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mostly refers to the city canals of
Amsterdam (for which it is well known) and also Utrecht, Leiden and The Hague. The Koninginnegracht in The Hague was conceived by King Willem I for the promotion of tourism in the early 19th century. Since 2009 the Willemsvaart once more offers tours over this
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were the life-lines of Dutch and
Flemish cities. They were used for many purposes: for transportation, for draining, as water supply and as sewers, all at the same time. In heavily populated cities, these combined functions repeatedly proved to be detrimental to the public health.
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were covered over, but many of the prominent streets in the modern city centre still bear their names (notably the
Heerengracht, Keizersgracht, Buitengracht and Buitensingel). There is currently a project to restore some of these historic waterways.
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English. This canal was used to drain the land at both sides; later on it also served as a waterway for transport.
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have been filled in to give access to road traffic. However, these new streets have mostly retained the names of the
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to transport, to load and to land goods in and from ships. In the
Netherlands, the northeastern cities of
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cannot be easily translated; for this reason, it is necessary to distinguish between four related terms:
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in Delft in relation to the origin of the city. Numbers entered in the historical map of Blaeu 1652.
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