Fodor's Expert Review Torensluis
Western Canal Ring
Historical
A top photo op around the Canal Ring, the Torensluis is the oldest original stone bridge in Amsterdam and the widest of its kind. It was named for the medieval city wall tower that abutted this 17th-century sluice gate (you can still see its outlines in the pavement stones). The rooms with barred windows that you see at the base of the bridge were once a prison.