The Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam Centre, often abbreviated to OZ Voorburgwal, is a street and canal on the Red Light District in the centre of Amsterdam. The OZ Voorburgwal runs from the Grimburgwal in the south to the Zeedijk in the north, where it turns into the Oudezijds Kolk, the drainage on the IJ.
The bridge over the OZ Voorburgwal between Damstraat and Oude Doelenstraat forms a clear dividing line between the noisy northern part of the Wall and the quiet southern part. On one side, it is one of the most famous streets of the Wallen, full of sex shops, window prostitutes, peepshows, brothels, bars and coffee shops (The Bulldog even has several branches and a hotel here). On the other hand, it is also full of monumental canal houses from the Golden Age and remains of the many monasteries that stood here in the Middle Ages.
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