Nine Streets (De 9 Straatjes)
Nine Streets (De 9 Straatjes) features on the Gingerguide audio walk through Amsterdam. Give it roughly ~60 min: enough to look, hear a two to three minute story on the spot, and ask the AI guide whatever the story leaves open.
- Type historic
- Suggested visit ~60 min
- Amsterdam Amsterdam guide
About Nine Streets (De 9 Straatjes)
Amsterdam's most fashionable shopping district, nine narrow streets crossing the main canals, packed with vintage stores, independent boutiques, and design shops.
The Nine Streets (De 9 Straatjes) is one of Amsterdam's most distinctive and fashionable shopping areas, a cluster of nine narrow streets that run perpendicular to the three main Golden Age canals (Herengracht, Keizersgracht, and Prinsengracht) in the western canal ring. Each of the nine streets is named after an animal skin associated with the craft trades that once operated here: Reestraat (roe deer skin), Hartenstraat (hart/deer skin), Gasthuismolensteeg, Berenstraat (bear skin), Wolvenstraat (wolf skin), and others. Today the area is known throughout Europe and beyond for its concentration of independent boutiques, vintage clothing stores, concept stores, lifestyle shops, galleries, specialist food shops, and original restaurants. The streets have been voted among the best shopping streets in the world by international lifestyle publications. Unlike the mainstream shopping streets of the city centre, the Nine Streets offer a shopping experience that is genuinely curated, individual, and impossible to find in chains.
Did you know? The Nine Streets are all named after animal hides, roe deer, hart, bear, wolf, cow, reflecting the 17th-century leather trade that once dominated the area.
How long is a visit to Nine Streets (De 9 Straatjes)?
Set aside roughly ~60 min for Nine Streets (De 9 Straatjes). That covers a good look and the narrated story, and because you set the pace you can always stay on.
Is Nine Streets (De 9 Straatjes) worth your time?
Nine Streets (De 9 Straatjes) is among the 42 narrated highlights the Gingerguide team chose for Amsterdam, so it is worth a look. Hear the story for the context, then ask the AI guide for anything more.
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