The capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Amsterdam - a city on the water. It is located at the confluence of two rivers, Amstel and hey, in addition, Amstel forms an extensive network of canals and channels. An important role in the life of the cities have bridges - in Amsterdam there are more than a thousand. Many of these bridges have become urban landmarks, the original card of the city. Tourists coming to Amsterdam, should certainly go to these historic bridges and photographed them.

One of the bridges over the river Amstel, Blue Bridge, connects Rembrandt Square and Waterloo Square. The name of the bridge has gained in the XVII century, when this place was built a wooden bridge which was painted a distinctive blue - one of the colors of the national flag. The bridge stood for nearly three hundred years, and the name so firmly established him as the new stone bridge, built in 1883, also became known as the Blue Bridge.

Stone Blue Bridge - one of the most beautiful in Amsterdam. In appearance it resembles the Alexandre III bridge in Paris. The lower part of the bridge piers in the form of the front of the ship, and the top is richly decorated with ornaments of leaves and masks and topped with a crown of the Austrian Empire. Light poles and decorated with ship's motives and the lights themselves are made in the form of crowns.

The bridge carried vehicular traffic, tram.