Amsterdam Canal Ring
Also known as Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht, Amsterdam Canal district, Canal belt of Amsterdam, Canals of Amsterdam, World Heritage Site, Grachtengordel, World Heritage Site Canals of Amsterdam
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Netherlands
Inscribed
2010
Area
198 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Amsterdam Canal Ring is in Amsterdam. The nearest other World Heritage site is Defence Line of Amsterdam, about 1 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Amsterdam · about 1,031,000 peopleabout 2 km south-east
- Haarlem · about 350,000 peopleabout 17 km west
- Utrecht · about 640,000 peopleabout 35 km south-east
- The Hague · about 1,406,000 peopleabout 55 km south-west
- Rotterdam · about 1,005,000 peopleabout 55 km south-west
- 's-Hertogenbosch · about 135,000 peopleabout 80 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
NetherlandsCultural1 km away
NetherlandsCultural21 km away
NetherlandsCultural36 km away
NetherlandsCultural56 km away
NetherlandsCultural58 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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