Amsterdam City Centre Singel Canal Weather Webcam Amsterdam Netherlands

Check out this streaming LIVE Amsterdam City Centre panorama web cam overlooking the popular and famous Singel Canal in the heart of Amsterdam – capital city of the Netherlands    View canal boats popular cafes and restaurants as well as people watchong with this LIVE HD video streaming Singel Canal panorama camera in the city centre of Amsterdam in the Netherlands

The Singel is one of the canals of Amsterdam. The Singel encircled Amsterdam in the Middle Ages, serving as a moat around the city until 1585, when Amsterdam expanded beyond the Singel. The canal runs from the IJ bay, near the Central Station, to the Muntplein square, where it meets the Amstel river. It is now the inner-most canal in Amsterdam’s semicircular ring of canals.  

Amsterdam’s famous flower market, Bloemenmarkt, is located along the Singel between Koningsplein and Muntplein squares. The market stalls are actually boats floating in the canal.

Part of the Singel has developed into a red-light district, with prostitutes offering their services from behind red-lit windows. The area, known as the Singelgebied, is located near Lijnbaanssteeg and Oude Nieuwstraat. Yab Yum, one of Amsterdam’s most exclusive brothels until closed by the local authority in January 2008, was located at Singel 295.

The Singel is lined by many beautiful, richly decorated canal houses built during the Dutch Golden Age. Notable buildings along the canal include: