Amsterdam Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Water=== Amsterdam has more than {{cvt|100|km|mi|-1}} of [[Canals of Amsterdam|canals]], most of which are navigable by boat. The city's three main canals are the [[Prinsengracht]], the [[Herengracht]] and the [[Keizersgracht]]. In the [[Middle Ages]], Amsterdam was surrounded by a moat, called the [[Singel]], which now forms the innermost ring in the city, and gives the city centre a horseshoe shape. The city is also served by a [[Port of Amsterdam|seaport]]. It has been compared with [[Venice]], due to its division into about 90 islands, which are linked by more than 1,200 bridges.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2008 |title=Adventure |url=http://geography.howstuffworks.com/europe/geography-of-amsterdam.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709051911/http://geography.howstuffworks.com/europe/geography-of-amsterdam.htm |archive-date=9 July 2014 |access-date=17 June 2014}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page