My first card from the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam! The card shows the Herengracht.
Amsterdam, located in the province of North Holland, has been called the "Venice of the North" for its more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, are put on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Herengracht (Patricians' Canal or Lord's Canal) is the first of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam. The canal is named after the heren regeerders who governed the city in the 16th and 17th century. The most fashionable part is called the Golden Bend, with many double wide mansions, inner gardens and coach houses on Keizersgracht.
Unesco: Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
Distance: 134 km (83 miles)
Travel time: 14 days
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