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Amsterdam Picture: The Waag, or Old Weighing House

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Amsterdam Picture: The Waag, the old weighing station, now a cafe/restaurant lit by candles.

James Martin
De Waag, or old weighing station, was originally a gate in a castle built in 1488, but became a weighing house in 1614. It's now a restaurant where you can get a fine pastry or coffee in the morning or a dinner at night. Dinner late at night is especially seductive because the place is lit by hundreds of candles in chandeliers.

But the exterior of the Waag is also interesting, as we'll see in the next picture.

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