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A spider's web of canals

A spider's web of canals

The central core, around the square called the Dam, is horseshoe-shaped, and consists of a series of wide streets and narrow alleys. It also has some of the oldest waterways, once so important for the delivery of goods from around the Dutch trading world.This area is ringed by a girdle of canals, the major ones running outward in ever larger circles.