Magere Brug (skinny bridge)

There's a tale connected with this lovely and most popular bridge, which spans the Amstel River. The story maintains that two sisters - the Mager sisters - lived on opposite sides of the Amstel River. It is said that they had this pretty bridge built in order to make it easier to visit one another. Others, however, maintain that the nickname of the bridge merely stemmed from the fact that it was so narrow that two pedestrians could not pass each other as they walked across the structure. While the bridge is still referred to as Magere Brug, it's no longer skinny, as the original span was replaced with a wider bridge in 1871.