Skinny Bridge

Amsterdam is a city of water and also of bridges. Amsterdam has no fewer than 1,281 bridges, including the beautiful Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge). This wooden drawbridge used to be so narrow that it was hard for two pedestrians to pass one another. When traffic along the Amstel increased, a wider bridge replaced the narrow one in 1871.

Skinny sisters
There is also a local legend that the bridge was named after the 'Magere Zussen'. These two well-off sisters lived on opposite sides of the river. They are said to have had the wooden bridge built to make it easier to visit one another.

Romantic bridge
In the evenings, the atmospheric Skinny Bridge is very popular with lovers and photographers. Thousands of fairy lights romantically illuminate it at night, making the Magere Brug one of the most beautiful bridges of Holland's capital city.