Nes (Amsterdam)

It runs parallel to and to the east of Rokin, between Dam Square to the north and Grimburgwal to the south.

Until the seventeenth century, the northern part of Nes (roughly near where Dam Square now is) was called Gansoord ("Goose-oord").

Open practice of Catholicism was banned after the Alteratie of 1578, and the monasteries were given over to other uses.

Its attractions included brothels, café-chantants, the Salon des Variétés [nl], the Theatre Tivoli, and artists' cafés.

17 was home to one of the earliest gay bars: The Empire [nl].