Close-up of the wooden Walter Süskindbrug over Nieuwe Herengracht near the Hermitage, Amsterdam, looking towards the Hortus Botanicus
The wooden Walter Süskindbrug over Nieuwe Herengracht near the Hermitage looks old but was built in 1972. This double-leaf drawbridge is a replica of a bridge type that was common in the sixteenth century. This typically Dutch type of drawbridge is characterized by a sort of wooden gateway, the so-called hameipoort, for pedestrians, cyclists and cars. Next to the bridge is the control building in a matching historicist style, designed in 1972 by Dirk Sterenberg. The building has off-white painted elevations, the small windows are equipped with canopies and a pointed finial adorns the pyramid-shaped roof. Because the view from the building is restricted, the bridge is operated from a control lectern located outside. Moored to the left is (ARCAM/space&matter)VIKTOR IV, the ship of American artist Viktor IV (Jack Sun, Bulgar, Bulgar Finn) who died in 1986. The ship is still in the Amstel near Blauwbrug and Nieuwe Herengracht. The bridge is Walter Süsskindbrug and the old building at the right is now Hermitage Amsterdam.
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Location: Walter Süskindbrug, Nieuwe Herengracht Amstel, Ameterdam
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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