The Galgewater is part of the Old Rhine in the Dutch city of Leiden, and also the name of the street in the center of Leiden along the water.
The water runs from the Bostelbrug the Prinsessekade and Kort Rapenburg in central downstream to the railroad bridge in the Old Line at Ter Wadding / De Groote Vink and the Short Vliet Canal.
The street is located on the south side of the center portion of the Galgewater between Kort Rapenburg and Weddesteeg, where Rembrandt van Rijn was born. The street on the other side of the water is called the Short Galgewater.
The name is derived from the gallows once stood along the water.
catch the moment, there is no such thing as coincidence.. Read more…