Singel

E3947

canal waterway

Singel is a historic canal in Amsterdam that once served as the city’s medieval moat and now forms part of its iconic canal belt.

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Label	Occurrences
Singel canonical	26

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ waterway ⓘ
adjacentTo	Dam Square area (via side streets) ⓘ Muntplein ⓘ surface form: Koningsplein Muntplein ⓘ Spui ⓘ
connectedTo	Brouwersgracht ⓘ Damrak (via nearby waterways) ⓘ Herengracht ⓘ Keizersgracht ⓘ Prinsengracht ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
endPoint	Brouwersgracht ⓘ Centraal Station area ⓘ
eraOfOrigin	Middle Ages ⓘ
etymology	derived from Middle Dutch word ‘singel’ meaning belt or encircling ⓘ
formerFunction	medieval city moat of Amsterdam ⓘ
functionChange	from defensive moat to inner canal of canal belt ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	historic canal ⓘ part of UNESCO World Heritage area ⓘ
hasLandmark	Aalsmeer flower market stalls (part of Bloemenmarkt) ⓘ Begijnhof (nearby, accessible from Singel) ⓘ Bloemenmarkt ⓘ Cromhouthuizen ⓘ De Krijtberg church ⓘ House with the Heads ⓘ Munttoren ⓘ Ronde Lutherse Kerk ⓘ
hasStreetName	Singel self-link ⓘ
heritageStatus	Herengracht ⓘ surface form: within UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht’
languageOfName	Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn	Amsterdam ⓘ historic center of Amsterdam ⓘ North Holland ⓘ surface form: province of North Holland region of Randstad ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
partOf	Grachtengordel ⓘ surface form: Amsterdam canal belt Grachtengordel ⓘ
startPoint	IJ Bay ⓘ surface form: IJ bay (historically) Muntplein ⓘ
tourismImportance	major tourist attraction in Amsterdam ⓘ
traversedBy	multiple road bridges ⓘ
urbanContext	part of Amsterdam’s inner ring of canals ⓘ
usedFor	recreational boating ⓘ tourist boat tours ⓘ urban drainage ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amsterdam → hasCanal → Singel ⓘ

Herengracht → follows → Singel ⓘ

Singel → hasStreetName → Singel self-link ⓘ

Prinsengracht → parallelTo → Singel ⓘ

Brouwersgracht → crosses → Singel ⓘ

Brouwersgracht → terminusPoint → Singel ⓘ

Brouwersgracht → hasNotableIntersection → Singel ⓘ

Leidsegracht → terminusB → Singel ⓘ

Grachtengordel → hasPart → Singel ⓘ

Begijnhof (nearby, accessible from Singel) → accessibleFrom → Singel ⓘ

subject surface form: Begijnhof (Amsterdam)

Begijnhof (nearby, accessible from Singel) → entranceFrom → Singel ⓘ

subject surface form: Begijnhof (Amsterdam)

Cromhouthuizen → locatedOn → Singel ⓘ

Vijzelstraat → connectsWith → Singel ⓘ

Vijzelstraat → crosses → Singel ⓘ

Ronde Lutherse Kerk → locatedOn → Singel ⓘ

Muntplein → crosses → Singel ⓘ

Singelgracht → connectedTo → Singel ⓘ

Amsterdam-Centrum → contains → Singel ⓘ

Koningsplein → hasNearby → Singel ⓘ

Spui (Amsterdam) → hasNearby → Singel ⓘ

Mint Square → crosses → Singel ⓘ

Mint Square → hasNearbyWaterway → Singel ⓘ

Negen Straatjes → borders → Singel ⓘ

Prinsengracht canal → formsWith → Singel ⓘ

subject surface form: Prinsengracht

Spuistraat → runsParallelTo → Singel ⓘ

Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal → near → Singel ⓘ