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Torensluis

Open Now: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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15 Jul 2019
“Wide historic bridge which used to house a tower”
20 Feb 2019
“Wide & Ordinary”
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Reviewed 1 August 2019

The Torensluis or tower lock is a wide bridge over the Singel. The reason for such a spacious set-up was to accommodate a prison under the tower. Although the prison was supposed to be open to the public, it wasn't open when I was there...More

Date of experience: August 2019
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Reviewed 16 July 2019

There are small bridge crossings scattered throughout central Amsterdam. And then you find Torensluis, which is one of the widest in the entire city at 42 metres wide. The reason for the size of this particular bridge is that it included tower as part of...More

Date of experience: June 2019
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Reviewed 19 April 2019

If nobody told me the special feature of this bridge in advance, I would not notice that this is the widest bridge in town. Apart from the statue there, open sittings of the cafe nearby are also on this bridge. See if you can recognize...More

Date of experience: April 2019
Thank YTCHENG
Reviewed 13 March 2019

Torensluis is a rather wide bridge, a bit too wide even! But that is probably good in any case, as it allows pedestrians to wander around the bridge quite freely, at least more so than on any other bridge. It is a bit old but...More

Date of experience: October 2018
Thank Dimitris L
Reviewed 21 February 2019

By Amsterdam standards this is one very ordinary bridge, it is wide but there is very little else to be said to make it worth picking out as a vistor attraction

Date of experience: February 2019
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Reviewed 23 July 2018
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Date of experience: July 2018
Reviewed 24 June 2018

This bridge is so wide that we didn't even notice it was a bridge until it was pointed out to us. There is no need to see and there are shops and seating nearby.

Date of experience: June 2018
Thank cndjonno
Reviewed 28 February 2018

Torensluis (tower lock) is an arch bridge over the singel canal. It's also called "Burg 9" ( bridge number 9). This is the oldest (1648) and widest (42m) Arch Bridge in Amsterdam. It's now a national monument. There was the Jan Roodenpoortstoren (tower) on the...More

Date of experience: February 2018
Thank Solodam J
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