Description of the attraction
The capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Amsterdam is a city on the water. It is located at the confluence of two rivers, the Amstel and Ey, in addition, the Amstel forms an extensive network of canals and channels. Bridges play an important role in the life of such a city - there are more than one and a half thousand of them in Amsterdam. Many of these bridges have become city landmarks, a kind of visiting cards of the city. Tourists visiting Amsterdam should definitely walk over these historic bridges and take pictures on them.
One of the bridges over the Amstel River, Blue Bridge, connects Rembrandt Square and Waterloo Square. The bridge acquired its name in the 17th century, when a wooden bridge was built on this site, which was painted in the characteristic blue color - one of the colors of the national flag. The bridge stood for almost three hundred years, and the name was so firmly entrenched in it that the new stone bridge, built in 1883, was also called the Blue Bridge.
The Stone Blue Bridge is one of the most beautiful in Amsterdam. In appearance, it resembles the Pont Alexandre III in Paris. The lower parts of the bridge pillars are made in the form of the front of the ships, and the upper ones are richly decorated with ornaments of leaves and masks and are crowned with the crowns of the Austrian Empire. The lampposts are also decorated with ship motifs, and the lanterns themselves are made in the form of crowns.
Car traffic is carried out on the bridge, there is a tram.
