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The Magere Brug (English: Skinny Bridge) is a bridge over the river Amstel in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It connects the banks of the river at Kerkstraat, between the Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht. [1] The central section of the Magere Brug is a bascule bridge made of white-painted wood. The present bridge was built in 1934.
The bridge owes its name to a wooden "blue bridge" that was there from around 1600 but no longer exists and which was painted the characteristic blue of the Dutch flag. It kept the name after 1883 when it was replaced by the spans of a new bridge which is inspired by the architecture of several of the bridges over the Seine in Paris such as ...
1270 - Dam built in Amstel River (approximate date). 1275 ... 1691 - Skinny Bridge built. 1696 - Aansprekersoproer riots; 18th century. 1748 Pachtersoproer riots;
The Amstel passes the village Nes aan de Amstel. On the western bank is the town Amstelveen, where there is a small island in the river named Amsteleiland, and on the eastern bank the town of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, where the river is joined by the tributary river Bullewijk. After this the Amstel flows into the city of Amsterdam.
A woman has been fired after using company funds to throw a "farewell" party – despite never intending to leave the company. The woman's boss shares the story in a post published on Reddit ...
A major turning point in the development of the Amstel river mouth was the All Saint's Flood of 1170. In an extremely short period of time, the shallow river IJ turned into a wide estuary, which from then on offered the Amstel an open connection to the Zuiderzee, IJssel and waterways further afield. This made the water flow of the Amstel more ...
The Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).. The Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs is either a two or four session MP pairs event depending on the number of entrants.
No. 100 will have to wait for Mikaela Shiffrin. Shiffrin will miss Sunday's slalom in Killington, Vermont, after a hard crash during the second run of the giant slalom on Saturday.