The Brouwersgracht is an Amsterdam canal that connects the Singel with the Singelgracht. The canal marks the northwestern border of the ring of canals. Between Prinsengracht and Singelgracht, Brouwersgracht forms the northern border of the Jordaan.
The (house) numbering of Lijnbaansgracht, Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Singel starts counting from Brouwersgracht. Between the Brouwersgracht nr. 62 and nr. 68, near the West-Indisch Huis, lies the Herenmarkt.
From 1612 onwards, from the Brouwersgracht, the ring of canals was dug in a southerly direction. Since 1594, the canal owes its name to the many breweries that were to be found in this area in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. From 1782 on the Brouwersgracht near the Driehoekstraat the last Amsterdam distillery of gin and liqueurs is located: De Ooievaar. Most of the warehouses, built for the storage of goods, were converted into houses.
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