bend where Wealthy Merchants Lived Golden bend – Gouden Bocht – that is where the most coveted canal houses in Amsterdam. All these mansions clustered around the curve of Herengracht between Spiegelstraat and Vijzelstraat. This is the stretch of the canal...
Jewish Amsterdam

Jewish Amsterdam

Jewish Amsterdam Many people refer to Amsterdam as the Venice of the North, a pertinent name for a city with two hundred canals. Few people know Amsterdam’s second name, Mokum, Yiddish for place or town. Mokum is an appropriate name, because the city has welcomed Jews...